1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

American college basketball season

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


Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Schedule

Date time, TV	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

^ "Columbia season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
^ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
^ 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.
^ "2013–14 Columbia Lions Men's Basketball Media Guide". Yearly records. Columbia University. 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

v t e Columbia Lions men's basketball
Venues	University Heights Gymnasium Levien Gymnasium (1974–present)
Culture & lore	Roar, Lion, Roar
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold