2003 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

2003 (2003) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteKeeter Gymnasium
Missouri Point Lookout, Missouri
ChampionsNorthwestern Red Raiders (2nd title, 3rd title game,
4th Fab Four)
Runner-upBethany Swedes (1st title game,
1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Bryan Edwards (Cornerstone)
Chuck Taylor MVPBrandon Woudstra (Northwestern (IA))
Top scorerBrandon Woudstra (Northwestern (IA))
(117 points)
NAIA Division II
men's tournaments
«2002 2004»

The 2003 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada 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 on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri.[1]

Qualification

See also: 2002–03 NAIA Division II men's basketball season

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, and the top sixteen teams were seeded.

The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.

Bracket

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
               
1 Northwestern (IA) 99
Presentation (SD) 72
1 Northwestern (IA) 89*
16 William Jewell 86
Flagler 72
16 William Jewell 87
1 Northwestern (IA) 74
9 Huntington (IN) 60
9 Huntington (IN) 71
Holy Family 68
9 Huntington (IN) 80
8 Cedarville 70
Saint Ambrose 84
8 Cedarville 94
1 Northwestern (IA) 104
12 Cornerstone 92
5 Saint Vincent 76
Bethel (KS) 62
5 Saint Vincent 54
12 Cornerstone 92
UVA Wise 73
12 Cornerstone 78
12 Cornerstone 84
4 Bellevue (NE) 75
13 Cascade 79
Black Hills State 73
13 Cascade 68
4 Bellevue (NE) 76
Cal State Hayward 44
4 Bellevue (NE) 76
1 Northwestern (IA) 77
Bethany (KS) 57
3 Jamestown 96
Indiana Southeast 65
3 Jamestown 74
Albertson 65
Albertson 53
14 Taylor 44
3 Jamestown 71
11 Warner Southern 76
11 Warner Southern 75
Rio Grande 58
11 Warner Southern 99
College of the Ozarks 93
College of the Ozarks 72
6 Siena Heights 69
11 Warner Southern 69
Bethany (KS) 74
7 MidAmerica Nazarene 61
Bethany (KS) 72
Bethany (KS) 89
10 Oregon Tech 83
Husson 67
10 Oregon Tech 81
Bethany (KS) 77*
Concordia Nebraska 72
15 Dominican California 62
Concordia Nebraska 73
Concordia Nebraska 68
2 Cardinal Stritch 54
Virginia Intermont 79
2 Cardinal Stritch 94

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved April 16, 2022.