| Year: | 2004 |
| Conference: | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Staples Center |
| City: | Los Angeles, California |
| Champions: | Stanford |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Mike Montgomery |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Josh Childress |
| Mvpteam: | Stanford |
| Attendance: | 60,126 |
The 2004 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played between March 11 and March 13, 2004, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Washington Huskies made their second trip to the final game (and their first since 1987) to play Stanford who was making their third finals appearance. The champion of the tournament was Stanford (who was also the Pac-10 regular season champion), which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Josh Childress of Stanford.[1] The total attendance of 60,126 was the lowest since the tournament had been hosted at the Staples Center from 2002.
The top eight Pacific-10 schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford | 17–1 | |
| 2 | Washington | 12–6 | |
| 3 | Arizona | 11–7 | |
| 4 | California | 9–9 | |
| 5 | Oregon | 9–9 | |
| 6 | USC | 8–10 | |
| 7 | UCLA | 7–11 | |
| 8 | Washington State | 7–11 | |
2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available at 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide)