🏀 The 2002-03 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 32 conferences · 65-team tournament

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2003season

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2002-03 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Syracuse

30-53 seedFinal AP #13

Title gameKansas 78, Syracuse 81 (Apr 7)

Final FourSyracuseKansasTexasMarquette

The 2003 NCAA tournament

65 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

65-team field · 4 regions

First Four

16NC-Asheville92

Texas Southern84

South · Mar 18

First Round

1Arizona80

16Vermont51

8Cincinnati69

9Gonzaga74

4Illinois65

13Western Kentucky60

5Notre Dame70

12Wisconsin-Milwaukee69

2Kansas64

15Utah State61

7Memphis71

10Arizona State84

3Duke67

14Colorado State57

6Creighton73

11Central Michigan79

Second Round

1Arizona96

9Gonzaga95

4Illinois60

5Notre Dame68

2Kansas108

10Arizona State76

3Duke86

11Central Michigan60

Regional Semifinals

1Arizona88

5Notre Dame71

2Kansas69

3Duke65

Regional Finals

1Arizona75

2Kansas78

West region

First Round

1Arizona80

16Vermont51

8Cincinnati69

9Gonzaga74

4Illinois65

13Western Kentucky60

5Notre Dame70

12Wisconsin-Milwaukee69

2Kansas64

15Utah State61

7Memphis71

10Arizona State84

3Duke67

14Colorado State57

6Creighton73

11Central Michigan79

Second Round

1Arizona96

9Gonzaga95

4Illinois60

5Notre Dame68

2Kansas108

10Arizona State76

3Duke86

11Central Michigan60

Regional Semifinals

1Arizona88

5Notre Dame71

2Kansas69

3Duke65

Regional Finals

1Arizona75

2Kansas78

Midwest region

First Round

1Kentucky95

16IUPUI64

8Oregon58

9Utah60

5Wisconsin81

12Weber State74

4Dayton71

13Tulsa84

2Pittsburgh87

15Wagner61

7Indiana67

10Alabama62

3Marquette72

14Holy Cross68

6Missouri72

11Southern Illinois71

Second Round

1Kentucky74

9Utah54

5Wisconsin61

13Tulsa60

2Pittsburgh74

7Indiana52

3Marquette101

6Missouri92

Regional Semifinals

1Kentucky63

5Wisconsin57

2Pittsburgh74

3Marquette77

Regional Finals

1Kentucky69

3Marquette83

South region

First Round

1Texas82

16NC-Asheville61

8LSU56

9Purdue80

4Stanford77

13San Diego69

5Connecticut58

12BYU53

3Xavier71

14Troy State59

6Maryland75

11NC-Wilmington73

2Florida85

15Sam Houston State55

7Michigan State79

10Colorado64

Second Round

1Texas77

9Purdue67

4Stanford74

5Connecticut85

3Xavier64

6Maryland77

2Florida46

7Michigan State68

Regional Semifinals

1Texas82

5Connecticut78

6Maryland58

7Michigan State60

Regional Finals

1Texas85

7Michigan State76

East region

First Round

1Oklahoma71

16South Carolina State54

8California76

9North Carolina State74

4Louisville86

13Austin Peay64

5Mississippi State46

12Butler47

3Syracuse76

14Manhattan65

6Oklahoma State77

11Pennsylvania63

2Wake Forest76

15East Tennessee State73

7St. Joseph's63

10Auburn65

Second Round

1Oklahoma74

8California65

4Louisville71

12Butler79

3Syracuse68

6Oklahoma State56

2Wake Forest62

10Auburn68

Regional Semifinals

1Oklahoma65

12Butler54

3Syracuse79

10Auburn78

Regional Finals

1Oklahoma47

3Syracuse63

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

2Kansas94

3Marquette61

West vs Midwest · Apr 5

1Texas84

3Syracuse95

South vs East · Apr 5

Championship game: Syracuse

2Kansas78

3Syracuse81

West vs East · Apr 7

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 30 conference tournaments held in 2002-03.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
America East	Vermont 56-55, Mar 15	Boston University	56-55, Mar 15
Atlantic 10	Dayton 79-72, Mar 15	Temple	79-72, Mar 15
Atlantic Coast	Duke 84-77, Mar 16	North Carolina State	84-77, Mar 16
Atlantic Sun	Troy State 80-69, Mar 8	Central Florida	80-69, Mar 8
Big 12	Oklahoma 49-47, Mar 16	Missouri	49-47, Mar 16
Big East	Pittsburgh 74-56, Mar 15	Connecticut	74-56, Mar 15
Big Sky	Weber State 60-57, Mar 12	Eastern Washington	60-57, Mar 12
Big South	NC-Asheville 85-71, Mar 8	Radford	85-71, Mar 8
Big Ten	Illinois 72-59, Mar 16	Ohio State	72-59, Mar 16
Big West	Utah State 57-54, Mar 15	Cal Poly-SLO	57-54, Mar 15
Colonial	NC-Wilmington 70-62, Mar 10	Drexel	70-62, Mar 10
Conference USA	Louisville 83-78, Mar 15	UAB	83-78, Mar 15
Horizon	Wisconsin-Milwaukee 69-52, Mar 11	Butler	69-52, Mar 11
Metro Atlantic	Manhattan 69-54, Mar 10	Fairfield	69-54, Mar 10
Mid-American	Central Michigan 77-67, Mar 15	Kent State	77-67, Mar 15
Mid-Continent	IUPUI 66-64, Mar 11	Valparaiso	66-64, Mar 11
Mid-Eastern	South Carolina State 72-67, Mar 15	Hampton	72-67, Mar 15
Missouri Valley	Creighton 80-56, Mar 10	Southern Illinois	80-56, Mar 10
Mountain West	Colorado State 62-61, Mar 15	UNLV	62-61, Mar 15
Northeast	Wagner 78-61, Mar 12	St. Francis (NY)	78-61, Mar 12
Ohio Valley	Austin Peay 63-57, Mar 8	Tennessee Tech	63-57, Mar 8
Pacific-10	Oregon 74-66, Mar 15	USC	74-66, Mar 15
Patriot	Holy Cross 72-64, Mar 14	American	72-64, Mar 14
Southeastern	Kentucky 64-57, Mar 16	Mississippi State	64-57, Mar 16
Southern	East Tennessee State 97-90, Mar 8	UT-Chattanooga	97-90, Mar 8
Southland	Sam Houston State 69-66, Mar 14	Stephen F. Austin	69-66, Mar 14
Southwestern Athletic	Texas Southern 77-68, Mar 15	Alcorn State	77-68, Mar 15
Sun Belt	Western Kentucky 64-52, Mar 11	Middle Tennessee State	64-52, Mar 11
West Coast	San Diego 72-63, Mar 10	Gonzaga	72-63, Mar 10
Western Athletic	Tulsa 75-64, Mar 15	Nevada	75-64, Mar 15

The 2002-03 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov11	18	25	Dec2	9	16	23	30	Jan6	13	20	27	Feb3	10	17	24	Mar3	10	17
Kentucky	17	17	15	18	12	18	14	20	18	16	8	7	6	3	2	2	2	2	1
Arizona	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Oklahoma	3	7	8	6	6	7	5	10	9	5	7	6	7	5	5	3	5	6	3
Pittsburgh	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	6	3	2	2	4	7	9	8	7	5	4
Texas	4	3	3	2	8	10	9	7	8	4	4	3	3	6	3	5	4	3	5
Kansas	2	2	2	14	20	19	19	18	14	12	6	12	12	9	6	7	6	4	6
Duke	6	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	5	9	8	8	6	10	12	7
Wake Forest							25	23	17	19	17	17	14	15	10	12	9	9	8
Marquette	18	16	13	13	16	14	13	13	24	21	20	18	15	11	11	10	8	8	9
Florida	7	8	7	8	14	13	12	12	11	6	5	4	1	4	7	4	3	7	10
Illinois				25	15	12	7	11	10	8	18	13	16	14	20	18	14	13	11
Xavier	10	11	16	16	13	21	21	19	21				20	18	14	13	11	10	12
Syracuse										25		24	19	17	15	15	12	11	13
Louisville								24	19	15	9	8	5	2	4	11	15	20	14
Creighton					23	20	18	15	16	13	10	16	13	12	17	17	19	19	15
Dayton															25	25	21	22	16
Maryland	13	12	11	9	18	24	23	22	21	17	12	10	8	16	13	14	13	14	17
Stanford				17	19	17							25	24	21	19	17	15	18
Memphis																24	18	16	19
Mississippi State	12	12	23	24	24	16	16	8	7	14	22	21	23	19	19	20	23		20
Wisconsin			25	23													24	18	21
Notre Dame					10	9	8	6	5	10	16	11	10	10	12	9	16	17	22
Connecticut	15	14	12	11	9	8	6	5	3	6	11	14	18	23					23
Missouri	19	20	18	15	11	11	17	16	13	11	21	25	21	21					24
Georgia	16	18	17						20	20	19	15	17	20	22	21	25	21	25
Oklahoma State										24	13	9	11	13	16	16	20	23
California											25	20		22	18	23	22	24
St. Joseph's														25				25
Utah															23	22
Purdue													24		24
Alabama	8	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	4	9	15	23	22
Indiana	21	22	19	10	7	6	10	17	15	18	14	19
Oregon	11	10	10	7	5	5	11	9	12	22	23	22
Auburn											24
LSU							24	21		23
Texas Tech								25	23
Michigan State	9	9	9	21	21	15	15	14	25
Tulsa	25	25	22	19	17	22	20
North Carolina				12	22	23	22
Minnesota	24	24	24	20		25
College of Charleston					25
Virginia				22
UCLA	14	15	14
Gonzaga	22	21	20
Cincinnati	23	23	21
Western Kentucky	20	19

Tap a rank to read it.

2003 final AP Top 25

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

2003 final AP Top 25AP

1Kentucky32-4
2Arizona28-4
3Oklahoma27-7
4Pittsburgh28-5
5Texas26-7
6Kansas30-8
7Duke26-7
8Wake Forest25-6
9Marquette27-6
10Florida25-8
11Illinois25-7
12Xavier26-6
13Syracuse30-5

14Louisville25-7
15Creighton29-5
16Dayton24-6
17Maryland21-10
18Stanford24-9
19Memphis23-7
20Mississippi State21-10
21Wisconsin24-8
22Notre Dame24-10
23Connecticut23-10
24Missouri22-11
25Georgia19-8

2003 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

2003 standings by conference32 conferences

America East9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Boston University	20-11	13-3	★
Vermont	21-12	11-5	🏆 16 seed
Hartford	16-13	10-6
Binghamton	14-13	9-7
Northeastern	16-15	8-8
Maine	14-16	8-8
Stony Brook	13-15	7-9
Albany	7-21	3-13
New Hampshire	5-23	3-13

Atlantic 1012 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Xavier	26-6	15-1	★ 3 seed AP 12
Dayton	24-6	14-2	🏆 4 seed AP 16
St. Joseph's	23-7	12-4	★ 7 seed
Temple	18-16	10-6
Rhode Island	19-12	9-7
Richmond	15-14	9-7
St. Bonaventure	13-14	7-9
Massachusetts	11-18	6-10
George Washington	12-17	5-11
La Salle	12-17	5-11
Duquesne	9-21	3-13
Fordham	2-26	1-15

Atlantic Coast9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wake Forest	25-6	13-3	★ 2 seed AP 8
Duke	26-7	11-5	🏆 3 seed AP 7
Maryland	21-10	11-5	6 seed AP 17
North Carolina State	18-13	9-7	9 seed
Georgia Tech	16-15	7-9
North Carolina	19-16	6-10
Virginia	16-16	6-10
Clemson	15-13	5-11
Florida State	14-15	4-12

Atlantic Sun12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Troy State	26-6	14-2	★ 🏆 14 seed
Mercer	23-6	14-2	★
Belmont	17-12	12-4	★
Central Florida	21-11	11-5
Jacksonville State	20-10	10-6
Samford	13-15	9-7
Georgia State	14-15	8-8
Jacksonville	13-16	8-8
Stetson	7-20	4-12
Florida Atlantic	7-21	3-13
Gardner-Webb	5-24	2-14
Campbell	5-22	1-15

Big 1212 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	30-8	14-2	★ 2 seed AP 6
Texas	26-7	13-3	1 seed AP 5
Oklahoma	27-7	12-4	🏆 1 seed AP 3
Oklahoma State	22-10	10-6	6 seed
Missouri	22-11	9-7	6 seed AP 24
Colorado	20-12	9-7	10 seed
Texas Tech	22-13	6-10
Texas A&M	14-14	6-10
Iowa State	17-14	5-11
Baylor	14-14	5-11
Kansas State	13-17	4-12
Nebraska	11-19	3-13

Big East14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Syracuse	30-5	13-3	★ 3 seed AP 13
Pittsburgh	28-5	13-3	★ 🏆 2 seed AP 4
Notre Dame	24-10	10-6	5 seed AP 22
Connecticut	23-10	10-6	★ 5 seed AP 23
Boston College	19-12	10-6	★
Seton Hall	17-13	10-6
Providence	18-14	8-8
Villanova	15-16	8-8
St. John's	21-13	7-9
Georgetown	19-15	6-10
West Virginia	14-15	5-11
Rutgers	12-16	4-12
Miami (FL)	11-17	4-12
Virginia Tech	11-18	4-12

Big Sky8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Weber State	26-6	14-0	★ 🏆 12 seed
Eastern Washington	18-13	9-5
Idaho State	15-14	7-7
Montana	13-17	7-7
Northern Arizona	15-13	6-8
Sacramento State	12-17	5-9
Montana State	11-16	5-9
Portland State	5-22	3-11

Big South9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Winthrop	20-10	11-3	★
Charleston Southern	14-14	8-6
Liberty	14-15	8-6
Elon	12-15	8-6
NC-Asheville	15-17	7-7	🏆 16 seed
Radford	10-20	6-8
Coastal Carolina	13-15	5-9
High Point	7-20	3-11
Birmingham-Southern	19-9

Big Ten11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wisconsin	24-8	12-4	★ 5 seed AP 21
Illinois	25-7	11-5	🏆 4 seed AP 11
Purdue	19-11	10-6	9 seed
Michigan State	22-13	10-6	7 seed
Michigan	17-13	10-6
Indiana	21-13	8-8	7 seed
Minnesota	19-14	8-8
Iowa	17-14	7-9
Ohio State	17-15	7-9
Northwestern	12-17	3-13
Penn State	7-21	2-14

Big West10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UC Santa Barbara	18-14	14-4	★
UC Irvine	20-9	13-5
Utah State	24-9	12-6	🏆 15 seed
Cal Poly-SLO	16-14	10-8
Idaho	13-15	9-9
CSU-Northridge	14-15	8-10
CSU-Fullerton	10-19	8-10
Pacific	12-16	7-11
UC Riverside	6-18	5-13
Long Beach State	5-22	4-14

Colonial10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
NC-Wilmington	24-7	15-3	★ 🏆 11 seed
Virginia Commonwealth	18-10	12-6
Drexel	19-12	12-6
George Mason	16-12	11-7
Delaware	15-14	9-9
Old Dominion	12-15	9-9
James Madison	13-17	8-10
William & Mary	12-16	7-11
Hofstra	8-21	6-12
Towson	4-24	1-17

Conference USA14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Marquette	27-6	14-2	★ 3 seed AP 9
Memphis	23-7	13-3	★ 7 seed AP 19
Louisville	25-7	11-5	🏆 4 seed AP 14
Cincinnati	17-12	9-7	8 seed
Saint Louis	16-14	9-7
UAB	21-13	8-8
DePaul	16-13	8-8
Tulane	16-15	8-8
Charlotte	13-16	8-8
South Florida	15-14	7-9
Houston	8-20	6-10
Southern Mississippi	13-16	5-11
East Carolina	12-15	3-13
TCU	9-19	3-13

Horizon9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Butler	27-6	14-2	★ 12 seed
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	24-8	13-3	🏆 12 seed
Illinois-Chicago	21-9	12-4
Detroit	18-12	9-7
Loyola-Chicago	15-16	9-7
Wright State	10-18	4-12
Wisconsin-Green Bay	10-20	4-12
Youngstown State	9-20	4-12
Cleveland State	8-22	3-13

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pennsylvania	22-6	14-0	★ 11 seed
Brown	17-12	12-2
Princeton	16-11	10-4
Yale	14-13	8-6
Harvard	12-15	4-10
Cornell	9-18	4-10
Dartmouth	8-19	4-10
Columbia	2-25	0-14

Metro Atlantic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Manhattan	23-7	14-4	★ 🏆 14 seed
Fairfield	19-12	13-5
Siena	21-11	12-6
Niagara	17-12	12-6
Iona	17-12	11-7
Marist	13-16	8-10
Rider	12-16	7-11
Canisius	10-18	6-12
St. Peter's	10-19	6-12
Loyola (MD)	4-24	1-17

Mid-American13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Central Michigan	25-7	14-4	★ 🏆 11 seed
Kent State	21-10	12-6	★
Northern Illinois	17-14	11-7
Miami (OH)	13-15	11-7
Western Michigan	20-11	10-8
Akron	14-14	9-9
Marshall	14-15	9-9
Eastern Michigan	14-14	8-10
Ohio	14-16	8-10
Bowling Green	13-16	8-10
Ball State	13-17	8-10
Toledo	13-16	7-11
Buffalo	5-23	2-16

Mid-Continent8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Valparaiso	20-11	12-2	★
Oakland	17-11	10-4
IUPUI	20-14	10-4	🏆 16 seed
Oral Roberts	18-10	9-5
UMKC	9-20	7-7
Southern Utah	11-17	5-9
Western Illinois	7-21	3-11
Chicago State	3-27	0-14

Mid-Eastern11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
South Carolina State	20-11	15-3	★ 🏆 16 seed
Hampton	19-11	13-5
Delaware State	15-12	13-5
Florida A&M	17-12	11-7
Coppin State	11-17	11-7
Norfolk State	14-15	10-8
Howard	13-17	9-9
Morgan State	7-22	6-12
Bethune-Cookman	8-22	5-13
MD-Eastern Shore	5-23	5-13
North Carolina A&T	1-26	1-17

Missouri Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Southern Illinois	24-7	16-2	★ 11 seed
Creighton	29-5	15-3	🏆 6 seed AP 15
Wichita State	18-12	12-6
SW Missouri State	17-12	12-6
Evansville	12-16	8-10
Bradley	12-18	8-10
Northern Iowa	11-17	7-11
Drake	10-20	5-13
Illinois State	8-21	5-13
Indiana State	7-24	2-16

Mountain West8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Utah	25-8	11-3	★ 9 seed
BYU	23-9	11-3	★ 12 seed
UNLV	21-11	8-6
Wyoming	21-11	8-6
San Diego State	16-14	6-8
Colorado State	19-14	5-9	🏆 14 seed
New Mexico	10-18	4-10
Air Force	12-16	3-11

Northeast12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wagner	21-11	14-4	★ 🏆 15 seed
Monmouth	15-13	13-5
Central Connecticut State	15-13	12-6
Quinnipiac	17-12	10-8
St. Francis (PA)	14-14	10-8
Fairleigh Dickinson	15-14	9-9
St. Francis (NY)	14-16	9-9
Robert Morris	10-17	7-11
LIU-Brooklyn	9-19	7-11
Mount St. Mary's	11-16	6-12
Sacred Heart	8-21	6-12
MD-Baltimore County	7-20	5-13

Ohio Valley9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Austin Peay	23-8	13-3	★ 🏆 13 seed
Morehead State	20-9	13-3	★
Tennessee Tech	20-12	11-5
Murray State	17-12	9-7
Eastern Illinois	14-15	9-7
UT-Martin	14-14	7-9
Eastern Kentucky	11-17	5-11
SE Missouri State	11-19	5-11
Tennessee State	2-25	0-16

Pacific-1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona	28-4	17-1	★ 1 seed AP 2
Stanford	24-9	14-4	4 seed AP 18
California	22-9	13-5	8 seed
Arizona State	20-12	11-7	10 seed
Oregon	23-10	10-8	🏆 8 seed
Oregon State	13-15	6-12
USC	13-17	6-12
UCLA	10-19	6-12
Washington	10-17	5-13
Washington State	7-20	2-16

Patriot8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Holy Cross	26-5	13-1	★ 🏆 14 seed
American	16-14	9-5
Colgate	14-14	9-5
Lehigh	16-12	8-6
Bucknell	14-15	7-7
Lafayette	13-16	6-8
Navy	8-20	4-10
Army	5-22	0-14

Southeastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	32-4	16-0	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 1
Florida	25-8	12-4	2 seed AP 10
Georgia	19-8	11-5	AP 25
Mississippi State	21-10	9-7	★ 5 seed AP 20
Tennessee	17-12	9-7
LSU	21-11	8-8	8 seed
Auburn	22-12	8-8	10 seed
Alabama	17-12	7-9	10 seed
South Carolina	12-16	5-11
Mississippi	14-15	4-12
Arkansas	9-19	4-12
Vanderbilt	11-18	3-13

Southern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
College of Charleston	25-8	13-3	★
UT-Chattanooga	21-9	11-5
Appalachian State	19-10	11-5	★
East Tennessee State	20-11	11-5	★ 🏆 15 seed
Davidson	17-10	11-5	★
Georgia Southern	16-13	8-8
Wofford	14-15	8-8
Furman	14-17	8-8
Western Carolina	9-19	6-10
VMI	10-20	3-13
Citadel	8-20	3-13
NC-Greensboro	7-22	3-13

Southland11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Sam Houston State	23-7	17-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Stephen F. Austin	21-8	16-4
Texas-Arlington	16-13	13-7
SW Texas State	17-12	11-9
McNeese State	15-14	10-10
Lamar	13-14	10-10
LA-Monroe	12-16	10-10
SE Louisiana	11-16	9-11
TX-San Antonio	10-17	7-13
Northwestern State	6-21	6-14
Nicholls State	3-25	1-19

Southwestern Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Prairie View	17-12	14-4	★
Mississippi Valley State	15-14	13-5
Texas Southern	18-13	11-7	🏆 NCAA
Alabama State	14-15	11-7
Alcorn State	14-19	10-8
Grambling	12-18	9-9
Jackson State	10-18	9-9
Southern	9-20	5-13
Alabama A&M	8-19	4-14
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	4-24	4-14

Sun Belt11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Western Kentucky	24-9	12-2	★ 🏆 13 seed
LA-Lafayette	20-10	12-3	★
Middle Tennessee State	16-14	9-5
New Mexico State	20-9	9-6
Arkansas-Little Rock	18-12	8-6
Denver	17-15	7-8
New Orleans	15-14	7-8
South Alabama	14-14	7-8
Arkansas State	13-15	6-8
North Texas	7-21	2-13
Florida International	8-21	1-13

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	24-9	12-2	★ 9 seed
San Diego	18-12	10-4	🏆 13 seed
San Francisco	15-14	9-5
Pepperdine	15-13	7-7
St. Mary's	15-15	6-8
Santa Clara	13-15	4-10
Portland	11-17	4-10
Loyola Marymount	11-20	4-10

Western Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Fresno State	20-8	13-5	★
Tulsa	23-10	12-6	🏆 13 seed
Rice	19-10	11-7
SMU	17-13	11-7
Nevada	18-14	11-7
Hawaii	19-12	9-9
Louisiana Tech	12-15	9-9
Boise State	13-16	7-11
San Jose State	7-21	4-14
UTEP	6-24	3-15

Independent7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Centenary	14-14
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	14-15
Texas-Pan American	10-20
IPFW	9-21
Lipscomb	8-20
Morris Brown	8-20
Savannah State	3-24

2003 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

2003 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1Kentucky2110
2Kansas2074
3Arizona2056
4Syracuse2022
5Pittsburgh2013
6Duke2010
7Marquette1973
8Oklahoma1956
9Texas1950
10Illinois1933

Biggest upsets

Portland 72, Gonzaga 68
Feb 19 · regular season · 3.1% win chance
Prairie View 78, Houston 75
Nov 23 · regular season · 3.9% win chance
Montana 70, Stanford 68
Dec 16 · regular season · 4.4% win chance
UMKC 71, Valparaiso 68
Feb 1 · regular season · 4.9% win chance
UCLA 96, Arizona 89
Mar 13 · conference tournament · 5.0% win chance
Austin Peay 81, Memphis 80
Nov 22 · regular season · 5.9% win chance
North Carolina A&T 61, Norfolk State 54
Mar 3 · regular season · 5.9% win chance
Stetson 85, Belmont 80
Feb 8 · regular season · 5.9% win chance
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 58, Texas Southern 54
Feb 22 · regular season · 6.3% win chance
Northern Iowa 76, Louisiana Tech 71
Feb 22 · regular season · 6.4% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.