2002–03 Serie A (basketball)
This article is about the Italian 2002-2003 club basketball season.
Regular Season 2002/03
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | PF | PA | Coach |
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| 1 | Benetton Treviso | 34 | 30 | 4 | 3,093 | 2,691 |  Ettore Messina |
| 2 | Lottomatica Roma | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2,670 | 2,507 | Piero Bucchi |
| 3 | Oregon Scientific Cantù | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2,718 | 2,601 | Stefano Sacripanti |
| 4 | Montepaschi Siena | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2,813 | 2,603 |  Ergin Ataman |
| 5 | Pippo Milano | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2,743 | 2,645 | Attilio Caja |
| 6 | Skipper Bologna | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2,796 | 2,704 | Matteo Boniciolli (first 10 games, 6-4)
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| 7 | Pompea Napoli | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2,735 | 2,737 | Andrea Mazzon |
| 8 | Euro Roseto | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2,682 | 2,657 |  Phil Melillo |
| 9 | Viola Reggio Calabria | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2,607 | 2,559 | Lino Lardo |
| 10 | Lauretana Biella | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2,746 | 2,685 | Alessandro Ramagli |
| 11 | Acegas Trieste | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2,680 | 2,820 | Cesare Pancotto |
| 12 | Metis Varese | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2,695 | 2,733 |  Gregor Beugnot (first 27 games, 10-17)
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| 13 | Scavolini Pesaro | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2,736 | 2,892 | Marco Crespi (first 29 games, 12-17)
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| 14 | Virtus Bologna | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2,659 | 2,749 |  Bogdan Tanjević (first 14 games, 7-7)
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| 15 | Air Avellino | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2,728 | 2,854 |  Zare Markovski |
| 16 | Mabo Prefabbricati Livorno | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2,637 | 2,791 | Luca Banchi |
| 17 | Snaidero Udine | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2,656 | 2,698 | Fabrizio Frates (first 10 games, 1-9)
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| 18 | Carifac Fabriano | 34 | 4 | 30 | 2,460 | 2,928 | Roberto Carmenati |
Teams marked in green qualified for the playoffs. Teams marked in red were relegated to Serie A2. Virtus Bologna went bankrupt after the season and was sent to Serie B1 (3rd level), sparing Snaidero relegation.
Playoffs
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Treviso | - | |||||||||||||
| Bye | - | |||||||||||||
| Treviso | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Reggio Calabria | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Roseto | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Reggio Calabria | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Treviso | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Siena | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Siena | - | |||||||||||||
| Bye | - | |||||||||||||
| Siena | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Varese | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Milano | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Varese | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Treviso | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bologna | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Roma | - | |||||||||||||
| Bye | - | |||||||||||||
| Roma | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Pompea Napoli | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Napoli | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Biella | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Roma | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Bologna | 3 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Cantù | - | |||||||||||||
| Bye | - | |||||||||||||
| Cantù | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bologna | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bologna | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Trieste | 0 | |||||||||||||
1/8 Finals
- Metis Varese - Pippo Milano 2-1 (66-65, 79-55, 60-59)
- Skipper Bologna - Acegas Trieste 2-0 (89-67, 85-68)
- Pompea Napoli - Lauretana Biella 2-1 (84-60, 92-107, 95-92)
- Viola Reggio Calabria - Euro Roseto 2-1 (76-90, 86-82, 75-71)
Bye: Benetton Treviso, Lottomatica Roma, Oregon Scientific Cantù, Montepaschi Siena
Quarterfinals
- Benetton Treviso - Viola Reggio Calabria 3-2 (73-74, 58-65, 97-70, 71-69, 79-59)
- Lottomatica Roma - Pompea Napoli 3-1 (77-72, 84-70, 75-97, 105-92)
- Skipper Bologna - Oregon Scientific Cantù 3-1 (74-77, 95-93, 102-87, 86-77)
- Montepaschi Siena - Metis Varese 3-0 (73-65, 76-73, 72-60)
Semifinals
- Benetton Treviso - Montepaschi Siena 3-1 (91-89, 81-78, 74-86, 73-66)
- Skipper Bologna - Lottomatica Roma 3-2 (62-71, 83-80, 89-96, 88-81, 77-75)
Finals
- Benetton Treviso - Skipper Bologna 3-1 (90-86, 67-73, 87-62, 84-80)
Individual leaders
Statistics are for the regular season.
Scoring
| Rank | Name | Nation | Team | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Boris Gorenc |  |
Metis Varese | 22.4 |
| 2. | J.J. Eubanks | |
Viola Reggio Calabria | 19.6 |
| 3. | Jamel Thomas | |
Lauretana Biella | 19.4 |
| 4. | Alphonso Ford | |
Montepaschi Siena | 18.8 |
| 5. | Carlton Myers |  |
Lottomatica Roma | 18.5 |
| 6. | Ira Clark | |
Carifac Fabriano | 17.9 |
| 7. | David Vanterpool | |
Air Avellino | 17.8 |
| 8. | Robert Conley | |
Mabo Prefabbricati Livorno | 17.5 |
| 9. | Samuel Hines | |
Oregon Scientific Cantù | 17.4 |
| 10. | Bootsy Thornton | |
Oregon Scientific Cantù | 17.0 |
Assists
| Rank | Name | Nation | Team | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gianmarco Pozzecco | |
Skipper Bologna | 4.8 |
| 2. | Tyus Edney | |
Benetton Treviso | 4.2 |
| 3. | Jerry McCullough | |
Oregon Scientific Cantù | 3.8 |
| 4. | Petar Naumoski | |
Pippo Milano | 3.6 |
| 5. | Riccardo Pittis | |
Benetton Treviso | 3.4 |
| 6. | Cookie Belcher | |
Lauretana Biella | 3.2 |
| 7. | Ivica Marić |   |
Acegas Trieste | 3.0 |
| 8. | Vrbica Stefanov | |
Montepaschi Siena | 2.9 |
| 9. | LaMarr Greer | |
Pompea Napoli | 2.9 |
| 10. | Massimo Gattoni | |
Carifac Fabriano | 2.8 |
Rebounds
| Rank | Name | Nation | Team | RPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mirsad Türkcan | |
Montepaschi Siena | 10.7 |
| 2. | Ante Grgurević | |
Air Avellino | 9.7 |
| 3. | Warren Kidd | |
Pippo Milano | 9.2 |
| 4. | Roberto Chiacig | |
Montepaschi Siena | 8.5 |
| 5. | Ira Clark | |
Carifac Fabriano | 8.4 |
| 6. | Daniel Santiago |  |
Lottomatica Roma | 8.4 |
| 7. | Siniša Kelečević | |
Acegas Trieste | 7.7 |
| 8. | Brooks Sales | |
Lauretana Biella | 7.4 |
| 9. | Shaun Stonerook | |
Oregon Scientific Cantù | 7.4 |
| 10. | Denis Marconato | |
Benetton Treviso | 7.3 |
