2004 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

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.

2004 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2003–04
Teams9[1]
First round sitecampus sites
Quarterfinals siteHinkle Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Semifinals siteHinkle Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Finals siteU.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
ChampionsUIC (2nd title)
Winning coachJimmy Collins (2nd title)
MVPArmond Williams (UIC)
← 2003
2005 →
2003–04 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Milwaukee 13 3   .813 20 11   .645
Illinois-Chicago 12 4   .750 24 8   .750
Green Bay 11 5   .688 17 11   .607
Detroit Mercy 10 6   .625 19 11   .633
Wright State 10 6   .625 14 14   .500
Butler 8 8   .500 16 14   .533
Youngstown State 4 12   .250 8 20   .286
Loyola Chicago 4 12   .250 9 20   .310
Cleveland State 0 16   .000 4 25   .138
2004 Horizon League Tournament winner

Seeds

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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

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

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

References

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