2003 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

2003 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2002–03
Teams11
SiteUniversity of Dayton Arena
Dayton, Ohio
ChampionsDayton (1st title)
Winning coachOliver Purnell (1st title)
MVPRamod Marshall (Dayton)
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2002–03 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Saint Joseph's 12 4   .750 23 7   .767
Rhode Island 10 6   .625 19 12   .613
Temple 10 6   .625 18 16   .529
UMass 6 10   .375 11 18   .379
Fordham 3 13   .188 2 26   .071
St. Bonaventure 1 15   .063 13 14   .481
West
No. 12 Xavier 15 1   .938 26 6   .813
No. 16 Dayton 14 2   .875 24 6   .800
Richmond 10 6   .625 15 14   .517
La Salle 6 10   .375 12 17   .414
George Washington 5 11   .313 12 17   .414
Duquesne 4 13   .235 9 21   .300
Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
As of February 5, 2016
Rankings from Coaches' Poll[1]

The 2003 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played from March 10 to March 15, 2003. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Dayton won the tournament and got the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Xavier and Saint Joseph's also received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Rhode Island, Richmond and Temple received bids to the 2003 National Invitation Tournament. Ramod Marshall of Dayton was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Future NBA players Jameer Nelson of Saint Joseph's and David West of Xavier were among those joining Marshall on the All-Championship Team.