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

Year:	1904
Helmschamp:	Columbia (retroactive selection in 1943)
Helmspoy:	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

• Christian Steinmetz of Wisconsin becomes the first player to score at least 1,000 points during his career.^[1]
• In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1904–05 season.^[2]
• In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1904–05 season.^[3]

Conference membership changes

School	Former Conference	New Conference
	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Independent
	No major basketball program	Western Conference

Regular season

Conference winners

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[4]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
		None selected	No Tournament^[5]
	None	None selected	No Tournament^[6]

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 intermural 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.^[6]

Independents

A total of 64 college teams played as major independents. Among them, and finished with the most wins.^[7]

Statistical leaders

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

See main article: 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.^[8]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Playing Rules History . . . ncaa.org . NCAA . June 25, 2024 . 13.
2. Web site: Jon. Scott. Nov 9, 2010. The truth behind the Helms Committee. 13 May 2021.
3. Book: 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.
4. News: 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section. 2009. NCAA. 14 February 2009.
5. Web site: 1904-05 Men's Ivy League Season Summary . . July 18, 2024.
6. Web site: 1904-05 Men's Western Conference Season Summary . . July 18, 2024.
7. Web site: 1904-05 Men's Independent Season Summary . . July 18, 2024.
8. http://www.apbr.org/ncaa-aa.html The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"