2004 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 2004 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Season | 2003–04 | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Site |
Staples Center Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Champions | Stanford (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Mike Montgomery (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Josh Childress (Stanford) | ||||
| Attendance | 60,126 | ||||
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| 2003–04 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 Stanford† | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 30 | – | 2 | .938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2004 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of April 4, 2004[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2004 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 11 and March 13, 2004 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Washington Huskies made their second trip to the final game (and their first since 1987) to play Stanford who was making their third finals appearance. The champion of the tournament was Stanford (who was also the Pac-10 regular season champion), which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Josh Childress of Stanford.[3] The total attendance of 60,126 was the lowest since the tournament had been hosted at the Staples Center from 2002.
Seeds
The top eight Pacific-10 schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | Stanford | 17–1 | |
| 2 | Washington | 12–6 | |
| 3 | Arizona | 11–7 | |
| 4 | California | 9–9 | |
| 5 | Oregon | 9–9 | |
| 6 | USC | 8–10 | |
| 7 | UCLA | 7–11 | |
| 8 | Washington State | 7–11 | |
Bracket
| First Round (March 11) | Semifinals (March 12) | Finals (March 13) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stanford | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Washington State | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stanford | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Oregon | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | California | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Oregon | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stanford | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Washington | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Arizona | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | USC | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Arizona | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Washington | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Washington | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | UCLA | 83 | ||||||||||||
Tournament notes
- Stanford was the first 1 seed to win the tournament since Arizona had in 1989.
- This was also Stanford's first (and only) 1 seed in the Pac-10 Tournament and their only tournament championship.
- Upsets were all but non-existent in this tournament, with only the 5 seed beating the 4 seed in the first round.
- Oregon and Cal combined for 19 3-pt. field goals which set a then tournament record (13 and 6). This record would be later broken in 2012.
- Like the previous year, no teams met their arch-rival in this tournament.
- Washington State was in this tournament for the first time in 14 years, marking the longest drought of any conference team to participate.
All Tournament Team
- Josh Childress, Stanford – Tournament MVP
- Hassan Adams, Arizona
- Luke Jackson, Oregon
- Andre Joseph, Oregon
- Matt Lottich, Stanford
- Nate Robinson, Washington
References
- ↑ "Pacific 10 conference 2003–04 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ↑ "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved April 4, 2004.
- ↑ 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available at 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide)
2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available at 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide)