2003–04 Alabama State Hornets basketball team

2003–04 Alabama State Hornets basketball
2003–04 Alabama State Hornets basketball
SWAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	16–15 (11–7 SWAC)
Head coach	Rob Spivery (8th season);
Home arena	Dunn–Oliver Acadome
	Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 SWAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Mississippi Valley State	16	–	2	.889	22	–	7	.759
Alabama State †	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
Texas Southern	10	–	8	.556	14	–	15	.483
Alabama A&M	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
Jackson State	9	–	9	.500	12	–	17	.414
Alcorn State	9	–	9	.500	11	–	18	.379
Grambling State	9	–	9	.500	11	–	18	.379
Southern	9	–	9	.500	12	–	16	.429
Prairie View A&M	7	–	11	.389	7	–	20	.259
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	1	–	17	.056	1	–	26	.037

† 2004 SWAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 2003–04 Alabama State Hornets basketball team represented Alabama State University during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets, led by head coach Rob Spivery, played their home games at the Dunn–Oliver Acadome in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). After finishing second in the SWAC regular season standings, the Hornets won the SWAC tournament, earning the conference's automatic bid to play in the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 16 seed in the South region, Alabama State was beaten by No. 1 seed and eventual Final Four participant Duke in the opening round,^[2] to finish the season 16–15 (11–7 SWAC).

Roster[edit]

2003–04 Alabama State Hornets men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	23	Malcolm Campbell	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr		Kansas City, Kansas

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference Regular season
Dec 20, 2003*		at Nevada Wolf Pack Holiday Classic	L 43–70	2–5	Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada
Dec 21, 2003*		vs. UC Santa Barbara Wolf Pack Holiday Classic	L 53–63	2–6	Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada
Dec 30, 2003*		at Ole Miss	L 44–68	2–7	Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi
SWAC Regular season
Jan 3, 2004		at Grambling	W 60–53	3–7 (1–0)	Tiger Memorial Gym Grambling, Louisiana
Mar 6, 2004		Jackson State	W 65–54	13–14 (11–7)	Joe L. Reed Acadome Montgomery, Alabama
SWAC tournament
Mar 11, 2004*		vs. Southern Quarterfinals	W 63–62	14–14	Bill Harris Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Mar 12, 2004*		vs. Jackson State Semifinals	W 59–56 ^2OT	15–14	Bill Harris Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Mar 13, 2004*		vs. Alabama A&M Championship game	W 63–58	16–14	Bill Harris Arena Birmingham, Alabama
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 2004*	(16 S)	vs. (1 S) No. 6 Duke First round	L 61–96	16–15	RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Central.

Sources^[3]

v t e Alabama State Hornets basketball
Venues	Lockhart Gym (1939-1992) Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1992–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25