2003 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

2003 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
2003 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2002–03
Teams	12
Site	American Airlines Center; Dallas, Texas
Champions	Oklahoma (3rd title)
Winning coach	Kelvin Sampson (3rd title)
MVP	Hollis Price (Oklahoma)
Attendance	94,800 (overall); 19,100 (championship)
Top scorer	Andre Emmett (Texas Tech); (72 points)
Television	ESPN
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2002–03 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Kansas	14	–	2	.875	30	–	8	.789
No. 5 Texas	13	–	3	.813	26	–	7	.788
No. 3 Oklahoma †	12	–	4	.750	27	–	7	.794
Oklahoma State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	10	.688
No. 24 Missouri	9	–	7	.563	22	–	11	.667
Colorado	9	–	7	.563	20	–	12	.625
Texas Tech	6	–	10	.375	22	–	13	.629
Texas A&M	6	–	10	.375	14	–	14	.500
Iowa State	5	–	11	.313	17	–	14	.548
Baylor	5	–	11	.313	14	–	14	.500
Kansas State	4	–	12	.250	13	–	17	.433
Nebraska	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367

† 2003 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

The 2003 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was played at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, making it the first time the tournament was ever played outside Kansas City.

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.^[1]

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.
2003 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
1	Kansas ‡#	14–2	30–8
2	Texas #	13–3	26–7
3	Oklahoma #	12–4	27–7
4	Oklahoma State #	10–6	22–10
5	Missouri	9–7	22–11
6	Colorado	9–7	20–12
7	Texas Tech	6–10	22–13
8	Texas A&M	6–10	14–14
9	Iowa State	5–11	17–14
10	Baylor	5–11	14–14
11	Kansas State	4–12	13–17
12	Nebraska	3–13	11–19
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.^[1]

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 13
1	1	12:00 pm	#9 Iowa State 97 vs #8 Texas A&M 70	Big 12	9,100
1	2	2:20 pm	#5 Missouri 70 vs #12 Nebraska 61		9,100
2	3	6:00 pm	#7 Texas Tech 68 vs #10 Baylor 65		12,200
2	4	8:30 pm	#6 Colorado 77 vs #11 Kansas State 76	ESPN2	12,200
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
3	5	12:00 pm	#1 Kansas 89 vs #9 Iowa State 74	Big 12	16,200
3	6	2:20 pm	#5 Missouri 60 vs #4 Oklahoma State 58		16,200
4	7	6:00 pm	#7 Texas Tech 92 vs #2 Texas 81		19,100
4	8	8:30 pm	#3 Oklahoma 74 vs #6 Colorado 59		19,100
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
5	9	1:00 pm	#5 Missouri 68 vs #1 Kansas 63	Big 12/ESPN2	19,100
5	10	3:20 pm	#3 Oklahoma 67 vs #7 Texas Tech 60 ^OT	Big 12/ESPN2	19,100
Final – Sunday, March 16
6	11	2:00 pm	#3 Oklahoma 49 vs #5 Missouri 47	ESPN	19,100
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[2]^[3]

* Indicates overtime game

Most Outstanding Player – Hollis Price, Oklahoma^[2]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Hollis Price	Oklahoma	Sr.	G
Quannas White	Oklahoma	Sr.	G
Arthur Johnson	Missouri	Jr.	C
Rickey Paulding	Missouri	Jr.	F
Andre Emmett	Texas Tech	Jr.	G

^ ^a ^b ^c 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ "2003 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

v t e 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Mid-Con Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-10 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt WAC West Coast
National	NCAA NIT