| Season | 2002–03 | ||||
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| Teams | 40 | ||||
| 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 |
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| 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.
Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament. [1]
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. [1]
| Opening Round | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 62OT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opening Round | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Siena | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Siena | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Siena | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opening Round | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opening Round | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Drexel | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 63OT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Georgetown | 88 | ||||||||
| Minnesota | 74 | ||||||||
| Georgetown | 67 | ||||||||
| St. John's | 70 | ||||||||
| Texas Tech | 63 | ||||||||
| St. John's | 64 | ||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| Minnesota | 61 | |||
| Texas Tech | 71 | |||
St. John's later vacated the title due to an ineligible player.
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