2004–05 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

The 2004–05 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California in the 2004–05 college basketball season, coached by Randy Bennett for the 4th year. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished conference play with a record of 11–3 to place second. They reached the semifinal round of the 2005 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament, but received an at-large bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they entered as the No. 10 seed in the Chicago region. The Gaels were beaten by No. 7 seed Southern Illinois in the opening round^[2] to end their season 25–9.

2004–05 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	25–9 (11–3 WCC)
Head coach	Randy Bennett (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Kyle Smith David Patrick Mark Campbell
Home arena	McKeon Pavilion
Seasons ← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Gonzaga	12	–	2		.857			26	–	5		.839
Saint Mary's	11	–	3		.786			25	–	9		.735
Santa Clara	7	–	7		.500			15	–	16		.484
San Diego	7	–	7		.500			16	–	13		.552
Pepperdine	6	–	8		.429			17	–	14		.548
San Francisco	6	–	8		.429			17	–	14		.548
Portland	4	–	10		.286			15	–	15		.500
Loyola Marymount	3	–	11		.214			11	–	17		.393
† 2005 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

2004–05 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 2 E. J. Rowland 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Hartnell College Salinas, California F 14 Daniel Kickert 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Aquinas College Melbourne, Victoria G 24 Todd Golden 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Sunnyslope HS Phoenix, Arizona	Head coach Randy Bennett Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 11, 2004*		vs. Belmont Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	W 67–58	1–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Nov 12, 2004*		at California Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	W 61–52	2–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Nov 18, 2004*		vs. No. 24 Memphis Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	L 66–81	2–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Nov 19, 2004*		vs. No. 12 Mississippi State Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	L 54–67[4]	2–2	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Nov 21, 2004*		San Francisco State	W 71–48	3–2	McKeon Pavilion  Moraga, California
Nov 23, 2004*		at UNLV	W 64–54	4–2	Thomas & Mack Center  Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov 27, 2004*		at Rutgers	L 58–66	4–3	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, New Jersey
Dec 2, 2004*		Delaware	W 67–58	5–3	McKeon Pavilion  Moraga, California
Dec 11, 2004*		at Hawaii	L 77–84	6–4	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 14, 2004*		at San Diego State	W 73–64	7–4	Cox Arena  San Diego, California
WCC regular season
Jan 6, 2005		Portland	W 66–45	13–4 (1–0)	McKeon Pavilion  Moraga, California
Feb 26, 2005		at San Diego	W 86–83	24–7 (11–3)	Jenny Craig Pavilion  San Diego, California
WCC tournament
Mar 6, 2005*	(2)	at (3) Santa Clara Quarterfinals	W 69–64	25–7	Leavey Center  Santa Clara, California
Mar 7, 2005*	(2)	vs. (1) No. 11 Gonzaga Semifinals	L 67–80	25–8	Leavey Center  Santa Clara, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 2005*	(10 CHI)	vs. (7 CHI) Southern Illinois First round	L 56–65	25–9	Ford Center  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. CHI=Chicago.

Source^[5]

• All times are Pacific

Rankings

Main article: 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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