The 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was single-elimination.
"According to the finance section of the NCAA page, "The NCAA receives most of its annual revenue from two sources: television and marketing rights for the Division I Mens Basketball Championship and ticket sales for all championships
 From 1997 through 2009, the title game was played in December in Chattanooga, Tennessee, preceded by five seasons in Huntington, West Virginia

