2004–05 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

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2004–05 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball
Wisconsin–Milwaukee wordmark.png
Horizon League Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceHorizon League
2004–05 record26–6 (14–2 Horizon)
Head coach
Home arenaU.S. Cellular Arena
Klotsche Center
Seasons
← 
2005–06 →
2004–05 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Milwaukee † 14 – 2   .875 26 – 6   .813
Green Bay 10 – 6   .625 17 – 11   .607
Detroit Mercy 9 – 7   .563 14 – 16   .467
Loyola Chicago 8 – 8   .500 13 – 17   .433
Illinois-Chicago 8 – 8   .500 15 – 14   .517
Wright State 8 – 8   .500 15 – 15   .500
Butler 7 – 9   .438 13 – 15   .464
Cleveland State 6 – 10   .375 9 – 17   .346
Youngstown State 2 – 14   .125 5 – 23   .179
† 2005 Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2004–05 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee during the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by head coach Bruce Pearl, played their home games at the U.S. Cellular Arena and Klotsche Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 26–6, 14–2 in Horizon League play to finish in first place. They were champions of the Horizon League Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they received a #12 seed and defeated #5 seed Alabama and #4 seed Boston College to reach their 1st Sweet 16 in school history. Their season ended after losing to the eventual National Runner-Up #1 seed Illinois.

Schedule[]

Horizon League Standing: 1st [1]
Date Opponent* Rank* Location Result Overall Conference Television
Regular Season Games
November 20, 2004 Prairie View Milwaukee, WI W 117–55 1-0
November 23, 2004 Wisconsin-Parkside Milwaukee, WI W 87-50 2–0
November 28, 2004 Air Force Milwaukee, WI W 50-45 3–0
December 1, 2004 South Dakota State Milwaukee, WI W 89-54 4–0
December 4, 2004 Chicago, IL W 75-67 5–0 (1-0)
December 7, 2004 Saint Louis St. Louis, MO W 57-47 6–0
December 11, 2004 Valparaiso Valparaiso, IN L 72-71 6-1
December 15, 2004 Madison, WI L 66-37 6–2
December 22, 2004 Kansas City, MO L 73-62 6–3
December 30, 2004 Manhattan New York, NY W 88-78 OT 7–3
January 3, 2005 Detroit Milwaukee, WI L 76-68 7–4 (1-1)
January 6, 2005 Butler Indianapolis, IN W 71-68 OT 8–4 (2-1)
January 8, 2005 Milwaukee, WI W 73-56 9–4 (3-1)
January 12, 2005 Youngstown State Youngstown, OH W 65-42 10–4 (4-1)
January 15, 2005 Milwaukee, WI W 86-56 11–4 (5-1)
January 17, 2005 Wright St Milwaukee, WI W 71-66 12–4 (6-1)
January 20, 2005 Cleveland St Milwaukee, WI W 85-65 13–4 (7-1)
January 22, 2005 Detroit Detroit, MI W 61-48 14–4 (8-1)
January 26, 2005 West Lafayette, IN W 73-68 15-4
January 29, 2005 Green Bay, WI L 76-72 15–5 (8-2)
February 2, 2005 Fairborn, OH W 79-70 16–5 (9-2)
February 5, 2005 Milwaukee, WI W 85-75 17–5 (10-2)
February 10, 2005 Chicago, IL W 74-67 18–5 (11-2)
February 12, 2005 Milwaukee, WI W 90-67 19–5 (12-2)
February 16, 2005 Milwaukee, WI W 64-53 20–5 (13-2)
February 19, 2005 Milwaukee, WI W 87-81 21-5
February 26, 2005 Cleveland, OH W 81-59 22–5 (14-2)
March 5, 2005 Loyola Milwaukee, WI W 94–76 23–5
March 8, 2005 Milwaukee, WI W 59–58 24–5
NCAA Tournament
March 17, 2005 Alabama Cleveland, OH W 83–73 25–5
March 19, 2005 Boston College Cleveland, OH W 83–75 26–5
March 24, 2005 Illinois Rosemont, IL L 77–63 26–6
#All times are in EST. Conference games in bold.

2005 Horizon League Tournament[]

First Round
Tuesday, March 1 		Second Round
Friday, March 4 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 5 		Championship
Tuesday, March 8
1 Milwaukee 94
4 Loyola 78 4 Loyola 76
9 Youngstown State 75 4 Loyola (OT) 87
5 UIC 84 5 UIC 81
8 Cleveland State 65 1 Milwaukee 59
3 Detroit 58
2 Green Bay 55
3 Detroit 61
3 Detroit 61
6 Wright State 61 6 Wright State 48
7 Butler 57

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed

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