2004–05 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

2004–05 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Big Ten Regular season champions
Big Ten Tournament champions
Spartan Classic Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 6
Record33–4 (14–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coachAnnMarie Gilbert
Home arenaBreslin Center
2004–05 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Michigan State 14 2   .875 33 4   .892
No. 8 Ohio State 14 2   .875 30 5   .857
No. 22 Penn State 13 3   .813 19 11   .633
No. 12 Minnesota 12 4   .750 26 8   .765
Purdue 9 7   .563 17 13   .567
Iowa 8 8   .500 23 10   .697
Illinois 7 9   .438 17 13   .567
Wisconsin 5 11   .313 12 16   .429
Indiana 3 13   .188 10 18   .357
Northwestern 2 14   .125 5 25   .167
Michigan 1 15   .063 5 23   .179
† 2005 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004–05 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2004–05 women's college basketball season. The Spartans, led by fifth-year head coach Joanne P. McCallie, played their home games at the Breslin Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 33–4, 14–2 in Big Ten play to win the regular season title. They also won the Big Ten women's tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 1 seed in the Kansas City region (KC), the Spartans defeated Alcorn State, USC, Vanderbilt, and Stanford to reach the Final Four for the first time in program history. In the National Semifinal round, the Spartans defeated perennial power Tennessee, 68–64. Michigan State was beaten by Baylor, 84–62, in the National championship game.