2004 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

2004 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2003–04
Teams	11
Site	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Champions	Louisiana–Lafayette (4th title)
Winning coach	Jessie Evans (2nd title)
MVP	Bo McCalebb (New Orleans)
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournaments

2003–04 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Arkansas-Little Rock	9	–	5		.643			17	–	12		.586
Western Kentucky	8	–	6		.571			15	–	13		.536
Middle Tennessee	8	–	6		.571			17	–	12		.586
Arkansas State	7	–	7		.500			17	–	11		.607
Florida International	1	–	13		.071			5	–	22		.185
West
Louisiana–Lafayette †	12	–	3		.800			20	–	9		.690
New Orleans	9	–	6		.600			17	–	14		.548
North Texas	8	–	7		.533			13	–	15		.464
South Alabama	6	–	9		.400			12	–	16		.429
Denver	6	–	9		.400			14	–	13		.519
New Mexico State	6	–	9		.400			13	–	14		.481
† 2004 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2004 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–9 at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky.[1]

Top-seed Louisiana–Lafayette defeated #3 seed New Orleans in the championship game, 67–58, to win their fourth Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Ragin' Cajuns received an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament as the #14 seed in the Phoenix region. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament.

Format

Eight of eleven participating Sun Belt members were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 Saturday, March 7					Semifinals Monday, March 8					Championship Tuesday, March 9
	1	Louisiana–Lafayette	84
	8	South Alabama	58
						1	Louisiana–Lafayette	70
						5	Middle Tennessee	66
	4	Western Kentucky	62
	5	Middle Tennessee	76
											1	Louisiana–Lafayette	67
											3	New Orleans	58
	3	New Orleans	91^OT
	6	North Texas	89
						3	New Orleans	80
						2	Arkansas–Little Rock	65
	2	Arkansas–Little Rock	83^OT
	7	Arkansas State	78

See also

• Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. "2003–04 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2020.