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The 2003 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Verizon Arena (now the Simmons Bank Arena) in North Little Rock, Arkansas, from March 6 – 9, 2003.

ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteAlltel Arena
North Little Rock, Arkansas
ChampionsLSU (2nd title)
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2003 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteAlltel Arena
North Little Rock, Arkansas
ChampionsLSU (2nd title)
Winning coachSue Gunter (2nd title)
MVPTemeka Johnson (LSU)
Attendance43,642
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2002–03 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Tennessee14–0 1.00033–5  .868
No. 3 LSU †11–3 .78630–4  .882
No. 19 Georgia10–4 .71421–10  .677
No. 13 Mississippi State10–4 .71424–8  .750
No. 16 South Carolina9–5 .64323–8  .742
No. 14 Vanderbilt9–5 .64322–10  .688
No. 24 Arkansas7–7 .50022–11  .667
Auburn5–9 .35723–11  .676
Kentucky4–10 .28611–16  .407
Alabama3–11 .21413–15  .464
Florida1–13 .0719–19  .321
Ole Miss1–13 .07112–16  .429
† 2003 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
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LSU won the tournament by beating Tennessee on March 9, 2003 by the score of 78 to 62 and received the SEC's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Seeds

All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference record.

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Seed School Conference
record		 Overall
record		 Tiebreaker
1 Tennessee‡† 14–0 33–5
2 LSU† 11–3 30–4
3 Georgia† 10–4 21–10
4 Mississippi State† 10–4 24–8
5 South Carolina 9–5 23–8
6 Vanderbilt 9–5 22–10
7 Arkansas 7–7 22–11
8 Auburn 5–9 23–11
9 Kentucky 4–10 11–16
10 Alabama 3–11 13–15
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.
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Schedule

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Game Matchup# Score
First Round – Thurs, Mar 6
1
No. 5 South Carolina vs. No. 12 Ole Miss
 79–64
2
No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Florida
 74–58
3
No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Alabama
 53–48
4
No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Kentucky
 68–62
Quarterfinal – Fri, Mar 7
5
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Auburn
 66–51
6
No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Arkansas
 78–72
7
No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt
 70–74
8
No. 4 Mississippi State vs. No. 5 South Carolina
 79–75
Semifinal – Sat, Mar 8
9
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Mississippi State
 79–75
10
No. 2 LSU vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt
 78–69
Championship – Sun, Mar 9
11
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 2 LSU
 62–78
# – Rankings denote tournament seed
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Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 6 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 7 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 8 		Championship game
Sunday, March 9
            
1 Tennessee 66
8 Auburn 51
8 Auburn 68
9 Kentucky 62
1 Tennessee 76
4 Mississippi State 75
4 Mississippi State 79
5 South Carolina 75
5 South Carolina 79
12 Ole Miss 64
1 Tennessee 62
2 LSU 78
2 LSU 78
7 Arkansas 72
7 Arkansas 53
10 Alabama 48
2 LSU 78
6 Vanderbilt 69
3 Georgia 70
6 Vanderbilt 74
6 Vanderbilt 74
11 Florida 58

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

All-Tournament team

References

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