2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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The 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2003-04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on April 5, 2004 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and featured the Phoenix Regional Champion, #2-seeded Connecticut versus the St. Louis Regional Champion, #3-seeded Georgia Tech.
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Date | April 5, 2004 | ||||||||||||
Venue | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||
MVP | Emeka Okafor, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
Favorite | Connecticut by 6.5 | ||||||||||||
Referees | Dick Cartmell, Randy McCall, Verne Harris | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 44,468 | ||||||||||||
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Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian (sideline) | ||||||||||||
Nielsen Ratings | 11.0 | ||||||||||||
UConn and Georgia Tech met in the semifinals of the 2003 NIT Season Tip-Off and Georgia Tech upset #1-ranked UConn with a 77–61 win on their way to winning the 2003 NIT Season Tip-Off.[1] However, the Huskies would prevail handily in their rematch in the title game to win their second national championship.