2004 America East men's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2004
Conference:	America East
Gender:	Men's
Champions:	Vermont
Titlecount:	2nd
Coach:	Tom Brennan
Coachcount:	2nd
Mvp:	Taylor Coppenrath
Mvpteam:	Vermont

The 2004 America East men's basketball tournament was hosted by the Boston University Terriers at Walter Brown Arena. The final was held at Patrick Gym on the campus of the University of Vermont, and was the first basketball game held in the state of Vermont to be nationally televised, airing on ESPN.^[1] Vermont gained its second consecutive conference tournament win and NCAA tournament berth with its win over Maine.^[2] Vermont was given the 15th seed in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Connecticut 70–53. Boston University gained a bid to the NIT and lost in the opening round to Rhode Island 80–52.

Bracket and Results

* Game Ended in Overtime

See also

• America East Conference

References

Sources

• Web site: Men’s Basketball Record Book . 2021 . . April 19, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220419161541/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/americaeast.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/8/19/MBB.pdf . April 19, 2022 . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patrick Gymnasium . UVMAthletics.com . . April 19, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102054138/https://uvmathletics.com/sports/2010/6/8/MBB_0608100941.aspx . November 2, 2021.
2. Web site: Coppenrath pours in 43 in first game back . Burlington, Vermont . . ESPN . March 14, 2004 . April 19, 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220419164729/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/240730261 . April 19, 2022.