2003–04 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 2003–04 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished 8th in the conference and lost in the first round of the Pac-10 tournament to the Washington Huskies. The 8th-place finish was worst ever for UCLA since the conference expanded to 10 teams.^[3] The Bruins did not play in a post-season tournament. This was the first season for head coach Ben Howland following the departure of Steve Lavin.

2003–04 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	11–17 (7–12 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Howland (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Donny Daniels Ernie Zeigler Kerry Keating
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
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

2003–04 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 4 Trevor Ariza 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Fr Miami, Florida G 13 Gene Barnes 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — So G 21 Cedric Bozeman (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Los Angeles, California G 5 Jon Crispin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Sr Pitman, New Jersey F 43 T. J. Cummings 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Sr Homewood, Illinois C 45 Michael Fey 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) — So G 55 Quinn Hawking 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So C 52 John Hoffart 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Sr C 15 Ryan Hollins 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) — So Pasadena, California F 54 Josiah Johnson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Jr F 25 Matt McKinney 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Fr G 3 Brian Morrison 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr G 2 Janou Rubin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Jr G 1 Dijon Thompson (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Jr Los Angeles, California G 10 Ryan Walcott 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Jr G 22 Ike Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So	Head coach Ben Howland (Weber State) Assistant coach(es) Donny Daniels (Cal State Fullerton) Ernie Zeigler (Northwood) Kerry Keating (Seton Hall) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 12, 2003		EA Sports All-Stars Exhibition	W 74–67	0–0	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
November 18, 2003		Southern California All-Stars Exhibition	W 95–59	0–0	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
Regular Season
November 29, 2003 FSNW2		Vermont	W 68–67	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (7,852) Los Angeles, CA
December 3, 2003		UC Riverside	W 84–70	2–0	Pauley Pavilion (7,331) Los Angeles, CA
December 6, 2003 CBS		vs. No. 9 Kentucky John R. Wooden Classic	L 50–52	2–1	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (17,816) Anaheim, CA
December 13, 2003		Loyola Marymount	W 69–66 OT	3–1	Pauley Pavilion (7,240) Los Angeles, CA
December 17, 2003 FSNW		UC Santa Barbara	L 60–61	3–2	Pauley Pavilion (7,432) Los Angeles, CA
December 20, 2003 FSN		Michigan State	W 64–58	4–2	Pauley Pavilion (12,433) Los Angeles, CA
December 27, 2003 CBS		at Michigan	L 66–70	4–3	Crisler Arena (12,937) Ann Arbor, MI
January 2, 2004 FSNW2		Oregon State	W 77–66	5–3 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (8,792) Los Angeles, CA
January 4, 2004 FSN		Oregon	W 81–74	6–3 (2–0)	Pauley Pavilion (10,152) Los Angeles, CA
January 8, 2004		at Washington State	W 48–45	7–3 (3–0)	Spokane Arena (2,861) Spokane, WA
January 10, 2004 FSNW2		at Washington	W 86–84 OT	8–3 (4–0)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (7,638) Seattle, WA
January 15, 2004		Arizona State	W 66–58	9–3 (5–0)	Pauley Pavilion (9,327) Los Angeles, CA
January 17, 2004 ABC		No. 7 Arizona	L 72–97	9–4 (5–1)	Pauley Pavilion (12,621) Los Angeles, CA
January 22, 2004 FSN		at No. 2 Stanford	L 52–67	9–5 (5–2)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
January 24, 2004 CBS		at California	L 62–76	9–6 (5–3)	Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, CA
January 28, 2004 FSNW2		USC	L 69–76	9–7 (5–4)	Pauley Pavilion (12,773) Los Angeles, CA
January 31, 2004 CBS		at St. John's	L 55–71	9–8	Madison Square Garden (9,077) New York, NY
February 5, 2004		Washington State	L 48–55	9–9 (5–5)	Pauley Pavilion (7,299) Los Angeles, CA
February 7, 2004 FSNW2		Washington	W 80–75	10–9 (6–5)	Pauley Pavilion (8,254) Los Angeles, CA
February 12, 2004 FSN		at Arizona State	L 62–74 OT	10–10 (6–6)	Wells Fargo Arena (9,339) Tempe, AZ
February 14, 2004 FSN		at No. 16 Arizona	L 83–107	10–11 (6–7)	McKale Center (14,566) Tucson, AZ
February 19, 2004 FSNW2		California	W 66–49	11–11 (7–7)	Pauley Pavilion (9,166) Los Angeles, CA
February 21, 2004 CBS		No. 1 Stanford	L 60–73	11–12 (7–8)	Pauley Pavilion (10,815) Los Angeles, CA
February 25, 2004 FSN		at USC	L 77–78 OT	11–13 (7–9)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (10,147) Los Angeles, CA
February 28, 2004 CBS		Notre Dame	L 60–75	11–14 (7–9)	Pauley Pavilion (8,486) Los Angeles, CA
March 04, 2004 FSN		at Oregon State	L 56–65	11–15 (7–10)	Gill Coliseum (6,384) Corvallis, OR
March 06, 2004 CBS		at Oregon	L 59–60	11–16 (7–11)	McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, OR
Pac-10 Tournament
March 11, 2004 FSN		vs. Washington First Round	L 83–91	11–17	Staples Center (14,689) Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[4]