2003 National Invitation Tournament

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Season

2002–03

Teams

Finals site

Madison Square Garden
New York City

Champions

St. John's Red Storm (vacated) (6th title)

Runner-up

Georgetown Hoyas (2nd title game)

Semifinalists

Texas Tech Red Raiders (1st semifinal)
Minnesota Golden Gophers (4th semifinal)

Winning coach

Mike Jarvis (1st title)

MVP

Marcus Hatten (Vacated) (St. John's)

National Invitation Tournaments
«2002	2004»

The 2003 National Invitation Tournament was the 2003 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. St. John's tournament victory was later vacated due to use of an ineligible player. Marcus Hatten's tournament Most Valuable Player award was also vacated. This would be the last NIT in which a third-place game would be played until 2021.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament.

School	Conference	Record	Appearance	Last bid
Boston College	Big East	18–11	16th	1993
Boston University	America East	20–10	3rd	1986
Brown	Ivy	17–11	1st	Never
College of Charleston	Southern	24–7	3rd	1996
DePaul	C-USA	16–12	14th	1999
Drexel	Colonial	19–11	2nd	1997
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	18–12	1st	Never
Fairfield	MAAC	19–11	5th	1996
Georgetown	Big East	15–14	9th	2000
Georgia Tech	ACC	14–14	7th	1999
Hawaii	WAC	18–11	7th	1998
Iowa	Big Ten	15–13	4th	2002
Iowa State	Big 12	16–13	2nd	1984
Kent State	MAC	22–8	5th	2000
Louisiana-Lafayette	Sun Belt	20–9	5th	2002
Minnesota	Big Ten	16–12	10th	2002
Nevada	WAC	18–13	3rd	1997
North Carolina	ACC	17–15	5th	1974
Ohio State	Big Ten	17–14	7th	1993
Providence	Big East	16–13	16th	1999
Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	19–10	10th	1996
Richmond	Atlantic 10	16–12	7th	2002
St. John's	Big East	16–13	27th	1995
Saint Louis	C-USA	16–13	17th	1996
San Diego State	Mountain West	16–13	2nd	1982
Seton Hall	Big East	17–12	15th	2001
Siena	MAAC	19–10	5th	2000
Temple	Atlantic 10	16–15	13th	2002
Tennessee	SEC	17–11	10th	1996
Texas Tech	Big 12	18–12	3rd	1995
UAB	C-USA	17–11	8th	1998
UC Santa Barbara	Big West	18–13	4th	1993
UIC	Horizon	21–8	1st	Never
UNLV	Mountain West	21–10	7th	2002
Valparaiso	Mid-Continent	20–10	1st	Never
Villanova	Big East	15–15	15th	2002
Virginia	ACC	15–15	10th	2002
Western Michigan	MAC	19–10	2nd	1992
Wichita State	Missouri Valley	18–11	8th	1989
Wyoming	Mountain West	20–10	8th	2001

Bracket

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.

Opening Round			First Round			Second Round			Quarterfinals

				Texas Tech	66

				Nevada	54



							Texas Tech	57

							San Diego State	48



				San Diego State	67

				UC Santa Barbara	62



										Texas Tech	80

										Georgia Tech	72



				Georgia Tech	72

				Ohio State	58



							Georgia Tech	79

							Iowa	78
	Iowa	62

	Valparaiso	60
				Iowa	54

				Iowa State	53
	Iowa State	76

	Wichita State	65

Opening Round			First Round			Second Round			Quarterfinals

	Siena	74

	Villanova	59
				Siena	68

				Western Michigan	62
	Western Michigan	63

	UIC	62
							Siena	71

							UAB	80



				UAB	82

				Louisiana-Lafayette	80



										UAB	71

										St. John's	79



				St. John's	73

				Boston University	57



							St. John's	73

							Virginia	63



				Virginia	89

				Brown	73

Opening Round			First Round			Second Round			Quarterfinals

				North Carolina	83

				DePaul	72



							North Carolina	90

							Wyoming	74



				Wyoming	78

				Eastern Washington	71



										North Carolina	74

										Georgetown	79



				Georgetown	70

				Tennessee	60



							Georgetown	67

							Providence	58
	Providence	67

	Richmond	49
				Providence	69

				College of Charleston	64
	College of Charleston	72

	Kent State	66

Opening Round			First Round			Second Round			Quarterfinals

	Temple	68

	Drexel	59
				Temple	75

				Boston College	62
	Boston College	90

	Fairfield	78
							Temple	61

							Rhode Island	53



				Rhode Island	61

				Seton Hall	60



										Temple	58

										Minnesota	63



				Minnesota	62

				Saint Louis	52



							Minnesota	84

							Hawaii	70



				Hawaii	85

				UNLV	68

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals			Finals

	Georgetown	88

	Minnesota	74
				Georgetown	67

				St. John's	70
	Texas Tech	63

	St. John's	64

Third place game

	Minnesota	61

	Texas Tech	71

St. John's later vacated the title due to an ineligible player.

References

^ Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09

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