35 E. Wacker Drive Suite 650 Chicago, IL 60601 312.553.0483 Fax 312.553.0495 Commissioner's Fax 312.553.0725 CONTACT: DWAYNE HARRISON ([email protected]) FINAL RELEASE 2003-04 CONFERENCE USA MEN'S BASKETBALL (FINAL STANDINGS) C-USA GAMES ALL GAMES TEAM W-L PCT. H A W-L PCT. H A N L 10 Streak %- DE PAUL 12-4 .750 7-2 5-2 22-10 .688 11-4 7-4 4-2 7-3 L 1 %- MEMPHIS 12-4 .750 8-0 4-4 22-8 .733 15-0 6-5 1-3 6-4 L 1 %, #- CINCINNATI 12-4 .750 7-1 5-3 25-7 .781 15-1 6-5 4-1 8-2 L 1 %- UAB 12-4 .750 8-0 4-4 22-10 .688 14-1 5-5 3-4 6-4 L 1 %- CHARLOTTE 12-4 .750 6-2 6-2 21-9 .700 10-3 10-4 1-2 6-4 L 2 LOUISVILLE 9-7 .563 6-2 3-5 20-10 .667 13-2 5-5 2-2 3-7 L 2 SAINT LOUIS 9-7 .563 6-2 3-5 19-13 .594 13-3 4-8 2-2 6-4 L 1 MARQUETTE 8-8 .500 5-3 3-5 19-12 .613 15-3 3-8 1-1 6-4 L 1 TCU 7-9 .438 4-4 3-5 12-17 .414 8-9 3-7 1-1 4-6 L 1 SOUTHERN MISS 6-10 .375 4-4 2-6 13-15 .464 9-4 2-10 2-1 3-7 L 2 EAST CAROLINA 5-11 .313 3-5 2-6 13-14 .481 10-5 2-8 1-1 5-5 L 1 TULANE 4-12 .250 4-4 0-8 11-17 .393 11-7 0-9 0-1 4-6 L 4 HOUSTON 3-13 .188 2-6 1-7 9-18 .333 8-9 1-9 0-0 2-8 L 3 USF 1-15 .063 1-7 0-8 7-20 .259 6-8 1-12 0-0 1-9 L 6 % - Regular Season Champions #- Conference USA Tournament Champions 2004 NCAA TOURNAMENT 2004 NCAA TOURNAMENT 2004 OWENS CORNING NIT Thursday, March 18 Saturday, March 20 Monday, March 15 NCAA East Region, HSBC Arena, Buffalo, N.Y. NCAA West Region, HSBC Arena, Buffalo, N.Y. Marquette 87, Toledo 72 (8) Texas Tech 76, (9) Charlotte 73 (2) Connecticut 72, (7) DePaul 55 Tuesday, March 16 NCAA West Region, HSBC Arena, Buffalo, Sunday, March 21 * Saint Louis 70, Iowa 69 N.Y. NCAA Midwest Region, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, * Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo. (7) DePaul 76, (10) Dayton 69 (2 OT) Ohio (9) UAB 76, (1) Kentucky 75 Monday, March 22 Friday, March 19 *Notre Dame 77, Saint Louis 66 NCAA East Region, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Mo. NCAA East Region, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Mo. *Allen County War Memorial, Fort Wayne, Ind. (2) Oklahoma State 70, (7) Memphis 53 (7) Memphis 59, (10) South Carolina 43 Tuesday, March 23 NCAA South Region, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, NCAA South Region, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio Marquette 66, Boise State 53 Ohio (5) Illinois 92, (4) Cincinnati 68 (4) Cincinnati 80, (13) E. Tennessee State 77 Thursday, March 25 Friday, March 26 Iowa State 77, Marquette 69 NCAA Midwest Region, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio NCAA St. Louis Regional, Edward Jones Dome, (9) UAB 102, (8) Washington 100 St. Louis, Mo. (4) Kansas 100, (9) UAB 74 NCAA South Region, T.D. Waterhouse Center, Orlando, Fla. (7) Xavier 80, (10) Louisville 70 POLLING PLACE RPI AND SAGARIN RATINGS Associated Press (FINAL) USA Today/ESPN Coaches (FINAL) THE RPI REPORT (FINAL) SAGARIN RATINGS (FINAL) 1. Stanford (55) 1. Connecticut (31) Schools Schools 2. Kentucky (9) 2. Duke 10. Cincinnati 18. Cincinnati 3. Gonzaga (2) 3. Georgia Tech 29. Louisville 25. Louisville 4. Oklahoma State (4) 4. Oklahoma State 31. UAB 30. Memphis 5. Saint Joseph’s (1) 5. Saint Joseph’s 32. Memphis 34. Charlotte 6. Duke 6. Stanford 34. DePaul 35. UAB 7. Connecticut (1) 7. Pittsburgh 35. Charlotte 50. DePaul 8. Mississippi State 8. Kentucky 61. Marquette 70. Saint Louis 9. Pittsburgh 9. Kansas 61. Saint Louis 78. Marquette 10. Wisconsin 10. Texas 122. TCU 117. East Carolina 11. CINCINNATI 11. Illinois 126. Southern Miss 150. TCU 12. Texas 12. Gonzaga 152. East Carolina 154. Southern Miss 13. Illinois 13. Mississippi State 182. Tulane 196. Houston 14. Georgia Tech 14. Xavier 183. Houston 205. Tulane 15. N.C. State 15. Wake Forest 217. USF 207. USF 16. Kansas 16. Wisconsin 17. Wake Forest 17. Alabama Conferences Conferences 18. North Carolina 18. CINCINNATI 1. ACC 1. ACC 19. Maryland 19. Syracuse 2. SEC 2. SEC 20. Syracuse 20. N.C. State 3. Big East 3. Big 12 21. Providence 21. Nevada 4. Big 12 4. Big East 22. Arizona 22. North Carolina 5. Big Ten 5. Big Ten 23. Southern Illinois 23. UAB 6. CONFERENCE USA 6. CONFERENCE USA 24. MEMPHIS 24. Maryland 7. Atlantic 10 7. WAC 25. Boston College 25. Vanderbilt 8. Mountain West 8. Mountain West 25. Utah State 9. Pac 10 9. Pac 10 10. WAC 10. Atlantic 10 ARV: ARV: DE PAUL (86) MEMPHIS (34) C-USA NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY LOUISVILLE (17) DE PAUL (10) For the first time in Conference USA history, the league sent six teams to the CHARLOTTE (16) NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Louisville joined regular season five- UAB (3) way champions Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Memphis and UAB in this year’s NCAA field. It marked the sixth time in the league’s nine-year history that C-USA has produced at least four NCAA teams in the same season. Conference USA, along with the ACC, SEC and Big East, produced six WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE POLLS NCAA squads The six bids this season gives Conference USA 34 NCAA Here is a week-by-week recap of Conference USA in the national polls. (AP teams in its nine seasons. listed first, followed by USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll). CHA CIN DPU LOU MAR MEM UAB CONFERENCE USA’S HIGH FIVE PS /ARV 18/19 - -/- - 16/16 23/23 ARV/ARV - -/- - The closest conference race in college basketball ended in a five-way tie for N13 /ARV 18/19 - -/- - 17/16 23/23 ARV/ARV - -/- - first place. Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Memphis and UAB all finished with N24 /ARV 19/19 - -/- - 17/16 23/23 ARV/ARV - -/- - identical league records of 12-4. Based on tie-breaker procedures, DePaul D1 ARV/ARV 19/19 - -/- - ARV/ARV 24/23 - -/- - - -/- - D8 - -/ARV 18/17 - -/- - ARV/25 22/21 - -/- - - -/- - was the top seed at the 2004 Kelly Tires Conference USA Men’s Basketball D15 - -/ARV 16/16 - -/- - 20/22 23/23 - -/ARV - -/- - Tournament in Cincinnati. D22 - -/- - 14/12 - -/- - 20/20 ARV/24 - -/- - - -/ - - D29 - -/- - 12/11 - -/- - 11/14 25/23 ARV/ARV - -/- - Twice Conference USA has had two schools share the regular season J5 - -/ARV 11/10 - -/- - 10/12 23/22 ARV/ARV - -/- - championship, but never has more than two schools earned a piece of the J12 ARV/- - 10/7 - -/- - 8/9 21/21 ARV/ARV - -/- - crown. For Cincinnati, it has now won at least a share of eight of the J19 - -/- - 6/5 - -/- - 5/6 ARV/ARV ARV/ARV - -/- - conference’s nine regular season titles. Memphis gained a piece of its J26 - -/- - 8/7 - -/- - 4/4 ARV/- - ARV/ARV - -/- - second title, as the Tigers split the league’s first regular season F2 ARV/ARV 10/10 - -/- - 6/6 ARV/ARV ARV/ARV - -/- - F9 ARV/ARV 13/12 - -/- - 9/9 ARV/- - ARV/ARV - -/ - - championship with UC back in 1996. Charlotte, DePaul and UAB all won F16 ARV/ARV 17/14 - -/ARV 10/11 - -/- - 23/- - - -/ARV titles in other leagues during the 1990’s. Charlotte captured the final regular F23 ARV/ARV 15/12 - -/- - 21/21 - -/- - 19/22 ARV/ARV season title of the Metro Conference in 1995, DePaul shared the inaugural M1 ARV/ARV 13/12 ARV/ARV 25/24 - -/- - 20/23 ARV/- - Great Midwest Conference championship with Cincinnati in 1992, and UAB M8 ARV/ARV 13/12 ARV/ARV ARV/ARV ARV/- - 23/24 - -/ARV won the 1990 Sun Belt Conference title. M15 ARV/ARV 11/12 ARV/ARV ARV/ARV - -/- - 24/ARV ARV/ARV FINAL ARV/- - 11/18 ARV/ARV ARV/- - - - /- - 24/ARV ARV/23 AROUND C-USA MEMPHIS (22-8, 12-4): For the fourth consecutive year, Memphis posted 21-plus victories and CHARLOTTE (21-9, 12-4): Charlotte completed the 2003-04 season with 21 victories, the most by advanced the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. The 2003-04 season also marked the the 49er program since posting 22 wins during the 2000-01 campaign. The mark is the third-most Tigers fourth consecutive year of postseason play under head coach JOHN CALIPARI. Under under head coach BOBBY LUTZ, who led the Niners to 23 triumphs in his first season at the helm in Calipari, UM has averaged 23 wins a season. ANTONIO BURKS became the 38th player in UM 1998-99. It also was the first time since the 1991-92 season that the program recorded 20 wins in the annals with 1,000 career points (1,006) and he becomes only the fourth Tiger to record 1,000 points, regular season. The 49ers 12-4 mark in league play was its second best mark in Conference USA 450 assists (487) and 170 steals (177). The other three players to accomplish that trifecta are Andre action to claim a share of its first league crown.