2003 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2003 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 10 to March 15, 2003. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The University of Dayton won the tournament and got the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Xavier and Saint Joseph's also received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Rhode Island, Richmond and Temple received bids to the 2003 National Invitation Tournament. Ramod Marshall of Dayton was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Future NBA players Jameer Nelson of Saint Joseph's and David West of Xavier were among those joining Marshall on the All-Championship Team.

2003 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200203
Teams11
SiteUniversity of Dayton Arena
Dayton, Ohio
ChampionsDayton
Winning coachOliver Purnell
MVPRamod Marshall (Dayton)
2002–03 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Saint Joseph's124 .750  237  .767
Rhode Island106 .625  1912  .613
Temple106 .625  1816  .529
Massachusetts610 .375  1118  .379
Fordham313 .188  226  .071
St. Bonaventure115 .063  1314  .481
West
No. 12 Xavier151 .938  266  .813
No. 16 Dayton132 .867  246  .800
Richmond106 .625  1514  .517
La Salle610 .375  1217  .414
George Washington511 .313  1217  .414
Duquesne413 .235  921  .300
Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
As of February 5, 2016; Rankings from Coaches' Poll[1]

Format

The tournament was a single-elimination tournament. Seeding was determined by the regular season standings in each division. With the conference divided into East and West divisions, the top two teams in each division received a first-round bye.

St. Bonaventure was forced to forfeit its six conference wins after forward Jamil Terrell was declared academically ineligible. The Atlantic 10 also barred the Bonnies from participating in the conference tournament. The Bonnies would have been the fourth seed from the East Division.[2] However, with their banishment from the tournament, West Division #3 seed Richmond automatically got a first round bye.

The first round was played at the home arena of the higher seed. The remaining games were played at the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio.

Bracket

  First Round
Monday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13
Semifinals
Friday, March 14
Final
Saturday, March 15
                                     
 
  E1 #25 Saint Joseph's 68  
    W4 La Salle 48  
W4 La Salle 74
E5 Fordham 62  
  E1 #25 Saint Joseph's 73  
  W2 #22 Dayton 76  
 
 
  W2 #22 Dayton 74
    E3 Rhode Island 57  
E3 Rhode Island 75
W6 Duquesne 63  
  W2 #22 Dayton 79
  E2 Temple 73
 
 
  W1 #10 Xavier 78
    W5 George Washington 73  
E4 Massachusetts 74
W5 George Washington 85  
  W1 #10 Xavier 57
  E2 Temple 63  
 
 
  E2 Temple 66
    W3 Richmond 52  

References

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