2003–04 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

The 2003–04 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 2003–2004 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by head coach Gary Williams and played their home games at the Comcast Center. They won the 2004 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament—the first Maryland team to do so since 1984—and advanced to the round of 32 in the 2004 NCAA basketball tournament.

2003–04 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
ACC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 19
Record	20–12 (7–9 ACC)
Head coach	Gary Williams
Assistant coach	Dave Dickerson Jimmy Patsos Matt Kovarik
Home arena	Comcast Center

2003–04 ACC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Duke	13	–	3		.813			31	–	6		.838
No. 15 NC State	11	–	5		.688			21	–	10		.677
No. 17 Wake Forest	9	–	7		.563			21	–	10		.677
No. 14 Georgia Tech	9	–	7		.563			28	–	10		.737
No. 18 North Carolina	8	–	8		.500			19	–	11		.633
No. 19 Maryland†	7	–	9		.438			20	–	12		.625
Florida State	6	–	10		.375			19	–	14		.576
Virginia	6	–	10		.375			18	–	13		.581
Clemson	3	–	13		.188			10	–	18		.357
† 2004 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2003–04 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F/C 1 Jamar Smith 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 239 lb (108 kg) Sr Sicklerville, New Jersey F 4 Travis Garrison 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 236 lb (107 kg) So Suitland, Maryland G 5 D. J. Strawberry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Fr Corona, California G 11 John Gilchrist 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 199 lb (90 kg) So Virginia Beach, Virginia G 13 Chris McCray 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Capitol Heights, Maryland F 20 Darien Henry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Jr Roxbury, New Jersey F 21 Mike Grinnon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Jr Huntington, New York F 22 Nik Caner-Medley 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 233 lb (106 kg) So Portland, Maine G 23 Mike Jones 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Fr Dorchester, Massachusetts F 25 Ekene Ibekwe 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Fr Carson, California C 31 Will Bowers 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Fr Hanover, Maryland F/C 44 Hassan Fofana 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Fr Weston, Massachusetts	Head coach Gary Williams Assistant coach(es) Dave Dickerson Jimmy Patsos Matt Kovarik Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 22	No. 25	American	W 79–48	1–0	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
November 25	No. 24	George Mason	W 79–64	2–0	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
November 29	No. 24	Hofstra	W 87–72	3–0	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
December 2	No. 25	No. 15 Wisconsin ACC/Big Ten Challenge	W 73–67 OT	4–0	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
December 6	No. 25	vs. No. 17 Gonzaga BB&T Classic	L 68–82	4–1	MCI Center  Washington, DC
December 7	No. 25	vs. West Virginia BB&T Classic	L 77–78 OT	4–2	MCI Center  Washington, DC
December 10		at No. 1 Florida	W 69–68 OT	5–2	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
December 14		Pepperdine	W 96–72	6–2	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
December 23	No. 24	UNC Greensboro	W 85–58	7–2	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
December 28	No. 24	at Florida State	L 75–79	7–3 (0–1)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center  Tallahassee, Florida
January 3		Mount St. Mary's	W 89–56	8–3	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
January 6		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 87–38	9–3	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
January 14		No. 9 North Carolina	W 90–84	10–3 (1–1)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
January 17		at No. 12 Georgia Tech	L 71–81	10–4 (1–2)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
January 21		No. 1 Duke	L 60–68	10–5 (1–3)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
January 25		at Clemson	W 65–52	11–5 (2–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 29		at No. 19 Wake Forest	L 85–93	11–6 (2–4)	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 1		NC State	L 69–81	11–7 (2–5)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 4		at Virginia	W 71–67	12–7 (3–5)	University Hall  Charlottesville, Virginia
February 8		Florida State	W 73–62	13–7 (4–5)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 15		at No. 14 North Carolina	L 86–97	13–8 (4–6)	Dean E. Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 19		No. 18 Georgia Tech	L 64–75	13–9 (4–7)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 22 , CBS		at No. 3 Duke	L 63–86	13–10 (4–8)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 24		Clemson	W 70–49	14–10 (5–8)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 28		No. 11 Wake Forest	L 83–91	14–11 (5–9)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
March 3		at No. 16 NC State	W 70–69	15–11 (6–9)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
March 7		Virginia	W 70–61	16–11 (7–9)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
ACC Tournament
March 12		vs. No. 15 Wake Forest	W 87–86	17–11	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
March 13		vs. No. 17 NC State	W 85–82	18–11	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
March 14		vs. No. 5 Duke	W 95–87 OT	19–11	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
March 18	No. 19	vs. UTEP First Round	W 86–83	20–11	Pepsi Center  Denver, Colorado
March 20	No. 19	vs. Syracuse Second Round	L 70–72	20–12	Pepsi Center  Denver, Colorado
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.