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2002-03 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
Record: 220-145, .603 W-L% (3rd of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 12.95 (1st of 32) ▪ SOS: 8.58 (1st of 32)
Regular Season Champion: Kentucky (East) and Mississippi State (West)
Tournament Champion: Kentucky
NCAA Tournament: 6 (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana State and Mississippi State)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | East | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Kentucky* RT | 16 | 0 | 1.000 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 77.3 | 64.1 | 22.5 | 9.3 |
| 2 | Florida* | 12 | 4 | .750 | 25 | 8 | .758 | 75.3 | 64.5 | 18.5 | 7.8 |
| 3 | Georgia | 11 | 5 | .688 | 19 | 8 | .704 | 79.2 | 73.2 | 17.3 | 11.3 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 9 | 7 | .563 | 17 | 12 | .586 | 68.3 | 66.3 | 9.9 | 7.9 |
| 5 | South Carolina | 5 | 11 | .313 | 12 | 16 | .429 | 65.7 | 67.3 | 7.4 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 13 | .188 | 11 | 18 | .379 | 68.9 | 72.1 | 6.2 | 9.4 |
| Rk | West | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Mississippi State* R | 9 | 7 | .563 | 21 | 10 | .677 | 69.4 | 59.7 | 17.7 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Auburn* | 8 | 8 | .500 | 22 | 12 | .647 | 70.1 | 65.8 | 12.7 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Louisiana State* | 8 | 8 | .500 | 21 | 11 | .656 | 72.7 | 63.4 | 16.1 | 6.8 |
| 4 | Alabama* | 7 | 9 | .438 | 17 | 12 | .586 | 69.0 | 65.1 | 13.4 | 9.4 |
| 5 | Mississippi | 4 | 12 | .250 | 14 | 15 | .483 | 66.7 | 63.7 | 9.3 | 6.3 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 4 | 12 | .250 | 9 | 19 | .321 | 61.6 | 66.5 | 4.7 | 9.6 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/19 | 11/26 | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | 3/11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 17 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Florida | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Mississippi State | 12 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 20 | |
| Georgia | 16 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 25 | |||||
| Alabama | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 22 | ||||||
| Auburn | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana State | 24 | 21 | 23 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Alabama lost (67-62) versus Indiana (Midwest Regional)
Auburn won (65-63) versus Saint Joseph's (East Regional)
Florida won (85-55) versus Sam Houston State (South Regional)
Kentucky won (95-64) versus IUPUI (Midwest Regional)
Louisiana State lost (80-56) versus Purdue (South Regional)
Mississippi State lost (47-46) versus Butler (East Regional)
Second Round
Auburn won (68-62) versus Wake Forest (East Regional)
Florida lost (68-46) versus Michigan State (South Regional)
Kentucky won (74-54) versus Utah (Midwest Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Auburn lost (79-78) versus Syracuse (East Regional)
Kentucky won (63-57) versus Wisconsin (Midwest Regional)
Regional Final
Kentucky lost (83-69) versus Marquette (Midwest Regional)
Conference Leaders
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