2003 SEC women's basketball tournament

2003 SEC women's basketball tournament
2003 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Alltel Arena; North Little Rock, Arkansas
Champions	LSU (2nd title)
Winning coach	Pat Summitt (2nd title)
MVP	Temeka Johnson (LSU)
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 SEC women's basketball tournament took place March 6–9, 2003 in North Little Rock, Arkansas at Alltel Arena.

2002–03 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Tennessee	14	–	0	1.000	33	–	5	.868
No. 3 LSU ^†	11	–	3	.786	30	–	4	.882
No. 19 Georgia	10	–	4	.714	21	–	10	.677
No. 13 Mississippi State	10	–	4	.714	24	–	8	.750
No. 16 South Carolina	9	–	5	.643	23	–	8	.742
No. 14 Vanderbilt	9	–	5	.643	22	–	10	.688
No. 24 Arkansas	7	–	7	.500	22	–	11	.667
Auburn	5	–	9	.357	23	–	11	.676
Kentucky	4	–	10	.286	11	–	16	.407
Alabama	3	–	11	.214	13	–	15	.464
Florida	1	–	13	.071	9	–	19	.321
Ole Miss	1	–	13	.071	12	–	16	.429

† 2003 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

LSU won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by beating Tennessee on March 9, 2003 by the score of 78 to 62.

Tournament

First round Thursday, March 6			Second round Friday, March 7			Semifinals Saturday, March 8			Championship game Sunday, March 9

8	Auburn	68

9	Kentucky	62
			8	Auburn	51

			1	Tennessee	66



						4	Mississippi State	75

						1	Tennessee	76



			5	South Carolina	75

			4	Mississippi State	79
5	South Carolina	79

12	Ole Miss	64
									2	LSU	78

									1	Tennessee	62
6	Vanderbilt	74

11	Florida	58
			6	Vanderbilt	74

			3	Georgia	70



						6	Vanderbilt	69

						2	LSU	78



			7	Arkansas	72

			2	LSU	78
7	Arkansas	53

10	Alabama	48

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.