2003 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 2003 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 7–10 at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey.

2003 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2002–03
Teams	10
Site	Sovereign Bank Arena Trenton, New Jersey
Champions	Manhattan (2nd title)
Winning coach	Bobby Gonzalez (1st title)
MVP	Luis Flores (Manhattan)
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

2002–03 MAAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Manhattan †	16	–	2		.889			25	–	6		.806
Niagara	14	–	4		.778			23	–	7		.767
Fairfield	13	–	5		.722			19	–	12		.613
Siena	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Niagara	12	–	6		.667			17	–	12		.586
Iona	11	–	7		.611			17	–	12		.586
Marist	8	–	10		.444			13	–	16		.448
Rider	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
Saint Peter's	6	–	12		.333			10	–	19		.345
Canisius	6	–	12		.333			10	–	18		.357
Loyola (MD)	1	–	17		.056			4	–	24		.143
† 2003 MAAC tournament winner

Top-seeded Manhattan defeated Fairfield in the championship game, 69–54, to win their second MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Jaspers received an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament.

Format

All ten of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records.

As the regular-season champion, top seed Manhattan received a bye to the semifinals.

Bracket

First round Friday, March 7

Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8

Semifinals Sunday, March 9

Final Monday, March 10

March 9

(1) Manhattan

82

(4) Niagara

81

March 8

(4) Niagara

81

March 7

(5) Iona

75

(5) Iona

62

March 10

(10) Loyola (MD)

39

(1) Manhattan

69

(2) Fairfield

54

March 8

(2) Fairfield

68

March 7

(8) Saint Peter's

60

(7) Rider

73

March 9

(8) Saint Peter's

77

(2) Fairfield

67

(3) Siena

63

March 8

(3) Siena

70

March 7

(6) Marist

68

(6) Marist

69

(9) Canisius

63