2003–04 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
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.
2003–04 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball | |
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Pacific-10 regular season champions Pacific-10 Tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, second round | |
Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 6 |
AP | No. 1 |
Record | 30–2 (17–1 Pac-10) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches | |
Home arena | Maples Pavilion |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Stanford† | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 30 | – | 2 | .938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner As of April 4, 2004[1] Rankings from Coaches Poll[2] |
Roster
editNumber | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
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0 | Joe Kirchofer | Forward | 6'9" | 250 | Senior | Elk Grove, CA |
1 | Josh Childress | Forward | 6'8" | 210 | Junior | Lakewood, CA |
2 | Mark Bradford | Guard | 6'2" | 205 | Freshman | Los Angeles, CA |
3 | Carlton Weatherby | Guard | 6'1" | 180 | Sophomore | Tacoma, WA |
11 | Chris Hernandez | Guard | 6'2" | 190 | Sophomore | Fresno, CA |
15 | Evan Moore | Forward | 6'7" | 235 | Freshman | Brea, CA |
20 | Dan Grunfeld | Forward | 6'6" | 220 | Sophomore | River Hills, WI |
21 | Nick Robinson | Forward | 6'6" | 205 | Junior | Liberty, MO |
22 | Justin Davis | Forward | 6'9" | 230 | Senior | Berkeley, CA |
32 | Jason Haas | Guard | 6'2" | 190 | Sophomore | Spring Mills, PA |
33 | Matt Lottich | Guard | 6'4" | 205 | Senior | Winnetka, IL |
42 | Rob Little | Center | 6'10" | 260 | Junior | Hampton, VA |
44 | Fred Washington | Forward | 6'5" | 215 | Freshman | Los Angeles, CA |
52 | Matt Haryasz | Forward | 6'10" | 230 | Sophomore | Page, AZ |
Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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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, ABC |
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, CBS |
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, ABC |
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 |
(1) No. 2 | vs. (8) Washington State First Round |
W 68–47 | 27–1 |
Staples Center Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
Mar 12, 2004 6:15 PM |
(1) No. 2 | vs. (5) Oregon Semifinals |
W 70–63 | 28–1 |
Staples Center Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
Mar 13, 2004 3:15 PM, CBS |
(1) No. 2 | vs. (2) Washington Finals |
W 77–66 | 29–1 |
Staples Center Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 18, 2004* 3:50 PM, CBS |
(1 W) No. 1 | (16 W) UTSA First Round |
W 71–45 | 30–1 |
KeyArena (15,512) Seattle, WA | ||||||
Mar 20, 2004* 3:40 pm, CBS |
(1 W) No. 1 | (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:[3]
Rankings
editStanford was ranked #17 in the preseason Coaches' Poll and #20 in the preseason AP Poll.[4] After going undefeated after 14 games, the Cardinal climbed to #2 in both polls (behind only Duke) by the ninth week of the season,[5] where they remained until the thirteenth week of the season when they reached #1 in both polls.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
Pac-10 tournament
editFirst 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
editRound 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
edit- Mike Montgomery, Legends of Coaching Award (adopted by the John R. Wooden Award Committee)[10]
2004 NBA draft
editRound | Pick | Player | NBA Team |
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1 | 6 | Josh Childress | Atlanta Hawks |
References
edit- ^ "Pacific 10 conference 2003–04 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved April 4, 2004.
- ^ "2003-04 Men's Basketball Schedule".
- ^ "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Preseason". ESPN.
- ^ "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Jan. 19)". ESPN.
- ^ "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Feb. 16)". ESPN.
- ^ "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Mar. 8)". ESPN.
- ^ "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Mar. 15)". ESPN.
- ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
- ^ "Wooden Award - Athletics". Archived from the original on May 4, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- ^ "2004 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.