"There's no debating the fact that the crowd noise is amazing. You hear feet stomping, school specific chants, fight songs, and sneaker squeaks, all adding to the experience making you feel like you're not only watching, but playing a real college basketball game."

--IGN.com
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"NCAA March Madness 2004 manages to capture the excitement of the college basketball experience and is a great game of hoops to boot... By a fair margin, NCAA March Madness 2004 comes out on top in the showdown against ESPN College Basketball 2K4."

--Gamepro

"The most important facet of college basketball that the game gets right is the way you have to break down the defense."

--OPM

"A superb basketball game, with Grade-A action, intuitive controls, and more bells and whistles than an ice cream truck."

--Xbox Nation

"March Madness 2004 is much more than NBA Live Jr. In fact, EA has done a great job of taking this year's Live engine and making a wealth of adjustments to reflect the way college basketball is played... From Midnight Madness to the Final Four, EA's effort emerges as the national champ... In terms of atmosphere, no other college basketball game captures the sights and sounds of a university arena like this."

--EGM