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
Columbia100 1.000  171  .944
Penn64 .600  104  .714
Princeton55 .500  105  .667
Yale55 .500  1012  .455
Cornell37 .300  613  .316
Harvard19 .100  19  .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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