2003 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200203
Teams8
SiteGSU Sports Arena
Atlanta, GA
ChampionsTroy State (1st title)
Winning coachDon Maestri (1st title)
MVPBen Fletcher (Troy State)
2002–03 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Belmont124 .7501712  .586
Jacksonville State106 .6252010  .667
Samford97 .5631315  .464
Georgia State88 .5001415  .483
Gardner–Webb214 .125524  .172
Campbell115 .063522  .185
South
Troy State142 .875266  .813
Mercer142 .875236  .793
UCF115 .6882111  .656
Jacksonville88 .5001316  .448
Stetson412 .250720  .259
Florida Atlantic313 .188721  .250
2003 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner
As of March 4, 2003
Rankings from AP Poll

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 UCF 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
5 UCF 79
4 Jacksonville State 51
5 UCF 68
5 UCF 69
3 Troy State 80
3 Troy State 70
6 Samford 54
3 Troy State 71
7 Georgia State 61
2 Belmont 58
7 Georgia State 76

References

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