2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

American college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 Women's 2004 2004 NCAA Women's Final Four logo.png 64 New Orleans Arena New Orleans, Louisiana Connecticut Huskies 5th 5th 8th Tennessee Volunteers 11th 15th Minnesota Golden Gophers 1st LSU Tigers 1st Geno Auriemma 5th Diana Taurasi Connecticut The 2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 20 and concluded on April 6 when Connecticut won a third consecutive national championship, becoming only the second school in history to accomplish such a feat. The Final Four was held at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 4–6 and was hosted by Tulane University. UConn, coached by Geno Auriemma, defeated archrivals Tennessee, coached by Pat Summitt, 81–67 in the championship game.Terry Mike 2004-04-07 New Day, New Title for UConn https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-07-sp-ncaawomen7-story.html 2026-03-23 Los Angeles Times en-US UConn's Diana Taurasi was named Most Outstanding Player for the second consecutive year. Tournament records Final Four appearances – Connecticut appeared in their fifth consecutive Final Four, tied for the longest such streak, with LSU (2004–08) Rebounds – Janel McCarville, Minnesota recorded 75 rebounds, the most ever recorded in an NCAA tournament. This record would be broken in 2018 when Mississippi State's Teaira McCowan recorded 109 rebounds.Nixon Rick 2023 Women's Final Four Championship Record Book http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final_four_records_book/2023/WFFBook.pdf 26 March 2023 NCAA 85 Assists – Temeka Johnson, LSU, recorded 50 assists, the most ever recorded in an NCAA tournament Qualifying teams – automatic Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2004 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament. Automatic bids     Record   Qualifying school Conference Regular season Conference Seed Austin Peay State University Ohio Valley Conference 0.767 23–7 0.875 14–2 13 Boston College Big East 0.806 25–6 0.688 11–5 3 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Southern Conference 0.933 28–2 1.02 20–0 10 Colgate University Patriot League 0.7 21–9 0.714 10–4 16 Duke University ACC 0.9 27–3 0.938 15–1 1 Eastern Michigan University MAC 0.759 22–7 0.75 12–4 14 University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Horizon League 0.767 23–7 0.813 13–3 14 Hampton University MEAC 0.63 17–10 0.778 14–4 16 University of Houston Conference USA 0.9 27–3 0.929 13–1 3 Liberty University Big South Conference 0.806 25–6 1.014 14–0 14 Lipscomb University Atlantic Sun Conference 0.645 20–11 0.7 14–6 15 Louisiana Tech University WAC 0.931 27–2 0.944 17–1 5 Loyola Marymount University West Coast Conference 0.828 24–5 0.929 13–1 13 University of Maine America East 0.806 25–6 0.944 17–1 13 Marist College MAAC 0.667 20–10 0.722 13–5 14 Middle Tennessee State University Sun Belt Conference 0.767 23–7 0.714 10–4 13 Missouri State University Missouri Valley Conference 0.903 28–3 0.889 16–2 12 University of Montana Big Sky Conference 0.871 27–4 1.014 14–0 12 University of New Mexico Mountain West 0.767 23–7 0.857 12–2 12 Northwestern State University Southland 0.8 24–6 0.875 14–2 16 University of Oklahoma Big 12 0.742 23–8 0.563 9–7 3 Old Dominion University Colonial 0.806 25–6 0.944 17–1 8 University of Pennsylvania Ivy League 0.63 17–10 0.786 11–3 15 Purdue University Big Ten 0.9 27–3 0.875 14–2 2 Southern University SWAC 0.586 17–12 0.667 12–6 16 St. Francis (PA) Northeast Conference 0.833 25–5 1.018 18–0 15 Stanford University Pac-10 0.8 24–6 0.778 14–4 6 Temple University Atlantic 10 0.7 21–9 0.875 14–2 11 University of California, Santa Barbara Big West Conference 0.806 25–6 0.944 17–1 11 Valparaiso University Mid-Continent 0.645 20–11 0.688 11–5 15 Vanderbilt University SEC 0.774 24–7 0.571 8–6 2 Qualifying teams – at-large Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations. At-large bids     Record   Qualifying school Conference Regular season Conference Seed University of Arizona Pacific-10 0.75 24–8 0.778 14–4 9 Auburn University Southeastern 0.724 21–8 0.643 9–5 7 Baylor University Big 12 0.75 24–8 0.625 10–6 4 University of Colorado at Boulder Big 12 0.759 22–7 0.688 11–5 6 University of Connecticut Big East 0.862 25–4 0.875 14–2 2 DePaul University Conference USA 0.786 22–6 0.714 10–4 9 University of Florida Southeastern 0.643 18–10 0.571 8–6 5 The George Washington University Atlantic 10 0.759 22–7 0.875 14–2 8 University of Georgia Southeastern 0.71 22–9 0.571 8–6 3 University of Iowa Big Ten 0.571 16–12 0.625 10–6 9 Kansas State University Big 12 0.828 24–5 0.875 14–2 2 Louisiana State University Southeastern 0.767 23–7 0.714 10–4 4 Marquette University Conference USA 0.7 21–9 0.643 9–5 9University of Maryland Atlantic Coast 0.586 17–12 0.5 8–8 12 University of Miami Big East 0.786 22–6 0.688 11–5 5 Michigan State University Big Ten 0.724 21–8 0.625 10–6 8 University of Minnesota Big Ten 0.724 21–8 0.563 9–7 7 University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Southeastern 0.567 17–13 0.5 7–7 10 University of Missouri Big 12 0.586 17–12 0.438 7–9 11 University of North Carolina Atlantic Coast 0.8 24–6 0.75 12–4 4 North Carolina State University Atlantic Coast 0.548 17–14 0.5 8–8 10 University of Notre Dame Big East 0.655 19–10 0.75 12–4 5 Ohio State University Big Ten 0.69 20–9 0.688 11–5 6 Pennsylvania State University Big Ten 0.833 25–5 0.938 15–1 1 Rutgers University Big East 0.656 21–11 0.625 10–6 7 Texas Christian University Conference USA 0.8 24–6 0.786 11–3 6 University of Tennessee Southeastern 0.897 26–3 1.014 14–0 1 University of Texas at Austin Big 12 0.875 28–4 0.875 14–2 1 Texas Tech University Big 12 0.774 24–7 0.625 10–6 4 University of California, Los Angeles Pacific-10 0.586 17–12 0.611 11–7 10 Villanova University Big East 0.786 22–6 0.75 12–4 7 Virginia Tech Big East 0.759 22–7 0.625 10–6 8 West Virginia University Big East 0.677 21–10 0.625 10–6 11 Bids by conference Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-three cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from eight of the conferences. Bids Conference Teams 8 Big East Boston College, Connecticut, Miami FL, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Villanova, Virginia Tech, West Virginia 7 Big 12 Oklahoma, Baylor, Colorado, Kansas St., Missouri, Texas, Texas Tech 7 Southeastern Vanderbilt, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee 6 Big Ten Purdue, Iowa, Michigan St., Minnesota, Ohio St., Penn St. 4 Atlantic Coast Duke, Maryland., North Carolina, North Carolina St. 4 Conference USA Houston, DePaul, Marquette, TCU 3 Pacific-10 Stanford, Arizona, UCLA 2 Atlantic 10 Temple, George Washington 1 America East Maine 1 Atlantic Sun Lipscomb 1 Big Sky Montana 1 Big South Liberty 1 Big West UC Santa Barb. 1 Colonial Old Dominion 1 Horizon Green Bay 1 Ivy Penn 1 Metro Atlantic Marist 1 Mid-American Eastern Mich. 1 Mid-Continent Valparaiso 1 Mid-Eastern Hampton 1 Missouri Valley Missouri St. 1 Mountain West New Mexico 1 Northeast St. Francis Pa. 1 Ohio Valley Austin Peay 1 Patriot Colgate 1 Southern Chattanooga 1 Southland Northwestern St. 1 Southwestern Southern U. 1 Sun Belt Middle Tenn. 1 West Coast Loyola Marymount 1 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech First and second rounds USA 500 right 2004 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues USA green pog.svg 41.698443 -86.231292 top Notre Dame USA green pog.svg 34.413792 -119.851147 right Santa Barbara USA green pog.svg 37.222222 -80.418889 top Blacksburg USA green pog.svg 41.1732 -73.187 top Bridgeport USA green pog.svg 46.863819 -113.983403 top Missoula USA green pog.svg 40.005278 -83.018889 left Columbus USA green pog.svg 35.997528 -78.942306 bottom Durham USA green pog.svg 44.976944 -93.228333 left Minneapolis USA green pog.svg 35.066936 -106.632308 bottom Albuquerque USA green pog.svg 33.424524 -111.930948 bottom Tempe USA green pog.svg 35.050382 -85.30091 left Chattanooga USA green pog.svg 30.43783 -84.28653 right Tallahassee USA green pog.svg 30.276958 -97.732216 right Austin USA green pog.svg 30.4142 -91.1845 top Baton Rouge USA green pog.svg 42.02101 -93.634763 left Ames USA green pog.svg 39.979722 -75.158611 right Philadelphia In 2004, the field remained at 64 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-16 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 1 and 16 faced each other, as well as seeds 2 and 15, seeds 3 and 14, seeds 4 and 13, seeds 5 and 12, seeds 6 and 11, seeds 7 and 10, and seeds 8 and 9. Sixteen sites for the first two rounds were determined approximately a year before the team selections and seedings were completed, following a practice established in 2003. The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations: Region RndHostVenue City State East 1&2 University of Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center Notre Dame Indiana East 1&2 University of California, Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Events Center Santa Barbara California East 1&2 Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg Virginia East 1&2 Fairfield University Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport Connecticut Mideast 1&2 University of Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula Montana Mideast 1&2 Ohio State University St. John Arena Columbus Ohio Mideast 1&2 Duke University Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham North Carolina Mideast 1&2 University of Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis Minnesota Midwest 1&2 University of New Mexico The Pit (arena) Albuquerque New Mexico Midwest 1&2 Arizona State University Wells Fargo Arena Tempe Arizona Midwest 1&2 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga McKenzie Arena Chattanooga Tennessee Midwest 1&2 Florida State University Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee Florida West 1&2 University of Texas Frank Erwin Center Austin Texas West 1&2 Louisiana State University LSU Assembly Center (Pete Maravich Assembly Center) Baton Rouge Louisiana West 1&2 Iowa State University Hilton Coliseum Ames Iowa West 1&2 Temple University Liacouras Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Regionals and Final Four USA 500 right 2004 NCAA regionals and Final Four USA blue pog.svg 35.187438 -97.444504 left Norman USA blue pog.svg 47.65212 -122.30223 right Seattle USA blue pog.svg 41.768333 -72.676944 left Hartford USA blue pog.svg 36.884169 -76.301231 left Norfolk USA red pog.svg 29.948889 -90.081944 top New Orleans The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 27 to March 30 at these sites: Midwest Regional Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma (Host: University of Oklahoma) West Regional Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle (Host: University of Washington) East Regional Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Host: Big East Conference) Mideast Regional Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, Virginia (Host: Old Dominion University) Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four held April 4 and April 6 in New Orleans at the New Orleans Arena (Host: Tulane University) Bids by state The sixty-four teams came from thirty-two states, plus Washington, D.C. Tennessee had the most teams with six bids. Eighteen states did not have any teams receiving bids. thumb|right|500 px|NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 2004 Bids State Teams 6 Tennessee Austin Peay, Chattanooga, Lipscomb, Middle Tenn., Vanderbilt, Tennessee 5 Texas Houston, Baylor, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech 4 California Loyola Marymount, Stanford, UC Santa Barb., UCLA 4 Louisiana Louisiana Tech, Northwestern St., Southern U., LSU 4 Pennsylvania Penn, Temple, Penn St., Villanova St. Francis Pa. 4 Virginia Hampton, Liberty, Old Dominion, Virginia Tech 3 Indiana Purdue, Valparaiso, Notre Dame 3 New York Colgate, Marist, 3 North Carolina Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina St. 2 Florida Florida, Miami FL 2 Michigan Eastern Mich., Michigan St. 2 Missouri Missouri St., Missouri 2 Wisconsin Green Bay, Marquette 1 Alabama Auburn 1 Arizona Arizona 1 Colorado Colorado 1 Connecticut Connecticut 1 District of Columbia George Washington 1 Georgia Georgia 1 Illinois DePaul 1 Iowa Iowa 1 Kansas Kansas St. 1 Maine Maine 1 Maryland Maryland. 1 Massachusetts Boston College 1 Minnesota Minnesota 1 Mississippi Ole Miss 1 Montana Montana 1 New Jersey Rutgers 1 New Mexico New Mexico 1 Ohio Ohio St. 1 Oklahoma Oklahoma 1 West Virginia West Virginia Brackets Data Source East Region – Hartford, Connecticut First roundMarch 20 and 21 Second roundMarch 22 and 23 Regional semifinalsMarch 27 Regional finalsMarch 29 Blacksburg, Virginia South Bend, Indiana Santa Barbara, California Bridgeport, Connecticut Penn State Hampton 79 42 Virginia Tech Iowa 89 76 Notre Dame Missouri State 69* 65 North Carolina Middle Tennessee 62 67 Colorado UC Santa Barbara 49 76 Houston Green Bay 62 47 Auburn NC State 79 59 Connecticut Pennsylvania 91 55 1 Penn State 8 Virginia Tech 61 48 5 Notre Dame 13 Middle Tennessee 59 46 11 UC Santa Barbara 3 Houston 56 52 7 Auburn 2 Connecticut 53 79 1 Penn State 5 Notre Dame 55 49 11 UC Santa Barbara 2 Connecticut 57 63 1 Penn State 2 Connecticut 49 66 Mideast Region – Norfolk, Virginia First roundMarch 20 and 21 Second roundMarch 22 and 23 Regional semifinalsMarch 28 Regional finalsMarch 30 Durham, North Carolina Missoula, Montana Columbus, Ohio Minneapolis, Minnesota Duke Northwestern State 103 51 Old Dominion Marquette 64 67 Louisiana Tech Montana 81 77 Texas Tech Maine 60 50 Ohio State West Virginia 73 67 Boston College Eastern Michigan 58 56 Minnesota UCLA 92 81 Kansas State Valparaiso 71 63 1 Duke 9 Marquette 76 67 5 Louisiana Tech 4 Texas Tech 81 64 6 Ohio State 3 Boston College 48 63 7 Minnesota 2 Kansas State 80 61 1 Duke 5 Louisiana Tech 63 49 3 Boston College 7 Minnesota 63 76 1 Duke 7 Minnesota 75 82 Midwest Region – Norman, Oklahoma First roundMarch 20 and 21 Second roundMarch 22 and 23 Regional semifinalsMarch 28 Regional finalsMarch 30 Tallahassee, Florida Albuquerque, New Mexico Tempe, Arizona Chattanooga, Tennessee Tennessee Colgate 77 54 George Washington DePaul 46 83 Florida New Mexico 68 56 Baylor Loyola Marymount 71 60 Stanford Missouri 68 44 Oklahoma Marist 58 45 Rutgers Chattanooga 69 74 Vanderbilt Lipscomb 76 45 1 Tennessee 9 DePaul 79 59 5 Florida 4 Baylor 76 91 6 Stanford 3 Oklahoma 68 43 10 Chattanooga 2 Vanderbilt 44 60 1 Tennessee 4 Baylor 71 69 6 Stanford 2 Vanderbilt 57 55 1 Tennessee 6 Stanford 62 60 West Region – Seattle First roundMarch 20 and 21 Second roundMarch 22 and 23 Regional semifinalsMarch 27 Regional finalsMarch 29 Austin, Texas Baton Rouge, Louisiana Philadelphia Ames, Iowa Texas Southern 92 57 Michigan State Arizona 72 60 Miami (FL) Maryland 85 86 LSU Austin Peay 83 66 TCU Temple 70 57 Georgia Liberty 78 53 Villanova Ole Miss 66 63 Purdue Saint Francis 78 59 1 Texas 8 Michigan State 80 61 12 Maryland 4 LSU 61 76 6 TCU 3 Georgia 71 85 7 Villanova 2 Purdue 42 60 1 Texas 4 LSU 55 71 3 Georgia 2 Purdue 66 64 4 LSU 3 Georgia 62 60 Final Four – New Orleans National semifinalsApril 4 National championshipApril 6 E2 Connecticut 67 ME7 Minnesota 58 MW1 Tennessee 52 W4 LSU 50 E2 Connecticut 70 MW1 Tennessee 61 E-East; ME-Mideast; MW-Midwest; W-West. Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Sweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship Game Big East 8 12-7 63.2% 3 1 1 1 SEC 7 16-7 69.6% 4 3 2 1 Big 12 7 7-7 50.0% 2 0 0 0 Big Ten 6 11-6 64.7% 3 2 1 0 ACC 4 4-4 50.0% 1 1 0 0 Conference USA 4 4-4 50.0% 0 0 0 0 Pac-10 3 3-3 50.0% 1 1 0 0 Atlantic 10 2 0-2 0.0% 0 0 0 0 Big West Conference 1 2-1 66.7% 1 0 0 0 WAC 1 2-1 66.7% 1 0 0 0 Southern Conference 1 1-1 50.0% 0 0 0 0 Sun Belt Conference 1 1-1 50.0% 0 0 0 0 Nineteen conferences went 0-1: America East, Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference Colonial, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, Summit League, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Mountain West, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southland, SWAC, and West Coast Conference All-Tournament team Diana Taurasi, Connecticut Jessica Moore, Connecticut Ann Strother, Connecticut Janel McCarville, Minnesota Shanna Zolman Tennessee Game officials Scott Yarbrough (semifinal) Sally Bell (semifinal) Tina Napier (semifinal) Melissa Barlow (semifinal) Greg Small (semifinal) Bill Titus (semifinal) Dee Kantner (final) Melissa Barlow (final) Bryan Enterline (final) See also NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2004 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament Notes Nixon Rick Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf NCAA 22 April 2012 November 7, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151107014710/http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf dead HAVEL CARRIE J. The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship: an analysis of first and second rounds and the change to predetermined sites http://www.oregonpdf.org/print-script.cfm?path=../pdf\&src=PE4792Havel%2819-1%29.pdf 20 April 2012 2005 1 Attendance and Sites http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final4/2012/Attend.pdf NCAA 19 March 2012 http://www.ncaapublications.com/p-4269-official-2012-ncaa-womens-final-four-record-book.aspx Official 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book February 2012 NCAA 2012-04-17 Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Basketball Tournament NCAA Women's division i basketball NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Category:Basketball in Austin, Texas Category:Women's sports in Louisiana