2003 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

2003 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200203
Teams 8
Site GSU Sports Arena
Atlanta, GA
Champions Troy State (1st title)
Winning coach Don Maestri (1st title)
MVP Ben Fletcher (Troy State)
Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2002  2004»

Template:2002–03 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings

The 2003 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–8 at the GSU Sports Arena at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]

Troy State defeated Central Florida in the championship game, 80–69, to win their first Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Trojans, therefore, received the Atlantic Sun's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament, their first appearance in the Division I tournament.

Format

The Atlantic Sun's membership remained fixed at twelve, so no changes to the format were required. As such, only the top eight teams from the conference tournament were eligible for the tournament. These eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 6
Semifinals
Friday, March 7
Championship
Saturday, March 8
                           
  1  Mercer 73  
8  Jacksonville 57  
  1  Mercer 59  
    4  Central Florida 79  
5  Jacksonville State 51
  4  Central Florida 68  
    4  Central Florida 69
  2  Troy State 80
  3  Belmont 58  
6  Georgia State 76  
6  Georgia State 61
    2  Troy State 71  
7  Samford 54
  2  Troy State 70  

References

  1. "2002-2003 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
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