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1904–05 Columbia Lions men's basketball
1904–05 Columbia Lions men's basketball
EIBL Champions; Helms Foundation National Champions; Premo-Porretta National Champions
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Record	19–1 (8–0 EIBL)
Head coach	No coach;
Home arena	University Heights Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1903–04 1905–06 →

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.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	at Pratt	W 34–18	1–0	Brooklyn, NY
*	at Co. F. Norwalk	W 21–9	2–0	Norwalk, CT
*	at Central YMCA	W 25–22	3–0
*	at Newport YMCA	W 24–22	4–0
*	at Fall River YMCA	W 18–11	5–0
*	at Fitchburg YMCA	W 19–16	6–0
*	at Washington Continentals	L 7–17	6–1
*	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
*	at Rochester	W 36–24	11–1	Rochester, NY
*	at Second Signal Corporation	W 26–23	12–1
	Yale	W 14–12	13–1 (3–0)	University Heights Gymnasium Upper Manhattan, NY
*	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.

Source^[4]

^ "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.