2004 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament

2004 Horizon League Men's
Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2003–04
Teams 9[1]
First round site campus sites
Quarterfinals site Hinkle Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Semifinals site Hinkle Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Finals site U.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Champions UIC (2nd title)
Winning coach Jimmy Collins (2nd title)
MVP Armond Williams UIC
Post-Horizon League
tournament(s)
2004 NIT, 2004 NCAA
Horizon League Men's
Basketball Tournaments
«2003  2005»

The 2004 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 2003–04 regular season. The better seed hosted each first round match. Butler hosted the second round and semifinals. As the highest remaining seed, Milwaukee hosted the championship game.

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Seeds

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2003–04 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third seed received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

  First Round
Tuesday, March 2
Second Round
Friday, March 5
Semifinals
Saturday, March 6
Championship
Tuesday, March 9
                                     
   
  1  Milwaukee  
     double bye  
 
   
  1  Milwaukee 58  
  4  Detroit 50  
4  Detroit 62  
9  Cleveland State 36  
  4  Detroit 60
    8  Loyola 55  
5  Wright State 59
8  Loyola 76  
  1  Milwaukee 62
  2  UIC 65
   
   
  2  UIC
     double bye  
 
   
  2  UIC 65
  6  Butler 56  
3  Green Bay  
 bye  
  3  Green Bay 50
    6  Butler 72  
6  Butler 88
7  Youngstown State 57  

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed

See also

References