2003–04 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

American college basketball season

2003–04 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	19–13 (9–7 Big East)
Head coach	Mike Brey (4th season)
Home arena	Joyce Center
Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Pittsburgh	13	–	3	.813	31	–	5	.861
No. 7 Connecticut †	12	–	4	.750	33	–	6	.846
No. 21 Providence	11	–	5	.688	20	–	9	.690
No. 20 Syracuse	11	–	5	.688	23	–	8	.742
No. 25 Boston College	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
Seton Hall	10	–	6	.625	21	–	12	.636
Notre Dame	9	–	7	.563	19	–	13	.594
Virginia Tech	7	–	9	.438	15	–	14	.517
Rutgers	7	–	9	.438	20	–	13	.606
West Virginia	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Villanova	6	–	10	.375	18	–	17	.514
Georgetown	4	–	12	.250	13	–	15	.464
Miami (FL)*	4	–	12	.250	14	–	16	.467
St. John's*	1	–	15	.063	6	–	21	.222


† 2004 Big East tournament winner As of April 5, 2004^[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2004 Big East tournament

The 2003–04 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 24*		Northern Illinois	W 74–65	1–0	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
November 29*		Mount St. Mary's	W 78–64	2–0	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 1*		at No. 24 Marquette	L 58–71	2–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
December 6*		Central Michigan	L 68–69	2–2	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 10*		Indiana	L 63–66	2–3	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 14*		at DePaul	W 82–69	3–3	Allstate Arena (14,198) Rosemont, Illinois
December 21*		American	W 78–74	4–3	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 23*		Quinnipiac	W 79–62	5–3	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 28*		Morehead State	W 82–69	6–3	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 7		West Virginia	W 63–52	7–3 (1–0)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 10		at Villanova	W 82–78	8–3 (2–0)	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 12		at No. 13 Pittsburgh	L 71–74	8–4 (2–1)	Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 17		No. 17 Syracuse	L 70–81	9–4 (3–1)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 20		at Virginia Tech	W 74–63	10–4 (4–1)	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia
January 25*		Kentucky	L 63–71	10–5 (4–1)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 28		Miami (FL)	W 72–62	11–5 (5–1)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 31		at Rutgers	L 70–81	11–6 (5–2)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
February 4		at Boston College	L 69–76	11–7 (5–3)	Silvio O. Conte Forum Boston, Massachusetts
February 7		No. 4 Pittsburgh	L 58–66	11–8 (5–4)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 9		No. 5 Connecticut	W 80–74	12–8 (6–4)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 14		Seton Hall	W 71–68	13–8 (7–4)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 16		at Syracuse	W 84–72	14–8 (8–4)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 21		at No. 8 Connecticut	L 50–61	14–9 (8–5)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut
February 24		No. 24 Providence	L 59–73	14–10 (8–6)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 28*		at UCLA	W 75–60	15–10 (8–6)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
March 4		Georgetown	W 61–48	16–10 (9–6)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
March 6		at St. John’s	W 89–62	17–10 (10–6)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Big East Tournament
March 10	(7)	vs. (10) West Virginia First round	W 65–64	18–10 (10–6)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 11	(7)	vs. (2) No. 9 Connecticut Quarterfinals	L 58–66	18–11 (10–6)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
NIT
March 17*		Purdue First Round	W 71–59	19–11 (10–6)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
March 22*		St. Louis Second Round	W 77–66	20–11 (10–6)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
March 25*		Oregon Quarterfinals	L 61–65	20–12 (10–6)	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ " sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11-16-2013.
^ "2003–04 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics