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1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

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1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball
EIBL Champions
Helms Foundation National Champions
Premo-Porretta National Champions
ConferenceEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Record17–1 (10–0 EIBL)
Head coach
  • No coach
Home arenaUniversity Heights Gymnasium
Seasons
1903–04 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
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

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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

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  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.