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

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. The team finished with an overall record of 19–13 (9–7 Big East). Notre Dame was invited to participate in the 2004 National Invitation Tournament. They would lose to Oregon in the quarterfinals 65–61.

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			2	–	21		.087
† 2004 Big East tournament winner As of April 5, 2004[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2004 Big East tournament. #St. John's had 4 regular-season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; the school′s disputed record was 1–15, 6–21.

Roster

2003–04 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 2 Chris Quinn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Dublin, Ohio C 50 Tom Timmermans 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Sr Driehuis, Netherlands	Head coach Mike Brey Assistant coach(es) Anthony Solomon Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

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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