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2003-04 Big Ten Conference Season Summary
Record: 188-147, .561 W-L% (7th of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 8.21 (5th of 32) ▪ SOS: 6.42 (5th of 32)
Regular Season Champion: Illinois
Tournament Champion: Wisconsin
NCAA Tournament: 3 (Illinois, Michigan State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Illinois, Michigan State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Illinois and Wisconsin)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Illinois* R | 13 | 3 | .813 | 26 | 7 | .788 | 72.8 | 62.9 | 16.9 | 7.1 |
| 2 | Wisconsin* T | 12 | 4 | .750 | 25 | 7 | .781 | 68.4 | 57.0 | 19.0 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Michigan State* | 12 | 4 | .750 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 71.3 | 67.5 | 12.1 | 8.4 |
| 4 | Iowa | 9 | 7 | .563 | 16 | 13 | .552 | 71.4 | 68.9 | 8.7 | 6.2 |
| 5 | Michigan | 8 | 8 | .500 | 23 | 11 | .676 | 68.9 | 63.2 | 11.8 | 6.2 |
| 6 | Northwestern | 8 | 8 | .500 | 14 | 15 | .483 | 61.6 | 62.9 | 4.6 | 5.9 |
| 7 | Purdue | 7 | 9 | .438 | 17 | 14 | .548 | 64.9 | 60.6 | 9.7 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Indiana | 7 | 9 | .438 | 14 | 15 | .483 | 64.9 | 67.6 | 5.2 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 6 | 10 | .375 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 65.0 | 68.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 10 | Minnesota | 3 | 13 | .188 | 12 | 18 | .400 | 70.1 | 71.7 | 3.7 | 5.4 |
| 11 | Penn State | 3 | 13 | .188 | 9 | 19 | .321 | 58.3 | 66.9 | -3.0 | 5.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 15 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 10 |
| Illinois | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| Iowa | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 20 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 21 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Illinois won (72-53) versus Murray State (Atlanta Regional)
Michigan State lost (72-66) versus Nevada (St. Louis Regional)
Wisconsin won (76-64) versus Richmond (East Rutherford Regional)
Second Round
Illinois won (92-68) versus Cincinnati (Atlanta Regional)
Wisconsin lost (59-55) versus Pittsburgh (East Rutherford Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Illinois lost (72-62) versus Duke (Atlanta Regional)
Conference Leaders
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