2003 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
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2003 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Season | 2002–03 | ||||
Teams | 9[1] | ||||
First round site | campus sites | ||||
Quarterfinals site | U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Semifinals site | U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Finals site | U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Champions | Milwaukee (1st title) | ||||
Winning coach | Bruce Pearl (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Clay Tucker (Milwaukee) | ||||
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The 2003 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 2002–03 regular season. The better seed hosted each first round match. Milwaukee hosted the second round, semifinals, and championship game.
Contents
Seeds
All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2002–03 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third seed received a bye to the quarterfinals.
Bracket
First Round Tuesday, March 4 |
Second Round Friday, March 7 |
Semifinals Saturday, March 8 |
Championship Tuesday, March 11 |
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1 | Butler | |||||||||||||||||
double bye | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Butler | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Detroit | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Loyola | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Cleveland State | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Loyola | 84 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Detroit | 98 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Detroit | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Wright State | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Butler | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Milwaukee | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Milwaukee | |||||||||||||||||
double bye | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Milwaukee | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | UIC | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | UIC | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | UIC | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Youngstown State | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Green Bay | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Youngstown State | 65 |
First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed