The 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in

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play to determine the national champion of men's

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. It began on March 18, 2003, and ended with the

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on April 7 in

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at the Superdome. A total of 64 games were played. The Final Four consisted of

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, making their second straight appearance, Marquette, making their first appearance since they won the national championship in 1977, Syracuse, making their first appearance since 1996, and

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, making their first appearance since 1947. Texas was the only top seed to advance to the Final Four; the other three (Arizona, Kentucky, and Oklahoma) advanced as far as the Elite Eight but fell. Syracuse won their first national championship in three tries under

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, defeating Kansas 81–78 in what would be Roy Williams' final game as head coach of the team; he would depart to become the head coach at

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, a position he held before retiring after the 2020–2021 season.

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of Syracuse was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Syracuse beat four Big 12 teams on its way to the title:

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, Oklahoma,

, and

. Those victories helped earn Boeheim the national title that had eluded him in

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and 1996.

Schedule and venues

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 2003 tournament: Opening Round *March 18 **

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(Host:

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) First and Second Rounds *March 20 and 22 ** Ford Center,

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(Host:

Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...

) ** Jon M. Huntsman Center,

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(Host:

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) ** RCA Dome,

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(Hosts:

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and

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) **

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(Host:

Washington State University Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant uni ...

) *March 21 and 23 **

BJCC Arena Legacy Arena (formerly known as the BJCC Coliseum and the BJCC Arena) is an arena located at the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. The arena seats 17,654 for sporting events, 19,000 for concerts and 8,000 in a thea ...

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(Host:

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) ** FleetCenter, Boston, Massachusetts (Host: Boston College) **

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(Host:

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) ** St. Pete Times Forum,

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(Host:

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) Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) *March 27 and 29 **Midwest Regional,

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, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Host:

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) **West Regional,

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(Host:

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) *March 28 and 30 **East Regional, Pepsi Arena,

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(Host:

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and Siena College) **South Regional,

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(Host:

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) National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship) *April 5 and 7 **

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(Host: Sun Belt Conference and

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)

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2003 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

Listed by region and seeding

BYU bracketing switch

When the bracket was first revealed, it contained a mistake that would have forced BYU, a Mormon-run school, to play its potential Elite 8 game on a Sunday, which is against school policy. As a solution, the selection committee had a plan to switch BYU, the 12 seed in the Friday-Sunday South regional, with the team that reached the Sweet 16 in the Thursday-Saturday Midwest regional (either Wisconsin, Weber State, Dayton, or Tulsa) should the Cougars advance to the Sweet 16. BYU lost its first-round game to Connecticut, which meant no switches were necessary.

Bids by conference

Final Four

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National semifinals

*April 5, 2003 ** Syracuse (E3) 95,

(S1) 84 *:Freshman

scored 33 points leading the Syracuse Orangemen past the

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in the night cap of the national semifinal doubleheader. Syracuse opened up a comfortable 2nd half lead, but that was trimmed to four with just 1:08 remaining. However, freshman

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iced the game with clutch foul shooting in the final minutes. The win put Syracuse and coach

one win away from their first ever National Championship. Texas was the last number one seed remaining in the tournament. **

(W2) 94, Marquette (M3) 61 *:The Kansas Jayhawks routed the

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by 33 points, the fourth largest blowout in Final Four history. Keith Langford led the Jayhawks with 24 points, and

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and

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each added 18 points. Dwyane Wade led Marquette in scoring with 19 points in the loss. Like Boeheim, Kansas coach Roy Williams was just one win away from winning his first ever National Championship.

Championship game

*April 7, 2003 ** Syracuse (E3) 81,

(W2) 78 *: Leading up to the championship game, much of the conversation revolved around how, no matter the outcome, one of the well-known head coaches would win their first championship. In Jim Boeheim's 27 years as head coach at Syracuse his team had been to two Final Fours, and finished runner-up each time (

, 1996). Roy Williams, during his fifteen seasons as Kansas head coach, had reached the Final Four four times, and finished runner up once (

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). Syracuse dominated with a hot shooting first half to lead by 11 at the break. Gerry McNamara connected on an impressive six

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in the half, which were his 18 points for the game. Kansas fought back to within 80–78 in the final minute and had a chance to tie after

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missed a pair of

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in the final moments; free throws were a major problem throughout the game for Kansas, who went 12-for-30 in attempts. Warrick then blocked Michael Lee's three point attempt with 1.5 seconds remaining on the game clock, followed by Kirk Hinrich's three-pointer at the buzzer going over the net. Kansas' free throw struggles would prove costly in giving Syracuse and Jim Boeheim their first ever national championship. Carmelo Anthony was named Most Outstanding Player (MOP) with 20 points and 10 Rebounds in the win. Syracuse also avenged a second-round loss to Kansas two years earlier.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East Regional – Albany, New York

South Regional – San Antonio, Texas

Midwest Regional – Minneapolis, Minnesota

West Regional – Anaheim, California

Final Four – New Orleans, Louisiana

Broadcast information

Originally, CBS Sports was to have shown all 63 games of the tournament following the opening round, which was on

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. However, because of the start of the

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the night before, the afternoon games on Thursday and Friday were moved to ESPN while retaining CBS graphics and production. CBS News then joined other broadcast and non-broadcast outlets in showing extended news coverage. Thursday and Friday night's games were shown on CBS, albeit with frequent news updates. To make up for lost advertising revenue, an additional time slot was opened the following Sunday evening for more CBS telecasts. 2003 also marked the debut of Mega March Madness as an exclusive package on

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. This offered additional game broadcasts not available to the viewer's home market during the first three rounds of the tournament. All games from the 4th round (Elite Eight) onward were national telecasts.

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had exclusive national radio coverage.

CBS Sports announcers

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and

Billy Packer Anthony William Packer (born Anthony William Paczkowski,
Retr ...

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– First & Second Round at Nashville, Tennessee; West Regional at Anaheim, California; Final Four at New Orleans, Louisiana *

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and

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– First & Second Round at Salt Lake City, Utah; South Regional at San Antonio, Texas *

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and

Bill Raftery William Joseph Raftery (born April 19, 1943) is an American basketball analyst and former college basketball coach. High school and college years Raftery attended Saint Cecilia High School in Kearny, New Jersey, where he starred in basketball an ...

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– First & Second Round at Boston, Massachusetts; Midwest Regional at Minneapolis, Minnesota * Gus Johnson and

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– First & Second Round at Indianapolis, Indiana; East Regional at Albany, New York *

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and

Jay Bilas Jay Scot Bilas (born December 24, 1963) is an American college basketball analyst who currently works for ESPN. Bilas is a former professional basketball player and coach who played for and served as an assistant under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke Uni ...

– First & Second Round at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma *

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and

Jim Spanarkel James Gerard Spanarkel (born June 28, 1957) is an American television analyst for College Basketball on CBS and a former professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Dallas Mavericks. He played college basketball for Duke ...

– First & Second Round at Tampa, Florida *

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and

Dan Bonner Dan Bonner is an analyst and color commentator covering NCAA men's basketball and the NBA. He previously played basketball at the University of Virginia and coached the UVa women's team for two seasons. He also coached girls' basketball and soccer ...

– First & Second Round at Birmingham, Alabama * Tim Brando and

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– First & Second Round at Spokane, Washington

Westwood One announcers

First and second rounds

Doug Kennedy and Richard Larsen

Regionals

Final Four

References

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Schedule and venues

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

Listed by region and seeding

BYU bracketing switch

Bids by conference

Final Four

National semifinals

Championship game

Bracket

East Regional – Albany, New York

South Regional – San Antonio, Texas

Midwest Regional – Minneapolis, Minnesota

West Regional – Anaheim, California

Final Four – New Orleans, Louisiana

Broadcast information

CBS Sports announcers

Westwood One announcers

First and second rounds

Regionals

Final Four

See also

References