# 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.

## Previous season

Under new head coach Kyle Smith, the Lions had a winning record of 15–13.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year |
| 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

| Date time, TV | 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. ||||||