1904–05 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

1904–05 Columbia Lions men's basketball
EIBL Champions
Helms Foundation National Champions
ConferenceEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Record19–1 (8–0 EIBL)
Head coach
  • No coach
Home arenaUniversity Heights Gymnasium
1904–05 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf. Overall
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

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, 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. Two players were named to the first-ever college basketball All-American team at the end of the season: Harry Fisher and Marcus Hurley.