1904–05 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States

American college basketball season August 2023 March 2026 1904 Columbia (retroactive selection in 1943) Christian Steinmetz, Wisconsin (retroactive selection in 1944) The 1904–05 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States began in December 1904, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1905. Season headlines Referring to the "college championship" competition on the basketball program of the 1904 Olympic Games — which Hiram College had won, prompting it to claim the mythical collegiate national basketball championship for the 1903–04 season — Spalding's Official Basket Ball Guide for 1904, published in September 1904, offers the opinion that "This tournament marks the beginning of what may in the years to come be an annual fixture, namely — a National College Basket Ball Championship held annually between the colleges of the U.S. played in alternate years in the East and West. Such a championship could easily be made a great athletic and social event."Spalding's Official Basket Ball Guide for 1904 XVIII 212 Hepbron George T. George Hepbron American Sports Publishing Co. New York, New York September 1904 31 https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.officialaaubaske04amat/?sp=35 The First Olympic College Basket Ball Championship Christian Steinmetz of Wisconsin became the first player to score at least 1,000 points during his career.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf Playing Rules History ncaa.org NCAA June 25, 2024 13 Columbia (19–1) claimed to be the collegiate national champion of the 1904–05 season because it had two wins over traveling Western Conference teams — Wisconsin and Minnesota — during the season and because of its combined record over the 1903–04 season (when it had finished 17–1) and 1904–05 season.March 12, 1905 Columbia's Championship Five — Local Players Claim National Intercollegiate Title, Having Defeated Best of East and West https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-columbias-champion-five-basketb/177485152/ The Sun New York On the basis of the past two seasons and the victories over the Westerners, the Columbia men feel fairly entitled to claim the title of national college champions. In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1904–05 season.Jon Scott Nov 9, 2010 The truth behind the Helms Committee http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/helms.html 13 May 2021 In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Columbia as its top-ranked team for the 1904–05 season.ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 526, 529–587 978-0-345-51392-2 Conference membership changes SchoolFormer ConferenceNew Conference Harvard Harvard Crimson Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Independent Northwestern Northwestern Wildcats No major basketball program Western Conference Regular season Conference winners ConferenceRegular Season Winnerhttp://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Standings.pdf 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section 2009 NCAA 14 February 2009Conference Player of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament WinnerEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No Tournamenthttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/ivy/men/1905.html Sports Reference 1904-05 Men's Ivy League Season Summary July 18, 2024Western Conference None (see note) None selected No Tournamenthttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/western/men/1905.html Sports Reference 1904-05 Men's Western Conference Season Summary July 18, 2024 NOTE: The Western Conference (the future Big Ten Conference) did not sponsor an official conference season or recognize a regular-season champion until the 1905–06 season, although intramural games took place between conference members during the 1904–05 season. In 1904–05, Chicago (9–3) finished with the best winning percentage (.750) and Wisconsin (10–8) with the most wins. Independents A total of 64 college teams played as major independents. Among them, 1904 Williams College Williams Ephs Williams (20–2) and 1904 Lewis University Lewis Flyers Lewis (20–5) finished with the most wins.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/independent/men/1905.html Sports Reference 1904-05 Men's Independent Season Summary July 18, 2024 Awards Helms College Basketball All-Americans 1905 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1904–05 season.The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99" Player Team Harry A. Fisher Columbia Marcus Hurley Columbia Willard Hyatt Yale Gilmore Kinney Yale C. D. McLees Wisconsin James Ozanne Chicago Walter Runge Colgate Chris Steinmetz Wisconsin George Tuck Minnesota Oliver deGray Vanderbilt Princeton Major player of the year awards Helms Player of the Year: Christian Steinmetz, Wisconsin (retroactive selection in 1944) Coaching changes A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. TeamFormerCoachInterimCoachNewCoachReason Brown Paul DeWolf Oscar Rackle Canisius J. P. Quinslisk John Schmitt Fordham Harry A. Fisher Loren Black Iowa John Chalmers Ed Rule Maine George Huntington George Owen Purdue James Nufer Clarence B. Jamison Temple Harry Wingert John Crescenzo Washington Agricultural James N. Ashmore Everett Sweeley References 2