2004 MAC men's basketball tournament

2004 MAC men's basketball tournament
2004 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2003–04
Teams	13
Site	Gund Arena; Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Western Michigan (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Hawkins (1st title)
MVP	Mike Williams (Western Michigan)
	MAC men's basketball tournaments ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2003-04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 8–13 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds, and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Western Michigan, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Western Michigan defeated Kent State in the final.^[1] In the NCAA they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt.^[2]

ClassificationDivision I

Teams13

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2003–04 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Kent State	13	–	5	.722	22	–	9	.710
Miami (OH)	12	–	6	.667	18	–	11	.621
Buffalo	11	–	7	.611	17	–	12	.586
Marshall	8	–	10	.444	12	–	17	.414
Akron	7	–	11	.389	13	–	15	.464
Ohio	7	–	11	.389	10	–	20	.333
West
Western Michigan†	15	–	3	.833	26	–	5	.839
Toledo	12	–	6	.667	20	–	11	.645
Ball State	10	–	8	.556	14	–	15	.483
Bowling Green	8	–	10	.444	14	–	17	.452
Eastern Michigan	7	–	11	.389	13	–	15	.464
Northern Illinois	5	–	13	.278	10	–	20	.333
Central Michigan	2	–	16	.111	6	–	24	.200

† 2004 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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Team^[14]	1st	2nd	Final
Western Michigan	36	41	77
Kent State	37	29	66

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