2004 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2004 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–13 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

2004 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2003–04
Teams	8
Site	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA
Champions	Pacific (3rd title)
Winning coach	Bob Thomason (2nd title)
MVP	Ian Boylan (Cal State Northridge)
Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2003–04 Big West men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Utah State	17	–	1		.944			25	–	4		.862
Pacific †	17	–	1		.944			25	–	8		.758
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	8		.556			16	–	12		.571
Idaho	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
UC Riverside	7	–	11		.389			11	–	17		.393
Cal State Northridge	7	–	11		.389			14	–	16		.467
Cal State Fullerton	7	–	11		.389			11	–	17		.393
Cal Poly	6	–	12		.333			11	–	16		.407
UC Irvine	6	–	12		.333			11	–	17		.393
Long Beach State	4	–	14		.222			6	–	21		.222
† 2004 Big West tournament winner As of April 10, 2004 Rankings from AP poll

Pacific defeated Cal State Northridge in the championship game, 75–73, to obtain the third Big West Conference men's basketball tournament championship in school history.

The Tigers earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament as the #12 seed in the St. Louis region.

Format

Eight of the ten teams in the conference participated, with UC Irvine and Long Beach State not qualifying. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top four seeds received byes, with the top two seeds receiving a second bye into the semifinal round.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 10					Quarterfinals Friday, March 11					Semifinals Saturday, March 12					Championship Sunday, March 13
											2	Pacific	67
	5	UC Riverside	72								4	Idaho	61
	8	Cal Poly	63			4	Idaho	66
						5	UC Riverside	58
																2	Pacific	75
																6	Cal State Northridge	73
						6	Cal State Northridge	61
	6	Cal State Northridge	80			3	UC Santa Barbara	58
	7	Cal State Fullerton	70								6	Cal State Northridge	63
											1	#22 Utah State	62