2003 MEAC men's basketball tournament

2003 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2002–03
Teams	11
Site	Arthur Ashe Athletic Center Richmond, Virginia
Champions	South Carolina State (5th title)
Winning coach	Cy Alexander (5th title)
MVP	Dustin Braddick (South Carolina State)
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

2002–03 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Carolina State †	15	–	3		.833			20	–	11		.645
Hampton	13	–	5		.722			19	–	11		.633
Delaware State	13	–	5		.722			15	–	12		.556
Florida A&M	11	–	7		.611			17	–	12		.586
Coppin State	11	–	7		.611			11	–	17		.393
Norfolk State	10	–	8		.556			14	–	15		.483
Howard	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
Morgan State	6	–	12		.333			7	–	22		.241
Bethune–Cookman	5	–	13		.278			8	–	22		.267
Maryland Eastern Shore	5	–	13		.278			5	–	23		.179
North Carolina A&T	1	–	17		.056			1	–	26		.037
† 2003 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 10–15, 2003, at the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center in Richmond, Virginia. South Carolina State defeated Hampton, 72–67 in the championship game, to capture its 5th MEAC Tournament title. The Bulldogs earned an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament as No. 16 seed in the East region. In the round of 64, South Carolina State fell to No. 1 seed Oklahoma 71–54.

Format

All eleven conference members participated, with the top 5 teams receiving a bye to the quarterfinal round. After seeds 6 through 11 completed games in the first round, teams were re-seeded. The lowest remaining seed was slotted against the top seed, next lowest remaining faced the #2 seed, and third lowest remaining seed squared off against the #3 seed.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday-Wednesday, March 10–11					Quarterfinals Wednesday-Thursday, March 12–13					Semifinals Friday, March 14					Final Saturday, March 15
						1	South Carolina State	75
						9	Bethune–Cookman	73
	8	Morgan State	103
	9	Bethune–Cookman	104
											1	South Carolina State	72
											5	Florida A&M	66
						4	Coppin State	53
						5	Florida A&M	55
																1	South Carolina State	72
																3	Hampton	67
						6	Norfolk State	62
						3	Hampton	64
	6	Norfolk State	76
	11	North Carolina A&T	55
											3	Hampton	73
											7	Howard	64
						2	Delaware State	65
						7	Howard	68
	7	Howard	71
	10	Maryland Eastern Shore	69