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Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Basketball Preview | Columbia Preview

Last season: 13-15, 7-7 Ivy

Head Coach: Joe Jones, seventh season, 75-91, 34-50 Ivy with Columbia

Last Ivy League Title: 1967-68

Projected Starters: Jr. F Brian Grimes So. G Noruwa Agho Sr. G Niko Scott Sr. G Kevin Bulger Sr. G Patrick Foley

Non-league highlights: Nov. 17 at DePaul; Nov. 27 at Syracuse

Columbia will win if... Foley stays healthy, something he hasn't accomplished in the last couple of years.

Columbia will lose if... No big man emerges. The top two post players are transfers.

Last Year: Feb. 6: The Lions came into the Palestra and took their first game in the Cathedral of College Basketball since 2002, 74-63. Mar. 7: Kevin Egee's buzzer-beating three-pointer gave him bragging rights over younger brother Steve and gave the Quakers a 51-50 win in New York.