2003 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2003
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:11
Arena:E. A. Diddle Arena
City:Bowling Green, KY
Champions:Western Kentucky
Titlecount:5th
Coach:Dennis Felton
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Patrick Sparks
Mvpteam:Western Kentucky

The 2003 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–11 at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky.[1]

The top-seed in the East division Western Kentucky defeated West division #2 seed in the championship game, 64–52, to win their fifth Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament as the #13 seed in the West region. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament.

Format

All eleven participating Sun Belt members were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the five highest-seeded teams were awarded byes into the quarterfinal round while the six lowest-seeded teams entered the bracket in the preliminary first round.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2002–03 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary. sports-reference.com. . March 16, 2020.