2011–12 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by second year head coach Kyle Smith, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.

2011–12 Columbia Lions men's basketball
ConferenceIvy League
Record15–15 (4–10 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaLevien Gymnasium
Seasons
2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Harvard 12 2   .857 26 5   .839
Penn 11 3   .786 20 13   .606
Princeton 10 4   .714 20 12   .625
Yale 9 5   .643 19 10   .655
Cornell 7 7   .500 12 16   .429
Columbia 4 10   .286 15 15   .500
Brown 2 12   .143 8 23   .258
Dartmouth 1 13   .071 5 25   .167
As of March 15, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
1 Noruwa Agho Guard 6–3 220 Senior
10 Brian Barbour Guard 6–1 175 Junior
55 Mark Cisco Center 6–9 245 Junior
20 Chris Crockett Guard 5-10 190 Senior
15 John Daniels Forward 6-8 220 Senior
12 Steve Egee Guard 6-2 190 Senior
31 Van Green Guard 6-3 185 Sophomore
3 Matt Johnson Guard 6-7 210 Senior
4 Dean Kowalski Guard 5-10 165 Junior
22 Meiko Lyles Guard 6-3 200 Sophomore
23 Cory Osetkowski Center 6-11 270 Freshmen
25 Samer Ozeir Forward 6-8 205 Freshmen
13 Alex Rosenberg Forward 6-7 210 Freshmen
21 Noah Springwater Guard 6-3 180 Freshmen
30 Blaise Staab Forward 6-5 215 Senior
35 Darius Stevens Forward 6-6 190 Freshmen

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/11/2011*
7:00 pm, ESPNU
at Connecticut L 57–70  0–1
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167)
Storrs, CT
11/14/2011*
7:00 pm
Furman L 58–62  0–2
Levien Gymnasium (719)
New York City, NY
11/19/2011*
7:00 pm
American L 58–66  0–3
Levien Gymnasium (1,232)
New York City, NY
11/22/2011*
7:00 pm
at Stony Brook L 53–67  0–4
Pritchard Gymnasium (1,166)
Stony Brook, NY
11/26/2011*
2:00 pm
at Manhattan W 59–41  1–4
Draddy Gymnasium (1,138)
Riverdale, NY
11/28/2011*
Swarthmore W 104–42  2–4
Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
12/02/2011*
7:00 pm
at Loyola Marymount
Doubletree Los Angeles Westwide Centennial Classic
W 69–61  3–4
Gersten Pavilion (3,844)
Los Angeles, CA
12/03/2011*
7:00 pm
at North Texas
Doubletree Los Angeles Westwide Centennial Classic
W 72–57  4–4
Gersten Pavilion (2,195)
Los Angeles, CA
12/04/2011*
at La Sierra
Doubletree Los Angeles Westwide Centennial Classic
W 78–56  5–4
Gersten Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
12/06/2011*
Holy Cross W 46–45  6–4
Levien Gymnasium 
New York City, NY
12/10/2011*
2:00 pm
Long Island W 63–53  7–4
Levien Gymnasium (874)
New York City, NY
12/28/2011*
at Marist L 57–79  7–5
McCann Field House 
Poughkeepsie, NY
12/30/2011*
Lafayette W 77–67  8–5
Levien Gymnasium 
New York City, NY
01/02/2012*
Fairleigh Dickinson W 67–52  9–5
Levien Gymnasium 
New York City, NY
01/04/2012
at Colgate W 66–59  10–5
Cotterell Court 
Hamilton, NY
01/08/2012*
2:00 pm
at Elon W 65–60  11–5
Alumni Gym (1,306)
Elon, NC
Ivy League
01/13/2012
7:00 pm
Penn L 64–66  11–6 (0–1)
Levien Gymnasium (2,029)
New York City, NY
01/14/2012
7:00 pm
Princeton L 58–62  11–7 (0–2)
Levien Gymnasium (1,764)
New York City, NY
01/21/2012
Cornell W 61–56  12–7 (1–2)
Levien Gymnasium 
New York City, NY
01/28/2012
at Cornell L 60–65  12–8 (1–3)
Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
02/03/2012
at Dartmouth W 64–62  13–8 (2–3)
Leede Arena 
Hanover, NH
02/04/2012
7:00 pm
at Harvard L 52–57  13–9 (2–4)
Lavietes Pavilion (2,195)
Boston, MA
02/10/2012
Brown W 86–60  14–9 (3–4)
Levien Gymnasium 
New York City, NY
02/11/2012
7:00 pm
Yale L 58–59  14–10 (3–5)
Levien Gymnasium (2,442)
New York City, NY
02/17/2012
7:00 pm, ESPNU
at Princeton L 66–77  14–11 (3–6)
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, NJ
02/18/2012
7:00 pm
at Penn L 66–77 OT 14–12 (3–7)
The Palestra (4,103)
Philadelphia, PA
02/24/2012
7:00 pm, YES
at Yale L 67–75  14–13 (3–8)
John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,821)
New Haven, CT
02/25/2012
at Brown L 78–94  14–14 (3–9)
Pizzitola Sports Center 
Providence, RI
03/02/2012
7:00 pm
Harvard L 70–77 OT 14–15 (3–10)
Levien Gymnasium (2,702)
New York City, NY
03/03/2012
Dartmouth W 61–55  15–15 (4–10)
Levien Gymnasium 
New York City, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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