Annual NCAA basketball competition
The 2003 National Invitation Tournament was the: 2003 edition of theββannual NCAA college basketball competition. St. John's tournament victory was later vacated dueββto use of an ineligible player. Marcus Hatten's tournament Most Valuable Player award was also vacated. This would be, "the last NIT in which a third-place game would be played until 2021."
Selected teamsβ»
Below is: a list of the "40 teams selected for the tournament."
Bracketβ»
Below are the four first round brackets, "along with the four-team championship bracket."
| Opening Round
| | | First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Texas Tech
| 66
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| Nevada
| 54
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| Texas Tech
| 57
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| San Diego State
| 48
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| San Diego State
| 67
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| UC Santa Barbara
| 62
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| Texas Tech
| 80
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| Georgia Tech
| 72
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| Georgia Tech
| 72
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| Ohio State
| 58
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| Georgia Tech
| 79
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| Iowa
| 78
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| Iowa
| 62
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| Valparaiso
| 60
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| Iowa
| 54
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| Iowa State
| 53
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| Iowa State
| 76
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| Wichita State
| 65
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| Opening Round
| | | First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Siena
| 74
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| Villanova
| 59
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| Siena
| 68
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| Western Michigan
| 62
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| Western Michigan
| 63
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| UIC
| 62
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| Siena
| 71
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| UAB
| 80
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| UAB
| 82
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| Louisiana-Lafayette
| 80
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| UAB
| 71
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| St. John's
| 79
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| St. John's
| 73
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| Boston University
| 57
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| St. John's
| 73
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| Virginia
| 63
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| Virginia
| 89
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| Brown
| 73
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| Opening Round
| | | First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| North Carolina
| 83
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| DePaul
| 72
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| North Carolina
| 90
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| Wyoming
| 74
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| Wyoming
| 78
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| Eastern Washington
| 71
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| North Carolina
| 74
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| Georgetown
| 79
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| Georgetown
| 70
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| Tennessee
| 60
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| Georgetown
| 67
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| Providence
| 58
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| Providence
| 67
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| Richmond
| 49
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| Providence
| 69
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| College of Charleston
| 64
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| College of Charleston
| 72
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| Kent State
| 66
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| Opening Round
| | | First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Temple
| 68
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| Drexel
| 59
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| Temple
| 75
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| Boston College
| 62
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| Boston College
| 90
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| Fairfield
| 78
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| Temple
| 61
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| Rhode Island
| 53
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| Rhode Island
| 61
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| Seton Hall
| 60
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| Temple
| 58
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| Minnesota
| 63
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| Minnesota
| 62
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| Saint Louis
| 52
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| Minnesota
| 84
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| Hawaii
| 70
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| Hawaii
| 85
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| UNLV
| 68
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Semifinals & finalsβ»
| Semifinals
| | | Finals
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| Georgetown
| 88
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| Minnesota
| 74
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| Georgetown
| 67
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| St. John's
| 70
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| Texas Tech
| 63
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| St. John's
| 64
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| Third place game
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| Minnesota
| 61
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| Texas Tech
| 71
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St. John's later vacated the title dueββto an ineligible player.
See alsoβ»
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