1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

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

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.

[SR-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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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold