2003 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
2003 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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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 |
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.
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[]
Categories:
- SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
- 2002–03 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season
- 2003 in sports in Louisiana
- Basketball in Louisiana