2004 MAC men's basketball tournament


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. [2003–04 2003–04 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team|Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team|Western Michigan], the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Western Michigan defeated Kent State in the final. In the NCAA they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt.

Tournament

Seeds

  1. Western Michigan
  2. Kent State
  3. Miami
  4. Toledo
  5. Buffalo
  6. Ball State
  7. Bowling Green
  8. Marshall
  9. Eastern Michigan
  10. Ohio
  11. Akron
  12. Northern Illinois
  13. Central Michigan

First round

Team1st2ndFinal
Toledo514091
Central Michigan513788

Team1st2ndFinal
Buffalo434790
Northern Illinois383573

Team1st2ndFinal
Ball State373976
Akron353772

Team1st2ndFinal
Bowling Green292756
Ohio213354

Team1st2ndFinal
Marshall463278
Eastern Michigan332659

Quarterfinals

Team1st2ndFinal
Kent State314879
Bowling Green313566

Team1st2ndFinal
Miami343872
Ball State303767

Team1st2ndFinal
Western Michigan385896
Marshall283462

Team1st2ndFinal
Toledo475097
Buffalo444185

Semi-finals

Team1st2ndFinal
Western Michigan384987
Toledo324577

Team1st2ndFinal
Kent State264066
Miami263056

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Mike Williams, Western Michigan
PlayerTeam
Keith TriplettToledo
DeAndre HaynesKent State
John EdwardsKent State
Anthony KannWestern Michigan
Mike WilliamsWestern Michigan