2003 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2003 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 4–8, 2003, at campus sites. The tournament was won by the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, their first tournament championship, as well as first under head coach Eddie Biedenbach.[1]

2003 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200203
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteVines Center
Lynchburg, VA
ChampionsUNC Asheville (1st title)
Winning coachEddie Biedenbach (1st title)
MVPAndre Smith (UNC Asheville)
2002–03 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Winthrop113 .7862010  .667
Charleston Southern86 .5711414  .500
Liberty86 .5711415  .483
Elon86 .5711215  .444
UNC Asheville77 .5001517  .469
Radford68 .4291020  .333
Coastal Carolina59 .3571315  .464
High Point311 .214720  .259
2003 Big South tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Format

All eight teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. For the quarterfinals, all games were hosted at campus sites, with home-field advantage going to the higher seed, while the semifinals and finals were played at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of Liberty University. This was the last year for Elon as a member of the Big South.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 4
Semifinals
March 7
Finals
March 8
         
1 Winthrop 80
8 High Point 64
1 Winthrop 73
5 UNC Asheville 80
4 Elon 66
5 UNC Asheville 68
5 UNC Asheville 85
6 Radford 71
2 Liberty 63
7 Coastal Carolina 61
2 Liberty 52
6 Radford 55
3 Charleston Southern 62
6 Radford 65

* Asterisk indicates overtime game

All-Tournament Team

  • Andre Smith, UNC Asheville
  • Alex Kragel, UNC Asheville
  • Ryan McCullough, UNC Asheville
  • Ben McGonagil, UNC Asheville
  • Raymond Arrington, Radford

[1]

References

  1. "2021-22 Big South Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
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