2003 MAC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2003
Conference:MAC
Gender:Men's
Teams:13
Arena:Gund Arena
City:Cleveland, Ohio
Champions:Central Michigan
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Jay Smith
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Chris Kaman
Mvpteam:Central Michigan

The 2003 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 10–15 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Central Michigan, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Central Michigan defeated Kent State in the final.[1] In the NCAA tournament they defeated Creighton in the first round before losing to Duke.[2] [3]

Tournament

Seeds

  1. Central Michigan
  2. Kent State
  3. Miami
  4. Northern Illinois
  5. Western Michigan
  6. Akron
  7. Marshall
  8. Ball State
  9. Bowling Green
  10. Eastern Michigan
  11. Ohio
  12. Toledo
  13. Buffalo

Bracket

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaman, Meerman lead Chippewas to title. https://web.archive.org/web/20220525163019/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=230742117. dead. May 25, 2022. ESPN. en. 2022-05-25.
  2. Web site: Chippewas hang on to win after Creighton rally. ESPN.com. 2022-05-25.
  3. Web site: Blue Devils show shades of powerful past in rout. ESPN.com. 2022-05-25.