Petrasek will become the first Lion to attend an NBA training camp since Sean Couch '87CC, who was drafted and signed by the Indiana Pacers in 1987.

The Lions will begin the campaign in the City of Brotherly Love when they take on Villanova at Wells Fargo Arena on Friday, November 10.

Set to launch its fifth year as the game-day home for Ivy League live events, the newly-branded Ivy League Network (ILN) will welcome a number of broadcast and user-experience enhancements in the 2017-18 academic year.

The duo, who both posted cumulative GPA's above 3.2, where two of 13 representatives from the Ivy League.

The Lions boasted a team GPA of 3.08 during the 2016-17 academic year and was one of four Ivy League institutions represented.

Columbia men's basketball head coach Jim Engles has announced that Jean Bain has been promoted to associate head coach.

Maodo Lo capped his rookie season with an easyCredit BBL crown. Lo joins three other Lions' alumni, Asenso Ampim, KJ Matsui and Alex Rosenberg, in the international professional ranks.

Guards Tai Bibbs, Myles Hanson, Jake Klores and Gabe Stefanini along with forwards Randy Broumant and Jaron Faulds will join the Lions' roster in 2017-18.