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Subject: Re: Columbia Men Bsktball Team's Biggest Game Author: Brown Fan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:29:19 02/08/25 Sat In reply to: The Mountain Lion 's message, "Columbia Men Bsktball Team's Biggest Game" on 19:25:56 02/06/25 Thu I agree that it will be a battle today. Last week (and I don't know if it carries forward to today), Columbia was missing its best player, Rubio, and Brown was missing its best big man, Landon Lewis, after already losing all-Ivy center Nana Owusu-Anane for most or all of the season. Brown's free-throw shooting has been a difference-maker in multiple games this year. The loss of these players explains some of each team's difficulties this season. I definitely expected better records from each, but we'll see how the ball bounces today. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: With de la Rosa out again today, the Lions start off poorly. Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:23:36 02/08/25 Sat Brown scored the game's first eleven points! Right now, it's 7-16, with more than twelve minutes remaining in the first half of play. By the way, Columbia's also been without reliable third-guard, senior Jaden Cooper, for most of the season. Of course, we all know that injuries, defections and other personnel losses are part of the process for most of those we root for and against. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Final score this afternoon could be the epitaph of the Lions' season. Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:23:10 02/08/25 Sat Brown remains up 9 points this afternoon with less than fifteen minutes to play. After today, the Lions play five of their remaining seven league games on the road; and in an Ivy League where seven league wins are a necessity to even entertain the thought of post-season play, it's not looking at all good for Columbia. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Suddenly, Columbia creeps to within a single point! Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:59:13 02/08/25 Sat 20 seconds left; Brown ball and time out. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Columbia Men Bsktball Team's Biggest Game Author: Brown Fan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:06:23 02/08/25 Sat Very quick whistle on the in-bound gave Columbia the ball, and Columbia capitalized. Congrats to a team that never quit. As for Brown, this makes Ivy Madness a huge uphill climb. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Quick whistle; bad foul; and a most improbable occurrence. Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:35:17 02/08/25 Sat Your team has a slim lead and the ball; twenty seconds left; your team's coming out of a time out; and you're a senior (Erold) and Coach Martin probably reminded the Brown 5 NOT to foul- you've been here before and just can't allow yourself to be drawn into a foul with your team simply needing to run 20 seconds off the clock; certainly not now, of all times! But, we eventually know enough to expect the unexpected; and Columbia regained possession to hit a free throw and a layup with 8 seconds left. Brown's star guard Lilly then missed a three at the buzzer and now The Mountain Lion just can't deny having witnessed a hard-earned two point victory, as claimed by the only coach with lifetime tenure in the whole damned Ivy League! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Quick whistle; bad foul; and a most improbable occurrence. Author: The Mountain Lion [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:26:11 02/08/25 Sat As usual, Valmas is spot on. There is no doubt that it was a wonderfully scripted victory thanks almost entirely to a freshman guard who Coach Engles has hid successfully at the far end of the bench for the entire season. I just watched the post-game interview between Columbia's announcer, Lance Medow and Coach Engles. Did Engles really say to Medow that he had no idea what happened in the final minute of the game? I hope he was joking. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]