2003 Horizon League men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2003
Conference:Horizon League
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:9[1]
1Stroundarena:campus sites
Quarterarena:U.S. Cellular Arena
Quartercity:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Semiarena:U.S. Cellular Arena
Semicity:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Finalarena:U.S. Cellular Arena
Finalcity:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Champions:Milwaukee
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Bruce Pearl
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Clay Tucker
Mvpteam:Milwaukee

The 2003 Horizon League men's basketball tournament took place at the end of the 2002–03 regular season. The better seed hosted each first round match. Milwaukee hosted the second round, semifinals, and championship game.

Seeds

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2002–03 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third seed received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed.Championship hosted by best remaining seed

Notes and References

  1. http://s3.amazonaws.com/hln/sports/recordbooks/2/recordbook.pdf?1289252907 Horizon League men's basketball recordbook