2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2004 qualifying teams
2004 qualifying teams
Total teams	65
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	Kentucky, Stanford, Duke, Saint Joseph's
Champion	Connecticut
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2003 2005»

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded within their assigned region from 1 to 16, which was disclosed, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65, which was not disclosed.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)		Last app.	Conference regular season	Regular season second place	Second place record (Conf.)
Princeton	20–7 (13–1)		2001	Ivy League	Penn Brown	17–10 (10–4) 14–13 (10–4)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Maryland	19–11 (7–9)	6	2003	ACC^[1]	Duke	27–5 (13–3)	1
Vermont	22–8 (15–3)	2	2003	America East	Maine	20–10 (12–6)	4
Xavier	23–10 (10–6)	W4	2003	Atlantic 10	Dayton	24–8 (12–4)	W1
Central Florida	25–5 (17–3)	2	1996	Atlantic Sun	Troy State	24–6 (18–2)	1
Oklahoma State	27–3 (14–2)	1	2003	Big 12	Texas	23–7 (12–4)	2
Connecticut	27–6 (12–4)	2	2003	Big East	Pittsburgh	29–4 (13–3)	1
Eastern Washington	17–12 (11–3)	1	Never	Big Sky	Northern Arizona	15–14 (7–7)	2
Liberty	18–14 (12–4)	1	1994	Big South^[2]	High Point	19–11 (10–6)	2
Wisconsin	24–6 (12–4)	2	2003	Big Ten	Illinois	24–6 (13–3)	1
Pacific	25–7 (17–1)	2	1997	Big West	Cal State Northridge	14–16 (7–11)	6
VCU	23–7 (14–4)	1	1996	CAA	George Mason	21–9 (12–6)	3
Cincinnati	24–6 (12–4)	3	2003	C-USA	DePaul	21–9 (12–4)	1
Illinois–Chicago	24–7 (12–4)	2	2002	Horizon	UW–Milwaukee	19–10 (13–3)	1
Manhattan	24–5 (16–2)	1	2003	MAAC^[3]	Niagara	22–9 (13–5)	2
Western Michigan	26–4 (15–3)	1	1998	MAC	Kent State	22–8 (13–5)	2
Florida A&M	14–16 (10–8)	5	1999	MEAC^[4]	Coppin State	18–14 (14–4)	2
Valparaiso	18–12 (11–5)	1	2002	Mid-Con	IUPUI	21–11 (10–6)	2
Northern Iowa	21–9 (12–6)	2	1990	Missouri Valley	Southwest Missouri State	19–14 (9–9)	5
Utah	24–8 (9–5)	3	2003	Mountain West	UNLV	18–12 (7–7)	4
Monmouth	21–11 (12–6)	1	2001	Northeast	Central Connecticut State	14–14 (9–9)	7
Murray State	28–5 (14–2)	2	2002	Ohio Valley^[5]	Austin Peay	21–9 (16–0)	1
Stanford	29–1 (17–1)	2	2003	Pac-10	Washington	19–11 (12–6)	2
Lehigh	20–10 (10–4)	1	1988	Patriot	American	18–13 (10–4)	2
Kentucky	26–4 (13–3)	E1	2003	SEC	Florida	20–10 (9–7)	E2
East Tennessee State	27–5 (15–1)	1N	2003	Southern	Chattanooga	19–11 (10–6)	2N
Texas–San Antonio	19–13 (11–5)	3	1999	Southland	Stephen F. Austin	21–9 (10–6)	4
Louisiana–Lafayette	20–8 (12–3)	1	2000	Sun Belt	Denver	17–14 (9–6)	3
Alabama State	16–14 (11–7)	2	2001	SWAC	Alabama A&M	13–17 (9–9)	4
Nevada	23–8 (13–5)	1	1985	WAC	UTEP	24–7 (13–5)	2
Gonzaga	27–2 (14–0)	1	2003	West Coast	Saint Mary's	19–12 (9–5)	2

At-large bids

School	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Air Force	Mountain West	3rd	1962
Alabama	SEC	17th	2003
Arizona	Pac-10	23rd	2003
Boston College	Big East	14th	2002
BYU	Mountain West	21st	2003
Charlotte	C-USA	10th	2002
Dayton	Atlantic 10	13th	2003
DePaul	C-USA	22nd	2000
Duke	ACC	28th	2003
Florida	SEC	11th	2003
Georgia Tech	ACC	13th	2001
Illinois	Big Ten	24th	2003
Kansas	Big 12	33rd	2003
Louisville	C-USA	31st	2003
Memphis	C-USA	18th	2003
Michigan State	Big Ten	18th	2003
Mississippi State	SEC	7th	2003
NC State	ACC	20th	2003
North Carolina	ACC	36th	2001
Pittsburgh	Big East	16th	2003
Providence	Big East	15th	2001
Richmond	Atlantic 10	7th	1998
Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	18th	2003
Seton Hall	Big East	8th	2000
South Carolina	SEC	8th	1998
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7th	2003
Syracuse	Big East	29th	2003
Texas	Big 12	22nd	2003
Texas Tech	Big 12	12th	2002
UAB	C-USA	11th	1999
UTEP	WAC	15th	1992
Vanderbilt	SEC	8th	1997
Wake Forest	ACC	19th	2003
Washington	Pac-10	11th	1999

Listed by region and seeding

East Rutherford Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	27–1	At-large
#2	Oklahoma State	Big 12	27–3	Automatic
#3	Pittsburgh	Big East	29–4	At-large
#4	Wake Forest	ACC	19–9	At-large
#5	Florida	SEC	20–10	At-large
#6	Wisconsin	Big Ten	24–6	Automatic
#7	Memphis	C-USA	21–7	At-large
#8	Texas Tech	Big 12	22–10	At-large
#9	Charlotte	C-USA	21–8	At-large
#10	South Carolina	SEC	23–10	At-large
#11	Richmond	Atlantic 10	20–12	At-large
#12	Manhattan	MAAC	24–5	Automatic
#13	VCU	CAA	23–7	Automatic
#14	Central Florida	Atlantic Sun	25–5	Automatic
#15	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	17–12	Automatic
#16	Liberty	Big South	18–14	Automatic

St. Louis Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Kentucky	SEC	26–4	Automatic
#2	Gonzaga	WCC	27–2	Automatic
#3	Georgia Tech	ACC	23–9	At-large
#4	Kansas	Big 12	21–8	At-large
#5	Providence	Big East	20–8	At-large
#6	Boston College	Big East	23–9	At-large
#7	Michigan State	Big Ten	18–11	At-large
#8	Washington	Pac-10	19–11	At-large
#9	UAB	C-USA	20–9	At-large
#10	Nevada	WAC	23–8	Automatic
#11	Utah	Mountain West	24–8	Automatic
#12	Pacific	Big West	25–7	Automatic
#13	Illinois–Chicago	Horizon	24–7	Automatic
#14	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	21–9	Automatic
#15	Valparaiso	Mid-Continent	18–12	Automatic
#16	Florida A&M	MEAC	14–16	Automatic
#16	Lehigh	Patriot	20–10	Automatic

Atlanta Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Duke	ACC	27–5	At-large
#2	Mississippi State	SEC	25–3	At-large
#3	Texas	Big 12	23–7	At-large
#4	Cincinnati	C-USA	24–6	Automatic
#5	Illinois	Big Ten	24–6	At-large
#6	North Carolina	ACC	18–10	At-large
#7	Xavier	Atlantic 10	23–10	Automatic
#8	Seton Hall	Big East	20–9	At-large
#9	Arizona	Pac-10	20–9	At-large
#10	Louisville	C-USA	20–9	At-large
#11	Air Force	Mountain West	22–6	At-large
#12	Murray State	Ohio Valley	28–5	Automatic
#13	East Tennessee State	SoCon	27–5	Automatic
#14	Princeton	Ivy	20–7	Automatic
#15	Monmouth	Northeast	21–11	Automatic
#16	Alabama State	SWAC	16–14	Automatic

Phoenix Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Stanford	Pac-10	29–1	Automatic
#2	Connecticut	Big East	27–6	Automatic
#3	NC State	ACC	20–9	At-large
#4	Maryland	ACC	19–11	Automatic
#5	Syracuse	Big East	21–7	At-large
#6	Vanderbilt	SEC	21–9	At-large
#7	DePaul	C-USA	21–9	At-large
#8	Alabama	SEC	17–12	At-large
#9	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	25–4	At-large
#10	Dayton	Atlantic 10	24–8	At-large
#11	Western Michigan	Mid-American	26–4	Automatic
#12	BYU	Mountain West	21–8	At-large
#13	UTEP	WAC	24–7	At-large
#14	Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated)	Sun Belt	20–8	Automatic
#15	Vermont	America East	22–8	Automatic
#16	UTSA	Southland	19–13	Automatic

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference	Schools
6	ACC	Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest
	Big East	Boston College, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, Syracuse
	C-USA	Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Memphis, UAB
	SEC	Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
4	Atlantic 10	Dayton, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Xavier
4	Big 12	Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
3	Big Ten	Illinois, Michigan State, Wisconsin
	Mountain West	Air Force, BYU, Utah
	Pac-10	Arizona, Stanford, Washington
2	Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois
2	WAC	Nevada, UTEP
1	20 other conferences

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
3	Alabama	Alabama, Alabama State, UAB
1	Arizona	Arizona
2	California	Pacific, Stanford
1	Colorado	Air Force
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
3	Florida	Central Florida, Florida, Florida A&M
1	Georgia	Georgia Tech
1	Indiana	Valparaiso
4	Illinois	DePaul, Illinois, Illinois–Chicago, Southern Illinois
1	Iowa	Northern Iowa
1	Kansas	Kansas
3	Kentucky	Kentucky, Louisville, Murray State
1	Louisiana	Louisiana–Lafayette
1	Maryland	Maryland
1	Massachusetts	Boston College
2	Michigan	Michigan State, Western Michigan
1	Mississippi	Mississippi State
1	Nevada	Nevada
3	New Jersey	Monmouth, Princeton, Seton Hall
2	New York	Manhattan, Syracuse
5	North Carolina	Charlotte, Duke, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest
3	Ohio	Cincinnati, Dayton, Xavier
1	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State
3	Pennsylvania	Lehigh, Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph's
1	Rhode Island	Providence
1	South Carolina	South Carolina
3	Tennessee	East Tennessee State, Memphis, Vanderbilt
4	Texas	Texas, Texas Tech, Texas–San Antonio, UTEP
2	Utah	BYU, Utah
1	Vermont	Vermont
3	Virginia	Liberty, Richmond, VCU
3	Washington	Eastern Washington, Gonzaga, Washington
1	Wisconsin	Wisconsin

References

^ "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 109. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Big South Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "Men's Basketball Championship History". MAACSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[1] "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 109. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[2] "2021-22 Big South Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[MAAC-3] "Men's Basketball Championship History". MAACSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[4] "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[5] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

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