Governor of California race will become governor. The 2003 California recall began with a petition drive that successfully forced sitting Democratic Governor Gray Davis into a special recall election. It marked the first time in the history of California that a governor faced a recall election. He was subsequently voted out of office, becoming the second governor in the history of the United States to be recalled after Lynn Frazier of North Dakota in 1921. He was replaced by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Lieutenant Governor of California is separately elected during the same election, not jointly as the running mate of the gubernatorial
2003 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament teams were placed into the first round. The two teams with the worst conference records were not invited to the tournament. All remaining tournament seeds were determined by regular season conference records. 2003 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament The 2003 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 12–15 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville defeated upstart in the championship game, 83–78, to clinch their first Conference USA men's tournament championship. The Cardinals, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA members Cincinnati, Marquette, and Memphis, all