2004 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 2004 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 5–8 at Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York.

2004 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2003–04
Teams	10
Site	Pepsi Arena Albany, New York
Champions	Manhattan (3rd title)
Winning coach	Bobby Gonzalez (2nd title)
MVP	Luis Flores (Manhattan)
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

2003–04 MAAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Manhattan †	16	–	2		.889			25	–	6		.806
Niagara	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
Fairfield	12	–	6		.667			19	–	11		.633
Saint Peter's	12	–	6		.667			17	–	12		.586
Rider	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
Siena	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Iona	8	–	10		.444			11	–	18		.379
Canisius	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
Marist	4	–	14		.222			6	–	22		.214
Loyola (MD)	1	–	17		.056			1	–	27		.036
† 2004 MAAC tournament winner

Top-seeded Manhattan defeated Niagara in the championship game, 62–61, to win their third MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Jaspers received an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament.

Format

All ten of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records.

As the regular-season champion, top seed Manhattan received a bye to the semifinals.

Bracket

First round Friday, March 5

Quarterfinals Saturday, March 6

Semifinals Sunday, March 7

Final Monday, March 8

March 7

(1) Manhattan

83

(4) Saint Peter's

72

March 6

(4) Saint Peter's

79

March 5

(5) Rider

69

(5) Rider

75

March 8

(10) Loyola (MD)

67

(1) Manhattan

62

(2) Niagara

61

March 6

(2) Niagara

106

March 5

(7) Iona

92

(7) Iona

68

March 7

(8) Canisius

66

(2) Niagara

79

(6) Siena

74

March 6

(3) Fairfield

63

March 5

(6) Siena

66

(6) Siena

73

(9) Marist

64