title: 2004 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
text: # 2004 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
  
  The 2004 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was played at The Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland and Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania after the conclusion of the 2003–04 regular season. Top seed Lehigh defeated #2 seed American, 59–57 in the championship game, to win its first Patriot League Tournament title. The Mountain Hawks earned an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament as one of two #16 seeds in the St. Louis region. Florida A&M defeated Lehigh in an opening round game in Dayton, Ohio.
  
  ## Format
  
  All eight league members participated in the tournament, with teams seeded according to regular season conference record.
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | Quarterfinals March 6 | Quarterfinals March 6 | Quarterfinals March 6 | Semifinals March 7 | Semifinals March 7 | Semifinals March 7 | Championship game March 14 | Championship game March 14 | Championship game March 14 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Lehigh | 62* | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Navy | 60 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Navy | 60 | 1 | Lehigh | 60 | | | |
  | | | | 5 | Bucknell | 45 | | | |
  | 4 | Bucknell | 66 | 5 | Bucknell | 45 | | | |
  | 5 | Holy Cross | 60 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | Holy Cross | 60 | | | | 1 | Lehigh | 59 |
  | | | | | | | 2 | American | 57 |
  | 3 | Lafayette | 66 | | | | | | | 2 | American | 57 |
  | 6 | Colgate | 67* | | | | | | |
  | 6 | Colgate | 67* | 6 | Colgate | 55 | | | |
  | | | | 2 | American | 65 | | | |
  | 2 | American | 65 | 2 | American | 65 | | | |
  | 7 | Army | 48 | | | | | | |
  
  * denotes overtime period
  
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