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2003-04 Season Summary

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National Champion: Connecticut
Final Four: Connecticut, Duke, Georgia Tech and Oklahoma State

Consensus Player of the Year: Jameer Nelson

AP Preseason #1: Connecticut ▪ AP Final #1: Stanford

Conference Summary

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games ▪ Sorted by SRS
Rk Conference Schls W L W-L% SRS SOS AP NCAA FF Regular Season Champ Tournament Champ
1 Atlantic Coast Conference 9 187 104 .643 16.55 10.72 6 6 2 Duke Maryland
2 Southeastern Conference 12 227 138 .622 11.76 7.28 3 6 0 Kentucky (East)
Mississippi State (West)
Kentucky
3 Big 12 Conference 12 224 150 .599 10.70 6.83 3 4 1 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
4 Big East Conference 14 274 171 .616 10.18 6.61 5 6 1 Pittsburgh Connecticut
5 Big Ten Conference 11 188 147 .561 8.21 6.42 2 3 0 Illinois Wisconsin
6 Mountain West Conference 8 137 101 .576 7.25 4.39 0 3 0 Air Force Utah
7 Pacific-10 Conference 10 159 133 .545 7.09 5.93 2 3 0 Stanford Stanford
8 Conference USA 14 235 180 .566 6.80 4.70 2 6 0 Alabama-Birmingham
Charlotte
Cincinnati
DePaul
Memphis
Cincinnati
9 Western Athletic Conference 10 171 141 .548 5.60 4.24 0 2 0 Nevada
Texas-El Paso
Nevada
10 Atlantic 10 Conference 12 198 174 .532 4.54 3.94 1 4 0 Saint Joseph's (East)
Dayton (West)
Xavier
11 Missouri Valley Conference 10 159 141 .530 3.39 2.48 0 2 0 Southern Illinois Northern Iowa
12 West Coast Conference 8 125 118 .514 1.80 2.13 1 1 0 Gonzaga Gonzaga
13 Mid-American Conference 13 195 191 .505 0.27 0.52 0 1 0 Kent State (East)
Western Michigan (West)
Western Michigan
14 Colonial Athletic Association 10 148 146 .503 -0.47 -0.62 0 1 0 Virginia Commonwealth Virginia Commonwealth
15 Horizon League 9 131 134 .494 -0.49 0.14 0 1 0 Milwaukee Illinois-Chicago
16 Big West Conference 10 144 144 .500 -1.08 -0.31 1 1 0 Pacific
Utah State
Pacific
17 Sun Belt Conference 11 160 151 .514 -2.66 -1.75 0 1 0 Arkansas-Little Rock (East)
Louisiana-Lafayette (West)
Louisiana-Lafayette
18 Mid-Continent Conference 9 125 141 .470 -3.39 -1.33 0 1 0 Valparaiso Valparaiso
19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 10 142 156 .477 -4.04 -2.83 0 1 0 Manhattan Manhattan
20 Big Sky Conference 8 108 121 .472 -4.31 -2.16 0 1 0 Eastern Washington Eastern Washington
21 Southern Conference 12 181 171 .514 -5.26 -3.43 0 1 0 East Tennessee State (North)
College of Charleston (South)
Davidson (South)
Georgia Southern (South)
East Tennessee State
22 Ohio Valley Conference 11 153 165 .481 -5.70 -3.28 0 1 0 Austin Peay Murray State
23 Ivy Group 8 91 127 .417 -6.54 -4.20 0 1 0 Princeton
24 Atlantic Sun Conference 11 155 163 .487 -7.06 -4.87 0 1 0 Troy Central Florida
25 America East Conference 10 142 153 .481 -8.11 -6.67 0 1 0 Boston University Vermont
26 Southland Conference 11 154 165 .483 -9.38 -6.37 0 1 0 Southeastern Louisiana
Texas-Arlington
Texas-San Antonio
Texas-San Antonio
27 Northeast Conference 11 146 170 .462 -9.73 -7.50 0 1 0 Monmouth
St. Francis (NY)
Monmouth
28 Patriot League 8 109 122 .472 -9.79 -7.00 0 1 0 American
Lehigh
Lehigh
29 Big South Conference 9 120 140 .462 -9.92 -6.71 0 1 0 Birmingham-Southern
Liberty
Liberty
30 Independent 4 36 74 .327 -11.88 -2.54 0 0 0 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
31 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 11 125 196 .389 -13.74 -9.43 0 1 0 Coppin State
South Carolina State
Florida A&M
32 Southwest Athletic Conference 10 119 169 .413 -15.90 -11.27 0 1 0 Alabama State
Mississippi Valley State
Alabama State

AP Poll Summary

School Conf 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
Stanford Pac-10 19 20 21 13 9 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1
Kentucky SEC 11 10 9 8 2 2 8 7 5 9 5 9 8 9 9 9 8 2
Gonzaga WCC 10 16 17 17 13 15 16 16 16 15 10 8 7 6 4 4 3 3
Oklahoma State Big 12 25 24 25             24 18 13 10 7 6 8 7 4
Saint Joseph's A-10 17 13 12 12 11 10 10 9 6 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 5
Duke ACC 2 2 6 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 3 5 6
Connecticut Big East 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 6 5 5 8 8 7 9 7
Mississippi State SEC             24 22 20 19 11 7 6 4 7 5 4 8
Pittsburgh Big East 22 22 22 20 18 16 15 15 13 8 7 4 4 5 3 6 6 9
Wisconsin Big Ten 15 15 15 23 22 19 18 21 19 21 17 14 17 12 22 17 10 10
Cincinnati CUSA 18 19 19 18 16 14 12 11 10 6 8 10 13 17 15 13 13 11
Texas Big 12 12 11 8 6 11 18 19 18 18 16 16 11 11 11 10 10 11 12
Illinois Big Ten 13 12 11 14 21 21 20 19 25           23 18 12 13
Georgia Tech ACC     13 10 5 4 3 8 12 11 14 15 15 18 18 19 14 14
North Carolina State ACC 24 25                     21 13 14 16 17 15
Kansas Big 12 6 6 1 5 6 12 13 13 14 12 15 20 12 21 20 21 18 16
Wake Forest ACC 20 18 18 15 14 8 6 5 4 10 19 16 20 15 11 11 15 17
North Carolina ACC 9 9 10 7 4 9 9 12 9 7 12 17 14 16 12 14 16 18
Maryland ACC         25 24                       19
Syracuse Big East 7 7 16 19 19 17 17 17 17 13 20 18       24 19 20
Providence Big East               25     23 23 24 19 13 12 20 21
Arizona Pac-10 4 4 7 9 7 5 4 3 7 14 9 12 16 14 17 22 21 22
South Carolina SEC                   25 24 25 25 25       23
Memphis CUSA                           23 19 20 23 24
Boston College Big East                                   25
Utah State Big West                       24 19   24 23 22 25
School Conf 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
Air Force MWC                                 25  
Creighton MVC                 24                  
Dayton A-10       25 24 23                        
Florida SEC 8 8 2 1 15 13 14 14 15 17 22 21 22          
Iowa Big Ten       24                            
Louisiana State SEC                           24        
Louisville CUSA 16 17     20 20 11 10 8 5 4 6 9 10 21 25    
Marquette CUSA 23 23 24 22 23   25 23 21                  
Michigan State Big Ten 3 3 5 21                            
Missouri Big 12 5 5 4 3 10 11 23                      
Notre Dame Big East 21 21 23                              
Oklahoma Big 12 14 14 14 11 8 7 7 6 11 20 25 22            
Purdue Big Ten     20 16 17 22 21 24   23 21              
Southern Illinois MVC                         23 20 16 15 24  
Texas Tech Big 12                 22 18 13 19 18 22 25      
Vanderbilt SEC           25 22 20 23 22                

Season Leaders

Games
1. Ben Gordon-CT 39
  Denham Brown-CT 39
  Rashad Anderson-CT 39
  Taliek Brown-CT 39
5. Anthony McHenry-GATECH 38
  Isma'Il Muhammad-GATECH 38
  B.J. Elder-GATECH 38
  Jarrett Jack-GATECH 38
  Josh Boone-CT 38
  Luke Schenscher-GATECH 38
  Marvin Lewis-GATECH 38
Field Goals
1. Emeka Okafor-CT 261
2. Andre Emmett-TXTECH 260
3. Ben Gordon-CT 239
4. Craig Smith-BC 235
  Odell Bradley-IUPUI 235
6. Jameer Nelson-STJOE 234
  Luis Flores-MANH 234
8. Adam Mark-BELM 233
  Keydren Clark-STPETE 233
10. Mike Williams-WMI 228
Field Goal Attempts
1. David Hawkins-TEMP 571
2. Keydren Clark-STPETE 562
3. Michael Watson-MOKC 558
4. Mike Helms-OAK 556
5. Ben Gordon-CT 551
6. Chris Thomas-NDAME 548
7. Luis Flores-MANH 529
8. Kris Humphries-MN 498
9. Andre Emmett-TXTECH 494
10. Jameer Nelson-STJOE 493
Field Goal Percentage
1. Nigel Dixon-WKY .678
2. Sean Finn-DAYT .663
3. Adam Mark-BELM .662
4. David Harrison-CO .630
5. Cuthbert Victor-MURRST .629
6. Jon Bentley-EKY .629
7. Mike Harris-RICE .603
8. Dominick Martin-YALE .603
9. Emeka Okafor-CT .599
10. Jai Lewis-GM .597
3-Point Field Goals
1. Terrence Woods-FLAM 140
2. Keydren Clark-STPETE 112
3. Tim Pickett-FLST 110
4. Akeem Clark-IUPUI 109
5. Gerry McNamara-SYR 105
6. Ben Gordon-CT 104
  Ed McCants-MILW 104
8. J.J. Redick-DUKE 102
9. Ken Tutt-ORAL 101
  Lionel Chalmers-XAV 101
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Terrence Woods-FLAM 348
2. Keydren Clark-STPETE 295
3. David Hawkins-TEMP 276
4. Marques Green-STBON 275
5. Gerry McNamara-SYR 270
  Tim Pickett-FLST 270
7. Chris Thomas-NDAME 268
8. Brendan Plavich-CHAR 266
9. Akeem Clark-IUPUI 265
10. Brad Boyd-LALAF 263
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Brad Lechtenberg-SD .511
2. James Odoms-MERCER .488
3. Tyson Dorsey-SAMF .487
4. Antonio Burks-SFA .476
5. Trey Guidry-ILST .460
6. Pat Carroll-STJOE .458
7. Dewarick Spencer-ARST .457
8. Aaron Thomas-RMOR .456
9. Tim Begley-PA .456
10. Chris Hill-MIST .454
Free Throws
1. Ike Diogu-AZST 243
2. Juan Mendez-NIAG 223
3. Blake Hamilton-MONM 214
4. Luis Flores-MANH 208
5. Kevin Martin-WCAR 206
6. Keydren Clark-STPETE 197
7. Ron Lewis-BGSU 191
8. David Hawkins-TEMP 177
9. Matt Freije-VAND 175
10. Leroy Hurd-TXSA 174
Free Throw Attempts
1. Ike Diogu-AZST 298
2. Blake Hamilton-MONM 280
3. Juan Mendez-NIAG 276
4. Bryant Matthews-VATECH 259
5. Kevin Martin-WCAR 252
6. Hakim Warrick-SYR 247
7. Luis Flores-MANH 241
8. Keydren Clark-STPETE 235
9. David Hawkins-TEMP 234
10. Ronny Turiaf-GONZ 233
  Ron Lewis-BGSU 233
Free Throw Percentage
1. Blake Ahearn-MOST .975
2. J.J. Redick-DUKE .953
3. Jake Sullivan-IAST .933
4. Steve Drabyn-BELM .914
  Chris Hernandez-STAN .914
6. Scooter McFadgon-TN .912
7. Terry Williams-GAS .900
8. Delonte West-STJOE .892
9. Antoine Jordan-SIENA .887
10. Leon Pattman-DART .886
Total Rebounds
1. Emeka Okafor-CT 415
2. Paul Millsap-LATECH 374
3. Cuthbert Victor-MURRST 347
4. Keith Waleskowski-DAYT 327
5. Andrew Bogut-UT 326
6. Nate Lofton-SELA 315
  Odartey Blankson-NVLV 315
8. Shelden Williams-DUKE 314
9. James Reaves-NIAG 308
10. Jackson Vroman-IAST 307
Assists
1. Greg Davis-TROY 256
2. Taliek Brown-CT 253
3. Martell Bailey-ILCHI 250
4. Aaron Miles-KS 242
5. Andres Rodriguez-AMER 225
  Chris Duhon-DUKE 225
7. Jarrett Jack-GATECH 213
  Raymond Felton-NC 213
9. Blake Stepp-GONZ 207
10. Jerel Blassingame-NVLV 205
Steals
1. Marques Green-STBON 107
2. Zakee Wadood-ETNST 92
3. Jameer Nelson-STJOE 89
4. Obie Trotter-ALAM 88
5. Chakowby Hicks-NORFST 86
6. Tony Dobbins-RICH 85
7. Chris Paul-WAKE 84
8. Andres Rodriguez-AMER 82
  Tim Pickett-FLST 82
  Tim Smith-ETNST 82
Blocks
1. Emeka Okafor-CT 147
2. D'Or Fischer-WV 124
3. Anwar Ferguson-HOU 111
  Shelden Williams-DUKE 111
5. Gerrick Morris-SFL 108
6. Nick Billings-BING 105
7. Herve Lamizana-RUT 102
8. Marcus Douthit-PROV 92
9. Moussa Badiane-ECAR 90
10. C.J. Walker-NCASH 85
  David Harrison-CO 85
Points
1. Keydren Clark-STPETE 775
2. Luis Flores-MANH 744
3. Ben Gordon-CT 723
4. David Hawkins-TEMP 709
5. Andre Emmett-TXTECH 701
6. Mike Helms-OAK 695
7. Michael Watson-MOKC 680
8. Kevin Martin-WCAR 673
9. Odell Bradley-IUPUI 671
10. Jameer Nelson-STJOE 659
Points Per Game
1. Keydren Clark-STPETE 26.7
2. Kevin Martin-WCAR 24.9
3. David Hawkins-TEMP 24.4
4. Taylor Coppenrath-VT 24.1
5. Luis Flores-MANH 24.0
6. Michael Watson-MOKC 23.4
7. Mike Helms-OAK 23.2
8. Odell Bradley-IUPUI 23.1
9. Ike Diogu-AZST 22.8
10. Derrick Tarver-AKR 22.7
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Paul Millsap-LATECH 12.5
2. Jaime Lloreda-LAST 11.6
3. Emeka Okafor-CT 11.5
4. Nate Lofton-SELA 10.9
5. Nigel Wyatte-WAGNER 10.4
6. Charles Gaines-SMS 10.4
7. Nigel Dixon-WKY 10.2
8. Cuthbert Victor-MURRST 10.2
9. Odartey Blankson-NVLV 10.2
10. Kris Humphries-MN 10.1
Assists Per Game
1. Greg Davis-TROY 8.3
2. Martell Bailey-ILCHI 7.8
3. Aaron Miles-KS 7.3
4. Andres Rodriguez-AMER 7.3
5. Raymond Felton-NC 7.1
6. Maurice Searight-GRAM 7.0
7. Blake Stepp-GONZ 6.7
8. Jerel Blassingame-NVLV 6.6
9. Mike McGrain-SD 6.5
  Walker Russell-JVLST 6.5
Steals Per Game
1. Marques Green-STBON 4.0
2. Obie Trotter-ALAM 3.0
3. Chakowby Hicks-NORFST 3.0
4. Zakee Wadood-ETNST 2.8
5. Jameer Nelson-STJOE 2.8
6. Louis Ford-HOW 2.8
  Jamon Gordon-VATECH 2.8
8. Chris Paul-WAKE 2.7
9. David Hawkins-TEMP 2.7
10. Tory Cavalieri-STFRNY 2.7
Blocks Per Game
1. Anwar Ferguson-HOU 4.1
2. Emeka Okafor-CT 4.1
3. Gerrick Morris-SFL 4.0
  D'Or Fischer-WV 4.0
5. Nick Billings-BING 3.5
6. Moussa Badiane-ECAR 3.3
7. Marcus Douthit-PROV 3.2
8. Herve Lamizana-RUT 3.1
9. Haminn Quaintance-JVL 3.0
  Shawnson Johnson-NTX 3.0
  Shelden Williams-DUKE 3.0
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Nigel Dixon-WKY .678
2. Adam Mark-BELM .675
3. Sean Finn-DAYT .663
4. Cuthbert Victor-MURRST .644
5. Chez Marks-MOREST .641
6. Tim Whitworth-DREXEL .635
7. David Harrison-CO .631
8. Jon Bentley-EKY .629
9. Mike Harris-RICE .625
10. Ed McCants-MILW .617
True Shooting Percentage
1. Tyson Dorsey-SAMF .723
2. Brad Lechtenberg-SD .692
3. Nate Harris-UTST .690
4. Donny Beacham-TXARL .681
5. Velimir Radinovic-OHST .675
6. Drake Diener-DEPAUL .675
7. Spencer Nelson-UTST .672
8. Adam Mark-BELM .670
9. Jakob Sigurdarson-BIRMS .670
10. Chez Marks-MOREST .667
  James Collins-BIRMS .667
Offensive Win Shares
1. Andrew Wisniewski-CENTLA 5.0
2. Adam Mark-BELM 5.0
3. Devin Harris-WI 4.8
4. Luke Jackson-OR 4.7
5. Delonte West-STJOE 4.5
6. Mike Harris-RICE 4.5
7. Ike Diogu-AZST 4.5
8. Kevin Martin-WCAR 4.2
9. Luis Flores-MANH 4.2
10. Dexter Lyons-CFL 4.2
Defensive Win Shares
1. Emeka Okafor-CT 6.2
2. Michael Wilkinson-WI 5.1
3. Shelden Williams-DUKE 4.6
4. Chris Taft-PITT 4.4
5. Tony Dobbins-RICH 4.3
6. Zakee Wadood-ETNST 4.1
7. Josh Lewis-AP 4.1
8. Chevon Troutman-PITT 4.1
9. John Edwards-KENT 3.9
10. Mike Williams-WMI 3.8
Win Shares
1. Emeka Okafor-CT 9.9
2. Michael Wilkinson-WI 8.0
3. Shelden Williams-DUKE 7.9
4. Devin Harris-WI 7.8
5. Adam Mark-BELM 7.3
6. Chevon Troutman-PITT 7.3
7. Cuthbert Victor-MURRST 7.2
8. Ben Gordon-CT 7.0
9. Mike Williams-WMI 7.0
10. Delonte West-STJOE 7.0