2003 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2003 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament was the 47th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.

2003 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams64
Finals siteLakeland Center
Lakeland, Florida
ChampionsNortheastern State (1st title)
Runner-upKentucky Wesleyan (13th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachLarry Gipson (1st title)
MOPDarnell Hinson, (Northeastern State)

Officially culminating the 2002–03 NCAA Division II men's basketball season, the tournament featured, for the first time, sixty-four teams from around the country.

The Elite Eight, national semifinals, and championship were played, for the first time, at the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Florida.

Northeastern State (32–3) defeated Kentucky Wesleyan in the final, 75–64, to win their first Division II national championship.

It was concurrently Kentucky Wesleyan's sixth straight appearance in the title game (winning in 1999 and 2001), although this appearance, along with that from 2002, would later be vacated by the NCAA.

The winning Redmen were coached by Larry Gipson. Northeastern State's Darnell Hinson was the Most Outstanding Player.

Bracket

Elite Eight
National Quarterfinal National Semifinal National Championship
         
SA Bowie State 72
NE UMass Lowell 62
SA Bowie State 64
GL Kentucky Wesleyan 84
GL Kentucky Wesleyan 85
W Cal Poly Pomona 60
GL Kentucky Wesleyan 64
Lakeland, Florida
SC Northeastern Steate 75
E Queens (NC) 99
S Eckerd 78
E Queens (NC) 69
SC Northeastern State 84
SC Northeastern State 94
NC Nebraska–Kearney 75
  • Note: Kentucky Wesleyan's performance was vacated by the NCAA.

All-tournament team

See also

References
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