2004 MAC men's basketball tournament

2004 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2003–04
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsWestern Michigan (1st title)
Winning coachSteve Hawkins (1st title)
MVPMike Williams (Western Michigan)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
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2003–04 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Kent State 13 5   .722 22 9   .710
Miami (OH) 12 6   .667 18 11   .621
Buffalo 11 7   .611 17 12   .586
Marshall 8 10   .444 12 17   .414
Akron 7 11   .389 13 15   .464
Ohio 7 11   .389 10 20   .333
West
Western Michigan 15 3   .833 26 5   .839
Toledo 12 6   .667 20 11   .645
Ball State 10 8   .556 14 15   .483
Bowling Green 8 10   .444 14 17   .452
Eastern Michigan 7 11   .389 13 15   .464
Northern Illinois 5 13   .278 10 20   .333
Central Michigan 2 16   .111 6 24   .200
2004 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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 Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament. It was 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. Western Michigan defeated Kent State in the final.[1] In the NCAA they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt.[2]

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  2. ^ "Moore: Six 3s, scores career-high 26". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.