2004 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2004 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2003–04
Teams	12
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Connecticut (6th title)
Winning coach	Jim Calhoun (6th title)
MVP	Ben Gordon (Connecticut)
Top scorer	Ben Gordon (Connecticut) (81 points)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments ← 2003 2005 →

2003–04 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#9 Pittsburgh	13	–	3		.813			31	–	5		.861
#7 Connecticut†	12	–	4		.750			33	–	6		.846
#21 Providence	11	–	5		.688			20	–	9		.690
#20 Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			23	–	8		.742
#25 Boston College	10	–	6		.625			24	–	10		.706
Seton Hall	10	–	6		.625			21	–	12		.636
Notre Dame	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
Virginia Tech	7	–	9		.438			15	–	14		.517
Rutgers	7	–	9		.438			20	–	13		.606
West Virginia	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Villanova	6	–	10		.375			18	–	17		.514
Georgetown	4	–	12		.250			13	–	15		.464
Miami*	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
St. John's*	1	–	15		.063			6	–	21		.222
† 2004 Big East Tournament winner As of April 5, 2004; Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2004 Big East Tournament

The 2004 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 10–13, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds (two from each Big East division) received byes in the first round. The twelve Big East teams with the best conference records were invited to participate. Its winner, Connecticut, received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament, the sixth for the Huskies, tying Georgetown for the most Big East Tournament championships.

Note: By finishing below twelfth place during the regular season, Miami and St. John's did not qualify for the tournament.

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Ben Gordon, Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

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