2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Preseason AP No. 1 | Arizona Wildcats |
Regular season | November 10, 2002– March 16, 2003 |
NCAA Tournament | 2003 |
Tournament dates | March 17 – April 7, 2003 |
National Championship | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana |
NCAA Champions | Syracuse Orange |
Other champions | St. John's Red Storm (NIT) |
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden) | T. J. Ford, Texas |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
The 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2002, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 7, 2003 at the Louisiana SuperdomeinNew Orleans, Louisiana. The Syracuse Orange and coach Jim Boeheim won their first NCAA national championship with an 81–78 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.
Beginning in 2002–03, the following rules changes were implemented:[2]
The top 25 from the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls November 13, 2002.[3]
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These schools joined new conferences for the 2002–03 season.
School | Former conference | New conference |
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Gardner-Webb | NCAA Division II | Atlantic Sun Conference |
Lipscomb | NAIA | NCAA Division I Independent |
Savannah State | NCAA Division II | NCAA Division I Independent |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | NCAA Division III | NCAA Division I Independent |
Source for additional stats categories
Points per game
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Rebounds per game
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Assists per game
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Steals per game
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Player | School | PPG | Player | School | RPG | Player | School | APG | Player | School | SPG | |||
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Ruben Douglas | New Mexico | 28.0 | Brandon Hunter | Ohio | 12.6 | Martell Bailey | Illinois-Chicago | 8.1 | Alexis McMillan | Stetson | 4.0 | |||
Henry Domercant | E. Illinois | 27.9 | Amien Hicks | Morris Brown | 12.4 | Marques Green | St. Bonaventure | 8.0 | Zakee Wadood | E. Tennessee St. | 3.2 | |||
Mike Helms | Oakland | 26.9 | Adam Sonn | Belmont | 12.1 | T. J. Ford | Texas | 7.7 | Jay Heard | Jacksonville St. | 3.2 | |||
Michael Watson | UMKC | 25.5 | Chris Kaman | C. Michigan | 12.0 | Elliott Prasse-Freeman | Harvard | 7.7 | Eric Bush | UAB | 3.1 | |||
Troy Bell | Boston College | 25.2 | David West | Xavier | 11.8 | Antawn Dobie | LIU | 7.4 | Marcus Hatten | St. John's | 2.9 |
Blocked shots per game
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Field goal percentage
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Three-point FG percentage
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Free throw percentage
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Player | School | BPG | Player | School | FG% | Player | School | 3FG% | Player | School | FT% | |||
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Emeka Okafor | UConn | 4.7 | Adam Mark | Belmont | 67.0 | Jeff Schiffner | Penn | 49.3 | Steve Drabyn | Belmont | 95.1 | |||
Nick Billings | Binghamton | 4.3 | Rickey White | Maine | 66.2 | Kyle Korver | Creighton | 48.0 | Matt Logie | Lehigh | 94.8 | |||
Justin Rowe | Maine | 4.2 | Matt Nelson | Colorado St. | 64.3 | Terrence Woods | Florida A&M | 45.7 | Hollis Price | Oklahoma | 92.9 | |||
Deng Gai | Fairfield | 3.8 | Armond Williams | Illinois-Chicago | 63.9 | Chez Marks | Morehead St. | 45.6 | Brian Dux | Canisius | 92.0 | |||
Robert Battle | Drexel | 3.7 | Michael Harris | Rice | 62.3 | Tyson Dorsey | Samford | 45.5 | JJ Redick | Duke | 91.9 |
National semifinals | National championship game | ||||||||
E3 | Syracuse | 95 | |||||||
S1 | Texas | 84 | |||||||
E3 | Syracuse | 81 | |||||||
W2 | Kansas | 78 | |||||||
M3 | Marquette | 61 | |||||||
W2 | Kansas | 94 |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Georgetown | 88 | ||||||||
Minnesota | 74 | ||||||||
Georgetown | 67 | ||||||||
St. John's | 70 | ||||||||
Texas Tech | 63 | ||||||||
St. John's | 64 |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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David West | F | Senior | Xavier |
T. J. Ford | G | Sophomore | Texas |
Josh Howard | F/G | Senior | Wake Forest |
Nick Collison | F | Senior | Kansas |
Dwyane Wade | G | Junior | Marquette |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Hollis Price | G | Senior | Oklahoma |
Carmelo Anthony | F/G | Freshman | Syracuse |
Kyle Korver | F | Senior | Creighton |
Troy Bell | G | Senior | Boston College |
Jason Gardner | G | Senior | Arizona |
A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.[56]
NCAA Division I men's basketball seasons
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