2004 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2004 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament |
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Classification |
Division I |
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Season |
2003–04 |
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Teams |
13 |
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Site |
Gund Arena Cleveland, Ohio |
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Champions |
Western Michigan (1st title) |
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Winning coach |
Steve Hawkins (1st title) |
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MVP |
Mike Williams (Western Michigan) |
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The 2004 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2003-04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 8–13 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Western Michigan, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.
Tournament
Seeds
- Western Michigan
- Kent State
- Miami
- Toledo
- Buffalo
- Ball State
- Bowling Green
- Marshall
- Eastern Michigan
- Ohio
- Akron
- Northern Illinois
- Central Michigan
Bracket
First Round
Team[ref 1] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Toledo | 51 | 40 | 91 |
Central Michigan | 51 | 37 | 88 |
Team[ref 2] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Buffalo | 43 | 47 | 90 |
Northern Illinois | 38 | 35 | 73 |
Team[ref 3] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Ball State | 37 | 39 | 76 |
Akron | 35 | 37 | 72 |
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Team[ref 4] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Bowling Green | 29 | 27 | 56 |
Ohio | 21 | 33 | 54 |
Team[ref 5] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Marshall | 46 | 32 | 78 |
Eastern Michigan | 33 | 26 | 59 |
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Quarterfinals
Team[ref 6] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Kent State | 31 | 48 | 79 |
Bowling Green | 31 | 35 | 66 |
Team[ref 7] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Miami | 34 | 38 | 72 |
Ball State | 30 | 37 | 67 |
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Team[ref 8] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Western Michigan | 38 | 58 | 96 |
Marshall | 28 | 34 | 62 |
Team[ref 9] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Toledo | 47 | 50 | 97 |
Buffalo | 44 | 41 | 85 |
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Semi-finals
Team[ref 10] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Western Michigan | 38 | 49 | 87 |
Toledo | 32 | 45 | 77 |
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Team[ref 11] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Kent State | 26 | 40 | 66 |
Miami | 26 | 30 | 56 |
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Finals
Team[ref 12] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Western Michigan | 36 | 41 | 77 |
Kent State | 37 | 29 | 66 |
References