The Columbia women’s basketball team will be going to the NCAA Tournament and this feat marks the first for the organization. They will be facing Vanderbilt in the next game, which will take place on March 20th at Cassell Coliseum.
Game Details 📝
Our First Four game vs. Vanderbilt will take place Wednesday, March 20 at 9 p.m. ET.📺 ESPNU
📰 https://t.co/pMCLcXrmzF#RoarLionRoar 🦁 // #OnlyHere 🗽 pic.twitter.com/YtLOW6Lpqq— Columbia Women's Basketball (@CULionsWBB) March 18, 2024
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE COLUMBIA LIONS ARE GOING DANCING!!! 💃
🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁
Look out @MarchMadnessWBB!!!!#RoarLionRoar 🦁 // #OnlyHere 🗽 pic.twitter.com/Gex3CfAoJ4
— Columbia Women's Basketball (@CULionsWBB) March 18, 2024
🗣️ Coach Griffith (@CUCoachG) spoke with members of the media this evening on @Columbia's selection to the NCAA Tournament.#RoarLionRoar 🦁 // #OnlyHere 🗽
FULL MEDIA AVAILABILITY:https://t.co/B2PcyOrlcQ pic.twitter.com/pCvGwSX6Uk
— Columbia Women's Basketball (@CULionsWBB) March 18, 2024
The Columbia women’s basketball team had an impressive season and has become the first Ivy League team to receive an at-large selection as per Ivy League. Both Princeton and Columbia Lions had achieved feats and subsequently received praise in the national weekly polls as well.
As per Columbia Lions, they went on to win twenty-one games out of final 23 games of the campaign and stand in second place in the Ivy League. The Lions had advanced for the second time to the Ivy League Championship Game in the last three years. However, the Lions were defeated by the Princeton Tigers with a final score of 75-58.
