2003 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2003 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2002–03
Teams8
SiteKemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsIUPUI (1st title)
Winning coachRon Hunter (1st title)
MVPJosh Murray (IUPUI)
← 2002
2004 →
2002–03 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Valparaiso 12 – 2   .857 20 – 11   .645
IUPUI † 10 – 4   .714 20 – 14   .588
Oakland 10 – 4   .714 17 – 11   .607
Oral Roberts 9 – 5   .643 18 – 10   .643
Missouri-Kansas City 7 – 7   .500 9 – 20   .310
Southern Utah 5 – 9   .357 11 – 17   .393
Western Illinois 3 – 11   .214 7 – 21   .250
Chicago State 0 – 14   .000 3 – 27   .100
† 2003 Mid-Con Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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

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[]

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 2002-03 Mid-Continent Conference Season Summary
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