1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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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] was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, and was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2][3]
Record17–1 (10–0 EIBL)
Headcoach
- No coach
HomearenaUniversity Heights Gymnasium
| 1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball | |
|---|---|
EIBL Champions Helms Foundation National Champions | |
| Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League |
| Record | 17–1 (10–0 EIBL) |
| Head coach |
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| Home arena | University Heights Gymnasium |
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 |
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| * |
at Second Signal Corporation | W 25–10 | 4–1 |
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| * |
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]