2003 National Invitation Tournament

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2003 National Invitation Tournament
Season 2002–03
Teams40
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions St. John's Red Storm (vacated) (6th title)
Runner-up Georgetown Hoyas (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mike Jarvis (1st title)
MVP Marcus Hatten (Vacated) (St. John's)
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The 2003 National Invitation Tournament was the 2003 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. St. John's tournament victory was later vacated due to use of an ineligible player. Marcus Hatten's tournament Most Valuable Player award was also vacated. This would be the last NIT in which a third-place game would be played until 2021.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament. [1]

SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Boston College Big East 18–1116th 1993
Boston University America East 20–103rd 1986
Brown Ivy 17–111stNever
College of Charleston Southern 24–73rd 1996
DePaul C-USA 16–1214th 1999
Drexel Colonial 19–112nd 1997
Eastern Washington Big Sky 18–121stNever
Fairfield MAAC 19–115th 1996
Georgetown Big East 15–149th 2000
Georgia Tech ACC 14–147th 1999
Hawaii WAC 18–117th 1998
Iowa Big Ten 15–134th 2002
Iowa State Big 12 16–132nd 1984
Kent State MAC 22–85th 2000
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 20–95th 2002
Minnesota Big Ten 16–1210th 2002
Nevada WAC 18–133rd 1997
North Carolina ACC 17–155th 1974
Ohio State Big Ten 17–147th 1993
Providence Big East 16–1316th 1999
Rhode Island Atlantic 10 19–1010th 1996
Richmond Atlantic 10 16–127th 2002
St. John's Big East 16–1327th 1995
Saint Louis C-USA 16–1317th 1996
San Diego State Mountain West 16–132nd 1982
Seton Hall Big East 17–1215th 2001
Siena MAAC 19–105th 2000
Temple Atlantic 10 16–1513th 2002
Tennessee SEC 17–1110th 1996
Texas Tech Big 12 18–123rd 1995
UAB C-USA 17–118th 1998
UC Santa Barbara Big West 18–134th 1993
UIC Horizon 21–81stNever
UNLV Mountain West 21–107th 2002
Valparaiso Mid-Continent 20–101stNever
Villanova Big East 15–1515th 2002
Virginia ACC 15–1510th 2002
Western Michigan MAC 19–102nd 1992
Wichita State Missouri Valley 18–118th 1989
Wyoming Mountain West 20–108th 2001

Bracket

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. [1]

Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
            
Texas Tech66
Nevada 54
Texas Tech57
San Diego State 48
San Diego State67
UC Santa Barbara 62OT
Texas Tech80
Georgia Tech 72
Georgia Tech72
Ohio State 58
Georgia Tech79
Iowa 78
Iowa62
Valparaiso 60
Iowa54
Iowa State 53
Iowa State76
Wichita State 65
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
            
Siena74
Villanova 59
Siena68
Western Michigan 62
Western Michigan63
UIC 62
Siena 71
UAB80
UAB82
Louisiana-Lafayette 80
UAB 71
St. John's79
St. John's73
Boston University 57
St. John's73
Virginia 63
Virginia89
Brown 73
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
            
North Carolina83
DePaul 72
North Carolina90
Wyoming 74
Wyoming78
Eastern Washington 71
North Carolina 74
Georgetown79
Georgetown70
Tennessee 60
Georgetown67
Providence 58
Providence67
Richmond 49
Providence69
College of Charleston 64
College of Charleston72
Kent State 66
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
            
Temple68
Drexel 59
Temple75
Boston College 62
Boston College90
Fairfield 78
Temple61
Rhode Island 53
Rhode Island61
Seton Hall 60
Temple 58
Minnesota63OT
Minnesota62
Saint Louis 52
Minnesota84
Hawaii 70
Hawaii85
UNLV 68

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
 Georgetown88
Minnesota 74
 Georgetown 67
St. John's70
 Texas Tech 63
St. John's64
Third place game
   
 Minnesota 61
Texas Tech71

St. John's later vacated the title due to an ineligible player.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09
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