Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League

The Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League was an athletic conference for men's college basketball, beginning with the 1901–02 season and ending with the 1954–55 season. Its membership ranged from four to eight members; all of these teams now compete in the Ivy League, which began play in 1955–56. The Ivy League's men's basketball league claims the EIBL's history as its own.^[1] Through the EIBL, the Ivy League is the oldest basketball conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association; the next oldest, the Big Ten Conference, began play in 1905–06.^[2]

^ Columbia Athletic Communications (April 18, 2003). "Joseph Jones Named At Columbia". Ivyleaguesports.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
^ For the EIBL starting date, see “Ivy Group”, Sports-reference.com, and “Division I Conference Alignment History” in the 2014–15 NCAA Men’s Basketball Records, p. 21, http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2015/Conference.pdf. For the Big 10 starting date in basketball, see the 2014–15 Big 10 Men’s Basketball Media Guide, p.76, http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/B1GMG.pdf Archived December 26, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. All retrieved January 17, 2015.