2003 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
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| 2003 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 12 | ||
| Site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Pittsburgh (1st title) | ||
| Winning Coach | Ben Howland (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Julius Page Pittsburgh | ||
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The 2003 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2002-03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 12–March 15, 2003 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner will receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds (two from each Big East division) receive byes in the first round. The 6 Big East teams with the best conference records from both the East and West Divisions of the Big East Conference were invited to participate. Boston College, who had an identical 10-6 record as Connecticut, received the #1 seed from the East Division due to a tie breaker. Likewise, Syracuse, who had an identical 13-3 conference record to Pitt, received the #1 seed from West Division due to tiebreakers. Virginia Tech from the East Division and Rutgers from the West Division failed to make the tournament.[1]
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[edit] 2003 Big East Tournament
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship Game | |||||||||||||||
| W5 | Georgetown | 46 | ||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Villanova | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Syracuse | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Georgetown | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Syracuse | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Connecticut | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Connecticut | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Seton Hall | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Miami | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Seton Hall | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Connecticut | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Pittsburgh | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| E5 | St. John's | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Notre Dame | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Boston College | 82* | ||||||||||||||||
| E5 | St. John's | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Boston College | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Pittsburgh | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Pittsburgh | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Providence | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
| W6 | West Virginia | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Providence | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
* denotes an overtime (OT) period
[edit] Awards
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Julius Page, Pittsburgh
All-Tournament Team
- Brandin Knight, Pittsburgh
- Ben Gordon, Connecticut
- Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
- Craig Smith, Boston College
- Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
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