The 2003 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 10–15 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Central Michigan, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Central Michigan defeated Kent State in the final. In the NCAA tournament they defeated Creighton in the first round before losing to Duke.

Tournament

Seeds

Central Michigan

Kent State

Miami

Northern Illinois

Western Michigan

Akron

Marshall

Ball State

Bowling Green

Eastern Michigan

Ohio

Toledo

Buffalo

Bracket

References

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2003 MAC men's basketball tournament