The 2002–03 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by 14th-year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at The Palestra as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 22–6, 14–0 in Ivy League play to win the regular season championship. They received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Round to Oklahoma State.[2]
2002–03 Penn Quakers men's basketball | |
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Ivy League champions | |
NCAA tournament, first round | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 22–6 (14–0 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | The Palestra |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 2 | – | 25 | .074 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
Roster
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Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 23, 2002* |
Penn State | W 62–37 | 1–0 |
The Palestra | |||||||
Nov 25, 2002* |
Drexel | L 62–71 | 1–1 |
The Palestra | |||||||
Dec 3, 2002* |
at Delaware | L 59–60 | 1–2 |
Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware | |||||||
Dec 7, 2002* |
Temple | W 71–46 | 2–2 |
The Palestra | |||||||
Dec 10, 2002* |
at Villanova | W 72–58 | 3–2 |
First Union Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Dec 30, 2002* |
at Providence | L 71–74 OT | 3–3 |
Dunkin Donuts Center Providence, Rhode Island | |||||||
Jan 4, 2003* |
at Colorado | L 57–80 | 3–4 |
Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado | |||||||
Mar 11, 2003 |
at Princeton | W 74–67 | 22–5 (14–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 21, 2003* |
(11 E) | vs. (6 E) Oklahoma State First round |
L 63–77 | 22–6 |
TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
editAwards and honors
edit- Ugonna Onyekwe – Ivy League Player of the Year (2x)
- Tim Begley – Honorable Mention All-Ivy League
References
edit- ^ sports-reference.com 2002-03 Ivy League Season Summary
- ^ "Frosh powers Illinois past Penn". ESPN. March 17, 2000. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ "2002-03 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ "1999–2000 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1119–1120. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.