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1 Schedule and venues  





2 Qualifying teams  



2.1  Automatic bids  





2.2  Listed by region and seeding  





2.3  Bids by conference  







3 Record by conference  





4 Final Four  



4.1  National semifinals  





4.2  National Championship Game  







5 Bracket  



5.1  Opening Round game  Dayton, Ohio  





5.2  East Rutherford Regional  





5.3  St. Louis Regional  





5.4  Atlanta Regional  





5.5  Phoenix Regional  





5.6  Final Four  San Antonio, Texas  







6 Game summaries  



6.1  Final four  





6.2  National Championship  







7 Announcers  





8 See also  





9 References  














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2004 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament
Season2003–04
Teams65
Finals siteAlamodome
San Antonio, Texas
ChampionsConnecticut Huskies (2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-upGeorgia Tech Yellow Jackets (1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists
  • Oklahoma State Cowboys (6th Final Four)
  • Winning coachJim Calhoun (2nd title)
    MOPEmeka Okafor (Connecticut)
    Attendance716,899
    Top scorerBen Gordon (Connecticut)
    (154 points)
    NCAA Division I men's tournaments
    «2003 2005»

    The 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2004, and ended with the championship game on April 5 at the AlamodomeinSan Antonio, Texas. A total of 64 games were played.

    The NCAA named, for the first time, the four tournament regions after regional site host cities instead of the "East", "Midwest", "South", and "West" designations. It was also the first year that the matchups for the national semifinals were determined at least in part by the overall seeding of the top team in each regional [citation needed]. The top four teams in the tournament were Kentucky, Duke, Stanford, and Saint Joseph's. Had all of those teams advanced to the Final Four, Kentucky would have played Saint Joseph's and Duke would have played Stanford in the semifinal games.

    Of those teams, only Duke advanced to the Final Four. They were joined by Connecticut, making their first appearance since defeating Duke for the national championship in 1999, Oklahoma State, making their first appearance since 1995, and Georgia Tech, making their first appearance since 1990.

    Connecticut defeated Georgia Tech 82–73 to win their second national championship in as many tries. Emeka Okafor of Connecticut was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

    As they had in 1999, Connecticut won their regional championship in Phoenix, Arizona.

    Two of the tournament's top seeds failed to make it past the opening weekend. Kentucky, number one seed of the St. Louis region, and Stanford, #1 seed of the Phoenix region, both were defeated. Incidentally, both teams were defeated by schools from Alabama, as Kentucky fell to UAB while Stanford lost to Alabama.

    Due to their strong 2003–04 season, Gonzaga achieved its highest NCAA tournament seed until 2013 by receiving the #2 seed in the St. Louis region. Gonzaga would receive a #1 seed in the 2013 tournament. The team failed to advance beyond the first weekend of the tournament, however.

    Schedule and venues[edit]

    2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is located in the United States
    Dayton

    Dayton

    Seattle

    Seattle

    Denver

    Denver

    Kansas City

    Kansas City

    Milwaukee

    Milwaukee

    Columbus

    Columbus

    Buffalo

    Buffalo

    Raleigh

    Raleigh

    Orlando

    Orlando

    2004 play-in game (orange) and first and second rounds (green)
    2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is located in the United States
    Phoenix

    Phoenix

    St. Louis

    St. Louis

    Atlanta

    Atlanta

    East Rutherford

    East Rutherford

    San Antonio

    San Antonio

    2004 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

    The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 2004 tournament:[1]

    Opening Round

    First and Second Rounds

    Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

    National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

    Qualifying teams[edit]

    Automatic bids[edit]

    The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2004 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

    Conference School Appearance Last bid
    ACC Maryland 21st 2003
    America East Vermont 2nd 2003
    Atlantic 10 Xavier 16th 2003
    Atlantic Sun Central Florida 3rd 1996
    Big 12 Oklahoma State 21st 2003
    Big East Connecticut 25th 2003
    Big Sky Eastern Washington 1st Never
    Big South Liberty 2nd 1994
    Big Ten Wisconsin 10th 2003
    Big West Pacific 6th 1997
    Colonial VCU 7th 1996
    C-USA Cincinnati 23rd 2003
    Horizon Illinois–Chicago 3rd 2002
    Ivy League Princeton 23rd 2001
    MAAC Manhattan 6th 2003
    MAC Western Michigan 3rd 1998
    MEAC Florida A&M 2nd 1999
    Mid-Con Valparaiso 7th 2002
    Missouri Valley Northern Iowa 2nd 1990
    Mountain West Utah 25th 2003
    Northeast Monmouth 3rd 2001
    Ohio Valley Murray State 12th 2002
    Pac-10 Stanford 13th 2003
    Patriot Lehigh 3rd 1988
    SEC Kentucky 46th 2003
    Southern East Tennessee State 7th 2003
    Southland UTSA 3rd 1999
    Sun Belt Louisiana–Lafayette 8th 2000
    SWAC Alabama State 2nd 2001
    WAC Nevada 3rd 1985
    West Coast Gonzaga 7th 2003

    Listed by region and seeding[edit]

    East Rutherford Regional
    Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
    #1 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 27–1 At-large
    #2 Oklahoma State Big 12 27–3 Automatic
    #3 Pittsburgh Big East 29–4 At-large
    #4 Wake Forest ACC 19–9 At-large
    #5 Florida SEC 20–10 At-large
    #6 Wisconsin Big Ten 24–6 Automatic
    #7 Memphis C-USA 21–7 At-large
    #8 Texas Tech Big 12 22–10 At-large
    #9 Charlotte C-USA 21–8 At-large
    #10 South Carolina SEC 23–10 At-large
    #11 Richmond Atlantic 10 20–12 At-large
    #12 Manhattan MAAC 24–5 Automatic
    #13 VCU CAA 23–7 Automatic
    #14 Central Florida Atlantic Sun 25–5 Automatic
    #15 Eastern Washington Big Sky 17–12 Automatic
    #16 Liberty Big South 18–14 Automatic
    St. Louis Regional
    Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
    #1 Kentucky SEC 26–4 Automatic
    #2 Gonzaga WCC 27–2 Automatic
    #3 Georgia Tech ACC 23–9 At-large
    #4 Kansas Big 12 21–8 At-large
    #5 Providence Big East 20–8 At-large
    #6 Boston College Big East 23–9 At-large
    #7 Michigan State Big Ten 18–11 At-large
    #8 Washington Pac-10 19–11 At-large
    #9 UAB C-USA 20–9 At-large
    #10 Nevada WAC 23–8 Automatic
    #11 Utah Mountain West 24–8 Automatic
    #12 Pacific Big West 25–7 Automatic
    #13 Illinois–Chicago Horizon 24–7 Automatic
    #14 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 21–9 Automatic
    #15 Valparaiso Mid-Continent 18–12 Automatic
    #16 Florida A&M MEAC 14–16 Automatic
    Lehigh Patriot 20–10 Automatic
    Atlanta Regional
    Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
    #1 Duke ACC 27–5 At-large
    #2 Mississippi State SEC 25–3 At-large
    #3 Texas Big 12 23–7 At-large
    #4 Cincinnati C-USA 24–6 Automatic
    #5 Illinois Big Ten 24–6 At-large
    #6 North Carolina ACC 18–10 At-large
    #7 Xavier Atlantic 10 23–10 Automatic
    #8 Seton Hall Big East 20–9 At-large
    #9 Arizona Pac-10 20–9 At-large
    #10 Louisville C-USA 20–9 At-large
    #11 Air Force Mountain West 22–6 At-large
    #12 Murray State Ohio Valley 28–5 Automatic
    #13 East Tennessee State SoCon 27–5 Automatic
    #14 Princeton Ivy 20–7 Automatic
    #15 Monmouth Northeast 21–11 Automatic
    #16 Alabama State SWAC 16–14 Automatic
    Phoenix Regional
    Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
    #1 Stanford Pac-10 29–1 Automatic
    #2 Connecticut Big East 27–6 Automatic
    #3 NC State ACC 20–9 At-large
    #4 Maryland ACC 19–11 Automatic
    #5 Syracuse Big East 21–7 At-large
    #6 Vanderbilt SEC 21–9 At-large
    #7 DePaul C-USA 21–9 At-large
    #8 Alabama SEC 17–12 At-large
    #9 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 25–4 At-large
    #10 Dayton Atlantic 10 24–8 At-large
    #11 Western Michigan Mid-American 26–4 Automatic
    #12 BYU Mountain West 21–8 At-large
    #13 UTEP WAC 24–7 At-large
    #14 Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated) Sun Belt 20–8 Automatic
    #15 Vermont America East 22–8 Automatic
    #16 UTSA Southland 19–13 Automatic

    Bids by conference[edit]

    Bids Conference Schools
    6 ACC Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest
    Big East Boston College, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, Syracuse
    C-USA Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Memphis, UAB
    SEC Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
    4 Atlantic 10 Dayton, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Xavier
    Big 12 Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
    3 Big Ten Illinois, Michigan State, Wisconsin
    Mountain West Air Force, BYU, Utah
    Pac-10 Arizona, Stanford, Washington
    2 Missouri Valley Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois
    WAC Nevada, UTEP
    1 20 other conferences

    Record by conference[edit]

    Conference # of Bids Record Win % R32 S16 E8 F4 CG
    Big East 6 12–5 .706 5 3 1 1 1
    SEC 6 7–6 .538 4 2 1
    Big Ten 3 3–3 .500 2 1
    ACC 6 14–6 .700 6 3 2 2 1
    Big 12 4 10–4 .714 4 3 2 1
    Pac-10 3 1–3 .250 1
    Missouri Valley 2 0–2 .000
    Atlantic 10 4 6–4 .600 2 2 2
    C–USA 6 5–6 .455 4 1
    MWC 3 0–3 .000
    WAC 2 2–2 .500 1 1
    MAAC 1 1–1 .500 1
    WCC 1 1–1 .500 1
    Big West 1 1–1 .500 1
    MEAC 1 1–1* .500

    *Florida A&M University won the Opening Round game.

    The America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, CAA, Horizon League, Mid-Continent, Ivy, MAC, MEAC, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, SoCon, Southland, SWAC, and Sun Belt conferences all went 0–1.

    The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, and CG respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, and championship Game.

    Final Four[edit]

    The Alamodome was host of the Final Four and National Championship in 2004.

    AtAlamodome, San Antonio, Texas

    National semifinals[edit]

    National Championship Game[edit]

    Bracket[edit]

    Opening Round game – Dayton, Ohio[edit]

    Winner advances to 16th seed in St. Louis Regional vs. (1) Kentucky.

    Opening Round Game
    March 16
       
    16a Florida A&M 72
    16b Lehigh 57

    East Rutherford Regional[edit]

    First round
    March 18–19
    Second round
    March 20–21
    Regional semifinals
    March 25
    Regional finals
    March 27
                
    1Saint Joseph's 82
    16Liberty 63
    1Saint Joseph's 70
    Buffalo - Thu/Sat
    8Texas Tech 65
    8Texas Tech 76
    9Charlotte 73
    1Saint Joseph's 84
    4Wake Forest 80
    5Florida 60
    12Manhattan 75
    12Manhattan 80
    Raleigh - Thu/Sat
    4Wake Forest 84
    4Wake Forest 79
    13VCU 78
    1Saint Joseph's 62
    2Oklahoma State 64
    6Wisconsin 76
    11Richmond 64
    6Wisconsin 55
    Milwaukee - Fri/Sun
    3Pittsburgh 59
    3Pittsburgh 53
    14Central Florida 44
    3Pittsburgh 51
    2Oklahoma State 63
    7Memphis 59
    10South Carolina 43
    7Memphis 53
    Kansas City - Fri/Sun
    2Oklahoma State 70
    2Oklahoma State 75
    15Eastern Washington 56

    St. Louis Regional[edit]

    First round
    March 18–19
    Second round
    March 20–21
    Regional semifinals
    March 26
    Regional finals
    March 28
                
    1Kentucky 96
    16Florida A&M 76
    1Kentucky 75
    Columbus - Fri/Sun
    9UAB 76
    8Washington 100
    9UAB 102
    9UAB 74
    4Kansas 100
    5Providence 58
    12Pacific 66
    12Pacific 63
    Kansas City - Fri/Sun
    4Kansas 78
    4Kansas 78
    13UIC 53
    4Kansas 71
    3Georgia Tech 79OT
    6Boston College 58
    11Utah 51
    6Boston College 54
    Milwaukee - Fri/Sun
    3Georgia Tech 57
    3Georgia Tech 65
    14Northern Iowa 60
    3Georgia Tech 72
    10Nevada 67
    7Michigan State 66
    10Nevada 72
    10Nevada 91
    Seattle - Thu/Sat
    2Gonzaga 72
    2Gonzaga 76
    15Valparaiso 49

    Atlanta Regional[edit]

    First round
    March 18–19
    Second round
    March 20–21
    Regional semifinals
    March 26
    Regional finals
    March 28
                
    1Duke 96
    16Alabama State 61
    1Duke 90
    Raleigh - Thu/Sat
    8Seton Hall 62
    8Seton Hall 80
    9Arizona 76
    1Duke 72
    5Illinois 62
    5Illinois 72
    12Murray State 53
    5Illinois 92
    Columbus - Fri/Sun
    4Cincinnati 68
    4Cincinnati 80
    13East Tennessee State 77
    1Duke 66
    7Xavier 63
    6North Carolina 63
    11Air Force 52
    6North Carolina 75
    Denver - Thu/Sat
    3Texas 78
    3Texas 66
    14Princeton 49
    3Texas 71
    7Xavier 79
    7Xavier 80
    10Louisville 70
    7Xavier 89
    Orlando - Fri/Sun
    2Mississippi State 74
    2Mississippi State 85
    15Monmouth 52

    Phoenix Regional[edit]

    First round
    March 18–19
    Second round
    March 20–21
    Regional semifinals
    March 25
    Regional finals
    March 27
                
    1Stanford 71
    16UTSA 45
    1Stanford 67
    Seattle - Thu/Sat
    8Alabama 70
    8Alabama 65
    9Southern Illinois 64
    8Alabama 80
    5Syracuse 71
    5Syracuse 80
    12BYU 75
    5Syracuse 72
    Denver - Thu/Sat
    4Maryland 70
    4Maryland 86
    13UTEP 83
    8Alabama 71
    2Connecticut 87
    6Vanderbilt 71
    11Western Michigan 58
    6Vanderbilt 75
    Orlando - Fri/Sun
    3North Carolina State 73
    3NC State 61
    14Louisiana–Lafayette 52
    6Vanderbilt 53
    2Connecticut 73
    7DePaul 762OT
    10Dayton 69
    7DePaul 55
    Buffalo - Thu/Sat
    2Connecticut 72
    2Connecticut 70
    15Vermont 53

    Final Four – San Antonio, Texas[edit]

    National semifinals
    April 3
    National Championship Game
    April 5
          
    ER2 Oklahoma State 65
    SL3 Georgia Tech 67
    SL3 Georgia Tech 73
    PH2 Connecticut 82
    AT1 Duke 78
    PH2 Connecticut 79

    Game summaries[edit]

    Final four[edit]

    CBS

    April 3
    6:07 pm

    box score

    #3 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 67, #2 Oklahoma State Cowboys 65
    Scoring by half: 37–30, 30–35
    Pts: L. Schenscher – 19
    Rebs: L. Schenscher – 12
    Asts: J. Jack – 5
    Pts: J. Graham – 17
    Rebs: J. Graham – 10
    Asts: T. Allen – 4

    Alamodome – San Antonio, TX
    Attendance: 44,417
    Referees: Donnie Gray, Jim Burr, Tim Higgins

    CBS

    April 3
    8:47 pm

    box score

    #2 Connecticut Huskies 79, #1 Duke Blue Devils 78
    Scoring by half: 34–41, 45–37
    Pts: E. Okafor, B. Gordon – 18
    Rebs: J. Boone – 14
    Asts: T. Brown – 4
    Pts: L. Deng – 16
    Rebs: L. Deng – 12
    Asts: C. Duhon – 6

    Alamodome – San Antonio, TX
    Attendance: 44,417
    Referees: David Hall, Olandis Poole, Ted Hillary

    National Championship[edit]

    CBS

    April 5
    9:21 pm

    Box score

    #2 Connecticut Huskies 82, #3 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 73
    Scoring by half: 41–26, 41–47
    Pts: E. Okafor – 24
    Rebs: E. Okafor – 15
    Asts: T. Brown – 4
    Pts: W. Bynum – 17
    Rebs: L.Schenscher – 11
    Asts: W. Bynum – 5

    Alamodome – San Antonio, TX
    Attendance: 44,468
    Referees: Dick Cartmell, Randy McCall, Verne Harris

    Announcers[edit]

    Greg Gumbel once again served as the studio host, joined by analysts Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis.

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Information". Archived from the original on July 19, 2006. Retrieved July 28, 2006.
  • ^ "2004 NCAA National semifinals: (W2) Connecticut 79, (S1) Duke 78". CNN Sports Illustrated. CNNSI.com. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
  • ^ "2004 NCAA National semifinals: (MW3) Georgia Tech 67, (E2) Oklahoma State 65". CNN Sports Illustrated. CNNSI.com. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
  • ^ "2004 NCAA national championship: (W2) Connecticut 82, (MW3) Georgia Tech 73". CNN Sports Illustrated. CNNSI.com. April 6, 2004. Archived from the original on February 17, 2006. Retrieved March 6, 2008.

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