2003 MAC men's basketball tournament

2003 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200203
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsCentral Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coachJay Smith (1st title)
MVPChris Kaman (Central Michigan)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
2002–03 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Kent State126 .6672110  .677
Miami (OH)117 .6111315  .464
Akron99 .5001414  .500
Marshall99 .5001415  .483
Ohio810 .4441416  .467
Buffalo216 .111523  .179
West
Central Michigan144 .778257  .781
Northern Illinois117 .6111714  .548
Western Michigan108 .5562011  .645
Eastern Michigan810 .4441414  .500
Bowling Green810 .4441316  .448
Ball State810 .4441317  .433
Toledo711 .3891415  .483
2003 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.