# 2003 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 2003 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 21 through 24. Top seeded Western Carolina won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Western Carolina's ninth tournament win, the most in SoCon history.
The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participate, so East Tennessee State, Appalachian State and Wofford were not in the field.

## Seeding

| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| Western Carolina | 22 | 8 | .733 | – | 1 |
| Georgia Southern | 19 | 10 | .655 | 2.5 | 2 |
| The Citadel | 19 | 11 | .633 | 3 | 3 |
| UNC Greensboro | 17 | 13 | .567 | 5 | 4 |
| Furman | 17 | 13 | .567 | 5 | 5 |
| College of Charleston | 17 | 13 | .567 | 5 | 6 |
| VMI | 16 | 14 | .533 | 6 | 7 |
| Davidson | 12 | 17 | .414 | 10 | 8 |
| East Tennessee State | 9 | 20 | .310 | 13 | |
| Appalachian State | 8 | 22 | .267 | 14 | |
| Wofford | 7 | 22 | .241 | 15 | |

## Bracket

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Furman | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | UNC Greensboro | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | UNC Greensboro | 2 | 1 | Western Carolina | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Furman | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Davidson | 0 | 5 | Furman | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Western Carolina | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Western Carolina | 14 | | | | 2 | Georgia Southern | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Western Carolina | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | VMI | 4 | | | | 1 | Western Carolina | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 2 | Georgia Southern | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | College of Charleston | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | College of Charleston | 8 | 6 | College of Charleston | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | The Citadel | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Western Carolina | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 5 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | 6 | College of Charleston | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | UNC Greensboro | 7 | 4 | UNC Greensboro | 4 | | | | 2 | Georgia Southern | 4 | |
| 8 | Davidson | 3 | | | | 4 | UNC Greensboro | 10 | 4 | UNC Greensboro | 1 | |
| | | | | | | 7 | VMI | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | VMI | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | The Citadel | 1 | 5 | Furman | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | VMI | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

| Position | Player | School |
| P | Ryan Basner | Western Carolina |
| C | A.J. Zickgraf | Georgia Southern |
| 1B | Jon Wade | VMI |
| 2B | Brandon Burnsed | Georgia Southern |
| 3B | Chris Davis | Western Carolina |
| SS | Lee Curtis | College of Charleston |
| OF | Ryan Gordon | UNC Greensboro |
| OF | Brandon Long | Georgia Southern |
| OF | Matt Nelson | Western Carolina |
| DH | Brian Sigmon | Western Carolina |
* Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
* Brian Sigmon
* Western Carolina