Columbia Lions men's basketball
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The Columbia Lions Basketball team is the basketball team that represents Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

 in New York City, New York
New York
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, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

. The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 1968
1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1968, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Los Angeles, California...

. The Lions are currently coached by Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith (basketball)
Kyle Smith is an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at Columbia University. Prior to joining the Lions, Smith was associate head coach at Saint Mary's, where he was responsible for running the offense and heading up the recruiting activities...

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NCAA Tournament results

The Lions 1968 NCAA Tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

 appearance was their third. Their combined record is 2–4.
Year Round Opponent Result/Score
1948
1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
-External links:* on Shrp Sports * , source for much of the information on this page....

 
Regional Semifinal
Third Place Game
Kentucky
Michigan
1947–48 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1947–48 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1947–48 season. The team played its home games at Yost Arena on the school's campus in . The team won the Western Conference Championship...

 
L 76–53
L 66–49
1951
1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 20, 1951, and ended with the championship game on March 27 at Williams Arena in Minneapolis,...

 
Second Round Illinois  L 79–71
1968
1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1968, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Los Angeles, California...

 
Second Round
Regional Semifinal
Third Place Game
La Salle
La Salle Explorers men's basketball
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Davidson
Davidson Wildcats men's basketball
The Davidson Wildcats basketball team is the basketball team that represents Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, in the NCAA Division I. The school's team currently competes in the Southern Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2008. The...


St. Bonaventure
St. Bonaventure University
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W 83–69
L 61–59
W 95–75

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