2003 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA basketball competition August 2023 April 2026 NIT 2003 40 Madison Square Garden New York City St. John's Red Storm (vacated) 6th Georgetown Hoyas 2nd Texas Tech Red Raiders 1st Minnesota Golden Gophers 4th Mike Jarvis 1st Marcus Hatten (Vacated) St. John's The 2003 National Invitation Tournament was the 2003 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. This was the last NIT to include a third-place game until 2021. During the following season, St. John's center Abe Keita revealed that a member of the team's staff had paid him nearly $300 a month for the past four seasons. As a result, St. John's took various actions, including vacating 43 wins in which Keita participated, among which were the team's victories and eventual championship in the 2003 NIT. St. John's became the third team in the history of the NIT to be forced to vacate its standing in the tournament. Marcus Hatten's tournament Most Valuable Player award also was vacated. Selected teams Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09 SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid 2002 men Boston College Eagles Boston CollegeBig East18–1116th19932002 men Boston University Terriers Boston UniversityAmerica East20–103rd19862002 men Brown Bears BrownIvy17–111stNever2002 men College of Charleston Cougars College of CharlestonSouthern24–73rd19962002 men DePaul Blue Demons DePaulC-USA16–1214th1999DrexelColonial19–112nd19972002 men Eastern Washington Eagles Eastern WashingtonBig Sky18–121stNever2002 men Fairfield Stags FairfieldMAAC19–115th1996GeorgetownBig East15–149th2000Georgia TechACC14–147th1999HawaiiWAC18–117th1998IowaBig Ten15–134th2002Iowa StateBig 1216–132nd19842002 men Kent State Golden Flashes Kent StateMAC22–85th20002002 men Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana-LafayetteSun Belt20–95th20022002 men Minnesota Golden Gophers MinnesotaBig Ten16–1210th20022002 men Nevada Wolf Pack NevadaWAC18–133rd1997North CarolinaACC17–155th1974Ohio StateBig Ten17–147th19932002 men Providence Friars ProvidenceBig East16–1316th19992002 men Rhode Island Rams Rhode IslandAtlantic 1019–1010th19962002 men Richmond Spiders RichmondAtlantic 1016–127th2002St. John'sBig East16–1327th19952002 men Saint Louis Billikens Saint LouisC-USA16–1317th19962002 men San Diego State Aztecs San Diego StateMountain West16–132nd19822002 men Seton Hall Pirates Seton HallBig East17–1215th20012002 men Siena Saints SienaMAAC19–105th2000TempleAtlantic 1016–1513th20022002 men Tennessee Volunteers TennesseeSEC17–1110th1996Texas TechBig 1218–123rd19952002 men UAB Blazers UABC-USA17–118th19982002 men UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa BarbaraBig West18–134th19932002 men UIC Flames UICHorizon21–81stNever2002 men UNLV Runnin' Rebels UNLVMountain West21–107th20022002 men Valparaiso Crusaders ValparaisoMid-Continent20–101stNever2002 men Villanova Wildcats VillanovaBig East15–1515th2002VirginiaACC15–1510th20022002 men Western Michigan Broncos Western MichiganMAC19–102nd19922002 men Wichita State Shockers Wichita StateMissouri Valley18–118th19892002 men Wyoming Cowboys WyomingMountain West20–108th2001 Bracket Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Iowa 62 Valparaiso 60 Iowa State 76 Wichita State 65 Texas Tech 66 Nevada 54 San Diego State 67 UC Santa Barbara 62OT Georgia Tech 72 Ohio State 58 Iowa 54 Iowa State 53 Texas Tech 57 San Diego State 48 Georgia Tech 79 Iowa 78 Texas Tech 80 Georgia Tech 72 Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Siena 74 Villanova 59 Western Michigan 63 UIC 62 Siena 68 Western Michigan 62 UAB 82 Louisiana-Lafayette 80 St. John's 73 Boston University 57 Virginia 89 Brown 73 Siena 71 UAB 80 St. John's 73 Virginia 63 UAB 71 St. John's 79 Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Providence 67 Richmond 49 College of Charleston 72 Kent State 66 North Carolina 83 DePaul 72 Wyoming 78 Eastern Washington 71 Georgetown 70 Tennessee 60 Providence 69 College of Charleston 64 North Carolina 90 Wyoming 74 Georgetown 67 Providence 58 North Carolina 74 Georgetown 79 Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Temple 68 Drexel 59 Boston College 90 Fairfield 78 Temple 75 Boston College 62 Rhode Island 61 Seton Hall 60 Minnesota 62 Saint Louis 52 Hawaii 85 UNLV 68 Temple 61 Rhode Island 53 Minnesota 84 Hawaii 70 Temple 58 Minnesota 63OT Semifinals & finals Semifinals Finals   Georgetown 88 Minnesota 74   Texas Tech 63 St. John's 64   Georgetown 67 St. John's 70 Third place game   Minnesota 61 Texas Tech 71 NOTE: St. John's later vacated its tournament wins and title championship due to an ineligible player. See also 2003 Women's National Invitation Tournament 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2003 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 2003 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2003 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 2003 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament References National Invitation National Invitation Tournament Category:2000s in Manhattan Category:College basketball tournaments in New York City National Invitation Tournament Category:National Invitation Tournament Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan