2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.^[1] A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded within their assigned region from 1 to 16, which was disclosed, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65, which was not disclosed.

2003 qualifying teams
Total teams	65
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	Kentucky, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma
Champion	Syracuse
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Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)		Last app.	Conference regular season	Regular season second place	Second place record (Conf.)
Penn	22–5 (14–0)		2002	Ivy League	Brown	17–11 (12–2)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	24–6 (11–5)	3	2002	ACC^[2]	NC State	18–12 (9–7)	4
Vermont	21–11 (11–5)	2	Never	America East	Boston University	20–10 (13–3)	1
Dayton	24–5 (13–2)	W2	2000	Atlantic 10	Temple	15–15 (10–6)	E2
Troy State	26–5 (14–2)	2	Never	Atlantic Sun	Central Florida	21–11 (11–5)	4
Oklahoma	24–6 (12–4)	3	2002	Big 12	Missouri	21–10 (9–7)	5
Pittsburgh	26–4 (13–3)	W2	2002	Big East	Connecticut	21–9 (10–6)	E2
Weber State	26–5 (14–0)	1	1999	Big Sky	Eastern Washington	18–12 (9–5)	2
UNC Asheville	14–16 (7–7)	5	Never	Big South^[3]	Radford	10–20 (6–8)	6
Illinois	24–6 (11–5)	2	2002	Big Ten	Ohio State	17–14 (7–9)	8
Utah State	24–8 (12–6)	3	2001	Big West	Cal Poly	16–14 (10–8)	4
UNC Wilmington	24–6 (15–3)	1	2002	CAA	Drexel	19–11 (12–6)	3
Louisville	24–6 (11–5)	3	2000	C-USA	UAB	19–12 (8–8)	8
UW–Milwaukee	24–7 (13–3)	2	Never	Horizon	Butler	25–5 (14–2)	1
Manhattan	23–6 (14–4)	1	1995	MAAC^[4]	Fairfield	19–11 (13–5)	2
Central Michigan	24–6 (14–4)	1	1987	MAC	Kent State	21–9 (12–6)	2
South Carolina State	20–10 (15–3)	1	2000	MEAC^[5]	Hampton	19–11 (13–5)	3
IUPUI	20–13 (10–4)	2	Never	Mid-Con	Valparaiso	20–10 (12–2)	1
Creighton	29–4 (15–3)	2	2002	Missouri Valley	Southern Illinois	24–6 (16–2)	1
Colorado State	19–13 (5–9)	6	1990	Mountain West	UNLV	21–10 (8–6)	4
Wagner	21–10 (14–4)	1	Never	Northeast	St. Francis (NY)	14–16 (9–9)	6
Austin Peay	23–7 (13–3)	1	1996	Ohio Valley^[6]	Tennessee Tech	20–12 (11–5)	3
Oregon	23–9 (10–8)	5	2002	Pac-10	USC	13–17 (6–12)	7
Holy Cross	26–4 (13–1)	1	2002	Patriot	American	16–14 (9–5)	2
Kentucky	29–3 (16–0)	E1	2002	SEC	Mississippi State	21–9 (9–7)	W1
East Tennessee State	20–10 (11–5)	2N	1992	Southern	Chattanooga	21–9 (11–5)	2S
Sam Houston State	23–6 (17–3)	1	Never	Southland	Stephen F. Austin	21–8 (16–4)	2
Western Kentucky	24–8 (12–2)	1E	2002	Sun Belt	Middle Tennessee	16–14 (9–5)	2E
Texas Southern	18–12 (11–7)	3	1995	SWAC	Alabama A&M	14–19 (10–8)	5
Tulsa	22–9 (12–6)	1	2002	WAC	Nevada	18–13 (11–7)	3
San Diego	18–11 (10–4)	2	1987	West Coast	Gonzaga	23–8 (12–2)	1

At-large bids

School	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Alabama	SEC	16th	2002
Arizona	Pac-10	22nd	2002
Arizona State	Pac-10	12th	1995
Auburn	SEC	8th	2000
Butler	Horizon	6th	2001
BYU	Mountain West	20th	2001
California	Pac-10	13th	2002
Cincinnati	C-USA	22nd	2002
Colorado	Big 12	10th	1997
Connecticut	Big East	24th	2002
Florida	SEC	10th	2002
Gonzaga	WCC	6th	2002
Indiana	Big Ten	32nd	2002
Kansas	Big 12	32nd	2002
LSU	SEC	17th	2000
Marquette	C-USA	23rd	2002
Maryland	ACC	20th	2002
Memphis	C-USA	17th	1996
Michigan State	Big Ten	17th	2002
Mississippi State	SEC	6th	2002
Missouri	Big 12	21st	2002
NC State	ACC	19th	2002
Notre Dame	Big East	27th	2002
Oklahoma State	Big 12	20th	2002
Purdue	Big Ten	20th	2000
Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	17th	2001
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	6th	2002
Stanford	Pac-10	12th	2002
Syracuse	Big East	28th	2001
Texas	Big 12	21st	2002
Utah	Mountain West	24th	2002
Wake Forest	ACC	18th	2002
Wisconsin	Big Ten	9th	2002
Xavier	Atlantic 10	15th	2002

Listed by region and seeding

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East Regional – Albany Seed School Conference Record Berth Type #1 Oklahoma Big 12 24–6 Automatic #2 Wake Forest ACC 24–5 At-large #3 Syracuse Big East 24–5 At-large #4 Louisville C-USA 24–6 Automatic #5 Mississippi State SEC 20–10 At-large #6 Oklahoma State Big 12 21–9 At-large #7 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 23–6 At-large #8 California Pac-10 21–8 At-large #9 North Carolina State ACC 18–12 At-large #10 Auburn SEC 20–11 At-large #11 Pennsylvania Ivy League 22–5 Automatic #12 Butler Horizon 25–5 At-large #13 Austin Peay OVC 23–7 Automatic #14 Manhattan MAAC 23–6 Automatic #15 East Tennessee State Southern 20–10 Automatic #16 South Carolina State MEAC 20–10 Automatic

South Regional – San Antonio Seed School Conference Record Berth Type #1 Texas Big 12 22–6 At-large #2 Florida SEC 24–7 At-large #3 Xavier Atlantic 10 25–5 At-large #4 Stanford Pac-10 23–8 At-large #5 Connecticut Big East 21–9 At-large #6 Maryland ACC 19–9 At-large #7 Michigan State Big Ten 19–12 At-large #8 LSU SEC 21–10 At-large #9 Purdue Big Ten 18–10 At-large #10 Colorado Big 12 20–11 At-large #11 UNC Wilmington CAA 24–6 Automatic #12 BYU Mountain West 23–8 At-large #13 San Diego WCC 18–11 Automatic #14 Troy State Atlantic Sun 26–5 Automatic #15 Sam Houston State Southland 23–6 Automatic #16 UNC Asheville Big South 14–16 Automatic Texas Southern SWAC 18–12 Automatic

Midwest Regional – Minneapolis Seed School Conference Record Berth Type #1 Kentucky SEC 29–3 Automatic #2 Pittsburgh Big East 26–4 Automatic #3 Marquette C-USA 23–5 At-large #4 Dayton Atlantic 10 24–5 Automatic #5 Wisconsin Big Ten 22–7 At-large #6 Missouri Big 12 21–10 At-large #7 Indiana Big Ten 20–12 At-large #8 Oregon Pac-10 23–9 Automatic #9 Utah Mountain West 24–7 At-large #10 Alabama SEC 17–11 At-large #11 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 24–6 At-large #12 Weber State Big Sky 26–5 Automatic #13 Tulsa WAC 22–9 Automatic #14 Holy Cross Patriot 26–4 Automatic #15 Wagner Northeast 21–10 Automatic #16 IUPUI Mid-Continent 20–13 Automatic

West Regional – Anaheim Seed School Conference Record Berth Type #1 Arizona Pac-10 25–3 At-large #2 Kansas Big 12 25–7 At-large #3 Duke ACC 24–6 Automatic #4 Illinois Big Ten 24–6 Automatic #5 Notre Dame Big East 22–9 At-large #6 Creighton Missouri Valley 29–4 Automatic #7 Memphis C-USA 23–6 At-large #8 Cincinnati C-USA 17–11 At-large #9 Gonzaga WCC 23–8 At-large #10 Arizona State Pac-10 19–11 At-large #11 Central Michigan Mid-American 24–6 Automatic #12 UW–Milwaukee Horizon 24–7 Automatic #13 Western Kentucky Sun Belt 24–8 Automatic #14 Colorado State Mountain West 19–13 Automatic #15 Utah State Big West 24–8 Automatic #16 Vermont America East 21–11 Automatic

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference	Schools
6	Big 12	Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
	SEC	Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State
5	Big Ten	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin
	Pac-10	Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Stanford
4	ACC	Duke, Maryland, NC State, Wake Forest
	Big East	Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
	C-USA	Cincinnati, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis
3	Atlantic 10	Dayton, Saint Joseph's, Xavier
	Mountain West	BYU, Colorado State, Utah
2	Horizon	Butler, UW–Milwaukee
	Missouri Valley	Creighton, Southern Illinois
	West Coast	Gonzaga, San Diego
1	19 other conferences

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
3	Alabama	Alabama, Auburn, Troy
2	Arizona	Arizona, Arizona State
3	California	California, San Diego, Stanford
2	Colorado	Colorado, Colorado State
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
1	Florida	Florida
5	Indiana	Butler, Indiana, IUPUI, Notre Dame, Purdue
2	Illinois	Illinois, Southern Illinois
1	Kansas	Kansas
3	Kentucky	Kentucky, Louisville, Western Kentucky
1	Louisiana	LSU
1	Maryland	Maryland
1	Massachusetts	Holy Cross
2	Michigan	Central Michigan, Michigan State
1	Mississippi	Mississippi State
1	Missouri	Missouri
1	Nebraska	Creighton
3	New York	Manhattan, Syracuse, Wagner
5	North Carolina	Duke, NC State, UNC Asheville, UNC Wilmington, Wake Forest
3	Ohio	Cincinnati, Dayton, Xavier
3	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa
1	Oregon	Oregon
3	Pennsylvania	Penn, Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph's
1	South Carolina	South Carolina State
3	Tennessee	Austin Peay, East Tennessee State, Memphis
3	Texas	Sam Houston State, Texas, Texas Southern
4	Utah	BYU, Utah, Utah State, Weber State
1	Vermont	Vermont
1	Washington	Gonzaga
3	Wisconsin	Marquette, UW–Milwaukee, Wisconsin

References

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