2004 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2004 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2003-04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 8–13 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds, and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Western Michigan, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Western Michigan defeated Kent State in the final. In the NCAA they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt.

Seeds

 * 1) Western Michigan
 * 2) Kent State
 * 3) Miami
 * 4) Toledo
 * 5) Buffalo
 * 6) Ball State
 * 7) Bowling Green
 * 8) Marshall
 * 9) Eastern Michigan
 * 10) Ohio
 * 11) Akron
 * 12) Northern Illinois
 * 13) Central Michigan

All-Tournament Team
Tournament MVP – 	Mike Williams, Western Michigan