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	8–0 (0–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Engles (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Tobe Carberry; Jake Brown; Austin Nisbett; Jesse Agel;
Home arena	Levien Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

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 Ivy League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Columbia	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
Princeton	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
Cornell	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
Yale	0	–	0	–	4	–	4	.500
Brown	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Dartmouth	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Penn	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Harvard	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333

† 2025 Ivy League tournament winner As of November 24, 2024

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			Broadview Center Albany, NY
December 7, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Merchant Marine			Levien Gymnasium New York, NY
December 9, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Sarah Lawrence			Levien Gymnasium 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]

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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