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Teams | 48 | ||||
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Finals site | Salem, Virginia | ||||
Champions | Williams (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Gustavus Adolphus (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Dave Paulsen (Williams) | ||||
MOP | Benjamin Coffin (Williams) | ||||
Attendance | 50,870 | ||||
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The 2003 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 29th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.
The field contained forty-eight teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.[1]
Williams defeated Gustavus Adolphus, 67–65, in the championship, clinching their first national title.
The Ephs (31–1) were coached by Dave Paulsen. Paulsen would later coach at Division I programs Bucknell and George Mason.
Benjamin Coffin, also from Williams, was named Most Outstanding Player.
Bracket
[edit]Top left sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Randolph–Macon | 72* | ||||||||||||||
Alvernia | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Alvernia | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Mary Washington | 53 | ||||||||||||||
Randolph–Macon | 47 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Oshkosh | 53 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Oshkosh | 78 | ||||||||||||||
MSOE | 56 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Oshkosh | 84 | ||||||||||||||
Hope | 77 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Oshkosh | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Hampden–Sydney | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Hampden–Sydney | 56 | ||||||||||||||
SCAD | 54 | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Newport | 61 | ||||||||||||||
SCAD | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Hampden–Sydney | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Blackburn | 59 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Washington–St. Louis | 73 |
Bottom left sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Rockford | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Buena Vista | 84 | ||||||||||||||
Buena Vista | 96 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois College | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Buena Vista | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Occidental | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Trinity (TX) | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Aurora | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Aurora | 61 | ||||||||||||||
Occidental | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Occidental | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 74 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Whitworth | 55 | ||||||||||||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Hanover | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Mississippi College | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Hanover | 68 |
Top right sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Williams | 94 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 81 | ||||||||||||||
St. Joseph's (ME) | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Williams | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Hamilton | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Hamilton | 93 | ||||||||||||||
Colby–Sawyer | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Hamilton | 72 | ||||||||||||||
St. John Fisher | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Williams | 91 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 84 | ||||||||||||||
Southern Vermont | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Southern Vermont | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Lasell | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Rochester | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Clark (MA) | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Western Connecticut | 84 | ||||||||||||||
Western Connecticut | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Rochester | 73 |
Bottom right sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Ursinus | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Buffalo State | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 75 | ||||||||||||||
John Carroll | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Pitt–Bradford | 65 | ||||||||||||||
John Carroll | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Ramapo | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Ramapo | 92 | ||||||||||||||
Kings Point | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Kings Point | 63 | ||||||||||||||
CCNY | 57 | ||||||||||||||
Ramapo | 89 | ||||||||||||||
Montclair State | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Montclair State | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Elizabethtown | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Montclair State | 95 | ||||||||||||||
Catholic | 78 |
National finals
[edit]National semifinals | National championship | ||||||
Hampden–Sydney | 68 | ||||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 79 | ||||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 65 | ||||||
Williams | 67 | ||||||
Williams | 74 | ||||||
Wooster | 72** | National third-place | |||||
Hampden–Sydney | 74 | ||||||
Wooster | 78 |
See also
[edit]- 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 2003 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 2003 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 2003 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 2003 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved April 20, 2019.