Editing 2003 NBA draft (section)

===College underclassmen===
In terms of underclassmen declaring for this year's draft, the number of players available for entry this year would increase up to 73 after previously being down a bit the previous year. However, it would also see the most withdrawn entries from underclassmen either in college, overseas, or even high school in the case of [[Charlie Villanueva]] with 27 total people doing exactly that. As such, there would actually be 46 underclassmen that qualified as such for this year's draft, which would be an overall step down when compared to last year's official number of underclassmen entering the NBA draft. The following [[college basketball]] players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr>{{cite web |title=2003 Underclassmen |url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3050:2003-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 |website=The Draft Review |date=August 4, 2007 |access-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223110007/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3050:2003-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Alexander – C, [[Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball|Iowa State]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carmelo Anthony]] – F, [[Syracuse Orange men's basketball|Syracuse]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Austin]] – F, [[Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball|Mississippi State]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ronald Blackshear]] – G, [[Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball|Marshall]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Bosh]] – F, [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball|Georgia Tech]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Lamar Castile – G, [[Community College of Beaver County|CC of Beaver County]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Rod Edwards – G, [[Ouachita Baptist Tigers|Ouachita Baptist]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Carl English]] – G, [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's basketball|Hawaii]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[T. J. Ford]] – G, [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Zack Fray – F, [[Santa Ana College#Athletics|Santa Ana]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Jonathan Hargett – G, [[West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball|West Virginia]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} David Hamilton – F, [[Salem International Tigers|Salem International]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jarvis Hayes]] – F/G, [[Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball|Georgia]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Maurice Jackson – F, [[UT Permian Basin Falcons|Texas–Permian]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Richard Jeter – G, [[Atlanta Metropolitan State College|Atlanta Metro]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Chris Kaman]] – C, [[Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball|Central Michigan]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Powell]] – F, [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rick Rickert]] – F, [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luke Ridnour]] – G, [[Oregon Ducks men's basketball|Oregon]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Rob Smith – F, [[North Carolina Wesleyan University#Athletics|North Carolina Wesleyan]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Sweetney]] – F, [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|Georgetown]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dwyane Wade]] – G, [[Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball|Marquette]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mo Williams]] – G, [[Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball|Alabama]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Wrenn]] – F/G, [[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington]] (junior)
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