The 2004 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament was held at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina, from May 26 through 29. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2004 season. Second-seeded won the tournament for the first time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Entering the event, former member East Carolina had won the most championships, with seven. Among active members, Old Dominion led with three titles while George Mason and VCU had each won twice and William & Mary had won once.
Format and seeding The top six teams from the CAA's round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. They played a double-elimination tournament. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 20 4 .833 — 1 17 6 .739 2.5 2 14 10 .583 6 3 14 10 .583 6 4 13 11 .542 7 5 12 11 .522 7.5 6 8 16 .333 12 — 6 18 .250 14 — 3 21 .125 17 —
Bracket and results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name Team Bruce Baldwin George Mason Jarame Beaupre Delaware Brock Donovan Delaware Chip Grawey UNC Wilmington Ronald Hill UNC Wilmington Mike Mihalik Delaware Jeff Moore UNC Wilmington Jeff Palumbo George Mason Matt Poulk UNC Wilmington Tim Preston UNC Wilmington Scott Rambo Delaware Scott Sizemore VCU Brian Valichka Delaware
Most Valuable Player Matt Poulk was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Poulk was a third baseman for UNC Wilmington.
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