2004 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

2004 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2003–04
Teams 8
Site Curb Event Center
Nashville, TN
Champions Central Florida (3rd title)
Winning coach Kirk Speraw (3rd title)
MVP Dexter Lyons (Central Florida)
Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2003  2005»

Template:2003–04 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings

The 2004 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–6 at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Central Florida defeated top-seeded, reigning champions Troy State in the championship game, 60–55, to win their third Atlantic Sun/TAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Golden Knights, therefore, received the Atlantic Sun's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament.

Format

Even though the Atlantic Sun's membership decreased from twelve to eleven (Jacksonville State departed for the Ohio Valley) no changes to the format were made. As such, only the top eight teams from the conference tournament were eligible for the tournament. These eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records and were all entered into the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 4		 Semifinals
Friday, March 5		 Championship
Saturday, March 6
                           
  1  Troy State 85  
8  Florida Atlantic 82  
  1  Troy State 63  
    4  Georgia State 62  
5  Stetson 47
  4  Georgia State 55  
    1  Troy State 55
  2  Central Florida 60
  3  Belmont 71  
6  Mercer 63  
3  Belmont 62
    2  Central Florida 64  
7  Jacksonville 63
  2  Central Florida 71  

References

  1. ↑ "2003-2004 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
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