# 2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

The 2024–25 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by eighth-year head coach Jim Engles, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City as members of the Ivy League.

## 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.

## 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 | L 73–88 | 8–1 | Broadview Center (2,027) Albany, NY |
| December 7, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Merchant Marine | W 98–49 | 9–1 | Levien Gymnasium (637) New York, NY |
| December 9, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Sarah Lawrence | W 92–46 | 10–1 | Levien Gymnasium (502) New York, NY |
| December 28, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Fairfield | W 85–72 | 11–1 | Levien Gymnasium (1,185) New York, NY |
| December 30, 2024* 5:00 pm, BTN | at Rutgers | L 64–91 | 11–2 | Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000) Piscataway, NJ |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 11, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Cornell | L 83–94 | 11–3 (0–1) | Levien Gymnasium (1,786) New York, NY |
| January 18, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Yale | L 88–92 | 11–4 (0–2) | Levien Gymnasium (1,370) New York, NY |
| January 20, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Princeton | L 67–71 | 11–5 (0–3) | Jadwin Gymnasium (3,811) Princeton, NJ |
| January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Penn | L 78–93 | 11–6 (0–4) | The Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| January 31, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Harvard | L 82–90 | 11–7 (0–5) | Levien Gymnasium (2,417) New York, NY |
| February 1, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Dartmouth | L 89–95 | 11–8 (0–6) | Levien Gymnasium (1,242) New York, NY |
| February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Brown | W 74–72 | 12–8 (1–6) | Levien Gymnasium (1,347) New York, NY |
| February 14, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Dartmouth | L 56–78 | 12–9 (1–7) | Leede Arena (844) Hanover, NH |
| February 15, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Harvard | L 75–87 | 12–10 (1–8) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,200) Cambridge, MA |
| February 21, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Brown | L 61–86 | 12–11 (1–9) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,118) Providence, RI |
| February 22, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Yale | L 64–90 | 12–12 (1–10) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,125) New Haven, CT |
| February 28, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Princeton | L 68–73 | 12–13 (1–11) | Levien Gymnasium (2,574) New York, NY |
| March 1, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Penn | L 87–92 | 12–14 (1–12) | Levien Gymnasium (1,514) New York, NY |
| March 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Cornell | L 81–100 | 12–15 (1–13) | Newman Arena (1,644) Ithaca, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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