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

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.
 * In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1904–05 season.
 * In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Columbia as its national champion for the 1904–05 season.

Conference winners
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.

Independents
A total of 46 college teams played as independents. Among them, (12–2), (10–2), (15–4), (18–6), (11–5), (13–6), (20–10), Syracuse (14–7), and Colgate (10–7) won 10 or more games.

Helms College 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.

Major player of the year awards

 * Helms Player of the Year: Christian Steinmetz, Wisconsin (retroactive selection in 1944)