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2003-04 Big East Conference Season Summary
Record: 274-171, .616 W-L% (3rd of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 10.18 (4th of 32) ▪ SOS: 6.61 (4th of 32)
Regular Season Champion: Pittsburgh
Tournament Champion: Connecticut
NCAA Tournament: 6 (Boston College, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall and Syracuse)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Boston College, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Providence and Syracuse)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| 1 | Pittsburgh* R | 13 | 3 | .813 | 31 | 5 | .861 | 67.6 | 55.9 | 18.2 | 6.5 | |
| 2 | Connecticut* TFN | 12 | 4 | .750 | 33 | 6 | .846 | 78.8 | 63.9 | 22.6 | 7.8 | |
| 3 | Providence* | 11 | 5 | .688 | 20 | 9 | .690 | 71.0 | 64.4 | 14.9 | 8.2 | |
| 4 | Syracuse* | 11 | 5 | .688 | 23 | 8 | .742 | 73.1 | 67.6 | 13.1 | 7.6 | |
| 5 | Boston College* | 10 | 6 | .625 | 24 | 10 | .706 | 68.0 | 63.2 | 12.0 | 7.2 | |
| 6 | Seton Hall* | 10 | 6 | .625 | 21 | 10 | .677 | 72.2 | 65.7 | 14.3 | 7.8 | |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 9 | 7 | .563 | 19 | 13 | .594 | 70.5 | 67.2 | 10.7 | 7.4 | |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 9 | .438 | 15 | 14 | .517 | 66.6 | 67.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | |
| 9 | Rutgers | 7 | 9 | .438 | 20 | 13 | .606 | 67.6 | 66.0 | 8.5 | 6.9 | |
| 10 | West Virginia | 7 | 9 | .438 | 17 | 14 | .548 | 65.6 | 65.8 | 6.1 | 6.3 | |
| 11 | Villanova | 6 | 10 | .375 | 18 | 17 | .514 | 69.9 | 68.2 | 10.0 | 8.2 | |
| 12 | Georgetown | 4 | 12 | .250 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 67.3 | 66.0 | 4.6 | 3.3 | |
| 13 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 12 | .250 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 71.1 | 69.0 | 5.4 | 3.3 | |
| 14 | St. John's (NY) | 1 | 15 | .063 | 6 | 21 | .222 | 62.0 | 70.9 | -1.1 | 7.9 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 2-21 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/25 | 12/2 | 12/9 | 12/16 | 12/23 | 12/31 | 1/6 | 1/13 | 1/20 | 1/27 | 2/3 | 2/10 | 2/17 | 2/24 | 3/2 | 3/9 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Syracuse | 7 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 20 | |||
| Providence | 25 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 21 | |||||||||
| Boston College | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 21 | 21 | 23 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Boston College won (58-51) versus Utah (St. Louis Regional)
Connecticut won (70-53) versus Vermont (Phoenix Regional)
Pittsburgh won (53-44) versus Central Florida (East Rutherford Regional)
Providence lost (66-58) versus Pacific (St. Louis Regional)
Seton Hall won (80-76) versus Arizona (Atlanta Regional)
Syracuse won (80-75) versus Brigham Young (Phoenix Regional)
Second Round
Boston College lost (57-54) versus Georgia Tech (St. Louis Regional)
Connecticut won (72-55) versus DePaul (Phoenix Regional)
Pittsburgh won (59-55) versus Wisconsin (East Rutherford Regional)
Seton Hall lost (90-62) versus Duke (Atlanta Regional)
Syracuse won (72-70) versus Maryland (Phoenix Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Connecticut won (73-53) versus Vanderbilt (Phoenix Regional)
Pittsburgh lost (63-51) versus Oklahoma State (East Rutherford Regional)
Syracuse lost (80-71) versus Alabama (Phoenix Regional)
Regional Final
Connecticut won (87-71) versus Alabama (Phoenix Regional)
National Semifinal
Connecticut won (79-78) versus Duke
National Final
Connecticut won (82-73) versus Georgia Tech
Conference Leaders
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