2003–04 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 March 2012 Basketball 2003–04 Connecticut Huskies Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg 250 Big East Conference Big East 1 7 33–6 12–4 Jim Calhoun 18th Tom Moore George Blaney Clyde Vaughan Harry A. Gampel PavilionHartford Civic Center NCAA tournament National ChampionsBig East tournament champions National Championship Game W Won 82–73 vs. Georgia Tech The 2003–04 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2003–2004 NCAA Division I basketball season. Coached by Jim Calhoun, the Huskies played their home games at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and on campus at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut, and were a member of the Big East Conference. They won their record-tying sixth Big East tournament. On April 6, 2004, UConn claimed their second national championship by defeating Georgia Tech, 82–73. Roster 2003 Connecticut Huskies y Rashad Anderson 31 SG 6 5 190 so Lakeland, Florida y Hilton Armstrong 11 PF 6 10 210 so Peekskill, New York y Jason Baisch 24 SG 6 6 250 j Southbury, Connecticut Josh Boone basketball 21 C 6 10 230 fr Mt. Airy, Maryland y Denham Brown 33 SG 6 5 205 so Toronto, Ontario, Canada y Taliek Brown 12 PG 6 1 200 s Queens, New York C Justin Evanovich 40 PG 6 3 195 s Ann Arbor, Michigan Ben Gordon basketball 4 SG 6 2 195 j Mt. Vernon, New York y C Ed Nelson 32 PF 6 8 265 j Ft. Lauderdale, Florida I yes Emeka Okafor 50 C 6 9 252 j Bellaire, Texas y C Ryan Swaller 2 SG 6 5 208 s Milford, Connecticut Ryan Thompson 13 SF 6 6 215 j Gold Coast, Australia Shamon Tooles 30 SG 6 5 225 s Coatesville, Pennsylvania C Charlie Villanueva 3 PF 6 10 230 f Brooklyn, New York y Marcus White 23 SF 6 8 215 so Chicago, Illinois Marcus Williams 5 PG 6 3 200 f Los Angeles, California Marcus Williams (basketball, born 1985) S y https://www.webcitation.org/5iSufMwpH&sort=name?url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-2004-roster.html January 23, 2011http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-2004-roster.html 2003–04 Men's Basketball Roster UConnHuskies.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110102173257/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-2004-roster.html January 2, 2011 dead July 8, 2009 mdy Jim Calhoun George Blaney Tom Moore Clyde Vaughan Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=9 style=Connecticut Huskies|Exhibition games November 3 yes Team Nike Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut 96–78   0–0 November 13 yes Beltway Ballers Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut 102–44   0–0 |- !colspan=9 style=Connecticut Huskies| Regular Season November 17 7:00 pm yes 1 2003–04 Yale Bulldogs Yale University Yale Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut Preseason NIT First round ESPN2 70–60 10,167 1–0 November 19 7:00 pm yes 1 Nevada Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut Preseason NIT Second round ESPN 93–79 10,167 2–0 November 22 12:00 pm yes 1 2003–04 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart University Sacred Heart Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut Fox 61 111–64 16,085 3–0 November 26 9:30 pm yes yes 1 Georgia Tech Madison Square Garden New York City Preseason NIT Semifinals ESPN 61–77 7,607 3–1 November 28 4:30 pm yes yes 1 Utah Madison Square Garden New York Preseason NIT Consolation Game ESPN 76–44 8,910 4–1 December 1 7:00 pm yes 4 Lehigh Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 75–55 16,103 5–1 December 6 7:00 pm yes 4 2003–04 Army Black Knights United States Military Academy Army Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut WTXX 74–46 10,167 6–1 December 13 7:00 pm yes 3 2003–04 Quinnipiac Bobcats Quinnipiac University Quinnipiac Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut Fox 61 88–55 10,167 7–1 December 20 12:00 pm yes 2 2003–04 Iona Gaels Iona University Iona Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 104–54 16,294 8–1 December 28 2:00 pm yes 2 2003–04 Ball State Cardinals Ball State University Ball State Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 101–62 16,294 9–1 December 30 7:00 pm yes 1 2003–04 Massachusetts Minutemen University of Massachusetts Massachusetts Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut 91–67 16,294 10–1 January 2 8:05 pm yes yes 1 2003–04 Rice Owls Rice University Rice Autry Court Houston NESN 92–83 4,653 11–1 January 6 7:30 pm yes 1 2003–04 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers University Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey Fox 61 75–74 8,044 12–1 (1–0) January 11 4:30 pm yes 1 2003–04 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma University Oklahoma 7 Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut CBS 86–59 10,167 13–1 January 14 7:30 pm 1 Georgetown Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut Rivalry WTXX 94–70 10,167 14–1 (2–0) January 17 3:30 pm yes yes 1 North Carolina 11 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina CBS 83–86 21,750 14–2 January 19 7:00 pm 4 Pittsburgh 9 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut ESPN 68–65 16,294 15–2 (3–0) January 24 12:00 pm 4 Providence Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut Fox 61 56–66 16,294 15–3 (3–1) January 28 7:00 pm yes 8 Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia WTXX 96–60 7,908 16–3 (4–1) January 31 4:00 pm yes 8 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Fox 61 63–58 8,606 17–3 (5–1) February 2 7:00 pm 6 Syracuse 20 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut Rivalry ESPN 84–56 16,294 18–3 (6–1) February 7 2:00 pm 5 West Virginia Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut WTXX 88–58 10,167 19–3 (7–1) February 9 7:00 pm yes 5 Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana ESPN 74–80 11,418 19–4 (7–2) February 15 1:30 pm yes 5 Pittsburgh 4 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh ABC 68–75 12,817 19–5 (7–3) February 18 7:00 pm 8 Miami Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut WTXX 76–63 16,294 20–5 (8–3) February 21 2:00 pm 8 Notre Dame Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut CBS 61–50 16,294 21–5 (9–3) February 24 7:00 pm yes 8 St. John's Madison Square Garden New York ESPN2 71–53 11,736 22–5 (10–3) February 28 2:30 pm yes 8 2003–04 Villanova Wildcats Villanova University Villanova Wachovia Center Philadelphia ESPN 75–74 16,392 23–5 (11–3) March 1 7:00 pm 8 Seton Hall Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut ESPN 89–67 10,167 24–5 (12–3) March 7 2:00 pm yes 7 Syracuse 24 Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York Rivalry CBS 56–67 32,944 24–6 (12–4) |- !colspan=9 style=Connecticut Huskies| Big East tournament March 11 7:00 pm yes 9 Notre Dame Madison Square Garden New York Quarterfinals ESPN2 66–58 19,528 25–6 March 12 9:30 pm yes 9 Villanova Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals ESPN 84–67 19,528 26–6 March 13 8:00 pm yes 9 Pittsburgh 6 Madison Square Garden New York Championship game ESPN 61–58 19,528 27–6 |- !colspan=8 style=Connecticut Huskies| NCAA tournament March 18 7:10 pm yes yes 7 2 P Vermont 15 P HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York First Round CBS 70–53 18,686 28–6 March 20 7:58 pm yes yes 7 2 P DePaul 7 P HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York Second Round CBS 72–55 18,686 29–6 March 25 7:10 pm yes yes 7 2 P Vanderbilt 6 P America West Arena Phoenix, Arizona Sweet Sixteen CBS 73–53 17,889 30–6 March 27 4:40 pm yes yes 7 2 P Alabama 8 P America West Arena Phoenix, Arizona Elite Eight CBS 87–71 17,889 31–6 April 3 8:58 pm yes yes 7 2 P Duke 6 1 A Alamodome San Antonio Final Four CBS 79–78 44,417 32–6 April 5 9:21 pm yes yes 7 2 P Georgia Tech 14 3 S Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Championship game CBS 82–73 44,468 33–6 Coaches' Poll. P denotes Phoenix Region, A denotes Atlanta Region,S denotes St. Louis Region Eastern Timehttp://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-2004-results.html 2003–04 Men's Basketball Schedule May 12, 2009 UConnHuskies.com January 2, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110102173445/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-2004-results.html dead Rankings 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 17 1 69 1 69 3 1 2 9 1 21 1 21 1 37 1 50 1 52 4 6 5 5 8 8 7 9 7 Coaches 0 18 1 25 1 27 4 1 3 4 2 4 2 4 1 18 1 24 1 24 4 8 5 5 8 8 8 9 7 1 31 *AP did not release a Week 1 poll nor post-NCAA Tournament rankings Awards and honors Emeka Okafor, NCAA Men's MOP Awardhttp://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer Final Four Most Outstanding Players cbs.sportsline.com March 31, 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080907123518/http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer September 7, 2008 Team players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA club 2004 1 2 Emeka Okafor Charlotte Bobcats 2004 1 3 Ben Gordon Chicago Bulls 2005 1 7 Charlie Villanueva Toronto Raptors 2006 1 12 Hilton Armstrong New Orleans Hornets 2006 1 22 Marcus Williams New Jersey Nets 2006 1 23 Josh Boone New Jersey Nets 2006 2 40 Denham Brown Seattle SuperSonicshttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=2004 2004 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com 2009-04-24 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100117120338/http://databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=2004&lg=n January 17, 2010 References 30em Category:UConn Huskies men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Connecticut Huskies Connecticut Category:2003 in sports in Connecticut Category:2004 in sports in Connecticut