The 2003 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
held by the
NAIA to determine the national champion of men's
college basketball
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among its
Division II members in the
United States
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and
Canada
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for the
2002–03 basketball season.
Top-seeded
Northwestern (IA) defeated unseeded
Bethany (KS) in the championship game, 77–57, to claim the Red Raiders' second NAIA national title and second in three years.
The tournament was played at
Keeter Gymnasium
Memorial Fieldhouse and Keeter Gymnasium is a 3,500-seat arena for College of the Ozarks at Point Lookout, Missouri, United States.
The Fieldhouse, located at the corner of Cultural Court and Opportunity Avenue, like other buildings on the campu ...
on the campus of the
College of the Ozarks
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in
Point Lookout, Missouri
Point Lookout is an unincorporated community
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.
Qualification
The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, and the top sixteen teams were seeded.
The tournament continued to utilize a
single-elimination
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format.
Bracket
See also
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2003 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2003 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 66th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Th ...
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2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 2003, and ended with the champions ...
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2003 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2003 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was the 47th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
Officially culminating the 2002–03 ...
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2003 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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 Uni ...
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2003 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
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References
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NAIA Men's Basketball Championship
2003 in sports in Missouri