2004 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
| 2004 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| 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) | ||||
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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.
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 |
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| 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