American college basketball season
The 2003–04 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan , and was a member of the Big Ten Conference . Under the direction of head coach Tommy Amaker , the team finished tied for fifth in the Big Ten Conference.[ 1] The team earned a fifth place seed and advanced to the semifinals of the 2004 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament .[ 2] The team won the 2004 National Invitation Tournament .[ 3] The team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll ,[ 4] and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll .[ 5] The team had a 1–2 record against ranked opponents, with the lone victory coming against #12 Wisconsin 71–59 on February 22 at Crisler Arena.[ 6]
Colin Dill and J. C. Mathis served as team co-captains , and Lester Abram and Bernard Robinson, Jr. shared team MVP honors.[ 7] The team's leading scorers were Daniel Horton (415 points), Bernard Robinson, Jr. (411 points) and Lester Abram (405 points). The leading rebounders were Robinson (194), Courtney Sims (161) and Graham Brown (139).[ 8]
Courtney Sims won the Big Ten Conference statistical championship for blocked shots with a 2.00 average in all games.[ 9] The team led the conference in rebounding margin with a 3.4 average margin in conference games as well as blocked shots with a 4.31 team average in conference games.[ 10]
In the 2004 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament at the Conseco Fieldhouse from March 11–14, Michigan was seeded fifth and earned a first round bye . Then, in the second round they defeated number 4 Iowa 79–70 before being defeated by number 1 Illinois 74–60.[ 11]
On March 16, 2004, Michigan defeated Missouri 65–64 at Crisler Arena in the first round of the 2004 National Invitation Tournament . Then, Michigan defeated Oklahoma 63–52 and Hawaii 88–73 on March 22 and March 24 at Crisler Arena, respectively. At the final four in New York City at Madison Square Garden , the team defeated Oregon 78–53 in the semifinals on March 30 and Rutgers 62–55 to win the championship on April 1.[ 3] [ 6]
National Invitation tournament
First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
[ 12]
Roster
2003–04 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: 2016-Mar-19
Statistics
The team posted the following statistics:[ 13]
Name
GP
GS
Min
Avg
FG
FGA
FG%
3FG
3FGA
3FG%
FT
FTA
FT%
OR
DR
RB
Avg
Ast
Avg
PF
DQ
TO
Stl
Blk
Pts
Avg
Daniel Horton (basketball)
34
32
1074
31.6
134
366
0.366
68
199
0.342
79
112
0.705
12
85
97
2.9
122
3.6
81
2
103
60
8
415
12.2
Bernard Robinson Jr.
34
33
1095
32.2
150
347
0.432
17
68
0.250
94
122
0.770
36
158
194
5.7
130
3.8
84
2
93
64
10
411
12.1
Lester Abram
31
24
913
29.4
126
257
0.490
40
97
0.412
113
134
0.843
35
96
131
4.2
41
1.3
79
2
55
31
9
405
13.1
Dion Harris
34
11
956
28.1
112
285
0.393
58
170
0.341
61
79
0.772
20
54
74
2.2
76
2.2
71
0
66
34
3
343
10.1
Courtney Sims
34
34
750
22.1
105
192
0.547
1
8
0.125
52
90
0.578
63
98
161
4.7
18
0.5
72
0
51
12
68
263
7.7
Graham Brown
34
28
673
19.8
62
120
0.517
0
0
32
56
0.571
58
81
139
4.1
15
0.4
70
1
48
26
9
156
4.6
Brent Petway
33
0
446
13.5
55
83
0.663
0
0
18
32
0.563
37
75
112
3.4
7
0.2
35
0
17
7
28
128
3.9
Chris Hunter (basketball)
22
5
332
15.1
34
68
0.500
4
11
0.364
37
46
0.804
28
46
74
3.4
11
0.5
45
0
23
11
15
109
5.0
J.C. Mathis
26
1
407
15.7
42
88
0.477
2
7
0.286
14
42
0.333
46
54
100
3.9
20
0.8
39
1
32
4
8
100
3.9
Sherrod Harrell
25
1
112
4.5
1
11
0.091
1
9
0.111
3
6
0.500
0
14
14
0.6
2
0.1
7
0
6
7
0
6
0.2
John Andrews
7
0
11
1.6
1
3
0.333
1
2
0.500
0
0
0
2
2
0.3
0
0.0
2
0
0
0
0
3
0.4
Dani Wohl
8
0
13
1.6
1
3
0.333
0
0
0
1
0.000
0
1
1
0.1
1
0.1
1
0
1
1
0
2
0.3
Colin Dill
10
1
22
2.2
0
4
0.000
0
4
0.000
0
2
0.000
0
0
0
0.0
2
0.2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0.0
Amadou Ba
7
0
15
2.1
0
1
0.000
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0.4
0
0.0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0.0
Ashtyn Bell
4
0
6
1.5
0
3
0.000
0
0
0
1
0.000
1
1
2
0.5
0
0.0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0.0
TEAM
34
62
53
115
3.4
8
Season Total
34
823
1831
0.449
192
575
0.334
503
723
0.696
398
821
1219
35.9
445
13.1
586
8
507
259
158
2341
68.9
Opponents
34
771
1856
0.415
208
642
0.324
400
567
0.705
347
726
1073
31.6
456
13.4
661
22
506
207
108
2150
63.2
Awards and honors
Team players drafted into the NBA
[ 14]
See also
References
^ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide" . CBS Interactive . p. 69. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010 .
^ "Big Ten Tournament" . CBS Interactive . p. 2. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010 .
^ a b "Postseason NIT" . CBS Interactive . p. 68. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010 .
^ "Division I Records" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association . pp. 68– 83. Retrieved September 18, 2010 .
^ "Division I Records" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association . p. 90. Retrieved September 18, 2010 .
^ a b "Through The Years" . MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive . p. 49. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010 .
^ "All-Time Accolades" . MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive . pp. 9– 10. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010 .
^ "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page" . MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive . Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010 .
^ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide" . CBS Interactive . p. 35. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010 .
^ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide" . CBS Interactive . p. 38. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010 .
^ "Big Ten Tournament" . CBS Interactive . p. 3. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010 .
^ "NIT OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - History" . Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2009 .
^ "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page" . CBS Interactive . Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010 .
^ "2004 NBA Draft" . Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014 .
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