2004 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2004 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200304
Teams 12
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (6th title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (6th title)
MVP Ben Gordon (Connecticut)
Top scorer Ben Gordon Connecticut
(81 points)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2003  2005»
2003–04 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#9 Pittsburgh 13 3   .813     31 5   .861
#7 Connecticut 12 4   .750     33 6   .846
#21 Providence 11 5   .688     20 9   .690
#20 Syracuse 11 5   .688     23 8   .742
#25 Boston College 10 6   .625     24 10   .706
Seton Hall 10 6   .625     21 12   .636
Notre Dame 9 7   .563     19 13   .594
Virginia Tech 7 9   .438     15 14   .517
Rutgers 7 9   .438     20 13   .606
West Virginia 7 9   .438     17 14   .548
Villanova 6 10   .375     18 17   .514
Georgetown 4 12   .250     13 15   .464
Miami* 4 12   .250     14 16   .467
St. John's* 1 15   .063     6 21   .222
2004 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2004[1]; Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2004 Big East Tournament

The 2004 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 10–13, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds (two from each Big East division) received byes in the first round. The twelve Big East teams with the best conference records were invited to participate. Its winner, Connecticut, received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament, the sixth for the Huskies, tying Georgetown for the most Big East Tournament championships.

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
Semifinals
Friday, March 12
Final
Saturday, March 13
                                     
        
  1  Pittsburgh 74  
    8  Virginia Tech 61  
8  Virginia Tech 61
9  Rutgers 58  
  1  Pittsburgh 62  
  5  Boston College 53  
        
        
  4  Syracuse 54
    5  Boston College 57  
5  Boston College 68
12  Georgetown 57  
  1  Pittsburgh 58
  2  Connecticut 61
        
        
  2  Connecticut 66
    7  Notre Dame 58  
7  Notre Dame 65
10  West Virginia 64  
  2  Connecticut 84
  11  Villanova 67  
        
        
  3  Providence 66
    11  Villanova 69  
6  Seton Hall 60
11  Villanova 61  

Note: By finishing below twelfth place during the regular season, Miami and St. John's did not qualify for the tournament.

Games

1st round: Wednesday, March 10

Noon
Team 1 2 Total
(9) Rutgers 3523 58
(8) Virginia Tech 2734 61
2PM
Team 1 2 Total
(12) Georgetown 2235 57
(5) Boston College 2741 68


7PM
Team 1 2 Total
(10) West Virginia 2440 64
(7) Notre Dame 3530 65
9PM
Team 1 2 Total
(11) Villanova 3427 61
(6) Seton Hall 3228 60


Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 11

Noon
Team 1 2 Total
(8) Virginia Tech 2437 61
(1) Pittsburgh 3440 74
2 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(5) Boston College 2334 57
(4) Syracuse 3222 54



7 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(7) Notre Dame 2830 58
(2) Connecticut 3729 66
9 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(11) Villanova 3237 69
(3) Providence 3333 66

Semifinals: Friday, March 12

7 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(5) Boston College 2627 53
(1) Pittsburgh 2240 62

9 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(11) Villanova 2443 67
(2) Connecticut 3747 84

Championship Game

ESPN
Saturday, March 13
9:00 pm
#2 Connecticut Huskies 61, #1 Pittsburgh Panthers 58
Pts: B. Gordon 23
Rebs: E. Okafor 13
Asts: T. Brown 6
Pts: M. McCaroll, C. Taft 11
Rebs: C. Krauser 8
Asts: J. Brown 6
Halftime Score: Pittsburgh, 34-25
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
Attendance: 19,528
Referees: Jim Burr, Mike Kitts, Bob Donato

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Ben Gordon, Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. " sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11-16-2013.
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