2003 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament

2003 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2002–03
Teams	8
Site	GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, GA
Champions	Troy State (1st title)
Winning coach	Don Maestri (1st title)
MVP	Ben Fletcher (Troy State)
Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournaments

2002–03 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
Belmont	12	–	4		.750			17	–	12		.586
Jacksonville State	10	–	6		.625			20	–	10		.667
Samford	9	–	7		.563			13	–	15		.464
Georgia State	8	–	8		.500			14	–	15		.483
Gardner–Webb	2	–	14		.125			5	–	24		.172
Campbell	1	–	15		.063			5	–	22		.185
South
Troy State †	14	–	2		.875			26	–	6		.813
Mercer	14	–	2		.875			23	–	6		.793
UCF	11	–	5		.688			21	–	11		.656
Jacksonville	8	–	8		.500			13	–	16		.448
Stetson	4	–	12		.250			7	–	20		.259
Florida Atlantic	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
† 2003 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner As of March 4, 2003 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament was held March 6–8 at the GSU Sports Arena at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Troy State defeated UCF in the championship game, 80–69, to win their first Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Trojans, therefore, received the Atlantic Sun's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament, their first appearance in the Division I tournament.

Format

The Atlantic Sun's membership remained fixed at twelve, so no changes to the format were required. As such, only the top eight teams from the conference tournament were eligible for the tournament. These eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 6					Semifinals Friday, March 7					Championship Saturday, March 8
	1	Mercer	73
	8	Jacksonville	57
						1	Mercer	59
						5	UCF	79
	4	Jacksonville State	51
	5	UCF	68
											5	UCF	69
											3	Troy State	80
	3	Troy State	70
	6	Samford	54
						3	Troy State	71
						7	Georgia State	61
	2	Belmont	58
	7	Georgia State	76

References

1. "2002-2003 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.