2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball
2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
Record	12–15 (1–13 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Engles (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Tobe Carberry; Jake Brown; Austin Nisbett; Jesse Agel;
Home arena	Levien Gymnasium

2024–25 Ivy League men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Yale †	13	–	1	.929	22	–	8	.733
Cornell	9	–	5	.643	18	–	11	.621
Dartmouth	8	–	6	.571	14	–	14	.500
Princeton	8	–	6	.571	19	–	11	.633
Harvard	7	–	7	.500	12	–	15	.444
Brown	6	–	8	.429	14	–	13	.519
Penn	4	–	10	.286	8	–	19	.296
	1	–	13	.071	12	–	15	.444

† 2025 Ivy League tournament winner

The 2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by eighth-year head coach Jim Engles, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Lions finished the 2023–24 season 13–14, 4–10 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.^[1]

Roster

2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Jaden Cooper	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Goldsboro, North Carolina
G	1	Avery Brown	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Beacon Falls, Connecticut
G	2	Kenny Noland	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Apex, North Carolina
F	3	Blair Thompson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	New York, New York
G	4	Gerald O'Keefe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Nashville, Tennessee
G	5	Nicolo Romanelli	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Sydney, Australia
G	8	Josiah Cunningham	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Long Beach, California
F	11	Nigel Clarkson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)		Fayetteville, North Carolina
G	12	Gianni Cobb	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Fr	Chicago, Illinois
F	14	Mason Ritter	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Bowling Green, Kentucky
G	15	Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Santiago, Dominican Republic
F	20	Robbie Stankard	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Westwood, Massachusetts
G	21	Dan Vessey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Plainsboro, New Jersey
F	22	Richard Nweke	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Anambra, Nigeria
F	23	Zine Eddine Bedri	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Tébessa, Algeria
F	24	Arop Arop	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Fort Worth, Texas
F/C	34	Jake Tavroff	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Oceanside, New York
F	35	Noah Robledo	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Leander, Texas

Head coach

Jim Engles (Dickinson)

Assistant coach(es)

Tobe Carberry (Vermont)
Jake Brown (Middlebury)
Austin Nisbett (Duke)
Jesse Agel (Vermont)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 5, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Loyola (MD)	W 81–78	1–0	Reitz Arena (1,104) Baltimore, MD
November 6, 2024* 7:00 pm, CBSSN	at Villanova	W 90–80	2–0	Finneran Pavilion (6,501) Villanova, PA
November 9, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Delaware State	W 83–62	3–0	Levien Gymnasium (782) New York, NY
November 12, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Lehigh	W 76–75	4–0	Levien Gymnasium (702) New York, NY
November 16, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Mercyhurst	W 77–63	5–0	Levien Gymnasium (658) New York, NY
November 20, 2024* 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row	at LIU	W 80–72	6–0	Steinberg Wellness Center Brooklyn, NY
November 23, 2024* 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN+	Stony Brook	W 82–63	7–0	Levien Gymnasium (914) New York, NY
November 25, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	New Hampshire	W 83–57	8–0	Levien Gymnasium (618) New York, NY
December 4, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Albany	L 73–88	8–1	Broadview Center (2,027) Albany, NY
December 7, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Merchant Marine	W 98–49	9–1	Levien Gymnasium (637) New York, NY
December 9, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Sarah Lawrence	W 92–46	10–1	Levien Gymnasium (502) New York, NY
December 28, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Fairfield	W 85–72	11–1	Levien Gymnasium (1,185) New York, NY
December 30, 2024* 5:00 pm, BTN	at Rutgers	L 64–91	11–2	Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000) Piscataway, NJ
Ivy League regular season
January 11, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Cornell	L 83–94	11–3 (0–1)	Levien Gymnasium (1,786) New York, NY
January 18, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Yale	L 88–92	11–4 (0–2)	Levien Gymnasium (1,370) New York, NY
January 20, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Princeton	L 67–71	11–5 (0–3)	Jadwin Gymnasium (3,811) Princeton, NJ
January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Penn	L 78–93	11–6 (0–4)	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 31, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Harvard	L 82–90	11–7 (0–5)	Levien Gymnasium (2,417) New York, NY
February 1, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Dartmouth	L 89–95	11–8 (0–6)	Levien Gymnasium (1,242) New York, NY
February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Brown	W 74–72	12–8 (1–6)	Levien Gymnasium (1,347) New York, NY
February 14, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Dartmouth	L 56–78	12–9 (1–7)	Leede Arena (844) Hanover, NH
February 15, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Harvard	L 75–87	12–10 (1–8)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,200) Cambridge, MA
February 21, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Brown	L 61–86	12–11 (1–9)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,118) Providence, RI
February 22, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Yale	L 64–90	12–12 (1–10)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,125) New Haven, CT
February 28, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Princeton	L 68–73	12–13 (1–11)	Levien Gymnasium (2,574) New York, NY
March 1, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Penn	L 87–92	12–14 (1–12)	Levien Gymnasium (1,514) New York, NY
March 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cornell	L 81–100	12–15 (1–13)	Newman Arena (1,644) Ithaca, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:^[2]^[3]

References

^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". Ivy League. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Columbia University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
^ "Columbia Lions 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

[1] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". Ivy League. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

[2] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Columbia University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

[3] "Columbia Lions 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

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