2003–04 UIC Flames men's basketball team

2003–04 UIC Flames men's basketball
2003–04 UIC Flames men's basketball
Horizon League tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Horizon League
Record	24–8 (12–4 Horizon)
Head coach	Jimmy Collins (8th season);
Home arena	UIC Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t e	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

The 2003–04 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by head coach Jimmy Collins, played their home games at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois as members of the Horizon League. UIC finished the regular season in second place at 12–4. They went on to win the Horizon League tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 13 seed in the St. Louis region, UIC was beaten by No. 4 seed Kansas, 78–53, in the opening round.^[1]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	34	Cedrick Banks	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Chicago, Illinois

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 15, 2003*		vs. UC Irvine	W 77–65	1–0	Cintas Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Nov 16, 2003*		vs. Oakland	L 66–79	1–1	Cintas Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Nov 17, 2003*		vs. Mercer	W 75–64	2–1	Cintas Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Nov 29, 2003*		at UTSA	W 73–47	5–1	Convocation Center San Antonio, Texas
Dec 5, 2003*		vs. Northern Illinois Gazette-Hawkeye Challenge	L 53–54	6–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 6, 2003*		vs. Eastern Washington Gazette-Hawkeye Challenge	W 67–52	7–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Horizon League tournament
Mar 6, 2004*		vs. Butler Semifinals	W 65–56	23–7	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 9, 2004*		at Milwaukee Championship game	W 65–62	24–7	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NCAA tournament
Mar 19, 2004*	(13 STL)	vs. (4 STL) No. 16 Kansas First round	L 53–78	24–8	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. STL=St. Louis. All times are in Central Time Zone.

Source^[3]

v t e UIC Flames men's basketball
Venues	Men's Gymnasium (1947–1965) UIC Physical Education Building (1965–1982) Credit Union 1 Arena (1982–present)
Culture & lore	Sparky D. Dragon "Fire Up Flames"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25