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The South Atlantic Conference basketball tournaments will be held Friday-Sunday, March 5-7, 2004, at Lenoir-Rhyne College and the Catawba Valley Community College Multipurpose Facility in Hickory, N.C. Winners of the men's and women's championship games gain an automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament.

2004 Basketball Tournamet Releases

• Mar 7 -- Food Lion/SAC Men's Basketball Tournament Final: Catawba Rides Upsets to Title
  The Catawba College men’s basketball team pulled off its third straight upset at the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament, earning the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA II Regional with an 81-68 win over fourth-seeded Newberry at the Multipurpose Facility at Catawba Valley Community College on Sunday afternoon.
  Tourney Recaps »» Final
• Mar 7 -- Food Lion/SAC Women's Basketball Tournament Final: Top-Seed Catawba Rallies to Take Title
  Top-seeded Catawba College rallied in the final ten minutes and defeated second-seeded Wingate 74-70 at the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Multipurpose Facility at Catawba Valley Community College on Sunday afternoon. Conference Player of the Year and Tournament Most Valuable Player, Danyel Locklear, posted a double-double with 26 points and 16 rebounds to lead Catawba.
  Tourney Recaps »» Final
• Mar 6 -- Food Lion/SAC Men's Basketball Tournament Semifinals: Newberry and Catawba Advance to Title Game
  The No. 4-seeded Newberry College Indians scored the final nine points to rally and defeat the eighth-seeded Mars Hill College Lions, 79-78, Saturday afternoon in the semifinals of the 2004 Food Lion/South Atlantic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament. In the other semifinal game, seventh-seeded Catawba College Indians advanced to the championship game by upsetting Carson-Newman, 68-61
  Tourney Recaps »» Semifinals
• Mar 6 -- Food Lion/SAC Women's Basketball Tournament Semifinals: Catawba and Wingate Advances to Title Game
  The Catawba College women’s basketball team earned its second consecutive berth in the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship with an 82-64 victory over Tusculum College Saturday afternoon. Wingate University defeated third-seed Lenoir-Rhyne, 91-79, in the other semifinal. Wingate and Catawba meet in the finals Sunday at 4 p.m.
  Tourney Recaps »» Semifinals
• Mar 5 -- Food Lion/SAC Men's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals: Newberry, Mars Hill, Catawba, Carson-Newman Advance
  Results of quarterfinal action of the 2004 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Championship Tournament: Newberry 70, Presbyterian 62; Mars Hill 75, Lenoir-Rhyne 72; Catawba 60, Tusculum 58; Carson-Newman 89, Wingate 83.
  Tourney Recaps »» Quarterfinals
• Mar 5 -- Food Lion/SAC Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals: Tusculum, Catawba, Wingate, Lenoir-Rhyne Advance
  Results of quarterfinal action of the 2004 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Championship Tournament: Tusculum 66, Mars Hill 62; Catawba 70, Newberry 54; Wingate 75, No. 7 Presbyterian 64; Lenoir-Rhyne 66, Carson-Newman 64.
  Tourney Recaps »» Quarterfinals
• Mar 1 -- South Atlantic Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament To Be Televised
  The Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament championship games will be televised by Time Warner Cable and be available to more than 300,000 households in the Charlotte metro market. The 2004 Food Lion SAC Tournament begins Friday with quarterfinal play.
  The Full Story
• Feb 29 -- Catawba Women, Lenoir-Rhyne Men Earn Top Seeds for 2004 Food Lion SAC Basketball Tournament
  The Lenoir-Rhyne College men and the Catawba College women earned the top seed for the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference basketball tournament. For the men, Lenoir-Rhyne and Tusculum finished in a tie for the regular season title and split in their head-to-head meetings, forcing league officials to delve deeper into the tiebreaker process. Catawba, Wingate and Lenoir-Rhyne finished as co-champions in the women’s standings. No coin flip was needed this year as Catawba had a 3-1 record against Lenoir-Rhyne and Wingate.
  The Full Story
• Feb 28 -- Catawba and Wingate Share SAC Women's Basketball Regular Season Crown
  Catawba College earned a share of the South Atlantic Conference women’s basketball championship with a 77-68 victory over host Carson-Newman at Holt Fieldhouse on Saturday night. Catawba improves to 19-8 overall and 11-3 in the SAC and will be the top-seed in next week’s tournament. Wingate also clinched a share of the regular season championship with a 81-72 win over Tusculum College Saturday afternoon at Cuddy Arena.
  The Full Story

2004 Basketball Tournamet Photos

• Men's Basketball Tounament Photo Gallery
• Women's Basketball Tounament Photo Gallery
• Women's basketball All-Freshman Team
• Men's basketball All-Freshman Team
• Men's basketball All-Conference Second Team
• Men's basketball All-Conference First Team
• Women's basketball All-Conference Second Team
• Women's basketball All-Conference First Team
• Mars Hill College's Jerome Ramsey, Scholar Athlete for men's basketball
• Tusculum College's Julie Maples, Scholar Athlete for women's basketball
• Lenoir-Rhyne College women's basketball team celebrates after receiving their trophy for the 2003-04 SAC regular season co-championship
• Captains from the Lenoir-Rhyne College women's basketball team receive their co-championship trophy
• Women's basketball regular season co-championship trophy presented to the captains from Catawba College
• Members of the Catawba College women's basketball team hold their trophy for being South Atlantic Conference co-champions
• Captains from the Wingate University women's basketball team receive their co-championship trophy
• Wingate University women's basketball team receives its trophy for being South Atlantic Conference co-champions.
• Men's basketball co-championship trophy presented to captains from the Lenoir-Rhyne College team.
• The Lenoir-Rhyne College men's basketball team pose with their trophy for being the 2003-04 SAC men's basketball co-champions.
• Men's basketball co-championship trophy presented to captains of the Tusculum College men's basketball team.
• Tusculum College men's basketball team accepts their trophy for being the 2004 South Atlantic Conference regular season co-champions.
• Mars Hill College's Chris Conn receives his award for being named the South Atlantic Conference men's basketball Freshman of the Year
• Wingate University freshman Emily Paffrath receives her award for being selected women's basketball Freshman of the Year
• Roman Davis of Lenoir-Rhyne College, accepts the award for being named the South Atlantic Conference men's basketball Player of the Year
• Catawba College's Danyel Locklear, is presented the South Atlantic Conference women's basketball Player of the Year
• Duggar Baucom, head men's basketball coach at Tusculum College, receives his award after being named South Atlantic Conference men's basketball Coach of the Year
• Catawba College men's basketball coach, Jim Baker, is presented a 10-year coaches service award
• A 15-year coaches service award presented to Presbyterian College men's basketball coach Gregg Nibert
• A 15-year coaches service award presented to Carson-Newman College men's basketball coach Dale Clayton
• Women's basketball Co-Coach of the Year award presented to Wingate University coach Johnny Jacumin
• Lenoir-Rhyne College women's basketball coach Karen Barefoot receives her Co-Coach of the Year award

2003 Basketball Tourney Info