2003–04 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2003–04 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Lorenzo Romar, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

2003–04 Washington Huskies men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First round
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record19–12 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Lorenzo Romar (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
2003–04 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Stanford171 .944302  .938
Washington126 .6671912  .613
Arizona117 .6112010  .667
Oregon99 .5001813  .581
California99 .5001315  .464
USC810 .4441315  .464
Washington State711 .3891316  .448
UCLA711 .3891117  .393
Oregon State612 .3331216  .429
Arizona State414 .2221017  .370
Conference tournament winner
As of April 4, 2004
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The Huskies were 17–10 overall in the regular season and 12–6 in conference play, second in the standings.

Washington lost their first five Pac-10 games, then won twelve of thirteen to finish as runner-up. In the eight-team conference tournament, they defeated UCLA in the quarterfinal and Arizona in the semifinal, the first team in 65 years to defeat the Wildcats three times in one season. In the final, they met top seed Stanford; a week earlier, the undefeated Cardinal traveled to Seattle and lost by thirteen points. It was a different outcome in the tourney in Los Angeles as Stanford won by eleven points.

Washington returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time in five years, and were seeded eighth in the St. Louis regional. In the first round at Columbus, Ohio, the Huskies scored a hundred points, but lost to ninth seed UAB by two.

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