2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

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The 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 5, 2003, and ended with the championship game on April 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A total of 64 games were played.

Syracuse, coached by Jim Boeheim, won the national title with a 81-78 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Roy Williams. Carmelo Anthony of Syracuse was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Albany, New York	Birmingham, Alabama, Boston, Massachusetts, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tampa, Florida
Midwest	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Boston, Massachusetts, Indianapolis, Indiana, Nashville, Tennessee, Spokane, Washington
South	San Antonio, Texas	Birmingham, Alabama, Dayton, Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee, Spokane, Washington, Tampa, Florida
West	Anaheim, California	Indianapolis, Indiana, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Salt Lake City, Utah
Finals	New Orleans, Louisiana

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	Oklahoma	Kelvin Sampson	Elite Eight	3 Syracuse	L 63-47
East	2	Wake Forest	Skip Prosser	Round of 32	10 Auburn	L 68-62
East	3	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Champion	2 Kansas	W 81-78
East	4	Louisville	Rick Pitino	Round of 32	12 Butler	L 79-71
East	5	Mississippi State	Rick Stansbury	Round of 64	12 Butler	L 47-46
East	6	Oklahoma State	Eddie Sutton	Round of 32	3 Syracuse	L 68-56
East	7	Saint Joseph's	Phil Martelli	Round of 64	10 Auburn	L 65-63
East	8	California	Ben Braun	Round of 32	1 Oklahoma	L 74-65
East	9	North Carolina State	Herb Sendek	Round of 64	8 California	L 76-74
East	10	Auburn	Cliff Ellis	Sweet Sixteen	3 Syracuse	L 79-78
East	11	Penn	Fran Dunphy	Round of 64	6 Oklahoma State	L 77-63
East	12	Butler	Todd Lickliter	Sweet Sixteen	1 Oklahoma	L 65-54
East	13	Austin Peay	Dave Loos	Round of 64	4 Louisville	L 86-64
East	14	Manhattan	Bobby Gonzalez	Round of 64	3 Syracuse	L 76-65
East	15	East Tennessee State	Ed DeChellis	Round of 64	2 Wake Forest	L 76-73
East	16	South Carolina State	Cy Alexander	Round of 64	1 Oklahoma	L 71-54
Midwest
Midwest	1	Kentucky	Tubby Smith	Elite Eight	3 Marquette	L 83-69
Midwest	2	Pittsburgh	Ben Howland	Sweet Sixteen	3 Marquette	L 77-74
Midwest	3	Marquette	Tom Crean	National Semifinals	2 Kansas	L 94-61
Midwest	4	Dayton	Oliver Purnell	Round of 64	13 Tulsa	L 84-71
Midwest	5	Wisconsin	Bo Ryan	Sweet Sixteen	1 Kentucky	L 63-57
Midwest	6	Missouri	Quin Snyder	Round of 32	3 Marquette	L 101-92
Midwest	7	Indiana	Mike Davis	Round of 32	2 Pittsburgh	L 74-52
Midwest	8	Oregon	Ernie Kent	Round of 64	9 Utah	L 60-58
Midwest	9	Utah	Rick Majerus	Round of 32	1 Kentucky	L 74-54
Midwest	10	UAB	Mark Gottfried	Round of 64	7 Indiana	L 67-62
Midwest	11	Southern Illinois	Bruce Weber	Round of 64	6 Missouri	L 72-71
Midwest	12	Weber State	Joe Cravens	Round of 64	5 Wisconsin	L 81-74
Midwest	13	Tulsa	John Phillips	Round of 32	5 Wisconsin	L 61-60
Midwest	14	Holy Cross	Ralph Willard	Round of 64	3 Marquette	L 72-68
Midwest	15	Wagner	Dereck Whittenburg	Round of 64	2 Pittsburgh	L 87-61
Midwest	16	IUPUI	Ron Hunter	Round of 64	1 Kentucky	L 95-64
South
South	1	Texas	Rick Barnes	National Semifinals	3 Syracuse	L 95-84
South	2	Florida	Billy Donovan	Round of 32	7 Michigan State	L 68-46
South	3	Xavier	Thad Matta	Round of 32	6 Maryland	L 77-64
South	4	Stanford	Mike Montgomery	Round of 32	5 UConn	L 85-74
South	5	UConn	Jim Calhoun	Sweet Sixteen	1 Texas	L 82-78
South	6	Maryland	Gary Williams	Sweet Sixteen	7 Michigan State	L 60-58
South	7	Michigan State	Tom Izzo	Elite Eight	1 Texas	L 85-76
South	8	LSU	John Brady	Round of 64	9 Purdue	L 80-56
South	9	Purdue	Gene Keady	Round of 32	1 Texas	L 77-67
South	10	Colorado	Ricardo Patton	Round of 64	7 Michigan State	L 79-64
South	11	North Carolina-Wilmington	Brad Brownell	Round of 64	6 Maryland	L 75-73
South	12	BYU	Steve Cleveland	Round of 64	5 UConn	L 58-53
South	13	San Diego	Brad Holland	Round of 64	4 Stanford	L 77-69
South	14	Troy	Don Maestri	Round of 64	3 Xavier	L 71-59
South	15	Sam Houston State	Bob Marlin	Round of 64	2 Florida	L 85-55
South	16	North Carolina-Asheville	Eddie Biedenbach	Round of 64	1 Texas	L 82-61
South	16	Texas Southern	Ronnie Courtney	Preliminary Round	16 North Carolina-Asheville	L 92-84
West
West	1	Arizona	Luther Olson	Elite Eight	2 Kansas	L 78-75
West	2	Kansas	Roy Williams	Runner Up	3 Syracuse	L 81-78
West	3	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Sweet Sixteen	2 Kansas	L 69-65
West	4	Illinois	Bill Self	Round of 32	5 Notre Dame	L 68-60
West	5	Notre Dame	Mike Brey	Sweet Sixteen	1 Arizona	L 88-71
West	6	Creighton	Dana Altman	Round of 64	11 Central Michigan	L 79-73
West	7	Memphis	John Calipari	Round of 64	10 Arizona State	L 84-71
West	8	Cincinnati	Bob Huggins	Round of 64	9 Gonzaga	L 74-69
West	9	Gonzaga	Mark Few	Round of 32	1 Arizona	L 96-95
West	10	Arizona State	Rob Evans	Round of 32	2 Kansas	L 108-76
West	11	Central Michigan	Jay Smith	Round of 32	3 Duke	L 86-60
West	12	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Bruce Pearl	Round of 64	5 Notre Dame	L 70-69
West	13	Western Kentucky	Dennis Felton	Round of 64	4 Illinois	L 65-60
West	14	Colorado State	Dale Layer	Round of 64	3 Duke	L 67-57
West	15	Utah State	Stew Morrill	Round of 64	2 Kansas	L 64-61
West	16	Vermont	Tom Brennan	Round of 64	1 Arizona	L 80-51

Bracket

 1 Oklahoma         71                                                                      
16 South Carolina   54  1 Oklahoma         74                                               
 8 California       76  8 California       65  1 Oklahoma         65                        
 9 N.C. State       74                                                                      
 5 Mississippi St   46                                                                      
12 Butler           47 12 Butler           79 12 Butler           54  1 Oklahoma         47 
 4 Louisville       86  4 Louisville       71                                               
13 Austin Peay      64                                                                      
                                                         EAST REGION                        
 6 Oklahoma St      77                                                                      
11 Pennsylvania     63  6 Oklahoma St      56                                               
 3 Syracuse         76  3 Syracuse         68  3 Syracuse         79  3 Syracuse         63 
14 Manhattan        65                                                                      
 7 St Josephs       63                                                                      
10 Auburn           65 10 Auburn           68 10 Auburn           78                        
 2 Wake Forest      76  2 Wake Forest      62                                               
15 East Tennessee   73

 1 Texas            82                                                                      
16 UNC-Asheville    61  1 Texas            77                                               
 8 LSU              56  9 Purdue           67  1 Texas            82                        
 9 Purdue           80                                                                      
 5 Connecticut      58                                                                      
12 BYU              53  5 Connecticut      85  5 Connecticut      78  1 Texas            85 
 4 Stanford         77  4 Stanford         74                                               
13 San Diego        69                                                                      
                                                        SOUTH REGION                        
 6 Maryland         75                                                                      
11 UNC-Wilmington   73  6 Maryland         77                                               
 3 Xavier           71  3 Xavier           64  6 Maryland         58  7 Michigan St      76 
14 Troy St          59                                                                      
 7 Michigan St      79                                                                      
10 Colorado         64  7 Michigan St      68  7 Michigan St      60                        
 2 Florida          85  2 Florida          46                                               
15 Sam Houston St   55

 1 Kentucky         95                                                                      
16 IUPUI            64  1 Kentucky         74                                               
 8 Oregon           58  9 Utah             54  1 Kentucky         63                        
 9 Utah             60                                                                      
 5 Wisconsin        81                                                                      
12 Weber St         74  5 Wisconsin        61  5 Wisconsin        57  1 Kentucky         69 
 4 Dayton           71 13 Tulsa            60                                               
13 Tulsa            84                                                                      
                                                      MIDWEST REGION                        
 6 Missouri         72                                                                      
11 Southern Illino  71  6 Missouri         92                                               
 3 Marquette        72  3 Marquette       101  3 Marquette        77  3 Marquette        83 
14 Holy Cross       68                                                                      
 7 Indiana          67                                                                      
10 Alabama          62  7 Indiana          52  2 Pittsburgh       74                        
 2 Pittsburgh       87  2 Pittsburgh       74                                               
15 Wagner           61

 1 Arizona          80                                                                      
16 Vermont          51  1 Arizona          96                                               
 8 Cincinnati       69  9 Gonzaga          95  1 Arizona          88                        
 9 Gonzaga          74                                                                      
 5 Notre Dame       70                                                                      
12 Wisconsin-Milwa  69  5 Notre Dame       68  5 Notre Dame       71  1 Arizona          75 
 4 Illinois         65  4 Illinois         60                                               
13 Western Kentuck  60                                                                      
                                                         WEST REGION                        
 6 Creighton        73                                                                      
11 Central Michiga  79 11 Central Michiga  60                                               
 3 Duke             67  3 Duke             86  3 Duke             65  2 Kansas           78 
14 Colorado St      57                                                                      
 7 Memphis          71                                                                      
10 Arizona St       84 10 Arizona St       76  2 Kansas           69                        
 2 Kansas           64  2 Kansas          108                                               
15 Utah St          61

FINAL FOUR
 3 Syracuse         95                        
 1 Texas            84  3 Syracuse         81 
 3 Marquette        61  2 Kansas           78 
 2 Kansas           94

External links

2003 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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