2003 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2003 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 9-11, 2003 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

2003 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200203
Teams8
SiteKemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsIUPUI (1st title)
Winning coachRon Hunter (1st title)
MVPJosh Murray (IUPUI)
2002–03 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Valparaiso122 .857  2011  .645
IUPUI104 .714  2014  .588
Oakland104 .714  1711  .607
Oral Roberts95 .643  1810  .643
Missouri-Kansas City77 .500  920  .310
Southern Utah59 .357  1117  .393
Western Illinois311 .214  721  .250
Chicago State014 .000  327  .100
2003 Mid-Con Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

IUPUI defeated Valparaiso in the title game, 66–64, to win their first Mid-Con/Summit League championship. The Jaguars earned an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament as the #16 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

All eight conference members qualified for the tournament. First round seedings were based on regular season record.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 10
Finals
March 11
         
1 Valparaiso 82
8 Chicago State University 62
1 Valparaiso 71
5 UMKC 50
4 Oral Roberts 73
5 UMKC 76
1 Valparaiso 64
2 IUPUI 66
3 IUPUI 75
7 Western Illinois 51
2 IUPUI 72
6 Southern Utah 67
3 Oakland 55
6 Southern Utah 66

References

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