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	Alabama	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	UNC-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	UNC-Asheville	Eddie Biedenbach	Round of 64	1 Texas	L 82-61
South	16	Texas Southern	Ronnie Courtney	Preliminary Round	16 UNC-Asheville	L 92-84
West
West	1	Arizona	Lute 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

East region

First round			Quarter-finals			Sweet Sixteen			Elite Eight

1	Oklahoma	71

16	South Carolina St	54
			1	Oklahoma	74

			8	California	65
8	California	76

9	N.C. State	74*
						1	Oklahoma	65

						12	Butler	54
5	Mississippi St	46

12	Butler	47
			12	Butler	79

			4	Louisville	71
4	Louisville	86

13	Austin Peay	64
									1	Oklahoma	47

									3	Syracuse	63
6	Oklahoma St	77

11	Pennsylvania	63
			6	Oklahoma St	56

			3	Syracuse	68
3	Syracuse	76

14	Manhattan	65
						3	Syracuse	79

						10	Auburn	78
7	St Josephs	63*

10	Auburn	65
			10	Auburn	68

			2	Wake Forest	62
2	Wake Forest	76

15	East Tennessee St	73

South region

First round			Quarter-finals			Sweet Sixteen			Elite Eight

1	Texas	82

16	UNC-Asheville	61
			1	Texas	77

			9	Purdue	67
8	LSU	56

9	Purdue	80
						1	Texas	82

						5	Connecticut	78
5	Connecticut	58

12	BYU	53
			5	Connecticut	85

			4	Stanford	74
4	Stanford	77

13	San Diego	69
									1	Texas	85

									7	Michigan St	76
6	Maryland	75

11	UNC-Wilmington	73
			6	Maryland	77

			3	Xavier	64
3	Xavier	71

14	Troy St	59
						6	Maryland	58

						7	Michigan St	60
7	Michigan St	79

10	Colorado	64
			7	Michigan St	68

			2	Florida	46
2	Florida	85

15	Sam Houston St	55

Midwest region

First round			Quarter-finals			Sweet Sixteen			Elite Eight

1	Kentucky	95

16	IUPUI	64
			1	Kentucky	74

			9	Utah	54
8	Oregon	58

9	Utah	60
						1	Kentucky	63

						5	Wisconsin	57
5	Wisconsin	81

12	Weber St	74
			5	Wisconsin	61

			13	Tulsa	60
4	Dayton	71

13	Tulsa	84
									1	Kentucky	69

									3	Marquette	83
6	Missouri	72

11	Southern Illinois	71
			6	Missouri	92*

			3	Marquette	101
3	Marquette	72

14	Holy Cross	68
						3	Marquette	77

						2	Pittsburgh	74
7	Indiana	67

10	Alabama	62
			7	Indiana	52

			2	Pittsburgh	74
2	Pittsburgh	87

15	Wagner	61

West region

First round			Quarter-finals			Sweet Sixteen			Elite Eight

1	Arizona	80

16	Vermont	51
			1	Arizona	96

			9	Gonzaga	95**
8	Cincinnati	69

9	Gonzaga	74
						1	Arizona	88

						5	Notre Dame	71
5	Notre Dame	70

12	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	69
			5	Notre Dame	68

			4	Illinois	60
4	Illinois	65

13	Western Kentucky	60
									1	Arizona	75

									2	Kansas	78
6	Creighton	73

11	Central Michigan	79
			11	Central Michigan	60

			3	Duke	86
3	Duke	67

14	Colorado St	57
						3	Duke	65

						2	Kansas	69
7	Memphis	71

10	Arizona St	84
			10	Arizona St	76

			2	Kansas	108
2	Kansas	64

15	Utah St	61

Final Four

National Semifinals			National Finals

3	Syracuse	95

1	Texas	84
			3	Syracuse	81

			2	Kansas	78
3	Marquette	61

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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