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2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

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

2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball
ConferenceIvy League
Record10–1 (0–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tobe Carberry
  • Jake Brown
  • Austin Nisbett
  • Jesse Agel
Home arenaLevien Gymnasium
Seasons
← 2023–24
2025–26 →
2024–25 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Columbia 0 – 0   – 10 – 1   .909
Princeton 0 – 0   – 9 – 4   .692
Brown 0 – 0   – 7 – 4   .636
Cornell 0 – 0   – 7 – 4   .636
Yale 0 – 0   – 6 – 6   .500
Dartmouth 0 – 0   – 5 – 7   .417
Penn 0 – 0   – 4 – 8   .333
Harvard 0 – 0   – 3 – 8   .273
† 2025 Ivy League tournament winner
As of December 22, 2024

Previous season

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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

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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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 5, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# 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 Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
December 30, 2024*
5:00 pm, BTN 		at Rutgers Jersey Mike's Arena 
Piscataway, NJ
Ivy League regular season
January 11, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Cornell Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
January 18, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Yale Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
January 20, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, NJ
January 25, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Penn The Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
January 31, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Harvard Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
February 1, 2025
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Dartmouth Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
February 8, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Brown Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
February 14, 2025
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Dartmouth Leede Arena 
Hanover, NH
February 15, 2025
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Harvard Lavietes Pavilion 
Cambridge, MA
February 21, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Brown Pizzitola Sports Center 
Providence, RI
February 22, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT
February 28, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Princeton Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
March 1, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Penn Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
March 8, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Cornell Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:[2][3]

Rankings

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See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
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AP———RVRV———
Coaches————RV———

References

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  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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