2003–04 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team
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Patriot League Regular Season Champions Patriot League tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Play-in game | |
Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 20–11 (10–4 Patriot) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Stabler Arena |
Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2004 Patriot League tournament winner |
The 2003–04 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team represented Lehigh University during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountain Hawks, led by second-year head coach Billy Taylor, played their home games at Stabler Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 20–11, 10–4 in Patriot League play to finish in first place in the conference.
Following the regular season, Lehigh won the Patriot League Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2004 NCAA tournament. This was their third NCAA Tournament appearance and first in 16 years, with the most recent trip in 1988. As one of two No. 16 seed in the Midwest region, they fell to fellow No. 16 seed Florida A&M in the play-in game.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 1, 2003* | at No. 3 Connecticut | L 55–75 | 1–3 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut | |||||||
Dec 30, 2003* | at No. 25 Vanderbilt | L 59–85 | 6–5 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
Patriot League regular season | |||||||||||
Patriot League tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 6, 2004* | vs. Navy Quarterfinals | W 62–60 OT | 18–10 | The Show Place Arena Upper Marlboro, Maryland | |||||||
Mar 7, 2004* | vs. Bucknell Semifinals | W 60–45 | 19–10 | The Show Place Arena Upper Marlboro, Maryland | |||||||
Mar 14, 2004* | American Championship game | W 59–57 | 20–10 | Stabler Arena Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 16, 2004* | (16 MW) | vs. (16 MW) Florida A&M Play-in game | L 57–72 | 20–11 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region. |
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Awards and honors
References
- ^ "FAMU Beats Lehigh, Advances to Play Kentucky". Orlando Sentinel. March 17, 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ "Winter 2003-2004 Men's Basketball Roster". Lehigh University Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ "2003–04 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ "Winter 2003-2004 Men's Basketball Schedule". Lehigh University Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ "2003-2004 Men's Basketball States". Lehigh Sports.