2003 SEC men's basketball tournament

2003 SEC men's basketball tournament
2003 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2002–03
Teams	11
Site	Louisiana Superdome; New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	Kentucky (25th title)
Winning coach	Tubby Smith (4th title)
MVP	Keith Bogans, Kentucky
Attendance	172,840
	SEC men's basketball tournaments ← 2002 2004 →

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.

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2002–03 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 1 Kentucky †	16	–	0	1.000	32	–	4	.889
No. 10 Florida	12	–	4	.750	25	–	8	.758
No. 25 Georgia	11	–	5	.688	19	–	8	.704
Tennessee	9	–	7	.563	17	–	12	.586
South Carolina	5	–	11	.313	12	–	16	.429
Vanderbilt	3	–	13	.188	11	–	18	.379
West
No. 20 Mississippi State	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
Auburn	8	–	8	.500	22	–	12	.647
LSU	8	–	8	.500	21	–	11	.656
Alabama	7	–	9	.438	17	–	12	.586
Ole Miss	4	–	12	.250	14	–	15	.483
Arkansas	4	–	12	.250	9	–	19	.321

† 2003 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

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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.

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2003 SEC men's basketball tournament

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