Annual NCAA basketball competition
The2003National Invitation Tournament was the 2003 edition of the annualNCAA college basketball competition. This was the last NIT to include a third-place game until2021 .
Duringthe 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.
Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament.[ 1]
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[ 1]
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Texas Tech 66 Nevada 54 Texas Tech 57 San Diego State 48 San Diego State 67 UC Santa Barbara 62OT Texas Tech 80 Georgia Tech 72 Georgia Tech 72 Ohio State 58 Georgia Tech 79 Iowa 78 Iowa 62 Valparaiso 60 Iowa 54 Iowa State 53 Iowa State 76 Wichita State 65
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Siena 74 Villanova 59 Siena 68 Western Michigan 62 Western Michigan 63 UIC 62 Siena 71 UAB 80 UAB 82 Louisiana-Lafayette 80 UAB 71 St. John's 79 St. John's 73 Boston University 57 St. John's 73 Virginia 63 Virginia 89 Brown 73
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals North Carolina 83 DePaul 72 North Carolina 90 Wyoming 74 Wyoming 78 Eastern Washington 71 North Carolina 74 Georgetown 79 Georgetown 70 Tennessee 60 Georgetown 67 Providence 58 Providence 67 Richmond 49 Providence 69 College of Charleston 64 College of Charleston 72 Kent State 66
Opening Round First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Temple 68 Drexel 59 Temple 75 Boston College 62 Boston College 90 Fairfield 78 Temple 61 Rhode Island 53 Rhode Island 61 Seton Hall 60 Temple 58 Minnesota 63 OT Minnesota 62 Saint Louis 52 Minnesota 84 Hawaii 70 Hawaii 85 UNLV 68
[ edit ] Semifinals Finals Georgetown 88 Minnesota 74 Georgetown 67 St. John's 70 Texas Tech 63 St. John's 64
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.
