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
ConferenceEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
1903–04 record17–1 (10–0 EIBL)
Head coach
  • No coach
Home arenaUniversity Heights Gymnasium
1903–04 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Columbia10–0 1.000  17–1  .944
Penn6–4 .600  10–4  .714
Princeton5–5 .500  10–5  .667
Yale5–5 .500  10–12  .455
Cornell3–7 .300  6–13  .316
Harvard1–9 .100  1–9  .100
Rankings from AP Poll

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.
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