2004 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 2004 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 8–13, 2004, at the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center in Richmond, Virginia. Florida A&M defeated Eagles, 58–51 in the championship game, to capture its first MEAC Tournament title. The Rattlers earned an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament as No. 16 seed in the East region. In the play-in round, Florida A&M defeated Lehigh to advance to the round of 64 where they fell to No. 1 seed Kentucky 96–76.

2004 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2003–04
Teams	11
Site	Arthur Ashe Athletic Center Richmond, Virginia
Champions	Florida A&M (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mike Gillespie (1st title)
MVP	Terrence Woods (Florida A&M)
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

2003–04 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Carolina State	14	–	4		.778			18	–	11		.621
Coppin State	14	–	4		.778			18	–	14		.563
Delaware State	11	–	7		.611			13	–	15		.464
Hampton	11	–	7		.611			13	–	17		.433
Florida A&M †	10	–	8		.556			15	–	17		.469
Norfolk State	10	–	8		.556			12	–	17		.414
Morgan State	9	–	9		.500			11	–	16		.407
Bethune–Cookman	7	–	11		.389			8	–	21		.276
Maryland Eastern Shore	6	–	12		.333			8	–	21		.276
Howard	4	–	14		.222			6	–	22		.214
North Carolina A&T	3	–	15		.167			3	–	25		.107
† 2004 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Format

All eleven conference members participated, with the top 5 teams receiving a bye to the quarterfinal round. After seeds 6 through 11 completed games in the first round, teams were re-seeded. The lowest remaining seed was slotted against the top seed, next lowest remaining faced the #2 seed, and third lowest remaining seed squared off against the #3 seed.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday-Wednesday, March 8–9					Quarterfinals Wednesday-Thursday, March 10–11					Semifinals Friday, March 12					Final Saturday, March 13
						1	South Carolina State	84
						9	MD-Eastern Shore	56
	8	Bethune–Cookman	50
	9	Maryland Eastern Shore	51
											1	South Carolina State	53
											5	Florida A&M	65
						4	Hampton	71
						5	Florida A&M	72
																5	Florida A&M	58
																2	Coppin State	51
						6	Norfolk State	55
						3	Delaware State	67
	6	Norfolk State	58
	11	North Carolina A&T	43
											3	Delaware State	52
											2	Coppin State	55
						2	Coppin State	68
						7	Morgan State	65
	7	Morgan State	60
	10	Howard	59