2003–04 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2003–04 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball

NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 24
Record	25–9 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pam Borton (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Nikita Lowry Dawkins Marty McGillan Gail Striegler
Home arena	Williams Arena
Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Penn State	15	–	1	.938	28	–	6	.824
No. 3 Purdue †	14	–	2	.875	29	–	4	.879
No. 21 Ohio State	11	–	5	.688	21	–	10	.677
No. 23 Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	9	.710
Iowa	10	–	6	.625	16	–	13	.552
No. 24 Minnesota	9	–	7	.563	25	–	9	.735
Michigan	6	–	10	.375	14	–	17	.452
Indiana	4	–	12	.250	12	–	17	.414
Illinois	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357
Wisconsin	4	–	12	.250	10	–	17	.370
Northwestern	1	–	15	.063	8	–	20	.286

† 2004 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 13, 2004 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003–04 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by second-year head coach Pam Borton, played their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 9–7 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Iowa in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament before losing to Ohio State in the semifinals. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Mideast region. There they defeated UCLA, Kansas State, Boston College, and Duke to reach the first Final Four in program history. In the National Semifinal round, they were beaten by eventual National champion UConn, 67–58.

Roster

2003–04 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G		Lindsay Whalen	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Hutchinson	Hutchinson, MN

Head coach

Pam Borton

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Big Ten tournament
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2004*	(7 ME) No. 24	(10 ME) UCLA First round	W 92–81	22–8	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 23, 2004*	(7 ME) No. 24	(2 ME) No. 8 Kansas State Second round	W 80–61	23–8	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 28, 2004*	(7 ME) No. 24	vs. (3 ME) No. 18 Boston College Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 76–63	24–8	Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Virginia
March 30, 2004* ESPN	(7 ME) No. 24	vs. (1 ME) No. 1 Duke Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 82–75^[1]	25–8	Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Virginia
April 4, 2004* 8:33 pm CT, ESPN	(7 ME) No. 24	vs. No. 3 Connecticut National Semifinal – Final Four	L 58–67^[2]	25–9	New Orleans Arena (18,211) New Orleans, Louisiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[3]

Rankings

References

^ "Gophers Leave Devils Upset". The Washington Post. March 30, 2004. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "Taurasi, Huskies Rise Up". The Washington Post. April 4, 2004. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "2003–04 Women's Basketball Schedule". GOPHERSPORTS.COM. Retrieved June 29, 2024.

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