The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.
This was the fifteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion.
Fourth seed Eastern Michigan won their third tournament championship, and first since the event resumed in 1992, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
[2][3] The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament.
[4] Brian Bixler won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award.