2003 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
2003 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2002–03 |
Teams | 8 |
First round site | Campus Sites |
Semifinals site | Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, Tennessee |
Finals site | Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, Tennessee |
Champions | Austin Peay (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Dave Loos (2nd title) |
MVP | Josh Lewis (Austin Peay) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Martin | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeast Missouri State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 2 | – | 25 | .074 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2003 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2003 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Ohio Valley Conference during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 4–8, 2003. The first round was hosted by the higher seeded team in each game. The semifinals and finals took place at Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]
Top-seeded Austin Peay won the tournament, defeating Tennessee Tech in the championship game, and received the Ohio Valley's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2] Josh Lewis of Austin Peay was named the tournament's most valuable player.
Format
[edit]The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the regular season, teams were seeded by conference record.
Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals March 4 | Semifinals March 7 | Finals March 8 | ||||||||||||
1 | Austin Peay | 83 | ||||||||||||
8 | Eastern Kentucky | 80 | ||||||||||||
1 | Austin Peay | 59 | ||||||||||||
4 | Murray State | 58OT | ||||||||||||
4 | Murray State | 74 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eastern Illinois | 63 | ||||||||||||
1 | Austin Peay | 63 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tennessee Tech | 57 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tennessee Tech | 76 | ||||||||||||
6 | UT Martin | 62 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tennessee Tech | 88 | ||||||||||||
2 | Morehead State | 71 | ||||||||||||
2 | Morehead State | 91 | ||||||||||||
7 | Southeast Missouri State | 84 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ "2002-03 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 7, 2022.