2003 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

2003 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2002–03
Teams 12
Site Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions Kentucky (24th 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.

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.

2003 SEC Tournament

  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  Florida 61
    W3  LSU 65  
W3  LSU 85
E6  Arkansas 56  
  W1  Mississippi State 57
  E1  Kentucky 64
W4  Alabama 69  
E5  Vanderbilt 82  
  E1  Kentucky 81
    E5  Vanderbilt 63  
      
        
  E1  Kentucky 78
  W2  Auburn 58  
        
        
  W2  Auburn 66
    E3  Tennessee 53  
E3  Tennessee 1
W6  vacant 0  


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