Ivy League Basketball: Ranking of 25 best players from last decade (2013-23)

13. Maodo Lo

A 6’3 combo guard originally from Germany, Lo did great work under Kyle Smith for four seasons at Columbia, helping the Lions build something significant back in the mid-2010’s. He arrived on campus in 2012 and was a full-time starter by his sophomore season, becoming a top-level shooter and offensive piece in the Ivy League.

As a sophomore, Lo made 45% of his 3-pointers and helped the Lions to a 21-win season and a decent run into the CIT. He’d average 18.4 points a game as a junior in another hot-shooting season, including a 37-point effort against Princeton in their final game of the year. Senior year was greater yet, as Lo averaged 16.9 points a game and helped lead Columbia to the CIT championship, including a 29-point effort against NJIT in the semifinals.

All-Ivy in his last three seasons, Lo earned First Team honors as a junior and senior. Nobody in the Ivy League scored more points than Lo in either of those seasons. His 78 steals as a senior ranked 9th in the nation and he was quietly one of the best 3-pointer shooters in recent memory in the conference. Columbia strung together multiple 20-win seasons in part due to Lo’s efforts especially on the offensive side of the ball.