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| Date | April 7, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Kansas by 5 | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Gerald Boudreaux, Reggie Cofer, Dick Cartmell | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 54,524 | ||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian (sideline) | ||||||||||||
The 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2002-03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on April 7, 2003, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, and featured the West Regional Champion, #2-seeded Kansas versus the East Regional Champion, #3-seeded Syracuse. This was the first national championship game since 1989 to not feature a team from either the ACC or SEC.
- ^ "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 poll". USA Today. April 8, 2003. Archived from the original on June 3, 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2024.