| 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pittsburgh | (as selected and seeded with the Bradley-Terry system) | Wake Forest | 1 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Vermont | UNC Asheville | 16 | ||||||||||||
| FleetCenter - Boston, MA | Gaylord Center - Nashville, TN | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Alabama | Tennessee | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Purdue | St. Joseph's | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Missouri | Stanford | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Pennsylvania | Central Michigan | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Birm.-Jefferson Civic Ctr. - Birmingham, AL | St. Pete Times Forum - Tampa, FL | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Manhattan | Colorado State | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Xavier | EAST REGIONAL | MIDWEST REGIONAL | Illinois | 4 | ||||||||||
| Pepsi Arena - Albany, NY | HHH Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida | Kansas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Holy Cross | Austin Peay | 14 | ||||||||||||
| St. Pete Times Forum - Tampa, FL | Spokane Arena -Spokane, WA | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Weber State | Southern Illinois | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Oklahoma State | Memphis | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | California | NATIONAL CHAMPION | Louisiana State | 7 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Butler | Michigan State | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Birm.-Jefferson Civic Ctr. - Birmingham, AL | FleetCenter - Boston, MA | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Sam Houston State | IUPUI | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Duke | Syracuse | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Superdome | Superdome | ||||||||||||||
| New Orleans, LA | Superdome | New Orleans, LA | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Kentucky | New Orleans, LA | Arizona | 1 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Wagner | 16 | |||||||||||||
| RCA Dome - Indianapolis, IN | Huntsman Ctr. - Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Arizona State | Colorado | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Connecticut | Brigham Young | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Wisconsin | Notre Dame | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Texas Tech | Tulsa | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Huntsman Ctr. - Salt Lake City, UT | Spokane Arena - Spokane, WA | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Western Kentucky | Troy State | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Dayton | SOUTH REGIONAL | WEST REGIONAL | Creighton | 4 | ||||||||||
| Alamodome - San Antonio, TX | Arrowhead Pond - Anaheim, CA | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisville | Marquette | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | UNC Wilmington | San Diego | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Gaylord Center - Nashville, TN | RCA Dome - Indianapolis, IN | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | North Carolina State | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Maryland | Mississippi State | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Utah | Oregon | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Auburn | Indiana | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK | Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | East Tennessee State | Utah State | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | Oklahoma | 2 | ||||||||||||
| First Round | Second Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | National Semifinal | National Championship | National Semifinal | Regional Finals | Regional Semifinals | Second Round | First Round | |||||
| 20-21 March | 22-23 March | 27-28 March | 29-30 March | 5 April | 7 April | 5 April | 29-30 March | 27-28 March | 22-23 March | 20-21 March | |||||
| South Carolina St. | |||||||||||||||
| (to South #16) | |||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | |||||||||||||||
| Opening Round, 18 March | |||||||||||||||
| Univ. of Dayton Arena - Dayton, OH | |||||||||||||||