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2004 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

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2004 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2003–04
Teams8
SiteAnaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
ChampionsPacific (3rd title)
Winning coachBob Thomason (2nd title)
MVPIan Boylan (Cal State Northridge)
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2003–04 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 Utah State 17 1   .944 25 4   .862
Pacific 17 1   .944 25 8   .758
UC Santa Barbara 10 8   .556 16 12   .571
Idaho 9 9   .500 14 16   .467
UC Riverside 7 11   .389 11 17   .393
Cal State Northridge 7 11   .389 14 16   .467
Cal State Fullerton 7 11   .389 11 17   .393
Cal Poly 6 12   .333 11 16   .407
UC Irvine 6 12   .333 11 17   .393
Long Beach State 4 14   .222 6 21   .222
2004 Big West tournament winner
As of April 10, 2004[1]
Rankings from AP poll


The 2004 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–13 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[2]

Pacific defeated Cal State Northridge in the championship game, 75–73, to obtain the third Big West Conference men's basketball tournament championship in school history.

The Tigers earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament as the #12 seed in the St. Louis region.

Format

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Eight of the ten teams in the conference participated, with UC Irvine and Long Beach State not qualifying. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top four seeds received byes, with the top two seeds receiving a second bye into the semifinal round.

Bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11
Semifinals
Saturday, March 12
Championship
Sunday, March 13
2 Pacific 67
5 UC Riverside 72 4 Idaho 61
8 Cal Poly 63 4 Idaho 66
5 UC Riverside 58
2 Pacific 75
6 Cal State Northridge 73
6 Cal State Northridge 61
6 Cal State Northridge 80 3 UC Santa Barbara 58
7 Cal State Fullerton 70 6 Cal State Northridge 63
1 #22 Utah State 62

References

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  1. ^ Big West MBB Record Book
  2. ^ "2003-04 Big West Conference Season Summary". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 15, 2020.