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Subject: Re: Columbia Wins at Dartmouth to Remain Undefeated in the Ivies

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The Mountain Lion

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Date Posted: 14:37:52 02/03/25 Mon
In reply to: Boston Lion 's message, "Columbia Wins at Dartmouth to Remain Undefeated in the Ivies" on 19:42:04 02/01/25 Sat

While I do agree with nearly all of AO's observations, I would respectfully suggest to him that his criticism of the players on the Columbia Mens Basketball Team is a bit unfair. It is my opinion that Columbia indeed has a number of very talented players and were they coached by anyone other than Coach Engles and his assistants the team's record would be much better than their current record of 0-6 in the Ivy League. In my opinion, Columbia's guards are as good as any in the Ivy League, but have struggled on defense due to obviously inept coaching that has resulted in Columbia's opponents scoring over ninety points against Columbia in five of Columbia's last six games. Furthermore, I do believe that Columbia does have some very talented players up front, specially on offense, but they are totally unschooled on defense due again to obviously inept coaching. I am certain that everyone on this Board recognizes by now that it is not the fault of the individual players, that the team's Head Coach, Engles, has compiled what has to be one of the worst records in Ivy League history. The responsibility for Columbia's 0-6 losing record in the Ivy League so far this year and about 23-81 over Engles long tenure clearly belongs to Coach Engles and his staff and the Athletic Administrartion, as well as any other persons in the Columbia Administration that are involved directly or indirectly in the continued employment of Engles and his staff.

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[> Subject: Re: Columbia Wins at Dartmouth to Remain Undefeated in the Ivies

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Boston Lion
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Date Posted: 15:48:33 02/03/25 Mon

Question for smarter people:

How does Columbia (1) go undefeated in the Ivies at 7-0, (2) then beat Princeton by 8, and (3) then beat Harvard AT Harvard by 9 after leading virtually wire to wire and by as much as 19, and still get ranked five spots below H with H's ranking not taking a dent after the head-to-head loss to C?

I'm aware of the transitive fallacy, but, still, I would've thought that last Friday's resounding head-to-head win (not a squeaker) AT H would have caused more of a ripple.

Is this because of the two teams' results against common opponent, IU, whom H beat by 4 and C lost to by 10, despite leading IU very late in the game?

I straight-up acknowledge that I'm not a bb whiz and am obviously missing chunks here. So, can someone provide the "second-level" knowledge that makes this make sense? Thanks in advance.