# 1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States

The 1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States began in December 1903, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1904.

## Season headlines

* In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1903–04 season.
* In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1903–04 season.

## Conference membership changes

| School | Former Conference | New Conference |
| Chicago Maroons | No major basketball program | Western Conference |
| Penn Quakers | Independent | Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League |

## Regular season
### Conference winners

| Conference | Regular Season Winner | Conference Player of the Year | Conference Tournament | Tournament Venue (City) | Tournament Winner |
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Columbia | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| Western Conference | None (see note) | None selected | No Tournament | No Tournament | No Tournament |
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. In 1903–04, Chicago (7–0) finished with the best winning percentage (1.000) and Purdue (11–2) and Wisconsin (11–4) with the most wins.
1903–04 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings :
| 1903–04 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Columbia10–0 1.00017–1  .944 Penn6–4 .60010–4  .714 Princeton5–5 .50010–5  .667 Yale5–5 .50010–12  .455 Cornell3–7 .3006–13  .316 Harvard1–9 .1001–9  .100 | 1903–04 Western Conference men's basketball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Chicago†0–0 –7–0  1.000 Purdue2–1 .66711–2  .846 Minnesota1–0 1.00010–2  .833 Iowa0–0 –6–2  .750 Wisconsin0–0 –11–4  .733 Indiana0–2 .0005–4  .556 † Intramural play only; the conference did not have an official champion winner |

### Independents

A total of 56 college teams played as major independents. Among teams that played at least 10 games, North Dakota Agriultural (11–1) had the best winning percentage (.917), and Fordham (19–5) won the most games.
1903–04 collegiate men's basketball independents standings :
* 1903–04 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L PCTW L PCT
* Cumberland (Tenn.)– –4–0
* 1.000
* Wisconsin–Stevens Point– –6–0
* 1.000
* North Dakota Agricultural– –11–1
* .917
* Illinois State– –7–1
* .875
* Allegheny– –13–2
* .867
* Bloomsburg– –6–1
* .857
* Vanderbilt– –6–1
* .857
* Dayton– –5–1
* .833
* Holy Cross– –10–2
* .833
* Canisius– –9–2
* .818
* Maine– –8–2
* .800
* Fordham– –19–5
* .792
* Hiram– –10–3
* .769
* Denver– –3–1
* .750
* Lehigh– –5–2
* .714
* Ohio State– –10–4
* .714
* Colgate– –12–5
* .706
* Oregon Agricultural– –7–3
* .700
* Williams– –15–7
* .682
* Army– –2–1
* .667
* Connecticut– –6–3
* .667
* Montana State– –4–2
* .667
* Washington– –6–3
* .667
* Washington State– –2–1
* .667
* Grove City– –9–5
* .643
* Nebraska– –9–5
* .643
* Grinnell– –7–4
* .636
* Michigan State– –5–3
* .625
* Baker– –6–4
* .600
* Bucknell– –7–5
* .583
* Syracuse– –11–8
* .579
* Cincinnati– –8–6
* .571
* Colorado– –4–3
* .571
* Dartmouth– –8–6
* .571
* West Virginia– –4–3
* .571
* Penn State– –5–4
* .556
* Wheaton (Ill.)– –10–9
* .526
* Augustana (Ill.)– –1–1
* .500
* Brigham Young– –3–3
* .500
* Butler– –2–2
* .500
* Gettysburg– –4–4
* .500
* Temple– –4–4
* .500
* Utah State– –2–2
* .500
* Mount Union– –4–5
* .444
* Brown– –8–11
* .421
* Kansas– –5–8
* .385
* Wabash– –4–7
* .364
* Wesleyan (Conn.)– –5–9
* .357
* Westminster (Pa.)– –2–4
* .333
* Wooster– –2–4
* .333
* Akron– –3–7
* .300
* Rhode Island A&M– –1–3
* .250
* Kentucky– –1–4
* .200
* Indiana State– –2–11
* .154
* Bradley– –0–4
* .000
* Oregon– –0–4
* .000