2003–04 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
2003–04 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions; Pacific-10 Tournament Champions
2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 1
2003–04 record	30–2 (17–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Montgomery
Home arena	Maples Pavilion

{{2003–04 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings}} The 2003–04 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was Head Coach Mike Montgomery's eighteenth and final season with the Cardinal. The Cardinal were a member of the Pacific-10 Conference and were the Pac-10 regular season champions as well as the Pac-10 Tournament champions.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 16, 2003* 5:00 pm		Team Nike	W 117-78	–	Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 22, 2003* 7:00 pm	No. 20	Sacramento State	W 77-59	1–0	Maples Pavilion (4,514) Stanford, CA
Nov 12, 2017* 7:00 pm	No. 20	UC Irvine	W 72-59	2–0	Bren Events Center (5,000) Irvine, CA
Nov 30, 2003* 1:30 pm	No. 20	Rice	W 60-56	3-0	Tudor Fieldhouse (5,000) Houston, TX
Dec 6, 2003* 3:00 pm	No. 21	vs. No. 1 Kansas Wooden Classic	W 64-58	4-0	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (17,816) Anaheim, CA
Dec 13, 2003* 3:00 pm	No. 13	UNLV	W 86-71	5-0	Maples Pavilion (6,007) Stanford, CA
Dec 15, 2003* 7:00 PM	No. 9	Florida International	W 77-60	6-0	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
Dec 20, 2003* 6:00 PM	No. 9	vs. No. 13 Gonzaga Pete Newell Challenge	W 87-80	7-0	Oakland Arena (12,066) Oakland, CA
Dec 22, 2003* 7:00 PM	No. 6	Southern Utah	W 67-37	8-0	Maples Pavilion (4,750) Stanford, CA
Dec 28, 2003* 5:00 PM	No. 6	Harvard	W 100-59	9-0	Maples Pavilion (4,971) Stanford, CA
Pac-10 Regular season
Jan 2, 2004 7:00 PM	No. 5	Washington State	W 73-51	10-0 (1-0)	Maples Pavilion (6,071) Stanford, CA
Jan 4, 2004 1:00 PM	No. 5	Washington	W 85-72	11-0 (2-0)	Maples Pavilion (6,101) Stanford, CA
Jan 8, 2004 7:30 PM	No. 4	at Arizona State	W 63-62	12-0 (3-0)	Wells Fargo Arena (10,545) Tempe, AZ
Jan 10, 2004 3:30 PM	No. 4	at No. 3 Arizona	W 82-72	13-0 (4-0)	McKale Center (14,566) Tucson, AZ
Jan 17, 2004 8:00 PM	No. 3	California	W 68-61	14-0 (5-0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
Jan 22, 2004 5:30 PM, FSN	No. 2	UCLA	W 67-52	15-0 (6-0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
Jan 24, 2004 7:00 PM	No. 2	USC	W 77-67	16-0 (7-0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
Jan 29, 2004 7:05 PM	No. 2	at Oregon State	W 62-48	17-0 (8-0)	Gill Coliseum (6,851) Corvallis, OR
Jan 31, 2004 3:00 PM	No. 2	at Oregon	W 83-80	18-0 (9-0)	Matthew Knight Arena (9,087) Eugene, OR
Feb 5, 2004 7:00 PM	No. 2	Arizona State	W 81-51	19-0 (10-0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
Feb 7, 2004 12:00 PM	No. 2	No. 12 Arizona	W 80-77	20-0 (11-0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
Feb 14, 2004 7:00 PM	No. 2	at California	W 69-58	21-0 (12-0)	Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, CA
Feb 19, 2004 7:30 PM	No. 1	at USC	W 76-67	22-0 (13-0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (7,539) Los Angeles, CA
Feb 21, 2004 1:00 PM	No. 1	at UCLA	W 73-60	23-0 (14-0)	Pauley Pavilion (10,815) Los Angeles, CA
Feb 26, 2004 7:00 PM	No. 1	Oregon State	W 73-47	24-0 (15-0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
Feb 28, 2004 4:00 PM	No. 1	Oregon	W 76-55	25-0 (16-0)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
Mar 4, 2004 7:30 PM	No. 1	at Washington State	W 63-61	26-0 (17-0)	Friel Court (8,176) Pullman, WA
Mar 6, 2004 3:00 PM	No. 1	at Washington	L 62-75	26-1 (17-1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,086) Seattle, WA
Pac-10 Tournament
Mar 11, 2004 12:20 PM	No. (1)	vs. No. (8) Washington State First Round	W 68-47	27-1	Staples Center Los Angeles, CA
Mar 12, 2004 6:15 PM	No. (1)	vs. No. (5) Oregon Semifinals	W 70-63	28-1	Staples Center Los Angeles, CA
Mar 13, 2004 3:15 PM	No. (1)	vs. No. (2) Washington Finals	W 77-66	29-1	Staples Center Los Angeles, CA
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 2004* 3:50 PM	(1 W)	(16 W) UTSA First Round	W 71-45	30-1	KeyArena (15,512) Seattle, WA
Mar 20, 2004* 3:40 PM	(1 W)	(8 W) Alabama Second Round	L 67-70	30-2	KeyArena (15,827) Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source: ^[1]

Rankings

Stanford was ranked #17 in the preseason Coaches' Poll and #20 in the preseason AP Poll.^[2] After going undefeated after 14 games, the Cardinal climbed to #2 in both polls (behind only Duke) by the ninth week of the season,^[3] where they remained until the thirteenth week of the season when they reached #1 in both polls.^[4] The Cardinal remained there until dropping to #2 in the sixteenth week (behind undefeated St. Joseph's) after their undefeated streak of 26 games ended when they were upset by Washington.^[5] The Cardinal returned to the #1 ranking the following week (the final poll of the season) after St. Joseph's lost 87–67 to Xavier in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament.^[6]

Pac-10 tournament

First Round (March 11)			Semifinals (March 12)			Finals (March 13)


1	Stanford	68

8	Washington State	47
			1	Stanford	70

			5	Oregon	63
4	California	82

5	Oregon	87
						1	Stanford	77

						2	Washington	66
3	Arizona	76

6	USC	73
			3	Arizona	85

			2	Washington	90
2	Washington	91

7	UCLA	83

NCAA tournament

^[7]

Round One (March 18)			Round Two (March 20)


1	Stanford	71

16	Texas-San Antonio	45
			1	Stanford	67

			8	Alabama	70
8	Alabama	65

9	Southern Illinois	64

Awards and honors

Mike Montgomery, Legends of Coaching Award (adopted by the John R. Wooden Award Committee)^[8]

References

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[1] ↑

[2] "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Preseason". ESPN.

[3] "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Jan. 19)". ESPN.

[4] "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Feb. 16)". ESPN.

[5] "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Mar. 8)". ESPN.

[6] "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Mar. 15)". ESPN.

[7] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=2004

[8] ttp://woodenaward.cstv.com/ot/coaching-legends.html

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics

2003–04 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball

Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions Pacific-10 Tournament Champions
2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 1
2003–04 record	30–2 (17–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Montgomery
Home arena	Maples Pavilion