2003 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

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2003 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200203
Teams11
Site University of Dayton Arena
Dayton, Ohio
Champions Dayton (1st title)
Winning coach Oliver Purnell (1st title)
MVP Ramod Marshall (Dayton)
  2002
2004  
2002–03 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Saint Joseph's 124 .750237  .767
Rhode Island 106 .6251912  .613
Temple 106 .6251816  .529
UMass 610 .3751118  .379
Fordham 313 .188226  .071
St. Bonaventure 115 .0631314  .481
West
No. 12 Xavier 151 .938266  .813
No. 16 Dayton142 .875246  .800
Richmond 106 .6251514  .517
La Salle 610 .3751217  .414
George Washington 511 .3131217  .414
Duquesne 413 .235921  .300
Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
As of February 5, 2016
Rankings from Coaches' Poll [1]

The 2003 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played from March 10 to March 15, 2003. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Dayton won the tournament and got the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Xavier and Saint Joseph's also received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Rhode Island, Richmond and Temple received bids to the 2003 National Invitation Tournament. Ramod Marshall of Dayton was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Future NBA players Jameer Nelson of Saint Joseph's and David West of Xavier were among those joining Marshall on the All-Championship Team.

Contents

Format

The tournament was a single-elimination tournament. Seeding was determined by the regular season standings in each division. With the conference divided into East and West divisions, the top two teams in each division received a first-round bye.

St. Bonaventure was forced to forfeit its six conference wins after forward Jamil Terrell was declared academically ineligible. The Atlantic 10 also barred the Bonnies from participating in the conference tournament. The Bonnies would have been the fourth seed from the East Division. [2] However, with their banishment from the tournament, West Division #3 seed Richmond automatically got a first round bye.

The first round was played at the home arena of the higher seed. The remaining games were played at the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio.

Bracket

First round
Monday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13
Semifinals
Friday, March 14
Final
Saturday, March 15
            
E1 #25 Saint Joseph's 68
W4 La Salle 48
W4 La Salle 74
E5 Fordham 62
E1 #25 Saint Joseph's 73
W2 #22 Dayton 76
W2 #22 Dayton 74
E3 Rhode Island 57
E3 Rhode Island 75
W6 Duquesne 63
W2 #22 Dayton 79
E2 Temple 73
W1 #10 Xavier 78
W5 George Washington 73
E4 UMass 74
W5 George Washington 85
W1 #10 Xavier 57
E2 Temple 63
E2 Temple 66
W3 Richmond 52

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References

  1. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2003
  2. "USATODAY.com - Bonnies forfeit A-10 wins, league tourney berth". usatoday30.usatoday.com.