2002–03 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

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 →

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

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]

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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.

v t e UConn Huskies men's basketball
Venues	Willis Nichols Hawley Armory (1914–1954) Hugh S. Greer Field House (1954–1989) XL Center (1975–present) New Haven Coliseum (1978–1987) Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990–present) Webster Bank Arena (2013–2014)
Rivalries	Georgetown Syracuse UMass
Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "UConn Husky" 6-overtime game 2011 Miracle Run
People	Head coaches Huskies of Honor Statistical leaders
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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