2004 National Invitation Tournament
NIT
Year2004
Teams40
FinalfourarenaMadison Square Garden
FinalfourcityNew York City
ChampionsMichigan Wolverines
Titlecount3rd
RunnerupRutgers Scarlet Knights
Gamecount1st
Semifinal 1Iowa State Cyclones
Semifinalcount1st
Semifinal 2Oregon Ducks
Semifinalcount 23rd
MopDaniel Horton
MopteamMichigan

The 2004 National Invitation Tournament was the 2004 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Michigan (initially barred from postseason play that season, but overturned on appeal) defeated Rutgers in the final game to capture their third NIT Championship.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament.[1]

SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Ohio Valley21–91stNever
Atlantic Sun21–81stNever
WAC21–94th1991
America East23–54th2003
Big 1218–107th2000
Missouri Valley20–87th1998
DrexelColonial18–103rd2003
ACC18–134th1997
George MasonColonial21–93rd2002
Atlantic 1018–114th1997
SEC16–1310th1999
HawaiiWAC19–118th2003
IowaBig Ten16–125th2003
Iowa StateBig 1217–123rd2003
MAC22–76th2003
SEC18–105th2002
MarquetteC-USA17–1114th2000
MichiganBig Ten18–118th2000
MilwaukeeHorizon19–101stNever
Big 1216–136th1998
Big 1216–1213th1999
MAAC21–912th1993
Notre DameBig East17–128th2000
Big 1219–107th1994
Pac-1015–129th1999
Big Ten17–138th2001
Atlantic 1019–1311th2003
WAC22–104th1993
Big East16–1213th2002
C-USA18–1218th2003
TempleAtlantic 1015–1315th2003
SEC15–1311th2003
MAC20–106th2001
A-Sun24–61stNever
Mountain West18–128th2003
Big West25–37th2002
Big East16–1617th2003
VirginiaACC17–1211th2003
West VirginiaBig East15–1314th2001
Missouri Valley21–109th2003

Bracket

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09