NCAA College Basketball 2K3

NCAA College Basketball 2K3 is an American college basketball video game released by Sega in December 2002 for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. It is the only game in the series that uses the "College Basketball" designation rather than "College Hoops". Former Duke Blue Devils guard Jay Williams is on the cover. NCAA College Basketball 2K3 is the only game in the series to appear on the GameCube.

NCAA College Basketball 2K3
Xbox cover art with Jay Williams
Developer(s)	Kush Games Visual Concepts
Publisher(s)	Sega
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox
Release	NA: December 3, 2002 (PS2)[1] NA: December 10, 2002 (GC, Xbox)[2]
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer (PS2, GC: 2 players, Xbox: 2-4)

Gameplay

Reception

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(Xbox) 84.59%[3] (PS2) 83.05%[4] (GC) 83%[5]
Metacritic	(Xbox) 84/100[6] (PS2) 83/100[7] (GC) 82/100[8]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Game Informer	5.75/10[9]
GamePro	[10]
GameSpot	7.5/10[11][12] (GC) 7.3/10[13]
GameSpy	[14][15][16]
GameZone	(GC) 9/10[17] (PS2) 8.9/10[18]
IGN	8.6/10[19] (GC) 8.5/10[20]
Nintendo Power	3.5/5[21]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[22]
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	8.5/10[23]
X-Play	[24]

Reception

The game was met with positive reception upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 84.59% and 84 out of 100 for the Xbox version;^[3][6] 83.05% and 83 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;^[4][7] and 83% and 82 out of 100 for the GameCube version.^[5][8]