2003 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year=2003
Conference=Big East
Gender=Men's


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Teams=12
Arena=Madison Square Garden
City=New York City
Champions=Pittsburgh
TitleCount=1st
Coach=Ben Howland
CoachCount=1st
MVP=Julius Page
MVPTeam=Pittsburgh
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Points=The 2003 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2002-03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 12–March 15, 2003 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner will receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds (two from each Big East division) receive byes in the first round. The 6 Big East teams with the best conference records from both the East and West Divisions of the Big East Conference were invited to participate. Boston College, who had an identical 10-6 record as Connecticut, received the #1 seed from the East Division due to a tie breaker. Likewise, Syracuse, who had an identical 13-3 conference record to Pitt, received the #1 seed from West Division due to tiebreakers. Virginia Tech from the East Division and Rutgers from the West Division failed to make the tournament. [ [http://www.bigeast.org/pdf2/91211.pdf?ATCLID=1283352&SPSID=92555&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400 2007-08 Big East Media Guide] ]

2003 Big East Tournament

4RoundBracket-Byes | RD2=Quarterfinals | RD3=Semifinals| RD4=Championship Game
RD1-seed01=W5
RD1-team01=Georgetown
RD1-score01=46
RD1-seed02=E4
RD1-team02=Villanova
RD1-score02=41

RD1-seed07=E6
RD1-team07=Miami
RD1-score07=52
RD1-seed08=W3
RD1-team08=Seton Hall
RD1-score08=67

RD1-seed09=E5
RD1-team09=St. John's
RD1-score09=83
RD1-seed10=W4
RD1-team10=Notre Dame
RD1-score10=80

RD1-seed15=W6
RD1-team15=West Virginia
RD1-score15=50
RD1-seed16=E3
RD1-team16=Providence
RD1-score16=73

RD2-seed01=W1
RD2-team01=Syracuse
RD2-score01=74
RD2-seed02=W5
RD2-team02=Georgetown
RD2-score02=69

RD2-seed03=E2
RD2-team03=Connecticut
RD2-score03=83
RD2-seed04=W3
RD2-team04=Seton Hall
RD2-score04=70

RD2-seed05=E1
RD2-team05=Boston College
RD2-score05=82*
RD2-seed06=E5
RD2-team06=St. John's
RD2-score06=75

RD2-seed07=W2
RD2-team07=Pittsburgh
RD2-score07=67
RD2-seed08=E3
RD2-team08=Providence
RD2-score08=57

RD3-seed01=W1
RD3-team01=Syracuse
RD3-score01=67
RD3-seed02=E2
RD3-team02=Connecticut
RD3-score02=80

RD3-seed03=E1
RD3-team03=Boston College
RD3-score03=48
RD3-seed04= W2
RD3-team04= Pittsburgh
RD3-score04= 74

RD4-seed01=E2
RD4-team01=Connecticut
RD4-score01=56
RD4-seed02=W2
RD4-team02=Pittsburgh
RD4-score02=74

* denotes an overtime (OT) period

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Julius Page, Pittsburgh

All-Tournament Team
*Brandin Knight, Pittsburgh
*Ben Gordon, Connecticut
*Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
*Craig Smith, Boston College
*Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse

References

External links

* [http://www.bigeast.org/ Big East website]
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