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2003–04 Big East Conference Men's Basketball Season
The 2003–04 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 25th in conference history, and involved its 14 full-time member schools. Pittsburgh was the regular-season champion with a record of . Connecticut won both the Big East tournament championship and the national championship. Season summary & highlights * After three seasons with a divisional structure, the Big East returned to a unitary structure this season. * Pittsburgh was the regular-season champion with a record of . It was Pittsburgh's fifth conference championship or co-championship and second outright championship. * Pittsburgh won its sixth Big East tournament championship. * Connecticut won its second national championship. It was the second consecutive national championship for the Big East Conference, Syracuse having won the previous season. * Connecticut junior guard Ben Gordon was the 2004 NCAA Tournament's top scorer. * Connecticut junior center Emeka Okafor was the Most Outstanding Player of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
