2003 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2003 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 10–15 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Central Michigan, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

2003 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2002–03
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsCentral Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coachJay Smith (1st title)
MVPChris Kaman (Central Michigan)
2002–03 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Kent State12–6 .667  21–10  .677
Miami11–7 .611  13–15  .464
Akron9–9 .500  14–14  .500
Marshall9–9 .500  14–15  .483
Ohio8–10 .444  14–16  .467
Buffalo2–16 .111  5–23  .179
West
Central Michigan†14–4 .778  25–7  .781
Northern Illinois11–7 .611  17–14  .548
Western Michigan10–8 .556  20–11  .645
Eastern Michigan8–10 .444  14–14  .500
Bowling Green8–10 .444  13–16  .448
Ball State8–10 .444  13–17  .433
Toledo7–11 .389  14–15  .483
† 2003 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds
  1. Central Michigan
  2. Kent State
  3. Miami
  4. Northern Illinois
  5. Western Michigan
  6. Akron
  7. Marshall
  8. Ball State
  9. Bowling Green
  10. Eastern Michigan
  11. Ohio
  12. Toledo
  13. Buffalo

Bracket
  First Round
March 10, 2003		 Quarterfinals
March 13, 2003		 Semifinals
March 14, 2003		 Championship
March 15, 2003
                                     
       
  1 Central Michigan 87  
    9 Bowling Green 70  
8 Ball State 81
9 Bowling Green 90  
  1 Central Michigan 94  
  4 Northern Illinois 72  
4 Northern Illinois 81  
13 Buffalo 64  
  4 Northern Illinois 75
    5 Western Michigan 63  
5 Western Michigan 78
12 Toledo 64  
  1 Central Michigan 77
  2 Kent State 72
       
       
  2 Kent State 79
    7 Marshall 57  
7 Marshall 83
10 Eastern Michigan 75  
  2 Kent State 73
  11 Ohio 70  
       
       
  3 Miami 55
    11 Ohio 65*  
6 Akron 77
11 Ohio 79  

* – Denotes overtime period

Notes

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