2004 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

2004 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
2004 Final Four logo
Season	2003–04
Teams	65
Finals site	Alamodome San Antonio, Texas
Champions	Connecticut (2nd title, 2nd title game, 2nd Final Four)
Runner-up	Georgia Tech (1st title game, 2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists	Duke (14th Final Four) Oklahoma State (6th Final Four)
Winning coach	Jim Calhoun (2nd title)
MOP	Emeka Okafor Connecticut
Attendance	716,899
Top scorer	Ben Gordon Connecticut (154 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments «2003 2005»

The 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2004, and ended with the championship game on April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. A total of 64 games were played.

The NCAA named, for the first time, the four tournament regions after regional site host cities instead of the "East", "Midwest", "South", and "West" designations. It was also the first year that the matchups for the national semifinals were determined at least in part by the overall seeding of the top team in each regional. The top four teams in the tournament were Kentucky, Duke, Stanford, and Saint Joseph's. Had all of those teams advanced to the Final Four, Kentucky would have played Saint Joseph's and Duke would have played Stanford in the semifinal games.

Of those teams, only Duke advanced to the Final Four. They were joined by Connecticut, making their first appearance since defeating Duke for the national championship in 1999, Oklahoma State, making their first appearance since 1995, and Georgia Tech, making their first appearance since 1990.

Connecticut defeated Georgia Tech 82-73 to win their second national championship in as many tries. Emeka Okafor of Connecticut was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

As they had in 1999, Connecticut won their regional championship in Phoenix, Arizona.