Teams | 48 | ||||
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Finals site | Salem, Virginia | ||||
Champions | Wisconsin–Stevens Point (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Williams (2nd title game) | ||||
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Winning coach | Jack Bennett (UWSP) | ||||
MOP | Nick Bennett (UWSP) | ||||
Attendance | 52,066 | ||||
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The 2004 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 30th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.
The field contained forty-eight teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated defending champions Williams, 84–82, in the championship, clinching their first national title.
The Pointers (29–5) were coached by Jack Bennett.
Nick Bennett, also from Stevens Point, was named Most Outstanding Player.
Bracket
Top left sectional
First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Puget Sound | 89 | ||||||||||||||
Pomona–Pitzer | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Pomona–Pitzer | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Colorado College | 55 | ||||||||||||||
Puget Sound | 79 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 100 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 84 | ||||||||||||||
Benedictine (IL) | 58 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 55 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 82* | ||||||||||||||
Lawrence | 81 | ||||||||||||||
Trinity (TX) | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Sul Ross State | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Sul Ross State | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Dallas | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Sul Ross State | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Lawrence | 86* | ||||||||||||||
Lawrence | 86 | ||||||||||||||
Lakeland | 51 | ||||||||||||||
Lawrence | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Buena Vista | 66 |
Bottom left sectional
First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 64 | ||||||||||||||
John Carroll | 85 | ||||||||||||||
John Carroll | 88 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 77 | ||||||||||||||
John Carroll | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Randolph–Macon | 51 | ||||||||||||||
Methodist | 50 | ||||||||||||||
Randolph-Macon | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 75 | ||||||||||||||
John Carroll | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Hanover | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (MO) | 73 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 53 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Penn State Behrend | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Potsdam State | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Potsdam State | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 70 |
Top right sectional
First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Brockport State | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Trinity (CT) | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Trinity (CT) | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Lasell | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Brockport State | 50 | ||||||||||||||
Williams | 78 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 94 | ||||||||||||||
Johnson & Wales (RI) | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Williams | 91 | ||||||||||||||
Williams | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Keene State | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Rochester | 75 | ||||||||||||||
St. John Fisher | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Hamilton | 83 | ||||||||||||||
St. John Fisher | 90 | ||||||||||||||
Rochester | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Keene State | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Endicott | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Babson | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Babson | 55 | ||||||||||||||
Keene State | 79 |
Bottom right sectional
First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
New Jersey City | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Lycoming | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Lycoming | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Lehman | 68 | ||||||||||||||
New Jersey City | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 92 | ||||||||||||||
Plymouth State | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Castleton State | 57 | ||||||||||||||
Plymouth State | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 113 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 78 | ||||||||||||||
Hampden–Sydney | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Hampden–Sydney | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Elizabethtown | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 92 | ||||||||||||||
Gwynedd–Mercy | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Catholic | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Old Westbury | 50 | ||||||||||||||
Catholic | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Gwynedd–Mercy | 74* |
National finals
National Semifinals | National Championship | ||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 87 | ||||||
John Carroll | 62 | ||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 84 | ||||||
Williams | 82 | ||||||
Williams | 86 | ||||||
Amherst | 81 | National Third-place | |||||
John Carroll | 96 | ||||||
Amherst | 85 |
See also
- 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 2004 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 2004 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 2004 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
References
- "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
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