The 2004 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was the 48th annual

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to determine the national champion of men's

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Division II

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in the

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. Officially culminating the 2003–04 NCAA Division II men's basketball season, the tournament featured sixty-four teams from around the country. The Elite Eight, national semifinals, and championship were played at the Centennial Garden in Bakersfield, California, previously the venue of the

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finals. Kennesaw State (35–4) defeated

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in the final, 84–59, to win their first Division II national championship. The Owls were coached by Tony Ingle. Kennesaw State's Terrence Hill was the Most Outstanding Player.

Regionals

Great Lakes -
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Location: Neil Carey Arena Host:

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South Central -
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Location: Wisdom Gymnasium Host:

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South -
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Location: The Complex Host:

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North Central -
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Location: Auraria Events Center Host:

Metropolitan State University Metropolitan State University (Metro State) is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. It is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

East -
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Location: Merner Gym Host:

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South Atlantic -
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Northeast -
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Location: Costello Gym Host: University of Massachusetts at Lowell

West -
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Elite Eight- Bakersfield, California

Location: Bakersfield Centennial Garden Host:

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All-tournament team

* Terrence Hill, Kennesaw State (MOP) * Georgy Joseph, Kennesaw State * Cris Brunson,

* Joe Gordon,

* Luke Kendall, Metro State

References

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NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament Results
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Regionals

Great Lakes - Romeoville, Illinois Romeoville is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The village is located southwest of Chicago on the Des Plaines River. Per the 2020 census, the population was 39,863. It is located in the southwest suburban area of Chicago near ...

South Central - Stephenville, Texas Stephenville is a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, United States. It is on the North Bosque River, which forms nearby. Founded in 1854, it is home to Tarleton State University. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was ...

South - Valdosta, Georgia Valdosta is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. As of 2019, Valdosta had an estimated population of 56,457. Valdosta is the principal city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2021 had ...

North Central - Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United ...

East - Misenheimer, North Carolina Misenheimer is an incorporated village in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. It is in the southern Piedmont region of North Carolina, near the city of Richfield. The population was 728 as of the 2010 Census. The college town is domin ...

South Atlantic - Kennesaw, Georgia Kennesaw is a suburban city northwest of Atlanta in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, located within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Known from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as Big Shanty, it became Kennesaw under its ...

Northeast - Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, It is one of two traditional county seat, seats of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,5 ...

West - San Bernardino, California San Bernardino (; Spanish language, Spanish for Bernardino of Siena, "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a ...