1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

The 1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1903–04 season. The team finished the season with a 17–1 record^[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[2][3]

1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball
EIBL Champions Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Record	17–1 (10–0 EIBL)
Head coach	No coach
Home arena	University Heights Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1902–03 1904–05 →

1903–04 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Columbia	10	–	0		1.000			17	–	1		.944
Penn	6	–	4		.600			10	–	4		.714
Princeton	5	–	5		.500			10	–	5		.667
Yale	5	–	5		.500			10	–	12		.455
Cornell	3	–	7		.300			6	–	13		.316
Harvard	1	–	9		.100			1	–	9		.100

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*		at Pratt	W 42–14	1–0	Brooklyn, NY
*		57th Street YMCA	W 29–16	2–0	University Heights Gymnasium  Upper Manhattan, NY
*		Williams	W 16–9	3–0	University Heights Gymnasium  Upper Manhattan, NY
*		at Washington Continentals	L 12–17	3–1
*		at Second Signal Corporation	W 25–10	4–1
*		at Norwalk G.F.	W 17–6	5–1	Norwalk, CT
		Harvard	W 39–14	6–1	University Heights Gymnasium  Upper Manhattan, NY
		at Cornell	W 31–18	7–1	Ithaca, NY
*		at Rochester	W 27–13	8–1	Rochester, NY
*		Wesleyan	W 40–12	9–1	University Heights Gymnasium  Upper Manhattan, NY
		Penn	W 17–15	10–1	University Heights Gymnasium  Upper Manhattan, NY
		at Yale	W 16–7	11–1	New Haven, CT
		at Harvard	W 24–16	12–1	Boston, MA
		Yale	W 21–5	13–1	University Heights Gymnasium  Upper Manhattan, NY
		at Princeton	W 23–18	14–1	University Gymnasium  Princeton, NJ
		at Penn	W 23–12	15–1	Philadelphia, PA
		Princeton	W 27–15	16–1	University Heights Gymnasium  Upper Manhattan, NY
		Cornell	W 49–13	17–1	University Heights Gymnasium  Upper Manhattan, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[4]

References

1. "Columbia season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
2. "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
3. ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
4. "2013–14 Columbia Lions Men's Basketball Media Guide". Yearly records. Columbia University. 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2014.