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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 | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2002–03 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Site | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Champions | Kentucky (25th title) |
| Winning coach | Tubby Smith (4th title) |
| MVP | Keith Bogans, Kentucky |
| Attendance | 172,840 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||