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2003 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

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2003 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2002–03
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteVines Center
Lynchburg, VA
ChampionsUNC Asheville (2nd title)
Winning coachEddie Biedenbach (1st title)
MVPAndre Smith (UNC Asheville)
← 2002
2004 ⊟
2002–03 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Winthrop 11 3   .786 20 10   .667
Charleston Southern 8 6   .571 14 14   .500
Liberty 8 6   .571 14 15   .483
Elon 8 6   .571 12 15   .444
UNC Asheville 7 7   .500 15 17   .469
Radford 6 8   .429 10 20   .333
Coastal Carolina 5 9   .357 13 15   .464
High Point 3 11   .214 7 20   .259
2003 Big South tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2003 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 4–8, 2003, at campus sites. The tournament was won by the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, their second tournament championship, and first under head coach Eddie Biedenbach.[1]

Format

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All eight teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. For the quarterfinals, all games were hosted at campus sites, with home-field advantage going to the higher seed, while the semifinals and finals were played at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of Liberty University. This was the last year for Elon as a member of the Big South.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 4
Semifinals
March 7
Finals
March 8
         
1 Winthrop 80
8 High Point 64
1 Winthrop 80
5 UNC Asheville 81
4 Elon 66
5 UNC Asheville 68
5 UNC Asheville 85
6 Radford 71
2 Liberty 63
7 Coastal Carolina 61
2 Liberty 52
6 Radford 55
3 Charleston Southern 62
6 Radford 65

* Asterisk indicates overtime game

All-Tournament Team

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2021-22 Big South Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved April 15, 2022.