2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2003 qualifying teams
2003 qualifying teams
Total teams	65
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	Kentucky, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma
Champion	Syracuse
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2002 2004»

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.^[1] A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded within their assigned region from 1 to 16, which was disclosed, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65, which was not disclosed.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)		Last app.	Conference regular season	Regular season second place	Second place record (Conf.)
Penn	22–5 (14–0)		2002	Ivy League	Brown	17–11 (12–2)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	24–6 (11–5)	3	2002	ACC^[2]	NC State	18–12 (9–7)	4
Vermont	21–11 (11–5)	2	Never	America East	Boston University	20–10 (13–3)	1
Dayton	24–5 (13–2)	W2	2000	Atlantic 10	Temple	15–15 (10–6)	E2
Troy State	26–5 (14–2)	2	Never	Atlantic Sun	Central Florida	21–11 (11–5)	4
Oklahoma	24–6 (12–4)	3	2002	Big 12	Missouri	21–10 (9–7)	5
Pittsburgh	26–4 (13–3)	W2	2002	Big East	Connecticut	21–9 (10–6)	E2
Weber State	26–5 (14–0)	1	1999	Big Sky	Eastern Washington	18–12 (9–5)	2
UNC Asheville	14–16 (7–7)	5	Never	Big South^[3]	Radford	10–20 (6–8)	6
Illinois	24–6 (11–5)	2	2002	Big Ten	Ohio State	17–14 (7–9)	8
Utah State	24–8 (12–6)	3	2001	Big West	Cal Poly	16–14 (10–8)	4
UNC Wilmington	24–6 (15–3)	1	2002	CAA	Drexel	19–11 (12–6)	3
Louisville	24–6 (11–5)	3	2000	C-USA	UAB	19–12 (8–8)	8
UW–Milwaukee	24–7 (13–3)	2	Never	Horizon	Butler	25–5 (14–2)	1
Manhattan	23–6 (14–4)	1	1995	MAAC^[4]	Fairfield	19–11 (13–5)	2
Central Michigan	24–6 (14–4)	1	1987	MAC	Kent State	21–9 (12–6)	2
South Carolina State	20–10 (15–3)	1	2000	MEAC^[5]	Hampton	19–11 (13–5)	3
IUPUI	20–13 (10–4)	2	Never	Mid-Con	Valparaiso	20–10 (12–2)	1
Creighton	29–4 (15–3)	2	2002	Missouri Valley	Southern Illinois	24–6 (16–2)	1
Colorado State	19–13 (5–9)	6	1990	Mountain West	UNLV	21–10 (8–6)	4
Wagner	21–10 (14–4)	1	Never	Northeast	St. Francis (NY)	14–16 (9–9)	6
Austin Peay	23–7 (13–3)	1	1996	Ohio Valley^[6]	Tennessee Tech	20–12 (11–5)	3
Oregon	23–9 (10–8)	5	2002	Pac-10	USC	13–17 (6–12)	7
Holy Cross	26–4 (13–1)	1	2002	Patriot	American	16–14 (9–5)	2
Kentucky	29–3 (16–0)	E1	2002	SEC	Mississippi State	21–9 (9–7)	W1
East Tennessee State	20–10 (11–5)	2N	1992	Southern	Chattanooga	21–9 (11–5)	2S
Sam Houston State	23–6 (17–3)	1	Never	Southland	Stephen F. Austin	21–8 (16–4)	2
Western Kentucky	24–8 (12–2)	1E	2002	Sun Belt	Middle Tennessee	16–14 (9–5)	2E
Texas Southern	18–12 (11–7)	3	1995	SWAC	Alabama A&M	14–19 (10–8)	5
Tulsa	22–9 (12–6)	1	2002	WAC	Nevada	18–13 (11–7)	3
San Diego	18–11 (10–4)	2	1987	West Coast	Gonzaga	23–8 (12–2)	1

At-large bids

School	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Alabama	SEC	16th	2002
Arizona	Pac-10	22nd	2002
Arizona State	Pac-10	12th	1995
Auburn	SEC	8th	2000
Butler	Horizon	6th	2001
BYU	Mountain West	20th	2001
California	Pac-10	13th	2002
Cincinnati	C-USA	22nd	2002
Colorado	Big 12	10th	1997
Connecticut	Big East	24th	2002
Florida	SEC	10th	2002
Gonzaga	WCC	6th	2002
Indiana	Big Ten	32nd	2002
Kansas	Big 12	32nd	2002
LSU	SEC	17th	2000
Marquette	C-USA	23rd	2002
Maryland	ACC	20th	2002
Memphis	C-USA	17th	1996
Michigan State	Big Ten	17th	2002
Mississippi State	SEC	6th	2002
Missouri	Big 12	21st	2002
NC State	ACC	19th	2002
Notre Dame	Big East	27th	2002
Oklahoma State	Big 12	20th	2002
Purdue	Big Ten	20th	2000
Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	17th	2001
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	6th	2002
Stanford	Pac-10	12th	2002
Syracuse	Big East	28th	2001
Texas	Big 12	21st	2002
Utah	Mountain West	24th	2002
Wake Forest	ACC	18th	2002
Wisconsin	Big Ten	9th	2002
Xavier	Atlantic 10	15th	2002

Listed by region and seeding

East Regional – Albany
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Oklahoma	Big 12	24–6	Automatic
#2	Wake Forest	ACC	24–5	At-large
#3	Syracuse	Big East	24–5	At-large
#4	Louisville	C-USA	24–6	Automatic
#5	Mississippi State	SEC	20–10	At-large
#6	Oklahoma State	Big 12	21–9	At-large
#7	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	23–6	At-large
#8	California	Pac-10	21–8	At-large
#9	North Carolina State	ACC	18–12	At-large
#10	Auburn	SEC	20–11	At-large
#11	Pennsylvania	Ivy League	22–5	Automatic
#12	Butler	Horizon	25–5	At-large
#13	Austin Peay	OVC	23–7	Automatic
#14	Manhattan	MAAC	23–6	Automatic
#15	East Tennessee State	Southern	20–10	Automatic
#16	South Carolina State	MEAC	20–10	Automatic

South Regional – San Antonio
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Texas	Big 12	22–6	At-large
#2	Florida	SEC	24–7	At-large
#3	Xavier	Atlantic 10	25–5	At-large
#4	Stanford	Pac-10	23–8	At-large
#5	Connecticut	Big East	21–9	At-large
#6	Maryland	ACC	19–9	At-large
#7	Michigan State	Big Ten	19–12	At-large
#8	LSU	SEC	21–10	At-large
#9	Purdue	Big Ten	18–10	At-large
#10	Colorado	Big 12	20–11	At-large
#11	UNC Wilmington	CAA	24–6	Automatic
#12	BYU	Mountain West	23–8	At-large
#13	San Diego	WCC	18–11	Automatic
#14	Troy State	Atlantic Sun	26–5	Automatic
#15	Sam Houston State	Southland	23–6	Automatic
#16	UNC Asheville	Big South	14–16	Automatic
#16	Texas Southern	SWAC	18–12	Automatic

Midwest Regional – Minneapolis
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Kentucky	SEC	29–3	Automatic
#2	Pittsburgh	Big East	26–4	Automatic
#3	Marquette	C-USA	23–5	At-large
#4	Dayton	Atlantic 10	24–5	Automatic
#5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22–7	At-large
#6	Missouri	Big 12	21–10	At-large
#7	Indiana	Big Ten	20–12	At-large
#8	Oregon	Pac-10	23–9	Automatic
#9	Utah	Mountain West	24–7	At-large
#10	Alabama	SEC	17–11	At-large
#11	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	24–6	At-large
#12	Weber State	Big Sky	26–5	Automatic
#13	Tulsa	WAC	22–9	Automatic
#14	Holy Cross	Patriot	26–4	Automatic
#15	Wagner	Northeast	21–10	Automatic
#16	IUPUI	Mid-Continent	20–13	Automatic

West Regional – Anaheim
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Arizona	Pac-10	25–3	At-large
#2	Kansas	Big 12	25–7	At-large
#3	Duke	ACC	24–6	Automatic
#4	Illinois	Big Ten	24–6	Automatic
#5	Notre Dame	Big East	22–9	At-large
#6	Creighton	Missouri Valley	29–4	Automatic
#7	Memphis	C-USA	23–6	At-large
#8	Cincinnati	C-USA	17–11	At-large
#9	Gonzaga	WCC	23–8	At-large
#10	Arizona State	Pac-10	19–11	At-large
#11	Central Michigan	Mid-American	24–6	Automatic
#12	UW–Milwaukee	Horizon	24–7	Automatic
#13	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	24–8	Automatic
#14	Colorado State	Mountain West	19–13	Automatic
#15	Utah State	Big West	24–8	Automatic
#16	Vermont	America East	21–11	Automatic

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference	Schools
6	Big 12	Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
6	SEC	Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State
5	Big Ten	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin
5	Pac-10	Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Stanford
4	ACC	Duke, Maryland, NC State, Wake Forest
	Big East	Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
	C-USA	Cincinnati, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis
3	Atlantic 10	Dayton, Saint Joseph's, Xavier
3	Mountain West	BYU, Colorado State, Utah
2	Horizon	Butler, UW–Milwaukee
	Missouri Valley	Creighton, Southern Illinois
	West Coast	Gonzaga, San Diego
1	19 other conferences

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
3	Alabama	Alabama, Auburn, Troy
2	Arizona	Arizona, Arizona State
3	California	California, San Diego, Stanford
2	Colorado	Colorado, Colorado State
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
1	Florida	Florida
5	Indiana	Butler, Indiana, IUPUI, Notre Dame, Purdue
2	Illinois	Illinois, Southern Illinois
1	Kansas	Kansas
3	Kentucky	Kentucky, Louisville, Western Kentucky
1	Louisiana	LSU
1	Maryland	Maryland
1	Massachusetts	Holy Cross
2	Michigan	Central Michigan, Michigan State
1	Mississippi	Mississippi State
1	Missouri	Missouri
1	Nebraska	Creighton
3	New York	Manhattan, Syracuse, Wagner
5	North Carolina	Duke, NC State, UNC Asheville, UNC Wilmington, Wake Forest
3	Ohio	Cincinnati, Dayton, Xavier
3	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa
1	Oregon	Oregon
3	Pennsylvania	Penn, Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph's
1	South Carolina	South Carolina State
3	Tennessee	Austin Peay, East Tennessee State, Memphis
3	Texas	Sam Houston State, Texas, Texas Southern
4	Utah	BYU, Utah, Utah State, Weber State
1	Vermont	Vermont
1	Washington	Gonzaga
3	Wisconsin	Marquette, UW–Milwaukee, Wisconsin

References

^ "2003 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, rounds". NCAA.com. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
^ "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 109. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Big South Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
^ "Men's Basketball Championship History". MAACSports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
^ "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[1] "2003 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, rounds". NCAA.com. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[2] "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 109. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[3] "2021-22 Big South Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[MAAC-4] "Men's Basketball Championship History". MAACSports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[5] "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[6] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

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