2003 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 2003 Sun Belt Conference I Men's 200px 11 E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Western Kentucky 5th Dennis Felton 3rd Patrick Sparks Western Kentucky The 2003 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–11 at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky.2002–03 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sun-belt/2003.html March 16, 2020 The top-seed in the East division Western Kentucky defeated West division #2 seed 2002 men Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee in the championship game, 64–52, to win their fifth Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament as the #13 seed in the West region. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament. Format All eleven participating Sun Belt members were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the five highest-seeded teams were awarded byes into the quarterfinal round while the six lowest-seeded teams entered the bracket in the preliminary first round. Bracket First roundFriday, March 7 QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 8Sunday, March 9 SemifinalsMonday, March 10 ChampionshipTuesday, March 11 5E 2002 men FIU Panthers Florida International 62 4W 2002 men New Orleans Privateers New Orleans 45 6W 2002 men North Texas Mean Green North Texas 73 3E 2002 men Little Rock Trojans Arkansas–Little Rock 74 4E 2002 men Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State 76 5W 2002 men Denver Pioneers Denver 82 1E Western Kentucky 71 5E Florida International 60 3E Arkansas–Little Rock 61 2W 2002 men New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State 78 2E 2002 men Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee 72 3W 2002 men South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama 69 5W Denver 72 1W 2002 men Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana–Lafayette 68 1E Western Kentucky 78 2W New Mexico State 59 2E Middle Tennessee 83 5W Denver 59 1E Western Kentucky 64 2E Middle Tennessee 52 See also Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament References Category:Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Kentucky Category:Sports in Bowling Green, Kentucky