2003 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2003 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 66th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The 2003 National Championship game would feature Concordia University (Calif.) and Mountain State. That game would be the 6th championship game to go into overtime (the most recent as of 2009). The Eagles would defeat the Cougars by an overtime score of 88 to 84. The other teams making it to the NAIA National Semifinals were Georgetown College (Ky.), and McKendree University (Ill.).

2003 (2003) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Concordia (Calif.) (1st title)
Runner-Up	Mountain State (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Georgetown (Ky.) (9th Fab Four) McKendree (Ill.) (1st Fab Four)
Coach of the Year	Ken Ammann (Concordia (Calif.))
Chuck Taylor MVP	Raynardo Curry (Mountain State)
Player of the Year	Matt Laur (McKendree (Ill.))
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Tanner Luster (Concordia (Calif.))
Attendance	21,234
Top scorer	Matt Laur (McKendree (Ill.)) (116 points)

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer: Matt Laur, McKendree (Ill.); in 4 games Laur scored a total of 116 points. Including 48 field goals and 20 free throws. Laur averaged 29.0 points per game.
• Leading rebounder: Matt Laur, McKendree (Ill.); in 4 games Laur earned 49 rebounds averaging 12.3 per game.
• Most Three-point Field Goals Made (Individual/Tournament): 21 by Jeremy Groth of Concordia (Calif.)
• Most consecutive tournament appearances: 12th, Georgetown (Ky.)
• Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 22nd of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.[2]

2003 NAIA bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Elite Eight					NAIA National Semifinals					NAIA National Championship
	1	Houston Baptist (Texas)	76
	-	Dillard (La.)	79
						-	Dillard	79
						16	Lee	105
	-	Carroll (Mont.)	58
	16	Lee (Tenn.)	68
											16	Lee	58
	TOP TIER
											8	Georgetown	71
	9	St. Xavier (Ill.)	82
	-	Oklahoma City	56
						9	St. Xavier	60
						8	Georgetown	77
	-	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	63
	8	Georgetown (Ky.)	86
																8	Georgetown	89
																4	Mountain State	106
	5	Oklahoma Baptist	69
	-	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	66
						5	Oklahoma Baptist	72
						12	Westmont	66
	-	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	53
	12	Westmont (Calif.)	85
											5	Oklahoma Baptist	106*
	TOP TIER
											4	Mountain State	108
	13	Columbia (Mo.)	68
	-	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	72
						-	Wayland Baptist	85
						4	Mountain State	94
	-	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	80
	4	Mountain State	88
																					4	Mountain State	84*
																					6	Concordia	88
	3	Southern-New Orleans (La.)	85
	-	Reinhardt (Ga.)	72
						3	Southern-New Orleans	69
						14	Barber-Scotia	72
	-	Westminster (Utah)	48
	14	Barber-Scotia (N.C.)	59
											14	Barber-Scotia	52
	BOTTOM TIER
											6	Concordia	64
	11	Cumberland (Ky.)	73
	-	Oklahoma Christian	86
						-	Oklahoma Christian	73
						6	Concordia	76
	-	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	64
	6	Concordia (Calif.)	87
																6	Concordia	81
																2	McKendree	58
	7	Azusa Pacific	67
	-	John Brown (Ark.)	70
						-	John Brown	78
						-	Olivet Nazarene	83
	-	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	63
	10	Faulkner (Ala.)	58
											-	Olivet Nazarene	62
	BOTTOM TIER
											2	McKendree	64
	15	Science & Arts (Okla.)	79
	-	Pikeville (Ky.)	68
						15	Science & Arts	98
						2	McKendree	105
	-	Jarvis Christian (Texas)	81
	2	McKendree (Ill.)	94

•  * denotes overtime.

References

1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine