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2003 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

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2003 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2002–03
Teams8
SiteAnaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
ChampionsUtah State (5th title)
Winning coachStew Morrill (3rd title)
MVPDesmond Penigar (Utah State)
← 2002
2004 ⊟
2002–03 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Santa Barbara 14 4   .778 18 14   .563
UC Irvine 13 5   .722 20 9   .690
Utah State 12 6   .667 24 9   .727
Cal Poly 10 8   .556 16 14   .533
Idaho 9 9   .500 13 15   .464
Cal State Fullerton 8 10   .444 10 19   .345
Cal State Northridge 8 10   .444 14 15   .483
Pacific 7 11   .389 12 16   .429
UC Riverside 5 13   .278 6 18   .250
Long Beach State 4 14   .222 5 22   .185
2003 Big West tournament winner
As of April 10, 2003[1]
Rankings from AP poll


The 2003 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 13–15 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[2]

Utah State defeated Cal Poly in the championship game, 57–54, to obtain the fifth Big West Conference men's basketball tournament championship in school history.

The Aggies participated in the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after earning the conference's automatic bid.

Format

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Eight of the ten teams in the conference participated, with UC Riverside and Long Beach State not qualifying. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Friday, March 13
Semifinals
Saturday, March 14
Championship
Sunday, March 15
         
1 UC Santa Barbara 53
8 Pacific 44
1 UC Santa Barbara 52
4 Cal Poly 67
4 Cal Poly 54
5 Idaho 50
4 Cal Poly 54
3 Utah State 57
6 Cal State Fullerton 83
3 Utah State 89
6 Utah State 62
2 UC Irvine 55
7 Cal State Northridge 64
2 UC Irvine 70

References

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  1. ^ Big West MBB Record Book
  2. ^ "2002-03 Big West Conference Season Summary". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 15, 2020.