2004 National Invitation Tournament

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2004 National Invitation Tournament
Season 200304
Teams40
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Michigan Wolverines (3rd title)
Runner-up Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Tommy Amaker (1st title)
MVP Daniel Horton (Michigan)
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The 2004 National Invitation Tournament was the 2004 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Michigan (initially barred from postseason play that season, but overturned on appeal) defeated Rutgers in the final game to capture their third NIT Championship.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament. [1]

SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Austin Peay Ohio Valley 21–91stNever
Belmont Atlantic Sun 21–81stNever
Boise State WAC 21–94th 1991
Boston University America East 23–54th 2003
Colorado Big 12 18–107th 2000
Creighton Missouri Valley 20–87th 1998
Drexel Colonial 18–103rd 2003
Florida State ACC 18–134th 1997
George Mason Colonial 21–93rd 2002
George Washington Atlantic 10 18–114th 1997
Georgia SEC 16–1310th 1999
Hawaii WAC 19–118th 2003
Iowa Big Ten 16–125th 2003
Iowa State Big 12 17–123rd 2003
Kent State MAC 22–76th 2003
LSU SEC 18–105th 2002
Marquette C-USA 17–1114th 2000
Michigan Big Ten 18–118th 2000
Milwaukee Horizon 19–101stNever
Missouri Big 12 16–136th 1998
Nebraska Big 12 16–1213th 1999
Niagara MAAC 21–912th 1993
Notre Dame Big East 17–128th 2000
Oklahoma Big 12 19–107th 1994
Oregon Pac-10 15–129th 1999
Purdue Big Ten 17–138th 2001
Rhode Island Atlantic 10 19–1311th 2003
Rice WAC 22–104th 1993
Rutgers Big East 16–1213th 2002
Saint Louis C-USA 18–1218th 2003
Temple Atlantic 10 15–1315th 2003
Tennessee SEC 15–1311th 2003
Toledo MAC 20–106th 2001
Troy State A-Sun 24–61stNever
UNLV Mountain West 18–128th 2003
Utah State Big West 25–37th 2002
Villanova Big East 16–1617th 2003
Virginia ACC 17–1211th 2003
West Virginia Big East 15–1314th 2001
Wichita State Missouri Valley 21–109th 2003

Bracket

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. [1]

Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
            
Villanova 85
Drexel 70
Villanova73
Virginia 63
Virginia 79
George Washington 66
Villanova 60
Rutgers72
Rutgers 76
Temple 71
Rutgers67
West Virginia 64
West Virginia 65
Kent State 54
West Virginia79
Rhode Island 72
Rhode Island 80
Boston University 52
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
            
Boise State 84
UNLV 69
Boise State73
Milwaukee 70
Milwaukee 91
Rice 53
Boise State 53
Marquette66
Marquette 87
Toledo 72
Marquette 69
Iowa State77
Florida State 91
Wichita State 842OT
Florida State 59
Iowa State62
Iowa State 82
Georgia 74
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
            
Notre Dame 71
Purdue 59
Notre Dame77
Saint Louis 66
Saint Louis 70
Iowa 69
Notre Dame 61
Oregon65
Oregon 77
Colorado 72OT
Oregon68
George Mason 54
George Mason 58
Tennessee 55
George Mason66
Austin Peay 60
Austin Peay 65
Belmont 59
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
            
Nebraska 71
Creighton 70
Nebraska78
Niagara 70
Niagara 87
Troy State 83
Nebraska 83
Hawaii84
Hawaii 85
Utah State 74
Hawaii 73
Michigan88
Oklahoma 70
LSU 61
Oklahoma 52
Michigan63
Michigan 65
Missouri 64

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
Rutgers84
Iowa State 81OT
Rutgers 55
Michigan62
Oregon 53
Michigan78

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09