# 2018–19 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City and were led by third-year head coach Jim Engles, as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 10–18, 5–9 in Ivy League play, to finish in seventh place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.

## Previous season

The Lions finished the 2017–18 season 8–19, 5–9 in Ivy League play, to finish in a tie for fifth place and failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Marist | L 76–82 | 0–1 | McCann Arena (1,413) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| November 16, 2018* 8:30 p.m. | vs. Youngstown State John Bach Classic | L 83–94 | 0–2 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,765) The Bronx, NY |
| November 17, 2018* 6:00 p.m. | vs. FIU John Bach Classic | L 87–98 | 0–3 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,834) The Bronx, NY |
| November 18, 2018* 5:00 p.m. | at Fordham John Bach Classic | L 69–70 | 0–4 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,917) The Bronx, NY |
| November 25, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | St. Joseph's College | W 85–38 | 1–4 | Levien Gymnasium (755) New York, NY |
| December 2, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Delaware | L 86–87 $^{2OT}$ | 1–5 | Levien Gymnasium (1,125) New York, NY |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Colgate | L 62–64 | 1–6 | Levien Gymnasium (749) New York, NY |
| December 7, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Bryant | W 90–68 | 2–6 | Levien Gymnasium (949) New York, NY |
| December 9, 2018* 11:00 a.m., FS1 | vs. Iona MSG Holiday Festival | W 74–71 | 3–6 | Madison Square Garden (10,078) New York, NY |
| December 12, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | at Boston College | L 73–82 | 3–7 | Conte Forum (3,295) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| December 22, 2018* 1:00 p.m., BTNPlus | at Rutgers | L 65–68 | 3–8 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (5,231) Piscataway, NJ |
| December 30, 2018* 4:00 p.m., BTNPlus | at Northwestern | L 54–75 | 3–9 | Welsh–Ryan Arena (6,714) Evanston, IL |
| January 2, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Binghamton | W 65–63 | 4–9 | Binghamton University Events Center (1,624) Vestal, NY |
| January 12, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Elmira | W 102–63 | 5–9 | Levien Gymnasium (1,226) New York, NY |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 19, 2019 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Cornell | L 59–60 | 5–10 (0–1) | Newman Arena (1,642) Ithaca, NY |
| January 26, 2019 7:00 p.m., SNY | Cornell | W 73–70 | 6–10 (1–1) | Levien Gymnasium (2,312) New York, NY |
| February 1, 2019 7:00 p.m., SNY/ESPN+ | Princeton | L 43–55 | 6–11 (1–2) | Levien Gymnasium (1,932) New York, NY |
| February 2, 2019 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Penn | L 70–72 | 6–12 (1–3) | Levien Gymnasium (2,409) New York, NY |
| February 8, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Harvard | L 96–98 $^{3OT}$ | 6–13 (1–4) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 9, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Dartmouth | L 66–82 | 6–14 (1–5) | Leede Arena (1,021) Hanover, NH |
| February 15, 2019 7:00 p.m., SNY | Yale | L 64–70 | 6–15 (1–6) | Levien Gymnasium (1,532) New York, NY |
| February 16, 2019 7:00 p.m., SNY/ESPN+ | Brown | L 63–65 | 6–16 (1–7) | Levien Gymnasium (1,652) New York, NY |
| February 22, 2019 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Penn | W 79–77 $^{OT}$ | 7–16 (2–7) | The Palestra (2,906) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 23, 2019 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Princeton | L 61–79 | 7–17 (2–8) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,940) Princeton, NJ |
| March 1, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPNU | at Brown | W 80–77 | 8–17 (3–8) | Pizzitola Sports Center (2,015) Providence, RI |
| March 2, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Yale | W 83–75 | 9–17 (4–8) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,688) New Haven, CT |
| March 8, 2019 7:00 p.m., SNY | Dartmouth | W 70–66 | 10–17 (5–8) | Levien Gymnasium (1,356) New York, NY |
| March 9, 2019 7:00 p.m., SNY/ESPN+ | Harvard | L 81–83 $^{OT}$ | 10–18 (5–9) | Levien Gymnasium (2,314) New York, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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