2003 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2003 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–12 at the Dee Events Center at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.[1]

2003 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200203
Teams6
SiteDee Events Center
Ogden, UT
ChampionsWeber State (7th title)
Winning coachJoe Cravens (1st title)
MVPJermaine Boyette (Weber State)

Top-seeded Weber State defeated Eastern Washington in the championship game, 60–57, to win their seventh Big Sky men's basketball tournament title. It was EWU's third consecutive Big Sky championship game loss.

The Wildcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited this year.

Format

No new teams were added to the Big Sky prior to the 2002–03 season, leaving total membership at eight. Despite joining the conference in 1996, this was Sacramento State's first appearance in a Big Sky tournament.

No changes were made to the existing tournament format. Only the top six teams from the regular season conference standings were invited to the tournament. The two top teams were given byes into the semifinals while the third- through sixth-seeded teams were placed and paired into the preliminary quarterfinal round. Following the quarterfinals, the two victorious teams were re-seeded in the semifinal round, with the lowest-seeded remaining team paired with the tournament's highest seed and vis-versa for the other.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 8
Semifinals
Tuesday, March 11
Championship
Wednesday, March 12
                           
  3 Montana 75 1 Weber State 82  
  6 Sacramento State 88 6 Sacramento State 60    
      1 Weber State 60
      2 Eastern Washington 57
  4 Idaho State 85 2 Eastern Washington 76    
  5 Northern Arizona 74 4 Idaho State 67  

See also

References

  1. "2002-03 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
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