The 1904–05 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1904–05 season. The team finished the season with a 19–1 record[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2][3] Two players were named to the first-ever college basketball All-American team at the end of the season: Harry Fisher and Marcus Hurley.
| 1904–05 Columbia Lions men's basketball | |
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EIBL Champions Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions | |
| Conference | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League |
| Record | 19–1 (8–0 EIBL) |
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| Home arena | University Heights Gymnasium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 8 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 19 | – | 1 | .950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 5 | – | 3 | .625 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 4 | – | 4 | .500 | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 5 | – | 16 | .238 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 1 | – | 7 | .125 | 9 | – | 14 | .391 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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at Pratt | W 34–18 | 1–0 |
Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
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at Co. F. Norwalk | W 21–9 | 2–0 |
Norwalk, CT | |||||||
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at Central YMCA | W 25–22 | 3–0 |
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at Newport YMCA | W 24–22 | 4–0 |
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at Fall River YMCA | W 18–11 | 5–0 |
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at Fitchburg YMCA | W 19–16 | 6–0 |
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at Washington Continentals | L 7–17 | 6–1 |
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at Army | W 29–25 | 7–1 |
West Point, NY | |||||||
| Cornell | W 30–11 | 8–1 (1–0) |
University Heights Gymnasium Upper Manhattan, NY | ||||||||
| 1/17/1905* |
Wisconsin | W 21–15 | 9–1 |
University Heights Gymnasium Upper Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| at Cornell | W 23–17 | 10–1 (2–0) |
Ithaca, NY | ||||||||
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at Rochester | W 36–24 | 11–1 |
Rochester, NY | |||||||
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at Second Signal Corporation | W 26–23 | 12–1 |
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| Yale | W 14–12 | 13–1 (3–0) |
University Heights Gymnasium Upper Manhattan, NY | ||||||||
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Minnesota | W 27–15 | 14–1 |
University Heights Gymnasium Upper Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| at Princeton | W 32–28 | 15–1 (4–0) |
University Gymnasium Princeton, NJ | ||||||||
| Princeton | W 33–19 | 16–1 (5–0) |
University Heights Gymnasium Upper Manhattan, NY | ||||||||
| at Yale | W 24–21 | 17–1 (6–0) |
New Haven, CT | ||||||||
| at Penn | W 27–17 | 18–1 (7–0) |
Philadelphia, PA | ||||||||
| Penn | W 56–16 | 19–1 (8–0) |
University Heights Gymnasium Upper Manhattan, NY | ||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Source[4]
References
edit- ^ "Columbia season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved April 30, 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 30, 2014.