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2003–04 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
year	2003–04
team	Michigan Wolverines
image_size	150
logo	Michigan Wolverines Logo.svg
logo_size	200
logo_alt	A blue block M with maize-colored borders and the word Michigan across the middle.
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	23–11
conf_record	8–8
head_coach	Tommy Amaker
hc_year	3rd
asst_coach1	Charles Ramsey
asst_coach2	Chuck Swenson
asst_coach3	Andrew Moore
captain	Colin Dill
captain2	J.C. Mathis
mvp	Bernard Robinson, Jr.
mvp2	Lester Abram
stadium	Crisler Arena
champion	[National Invitational Tournament](2004-national-invitation-tournament) champions

The 2003–04 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Tommy Amaker, the team finished tied for fifth in the Big Ten Conference. The team earned a fifth place seed and advanced to the semifinals of the 2004 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament. The team won the 2004 National Invitation Tournament. The team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll. The team had a 1–2 record against ranked opponents, with the lone victory coming against #12 Wisconsin 71–59 on February 22 at Crisler Arena.

Colin Dill and J. C. Mathis served as team co-captains, and Lester Abram and Bernard Robinson, Jr. shared team MVP honors. The team's leading scorers were Daniel Horton (415 points), Bernard Robinson, Jr. (411 points) and Lester Abram (405 points). The leading rebounders were Robinson (194), Courtney Sims (161) and Graham Brown (139).

Courtney Sims won the Big Ten Conference statistical championship for blocked shots with a 2.00 average in all games. The team led the conference in rebounding margin with a 3.4 average margin in conference games as well as blocked shots with a 4.31 team average in conference games.

In the 2004 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament at the Conseco Fieldhouse from March 11–14, Michigan was seeded fifth and earned a first round bye. Then, in the second round they defeated number 4 Iowa79–70 before being defeated by number 1 Illinois 74–60.

On March 16, 2004, Michigan defeated 65–64 at Crisler Arena in the first round of the 2004 National Invitation Tournament. Then, Michigan defeated 63–52 and 88–73 on March 22 and March 24 at Crisler Arena, respectively. At the final four in New York City at Madison Square Garden, the team defeated 78–53 in the semifinals on March 30 and 62–55 to win the championship on April 1.

National Invitation tournament

First Round
- Michigan 65, Missouri 64
Second Round
- Michigan 63, Oklahoma 52
Quarterfinal
- Michigan 88, Hawaii 73
Semifinal
- Michigan 78, Oregon 53
Final
- Michigan 62, Rutgers 55

Roster

Tommy Amaker

Statistics

The team posted the following statistics:

Name	GP	GS	Min	Avg	FG	FGA	FG%	3FG	3FGA	3FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	OR	DR	RB	Avg	Ast	Avg	PF	DQ	TO	Stl	Blk	Pts	Avg
Daniel Horton (basketball)	34	32	1074	31.6	134	366	0.366	68	199	0.342	79	112	0.705	12	85	97	2.9	122	3.6	81	2	103	60	8	415	12.2
Bernard Robinson Jr.	34	33	1095	32.2	150	347	0.432	17	68	0.250	94	122	0.770	36	158	194	5.7	130	3.8	84	2	93	64	10	411	12.1
Lester Abram	31	24	913	29.4	126	257	0.490	40	97	0.412	113	134	0.843	35	96	131	4.2	41	1.3	79	2	55	31	9	405	13.1
Dion Harris	34	11	956	28.1	112	285	0.393	58	170	0.341	61	79	0.772	20	54	74	2.2	76	2.2	71	0	66	34	3	343	10.1
Courtney Sims	34	34	750	22.1	105	192	0.547	1	8	0.125	52	90	0.578	63	98	161	4.7	18	0.5	72	0	51	12	68	263	7.7
Graham Brown	34	28	673	19.8	62	120	0.517	0	0		32	56	0.571	58	81	139	4.1	15	0.4	70	1	48	26	9	156	4.6
Brent Petway	33	0	446	13.5	55	83	0.663	0	0		18	32	0.563	37	75	112	3.4	7	0.2	35	0	17	7	28	128	3.9
Chris Hunter (basketball)	22	5	332	15.1	34	68	0.500	4	11	0.364	37	46	0.804	28	46	74	3.4	11	0.5	45	0	23	11	15	109	5.0
J.C. Mathis	26	1	407	15.7	42	88	0.477	2	7	0.286	14	42	0.333	46	54	100	3.9	20	0.8	39	1	32	4	8	100	3.9
Sherrod Harrell	25	1	112	4.5	1	11	0.091	1	9	0.111	3	6	0.500	0	14	14	0.6	2	0.1	7	0	6	7	0	6	0.2
John Andrews	7	0	11	1.6	1	3	0.333	1	2	0.500	0	0		0	2	2	0.3	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.4
Dani Wohl	8	0	13	1.6	1	3	0.333	0	0		0	1	0.000	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.3
Colin Dill	10	1	22	2.2	0	4	0.000	0	4	0.000	0	2	0.000	0	0	0	0.0	2	0.2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Amadou Ba	7	0	15	2.1	0	1	0.000	0	0		0	0		0	3	3	0.4	0	0.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Ashtyn Bell	4	0	6	1.5	0	3	0.000	0	0		0	1	0.000	1	1	2	0.5	0	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0
TEAM	34													62	53	115	3.4					8
Season Total	34				823	1831	0.449	192	575	0.334	503	723	0.696	398	821	1219	35.9	445	13.1	586	8	507	259	158	2341	68.9
Opponents	34				771	1856	0.415	208	642	0.324	400	567	0.705	347	726	1073	31.6	456	13.4	661	22	506	207	108	2150	63.2

Awards and honors

Daniel Horton, NIT Most Valuable Player

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

"Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
"Big Ten Tournament". [[CBS Interactive]].
"Postseason NIT". [[CBS Interactive]].
"Division I Records". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]].
"Division I Records". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]].
"Through The Years". [[CBS Interactive]].
"All-Time Accolades". [[CBS Interactive]].
"Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". [[CBS Interactive]].
"Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
"Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
"Big Ten Tournament". [[CBS Interactive]].
"NIT OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - History".
"Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". [[CBS Interactive]].
"2004 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com.

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