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| 2003 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2002–03 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions | IUPUI (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Ron Hunter (1st title) |
| MVP | Josh Murray (IUPUI) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IUPUI † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri-Kansas City | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2003 Mid-Con Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2003 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–11, 2003, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
IUPUI defeated Valparaiso in the title game, 66–64, to win their first Mid-Con/Summit League championship. The Jaguars earned an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament as the #16 seed in the Midwest region.
Format
All eight conference members qualified for the tournament. First round seedings were based on regular season record.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 9 | Semifinals March 10 | Finals March 11 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Valparaiso | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Chicago State | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Valparaiso | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UMKC | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oral Roberts | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UMKC | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Valparaiso | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | IUPUI | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | IUPUI | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Western Illinois | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | IUPUI | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Southern Utah | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Oakland | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Southern Utah | 66 | ||||||||||||
References
- sports-reference.com 2002-03 Mid-Continent Conference Season Summary
- "Last Second Shot Lifts IUPUI Past Valpo In Mid-Con Tournament Championship". Valparaiso Crusaders Athletics. March 11, 2003. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
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