2004 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

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2004 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200304
Teams12
Site University of Dayton Arena
Dayton, Ohio
Champions Xavier (3rd title)
Winning coach Thad Matta (2nd title)
MVP Lionel Chalmers (Xavier)
  2003
2005  
2003–04 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 5 Saint Joseph's 160 1.000302  .938
Temple 97 .5631514  .517
Rhode Island 79 .4382014  .588
UMass 412 .2501019  .345
St. Bonaventure 313 .188721  .250
Fordham 313 .188622  .214
West
Dayton 124 .750249  .727
George Washington 115 .6881812  .600
Xavier106 .6252611  .703
Richmond 106 .6252013  .606
Duquesne 610 .3751217  .414
La Salle 511 .3131020  .333
2004 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 2004 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played from March 10 to March 13, 2004, at the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Xavier won the tournament. The top two teams in each division received first-round byes. Saint Joseph's entered the tournament undefeated, but lost to Xavier in the quarterfinals. Dayton, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, and Xavier all received bids to the NCAA tournament, with the latter two teams losing in the regional finals.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
Semifinals
Friday, March 12
Final
Saturday, March 13
            
E1 #1 Saint Joseph's 67
W4 Xavier 87
W4 Xavier 90
E5 St. Bonaventure 65
W4 Xavier 70
W2 George Washington 47
W2 George Washington 79
E3 Rhode Island 50
E3 Rhode Island 55
W6 La Salle 42
W4 Xavier 58
W1 Dayton 49
W1 Dayton 69
W5 Duquesne 56
E4 UMass 76
W5 Duquesne 79
W1 Dayton 58
W3 Richmond 56
E2 Temple 49
W3 Richmond 64
W3 Richmond 67
E6 Fordham 47

All games played at University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio

  1. sports-reference.com 2003-04 Atlantic 10 Conference Season Summary