2004 MAC men's basketball tournament

2004 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200304
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsWestern Michigan (1st title)
Winning coachSteve Hawkins (1st title)
MVPMike Williams (Western Michigan)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
2003–04 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Kent State135 .722229  .710
Miami (OH)126 .6671811  .621
Buffalo117 .6111712  .586
Marshall810 .4441217  .414
Akron711 .3891315  .464
Ohio711 .3891020  .333
West
Western Michigan153 .833265  .839
Toledo126 .6672011  .645
Ball State108 .5561415  .483
Bowling Green810 .4441417  .452
Eastern Michigan711 .3891315  .464
Northern Illinois513 .2781020  .333
Central Michigan216 .111624  .200
2004 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2003-04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 8–13 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds, and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Western Michigan, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Western Michigan defeated Kent State in the final. In the NCAA they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt.