2002–03 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

2002–03 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
2002–03 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Big East East Division regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 23
Record	23–10 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Calhoun (17th season);
Assistant coaches	George Blaney; Tom Moore; Clyde Vaughan;
Home arena	Hartford Civic Center; Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2002–03 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 23–10 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 10–6 record and were the regular season co-champions. They made it to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by seventeenth-year head coach Jim Calhoun.^[2]^[3]

2002–03 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Boston College	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
No. 23 Connecticut	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
Providence	8	–	8	.500	18	–	14	.563
Villanova	8	–	8	.500	15	–	16	.484
St. John's	7	–	9	.438	21	–	13	.618
Miami	4	–	12	.250	11	–	17	.393
Virginia Tech*	4	–	12	.250	11	–	18	.379
West
No. 13 Syracuse	13	–	3	.813	30	–	5	.857
No. 4 Pittsburgh†	13	–	3	.813	28	–	5	.848
Seton Hall	10	–	6	.625	17	–	13	.567
No. 22 Notre Dame	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
Georgetown	6	–	10	.375	19	–	15	.559
West Virginia	5	–	11	.313	14	–	15	.483
Rutgers*	4	–	12	.250	12	–	16	.429

† 2003 Big East tournament winner As of March 31, 2003^[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2003 Big East tournament

Roster

Listed are the student athletes who were members of the 2002–2003 team.^[4]

Name	Position	Year
Rashad Anderson	G	FR
Hilton Armstrong	C	FR
Denham Brown	F	FR
Justin Brown	C	SR
Taliek Brown	G	JR
Justin Evanovich	G	JR
Ben Gordon	G	SO
Mike Hayes	F	SR
Scott Hazelton	F	SO
Emeka Okafor	C	SO
Tony Robertson	G	SR
Ryan Swaller	F	JR
Shamon Tooles	G	JR
Marcus White	F	FR
Chad Wise	G	SO
Mike Woodward	G	SR

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/4/2002*		Louisiana Futures	W 132–74		Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
11/16/2002*		Harlem Globetrotters	W 80–65		Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
Regular Season
11/23/2002* WTXX	No. 14	Quinnipiac	W 91–72	1–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
11/25/2002*	No. 12	George Washington	W 67–55	2–0	Hartford Civic Center (14,863) Hartford, CT
12/1/2002* WTXX	No. 11	at Vanderbilt	W 76–70	3–0	Memorial Gymnasium (12,490) Nashville, TN
12/3/2002*	No. 11	Sacred Heart	W 116–78	4–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
12/7/2002* WTXX	No. 11	Wagner	W 97–85	5–0	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
12/10/2002* WTXX	No. 9	Massachusetts	W 59–48	6–0	Hartford Civic Center (14,962) Hartford, CT
12/21/2002* WTXX	No. 8	UNC Asheville	W 117–67	7–0	Hartford Civic Center (14,102) Hartford, CT
12/28/2002* WTXX	No. 6	Central Connecticut	W 93–65	8–0	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
1/2/2003*	No. 5	St. Bonaventure	W 95–78	9–0	Hartford Civic Center (15,889) Hartford, CT
1/7/2003* ESPN2	No. 3	at No. 9 Oklahoma	L 63–73	9–1	Lloyd Noble Center (11,638) Norman, OK
1/11/2003 WTXX	No. 3	Miami	W 83–80 ^OT	10–1 (1–0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
1/14/2003 WTXX	No. 6	Virginia Tech	W 83–65	11–1 (2–0)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
1/18/2003* ESPN	No. 6	at North Carolina	L 65–68	11–2	Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
1/20/2003 ESPN	No. 11	at Miami	L 76–77	11–3 (2–1)	BankUnited Center (6,884) Coral Gables, FL
1/25/2003 WTXX	No. 11	Villanova	W 74–65	12–3 (3–1)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
1/27/2003 ESPN	No. 14	at St. John's	W 74–68	13–3 (4–1)	Madison Square Garden (21,750) New York, NY
2/1/2003 WTXX	No. 18	Boston College	L 71–95	13–4 (4–2)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (6,884) Storrs, CT
2/5/2003 WTXX	No. 18	at Virginia Tech	L 74–95	13–5 (4–3)	Cassell Coliseum (4,557) Blacksburg, VA
2/8/2003 ESPN	No. 23	at Providence	W 84–68	14–5 (5–3)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,993) Providence, RI
2/10/2003 ESPN	No. 23	No. 17 Syracuse Rivalry	W 75–61	15–5 (6–3)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
2/15/2003 WTXX		at Villanova	L 70–79	15–6 (6–4)	Wells Fargo Center (16,241) Philadelphia, PA
2/19/2003 WTXX		Rutgers	W 87–70	16–6 (7–4)	Hartford Civic Center (15,499) Hartford, CT
2/22/2003 CBS		St. John's	W 77–69	17–6 (8–4)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
2/24/2003 ESPN		at No. 9 Notre Dame	W 87–79	18–6 (9–4)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
3/2/2003 CBS		at No. 8 Pittsburgh	L 67–71	18–7 (9–5)	Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA
3/5/2003 WTXX		Providence	L 70–76	18–8 (9–6)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
3/8/2003 ESPN		at Boston College	W 91–54	19–8 (10–6)	Conte Forum (8,606) Boston, MA
Big East tournament
3/13/2003 ESPN2		vs. Seton Hall Quarterfinals	W 83–70	20–8	Madison Square Garden (19,528) New York, NY
3/14/2003 ESPN		vs. No. 11 Syracuse Semifinals/Rivalry	W 80–67	21–8	Madison Square Garden (19,528) New York, NY
3/15/2003 ESPN		vs. No. 5 Pittsburgh Championship	L 56–74	21–9	Madison Square Garden (19,528) New York, NY
NCAA tournament
3/20/2003* CBS	(5 S) No. 23	vs. (12 S) BYU First Round	W 58–53	22–9	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (11,284) Spokane, WA
3/22/2003* CBS	(5 S) No. 23	vs. (4 S) No. 18 Stanford Second Round	W 85–74	23–9	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (11,271) Spokane, WA
3/28/2003* CBS	(5 S) No. 23	vs. (1 S) No. 5 Texas Sweet Sixteen	L 78–82	23–10	Alamodome (30,009) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]^[5]

References

^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2003.html
^ ^a ^b 2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
^ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 978-0794828035.
^ "2002-03 UConn Huskies Roster and Stats".
^ "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

[1] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2003.html

[cstv-2] 2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

[3] Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 978-0794828035.

[4] "2002-03 UConn Huskies Roster and Stats".

[5] "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

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