2004 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

2004 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2003–04
Teams8
SiteStaples Center
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsStanford (1st title)
Winning coachMike Montgomery (1st title)
MVPJosh Childress (Stanford)
Attendance60,126
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2005 →
2003–04 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Stanford† 17 – 1   .944 30 – 2   .938
Washington 12 – 6   .667 19 – 12   .613
Arizona 11 – 7   .611 20 – 10   .667
Oregon 9 – 9   .500 18 – 13   .581
California 9 – 9   .500 13 – 15   .464
USC 8 – 10   .444 13 – 15   .464
Washington State 7 – 11   .389 13 – 16   .448
UCLA 7 – 11   .389 11 – 17   .393
Oregon State 6 – 12   .333 12 – 16   .429
Arizona State 4 – 14   .222 10 – 17   .370
† Conference tournament winner
As of April 4, 2004[1]
Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

The 2004 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played between March 11 and March 13, 2004, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Washington Huskies made their second trip to the final game (and their first since 1987) to play Stanford who was making their third finals appearance. The champion of the tournament was Stanford (who was also the Pac-10 regular season champion), which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Josh Childress of Stanford.[3] The total attendance of 60,126 was the lowest since the tournament had been hosted at the Staples Center from 2002.

Seeds

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The top eight Pacific-10 schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Record Tiebreaker
1 Stanford 17–1
2 Washington 12–6
3 Arizona 11–7
4 California 9–9
5 Oregon 9–9
6 USC 8–10
7 UCLA 7–11
8 Washington State 7–11

Bracket

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First Round (March 11) Semifinals (March 12) Finals (March 13)
         
1 #2 Stanford 68
8 Washington State 47
1 #2 Stanford 70
5 Oregon 63
4 California 82
5 Oregon 87
1 #2 Stanford 77
2 Washington 66
3 #21 Arizona 76
6 USC 73
3 #21 Arizona 85
2 Washington 90
2 Washington 91
7 UCLA 83

Tournament notes

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  • Stanford was the first 1 seed to win the tournament since Arizona had in 1989.
  • This was also Stanford's first (and only) 1 seed in the Pac-10 Tournament and their only tournament championship.
  • Upsets were all but non-existent in this tournament, with only the 5 seed beating the 4 seed in the first round.
  • Oregon and Cal combined for 19 3-pt. field goals which set a then tournament record (13 and 6). This record would be later broken in 2012.
  • Like the previous year, no teams met their arch-rival in this tournament.
  • Washington State was in this tournament for the first time in 14 years, marking the longest drought of any conference team to participate.

All tournament team

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References

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  1. ^ "Pacific 10 conference 2003–04 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved April 4, 2004.
  3. ^ 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available at 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine)

2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available at 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide)

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