2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10–13 at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]

2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200304
Teams12
SiteU.S. Bank Arena
Cincinnati, OH
ChampionsCincinnati (4th title)
Winning coachBob Huggins (4th title)
MVPTony Bobbitt (Cincinnati)
2003–04 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
DePaul124 .750  2210  .688
No. 24 Memphis124 .750  228  .733
No. 11 Cincinnati124 .750  257  .781
UAB124 .750  2210  .688
Charlotte124 .750  219  .700
Louisville97 .563  2010  .667
Saint Louis97 .563  1913  .594
Marquette88 .500  1912  .613
TCU79 .438  1217  .414
Southern Miss610 .375  1315  .464
East Carolina511 .313  1314  .481
Tulane412 .250  1117  .393
Houston313 .188  918  .333
South Florida115 .063  720  .259
2004 Conference USA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Hosts Cincinnati defeated top-seeded DePaul in the championship game, 55–50, to clinch their fourth Conference USA men's tournament championship.

The Bearcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA members UAB, Charlotte, DePaul, and Memphis, all of whom earned at-large bids.

Format

There were no changes to the tournament format from the previous year.

The top four teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the next eight teams were placed into the first round. The two teams with the worst conference records were not invited to the tournament. All remaining tournament seeds were determined by regular season conference records.

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
Semifinals
Friday, March 12
Championship
Saturday, March 13
                                     
       
  1 DePaul 89  
    9 TCU 65  
9 TCU 64
8 Marquette 62  
  1 DePaul 75  
  4 UAB 74  
5 Charlotte 78  
12 Tulane 48  
  5 Charlotte 66
    4 UAB 77  
     
       
  1 DePaul 50
  3 #13 Cincinnati 55
       
       
  3 #13 Cincinnati 64
    6 Louisville 62  
11 East Carolina 54
6 Louisville 61  
  3 #13 Cincinnati 66
  7 Saint Louis 46  
7 Saint Louis 52  
10 Southern Miss 46  
  7 Saint Louis 72
    2 #23 Memphis 61  
     
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References

  1. sports-reference.com 2003-04 Conference USA Season Summary
  2. "2003-04 Conference USA Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
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