2003–04 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team

2003–04 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball
2003–04 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	East
Record	23–11 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach	Dave Odom (3rd season);
Home arena	Colonial Center
	Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 2003–04 men's college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Dave Odom and played their home games at the Colonial Center in Columbia, South Carolina. The team finished third in the SEC East regular season standings and received an at-large bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament as No. 10 seed in the East region. The Gamecocks lost to 7 seed Memphis in the opening round^[2] to finish the season with a record of 23–11 (8–8 SEC).

ConferenceSoutheastern Conference

East

Record23–11 (8–8 SEC)

Headcoach

Dave Odom (3rd season)

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2003–04 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 2 Kentucky †	13	–	3	.813	27	–	5	.844
Florida	9	–	7	.563	20	–	11	.645
No. 23 South Carolina	8	–	8	.500	23	–	11	.676
Vanderbilt	8	–	8	.500	23	–	10	.697
Georgia	7	–	9	.438	16	–	14	.533
Tennessee	7	–	9	.438	15	–	14	.517
West
No. 8 Mississippi State	14	–	2	.875	26	–	4	.867
LSU	8	–	8	.500	18	–	11	.621
Alabama	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Auburn	5	–	11	.313	14	–	14	.500
Ole Miss	5	–	11	.313	13	–	15	.464
Arkansas	4	–	12	.250	12	–	16	.429

† 2004 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 17, 2003*		Gardner-Webb	W 83–74	1–0	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Nov 18, 2003*		Idaho	W 76–66	2–0	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Nov 21, 2003*		Navy	W 73–40	3–0	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Nov 24, 2003*		vs. Missouri State Guardians Classic	W 77–64	4–0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 25, 2003*		vs. Richmond Guardians Classic	W 67–61^[4]	5–0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 29, 2003*		Campbell	W 77–48	6–0	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Dec 3, 2003*		at The Citadel	W 70–38	7–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
Dec 6, 2003*		at Clemson	W 76–61	8–0	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Dec 15, 2003*		at Temple	L 61–71	8–1	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 17, 2003*		Charleston Southern	W 71–36	9–1	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Dec 20, 2003*		NC State	W 58–55	10–1	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Dec 22, 2003*		South Carolina State	W 86–50	11–1	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Dec 30, 2003*		Yale	W 59–48	12–1	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Jan 2, 2004*		Appalachian State	W 78–58	13–1	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Jan 7, 2004		No. 14 Florida	L 62–65	13–2 (0–1)	Colonial Center Columbia, South Carolina
Mar 6, 2004		at Tennessee	L 56–63	21–9 (8–8)	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
SEC Tournament
Mar 11, 2004*	(E3)	vs. (W2) Arkansas First round	W 91–81	22–9	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 12, 2004*	(E3)	vs. (W2) LSU Quarterfinals	W 85–64	23–9	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 13, 2004*	(E3)	vs. (E1) No. 8 Kentucky Semifinals	L 63–78	23–10	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA Tournament
Mar 19, 2004*	(10 E)	vs. (7 E) No. 24 Memphis First round	L 43–59	23–11	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

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