2004 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament , a part of the 2003 – 04 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season , took place from March 10 – 13 , 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City . It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds ( two from each Big East division ) received byes in the first round . The twelve Big East teams with the best conference records were invited to participate . Its winner , Connecticut , received the Big East Conference 's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament , the sixth for the Huskies , tying Georgetown for the most Big East Tournament championships
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2004 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament