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2003 NCAA Division I baseball season

Baseball season

| WorldSeries_runner-up = Stanford

The 2003 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on January 16, 2003. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2003 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska, at Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 23, 2003, with the final game of the best-of-three championship series, the first such championship series used at the College World Series. Rice defeated Stanford two games to one to claim its first championship.

Realignment

New programs

Three programs joined Division I prior to the 2003 season– Gardner-Webb, which had been a provisional member; Savannah State, which had been a Division II independent; and IPFW, which had been a provisional member.

Dropped programs

Howard dropped its baseball program following the 2002 season.

Conference changes

Sacramento State, which had been a member of the Big West Conference, became a Division I independent.

Conference formats

Bowling Green, which had played in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference, moved to the West Division.

Conference standings

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Vermont	17	5	.773	32	14	.697
Maine	17	7	.708	38	14	.731
Stony Brook	15	9	.625	33	21	.611
Northeastern	12	10	.545	27	24	.529
Albany	10	14	.417	20	32	.385
Hartford	7	15	.318	9	34	.209
Binghamton	2	20	.091	10	40	.200

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Florida State	19	5	.792	54	13	.806
Georgia Tech	17	7	.708	44	18	.710
North Carolina State	15	9	.625	45	16	.738
Clemson	15	9	.625	39	22	.639
North Carolina	13	11	.542	42	23	.646
Virginia	11	12	.478	29	25	.537
Wake Forest	8	15	.348	29	24	.547
Maryland	6	17	.261	20	33	.377
Duke	2	21	.087	18	36	.333

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Florida Atlantic	25	8	.756	47	16	.746
Stetson	21	12	.636	41	24	.631
Jacksonville State	19	14	.576	32	26	.610
Belmont	19	14	.576	29	23	.558
Gardner–Webb	18	15	.545	33	23	.589
Jacksonville	17	16	.515	32	30	.516
Troy State	16	17	.485	27	27	.500
Georgia State	16	17	.485	25	29	.463
Central Florida	14	16	.467	31	25	.554
Campbell	14	19	.424	22	28	.440
Samford	7	23	.233	17	34	.333
Mercer	6	21	.222	11	34	.244

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
East
Massachusetts	14	7	.667	26	19	.578
Rhode Island	16	8	.667	26	26	.500
St. Bonaventure	9	11	.450	22	19	.564
Temple	10	14	.417	20	27	.426
Saint Joseph's	10	14	.417	17	31	.354
Fordham	8	15	.348	16	27	.372
West
Richmond	19	4	.826	48	15	.762
Duquesne	15	9	.625	25	29	.463
Xavier	13	8	.619	25	26	.490
George Washington	12	9	.571	37	18	.673
La Salle	6	17	.261	11	30	.268
Dayton	4	20	.167	16	36	.333

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Rutgers	19	6	.760	37	22	.627
West Virginia	18	6	.750	36	19	.655
Notre Dame	16	7	.696	45	18	.714
Virginia Tech	15	10	.600	34	23	.596
Boston College	13	11	.542	33	21	.611
Pittsburgh	13	13	.500	36	20	.643
St. John's	12	14	.462	29	27	.518
Seton Hall	11	14	.440	23	24	.489
Connecticut	10	15	.400	24	23	.511
Villanova	6	19	.240	14	32	.304
Georgetown	4	22	.154	14	33	.298

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Winthrop	15	4	.789	35	22	.614
Coastal Carolina	12	7	.632	45	18	.714
Elon	12	7	.632	34	23	.596
UNC Asheville	12	9	.571	27	28	.491
Charleston Southern	9	12	.429	19	37	.339
Liberty	7	12	.368	17	37	.315
High Point	5	12	.294	14	37	.275
Radford	5	14	.263	13	28	.317

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Minnesota	24	6	.800	40	22	.645
Ohio State	20	12	.625	44	19	.698
Michigan	16	14	.533	30	27	.526
Penn State	17	15	.531	29	28	.509
Northwestern	15	14	.517	25	25	.500
Indiana	16	15	.516	34	22	.515
Purdue	13	18	.419	29	26	.527
Illinois	12	19	.387	27	26	.509
Michigan State	10	19	.345	21	34	.382
Iowa	10	21	.323	18	29	.383

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Nebraska	20	7	.741	47	18	.723
Texas A&M	19	8	.704	45	19	.703
Texas	19	8	.704	50	20	.714
Missouri	15	11	.577	36	22	.621
Baylor	15	12	.556	45	23	.662
Oklahoma State	14	13	.519	34	24	.586
Oklahoma	10	17	.370	23	31	.426
Kansas	9	18	.333	35	28	.556
Texas Tech	8	18	.308	30	25	.545
Kansas State	5	22	.185	15	37	.288

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Long Beach State	16	5	.762	41	18	.695
Cal State Fullerton	15	6	.714	50	16	.758
UC Riverside	14	7	.667	41	17	.707
Cal Poly	9	12	.429	27	28	.491
Cal State Northridge	8	13	.381	14	42	.250
UC Irvine	8	13	.381	21	35	.375
UC Santa Barbara	8	13	.381	25	28	.472
Pacific	6	15	.286	27	27	.500

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
American
UNC Wilmington	15	6	.714	40	23	.635
James Madison	13	7	.650	29	27	.518
Towson	11	9	.550	28	25	.528
Old Dominion	5	15	.250	18	33	.353
Drexel	3	17	.150	12	34	.261
Colonial
Virginia Commonwealth	17	3	.850	46	13	.780
William & Mary	12	4	.750	31	20	.608
George Mason	9	8	.529	31	20	.608
Delaware	7	13	.350	21	32	.396
Hofstra	5	15	.250	12	35	.255

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Southern Miss	23	7	.767	47	16	.746
Texas Christian	22	8	.733	35	22	.614
Tulane	20	10	.667	44	19	.698
Houston	18	12	.600	37	30	.552
East Carolina	17	13	.567	34	27	.557
South Florida	14	14	.500	31	27	.534
Louisville	14	15	.483	34	23	.596
Charlotte	11	15	.423	21	28	.429
UAB	12	17	.414	27	26	.509
Memphis	11	18	.379	21	33	.389
Cincinnati	7	22	.241	15	39	.278
Saint Louis	6	24	.200	18	32	.360

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Illinois–Chicago	15	6	.714	39	18	.684
Butler	16	8	.667	34	27	.557
Wisconsin–Milwaukee	13	10	.565	25	25	.500
Youngstown State	12	11	.522	27	28	.491
Wright State	10	13	.435	21	34	.382
Detroit	8	12	.400	15	32	.319
Cleveland State	4	18	.182	13	39	.250

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Lou Gehrig
Princeton	15	5	.750	27	23	.540
Penn	12	8	.600	22	17	.564
Cornell	9	11	.450	16	20	.444
Columbia	9	11	.450	21	27	.438
Red Rolfe
Harvard	11	9	.550	20	23	.465
Dartmouth	10	10	.500	17	19	.472
Brown	8	12	.400	18	28	.391
Yale	6	14	.300	16	24	.400

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Le Moyne	22	3	.880	33	17	.660
Marist	19	8	.704	33	20	.623
Niagara	16	10	.615	26	25	.510
Manhattan	15	10	.600	26	36	.419
Iona	15	11	.577	21	24	.467
Siena	15	11	.577	17	35	.327
Rider	14	13	.519	22	37	.373
Saint Peter's	6	20	.231	7	33	.175
Fairfield	5	21	.192	7	34	.171
Canisius	3	23	.115	4	38	.095

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
East
Kent State	20	4	.833	36	18	.667
Miami (OH)	19	9	.679	36	24	.600
Ohio	15	11	.577	35	23	.603
Akron	12	15	.444	22	30	.423
Marshall	11	16	.407	22	31	.415
Buffalo	5	21	.192	16	37	.302
West
Ball State	17	10	.630	36	21	.632
Eastern Michigan	16	11	.593	33	28	.541
Northern Illinois	15	11	.577	34	24	.586
Western Michigan	16	12	.571	25	26	.490
Central Michigan	9	15	.375	25	28	.472
Bowling Green	9	18	.333	17	28	.378
Toledo	8	19	.296	22	29	.431

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Oral Roberts	19	1	.950	41	20	.672
Southern Utah	11	9	.550	21	29	.420
Western Illinois	10	10	.500	25	38	.397
Valparaiso	9	11	.450	22	33	.400
Oakland	7	13	.350	20	34	.370
Chicago State	4	16	.200	9	47	.161

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
North
Delaware State	9	0	1.000	27	25	.519
Coppin State	7	4	.636	12	27	.308
Maryland–Eastern Shore	1	13	.071	5	33	.132
South
Bethune–Cookman	11	5	.688	30	28	.517
Florida A&M	12	6	.667	29	21	.580
North Carolina A&T	6	10	.375	13	36	.265
Norfolk State	5	13	.278	18	28	.391

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Southwest Missouri State	19	11	.633	40	26	.606
Wichita State	19	13	.594	49	27	.645
Southern Illinois	17	13	.567	30	25	.545
Northern Iowa	16	15	.516	27	28	.491
Indiana State	15	17	.469	36	22	.621
Creighton	14	17	.452	20	37	.351
Illinois State	14	17	.452	23	29	.442
Bradley	12	17	.414	23	30	.434
Evansville	12	20	.375	24	31	.436

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
UNLV	24	6	.800	47	17	.734
San Diego State	18	12	.600	29	32	.475
BYU	18	12	.600	30	24	.556
New Mexico	17	13	.567	34	26	.567
Utah	10	20	.333	24	32	.429
Air Force	3	27	.100	15	39	.278

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Central Connecticut	19	6	.360	31	17	.646
St. Francis (NY)	17	10	.630	21	21	.500
Monmouth	15	11	.577	24	27	.471
UMBC	15	12	.556	20	27	.426
Quinnipiac	14	13	.519	17	24	.415
Fairleigh Dickinson	12	15	.444	14	25	.359
Long Island	11	15	.423	16	24	.400
Mount St. Mary's	9	14	.391	14	23	.378
Wagner	10	16	.385	11	36	.234
Sacred Heart	7	17	.292	13	29	.310

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Austin Peay	14	5	.737	27	27	.500
Southeast Missouri State	14	6	.700	31	20	.608
Tennessee Tech	13	6	.684	27	25	.519
Murray State	9	11	.450	25	31	.446
Eastern Kentucky	8	11	.421	24	29	.453
Eastern Illinois	8	12	.400	26	31	.456
Tennessee–Martin	6	13	.316	17	30	.362
Morehead State	6	14	.300	16	33	.327

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Stanford	18	6	.750	51	18	.739
Arizona State	16	8	.667	53	12	.815
Washington	15	9	.625	42	18	.700
Arizona	13	11	.542	35	23	.603
USC	11	13	.458	28	28	.500
UCLA	11	13	.458	28	31	.475
California	10	14	.417	28	27	.509
Washington State	7	17	.292	19	37	.339
Oregon State	7	17	.292	25	28	.472

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Bucknell	15	5	.750	27	16	.628
Navy	12	8	.600	21	24	.467
Lehigh	9	11	.450	19	23	.452
Army	9	11	.450	17	25	.405
Holy Cross	8	12	.400	13	23	.361
Lafayette	7	13	.350	16	24	.400

Team	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct
East
South Carolina	19	11	.633	42	20	.677
Vanderbilt	14	16	.467	27	28	.491
Florida	13	16	.448	37	21	.638
Tennessee	13	17	.433	31	24	.564
Georgia	10	20	.333	29	26	.527
Kentucky	9	20	.310	24	32	.429
West
LSU	20	9	.690	45	22	.672
Auburn	18	12	.600	42	21	.667
Mississippi State	17	12	.586	42	20	.677
Ole Miss	17	13	.567	35	27	.565
Alabama	14	16	.467	38	24	.613
Arkansas	14	16	.467	35	22	.614

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Western Carolina	22	8	.733	43	21	.672
Georgia Southern	19	10	.655	39	21	.650
The Citadel	19	11	.633	32	25	.561
UNC Greensboro	17	13	.567	39	21	.650
Furman	17	13	.567	32	24	.571
College of Charleston	17	13	.567	31	27	.534
VMI	16	14	.533	24	28	.462
Davidson	12	17	.414	18	27	.400
East Tennessee State	9	20	.310	15	36	.294
Appalachian State	8	22	.267	14	36	.280
Wofford	7	22	.241	9	40	.184

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Lamar	20	6	.769	40	18	.690
Southwest Texas State	19	7	.731	30	28	.517
Texas–Arlington	18	9	.667	37	25	.597
Northwestern State	16	11	.593	35	22	.561
Louisiana–Monroe	12	14	.462	29	28	.509
McNeese State	12	15	.444	31	30	.508
Texas–San Antonio	12	15	.444	29	27	.518
Sam Houston State	9	18	.333	20	33	.377
Southeastern Louisiana	8	18	.308	18	35	.340
Nicholls State	7	20	.259	22	32	.407

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
East
Mississippi Valley State	22	6	.786	29	29	.500
Jackson State	18	12	.600	20	20	.500
Alcorn State	14	18	.438	20	28	.417
Alabama A&M	13	18	.419	15	32	.319
Alabama State	8	21	.276	11	28	.282
West
Southern	31	1	.969	44	7	.863
Texas Southern	19	13	.594	22	30	.423
Grambling State	16	16	.500	22	25	.468
Prairie View A&M	7	23	.233	10	45	.182
Arkansas Pine–Bluff	5	25	.167	12	38	.240

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
South Alabama	17	7	.708	42	19	.689
New Mexico State	15	9	.625	43	18	.705
Louisiana–Lafayette	15	9	.625	30	30	.500
Western Kentucky	12	11	.522	34	22	.515
Florida International	12	12	.500	36	23	.610
Middle Tennessee	10	13	.435	33	27	.550
Arkansas–Little Rock	9	14	.391	30	26	.536
Arkansas State	9	14	.391	24	31	.436
New Orleans	7	17	.292	23	32	.418

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
Coast
Pepperdine	23	7	.767	36	25	.590
Santa Clara	21	9	.700	31	26	.544
Gonzaga	14	16	.467	26	25	.510
Saint Mary's	8	21	.276	18	37	.327
West
San Diego	18	12	.600	32	30	.516
San Francisco	17	13	.567	25	31	.446
Loyola Marymount	13	17	.433	26	30	.464
Portland	5	24	.172	9	45	.167

Conf	Overall	Team	W	L	Pct	W
[Rice](2003-rice-owls-baseball-team)	25	5	.833	58	12	.829
Nevada	19	10	.655	32	24	.571
Fresno State	14	16	.467	30	29	.508
Hawaii	11	19	.367	30	26	.536
San Jose State	10	19	.385	25	32	.439
Louisiana Tech	10	20	.333	18	34	.346

Team	W	L	Pct
Miami (FL)	42	15	.737
Savannah State	34	15	.694
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	33	17	.660
Birmingham–Southern	33	18	.647
Sacramento State	33	24	.579
Centenary	23	33	.411
Texas–Pan American	21	33	.389
Lipscomb	16	31	.340
IPFW	17	33	.340
NYIT	15	32	.319
Morris Brown	10	33	.233
Hawaii–Hilo	9	38	.191
Pace	9	39	.188

College World Series

Main article: 2003 College World Series

The 2003 season marked the fifty seventh NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Rice claiming their first championship with a two games to one series win over Stanford in the final.

Bracket

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 2003 College Baseball All-America Team

References

2003 Division I Standings at BoydsWorld.com

References

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W.C. Madden. (2004). "The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947–2003". McFarland & Co..

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