The 2026–27 Columbia Lions women's basketball team will represent Columbia University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by eleventh-year head coach Megan Griffith, will play their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City and compete as a member of the Ivy League.
Previous season
The Lions finished the 2025–26 season 25–8 overall and 11–3 in Ivy League play, to finish second in the conference. As the No. 2 seed in the Ivy League tournament, they lost 65–67 in overtime to defending champions No. 3 Harvard in the semifinals.
Following the elimination, the Lions earned an at-large bid to the WBIT, their first appearance in the tournament since its creation. They were seeded No. 4 in the North Dakota State Bracket. They routed unseeded St. John's 74–26 and top seeded North Dakota State 86–57 in the first and second rounds respectively, advancing to the quarterfinals to defeat No. 3 California before taking a 67–50 victory over Wisconsin in the semifinals. Finally, Columbia captured the WBIT championship and their first ever postseason title in program history after defeating BYU 81–64.
Offseason Departures Columbia departures Susie Rafiu 0 Forward 6'1" Senior Ipswich, England Graduated Perri Page 1 Guard/Forward 5'11" Senior Pittsburgh, PA Graduated Vasiliki Cholopoulou 7 Guard 5'10" Freshman Kozani, Greece Transferred to Loyola Chicago María Arrebola 15 Guard/Forward 6'0" Sophomore Almería, Spain TBD; not listed on roster Shay Shippen 22 Guard 5'11" Freshman Idaho Falls, ID Transferred to Montana
Incoming transfers Columbia incoming transfers Mary Ashley Stevenson 20 Forward 6'2" Junior New York, NY Stanford
Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| Ivy League regular season
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