2004 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2004 Big East men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 10–13, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds (two from each Big East division) received byes in the first round. The twelve Big East teams with the best conference records were invited to participate. The winner, Connecticut, received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament, the sixth for the Huskies, tying Georgetown for the most Big East tournament championships.

2004 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2003–04
Teams	12
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Connecticut (6th title)
Winning coach	Jim Calhoun (6th title)
MVP	Ben Gordon (Connecticut)
Top scorer	Ben Gordon (Connecticut) (81 points)
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2003–04 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Pittsburgh	13	–	3		.813			31	–	5		.861
No. 7 Connecticut †	12	–	4		.750			33	–	6		.846
No. 21 Providence	11	–	5		.688			20	–	9		.690
No. 20 Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			23	–	8		.742
No. 25 Boston College	10	–	6		.625			24	–	10		.706
Seton Hall	10	–	6		.625			21	–	12		.636
Notre Dame	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
Virginia Tech	7	–	9		.438			15	–	14		.517
Rutgers	7	–	9		.438			20	–	13		.606
West Virginia	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Villanova	6	–	10		.375			18	–	17		.514
Georgetown	4	–	12		.250			13	–	15		.464
Miami (FL)*	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
St. John's*#	1	–	15		.063			2	–	21		.087
† 2004 Big East tournament winner As of April 5, 2004[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2004 Big East tournament. #St. John's had 4 regular-season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; the school′s disputed record was 1–15, 6–21.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 10					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11					Semifinals Friday, March 12					Final Saturday, March 13
						1	#6 Pittsburgh	74
						8	Virginia Tech	61
	8	Virginia Tech	61
	9	Rutgers	58
											1	#6 Pittsburgh	62
											5	Boston College	53
						4	Syracuse	54
						5	Boston College	57
	5	Boston College	68
	12	Georgetown	57
																1	#6 Pittsburgh	58
																2	#9 Connecticut	61
						2	#9 Connecticut	66
						7	Notre Dame	58
	7	Notre Dame	65
	10	West Virginia	64
											2	#9 Connecticut	84
											11	Villanova	67
						3	#20 Providence	66
						11	Villanova	69
	6	Seton Hall	60
	11	Villanova	61

Note: By finishing below twelfth place during the regular season, Miami (FL) and St. John's did not qualify for the tournament.

Games

1st round: Wednesday, March 10 Noon Team 1 2 Total (9) Rutgers 35 23 58 (8) Virginia Tech 27 34 61 2PM Team 1 2 Total (12) Georgetown 22 35 57 (5) Boston College 27 41 68

7PM Team 1 2 Total (10) West Virginia 24 40 64 (7) Notre Dame 35 30 65 9PM Team 1 2 Total (11) Villanova 34 27 61 (6) Seton Hall 32 28 60

Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 11 Noon Team 1 2 Total (8) Virginia Tech 24 37 61 (1) Pittsburgh 34 40 74 2 PM Team 1 2 Total (5) Boston College 23 34 57 (4) Syracuse 32 22 54

7 PM Team 1 2 Total (7) Notre Dame 28 30 58 (2) Connecticut 37 29 66 9 PM Team 1 2 Total (11) Villanova 32 37 69 (3) Providence 33 33 66

Semifinals: Friday, March 12

7 PM Team 1 2 Total (5) Boston College 26 27 53 (1) Pittsburgh 22 40 62

9 PM Team 1 2 Total (11) Villanova 24 43 67 (2) Connecticut 37 47 84

Championship game

ESPN

Saturday, March 13 9:00 pm

Box Score

#2 Connecticut Huskies 61, #1 Pittsburgh Panthers 58
Pts: B. Gordon 23 Rebs: E. Okafor 13 Asts: T. Brown 6		Pts: M. McCarroll, C. Taft 11 Rebs: C. Krauser 8 Asts: J. Brown 6 Halftime Score: Pittsburgh, 34-25

Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Attendance: 19,528 Referees: Jim Burr, Mike Kitts, Bob Donato

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Ben Gordon, Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

• Jaron Brown, Pittsburgh
• Taliek Brown, Connecticut
• Carl Krauser, Pittsburgh
• Craig Smith, Boston College
• Chris Taft, Pittsburgh