2004–05 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

2004–05 Horizon League men's basketball standings
	† 2005 Horizon League Tournament winner ;

2004–05 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball
2004–05 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball
Horizon League Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Horizon League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
2004–05 record	26–6 (14–2 Horizon)
Head coach	Bruce Pearl;
Home arena	U.S. Cellular Arena; Klotsche Center

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
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	UIC		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	Wisconsin		Madison, WI	L 66-37	6–2
December 22, 2004	#2 Kansas		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	Loyola		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	Green Bay		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	Purdue		West Lafayette, IN	W 73-68	15-4
January 29, 2005	Green Bay		Green Bay, WI	L 76-72	15–5 (8-2)
February 2, 2005	Wright St		Fairborn, OH	W 79-70	16–5 (9-2)
February 5, 2005	UIC		Milwaukee, WI	W 85-75	17–5 (10-2)
February 10, 2005	Loyola		Chicago, IL	W 74-67	18–5 (11-2)
February 12, 2005	Youngstown St		Milwaukee, WI	W 90-67	19–5 (12-2)
February 16, 2005	Butler		Milwaukee, WI	W 64-53	20–5 (13-2)
February 19, 2005	Hawaii		Milwaukee, WI	W 87-81	21-5
February 26, 2005	Cleveland St		Cleveland, OH	W 81-59	22–5 (14-2)
Horizon League Tournament
March 5, 2005	Loyola		Milwaukee, WI	W 94–76	23–5
March 8, 2005	Detroit		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

References

2004-05 Milwaukee Panthers Schedule and Results

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Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball
Venues	Baker Fieldhouse (1956–1977) J. Martin Klotsche Center (1977–1992) U.S. Cellular Arena (1992–1998) J. Martin Klotsche Center (1998–2003) U.S. Cellular Arena (2003–2012) Klotsche Center (2012–2013) UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2013–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 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

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	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