2003 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 2003 SEC men's basketball tournament took place on March 13–16, 2003 in New Orleans at the Louisiana Superdome. Georgia did not participate; it had pulled out of the postseason as NCAA violations by coach Jim Harrick were emerging.

2003 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200203
Teams12
SiteLouisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
ChampionsKentucky (25th title)
Winning coachTubby Smith (4th title)
MVPKeith Bogans, Kentucky
Attendance172,840
2002–03 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 1 Kentucky160 1.000324  .889
No. 10 Florida124 .750258  .758
No. 25 Georgia115 .688198  .704
Tennessee97 .5631712  .586
South Carolina511 .3131216  .429
Vanderbilt313 .1881118  .379
West
No. 20 Mississippi State97 .5632110  .677
Auburn88 .5002212  .647
LSU88 .5002111  .656
Alabama79 .4381712  .586
Ole Miss412 .2501415  .483
Arkansas412 .250919  .321
2003 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

As shown in the bracket below, the designated berth for the Eastern division's sixth-seeded team was instead given to a Western division team, while the designated berth for the Western division's sixth-seeded team was left vacant.

Kentucky won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by beating Mississippi State on March 16, 2003.

Bracket

First round Second Round Semifinals Championship game
            
E4 South Carolina 56
W5 Ole Miss 62
W1 Mississippi State 73
W5 Ole Miss 64
W1 Mississippi State 76
W3 LSU 61
E2 #7 Florida 61
W3 LSU 65
W3 LSU 85
E6 Arkansas 56
W1 Mississippi State 57
E1 #2 Kentucky 64
W4 Alabama 69
E5 Vanderbilt 82
E1 #2 Kentucky 81
E5 Vanderbilt 63
E1 #2 Kentucky 78
W2 Auburn 58
W2 Auburn 66
E3 Tennessee 53
E3 Tennessee 1
W6 vacant 0

References

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