2002–03 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

2002–03 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
2002–03 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	20–9 (13–5 Big West)
Head coach	Pat Douglass (6th season);
Home arena	Bren Events Center
	Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by 6th year head coach Pat Douglass and played at the Bren Events Center. They were members of the Big West Conference.

2002–03 Big West men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Santa Barbara	14	–	4	.778	18	–	14	.563
UC Irvine	13	–	5	.722	20	–	9	.690
Utah State†	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
Cal Poly	10	–	8	.556	16	–	14	.533
Idaho	9	–	9	.500	13	–	15	.464
Cal State Fullerton	8	–	10	.444	10	–	19	.345
Cal State Northridge	8	–	10	.444	14	–	15	.483
Pacific	7	–	11	.389	12	–	16	.429
UC Riverside	5	–	13	.278	6	–	18	.250
Long Beach State	4	–	14	.222	5	–	22	.185

† 2003 Big West tournament winner As of April 10, 2003^[1] Rankings from AP poll

Previous season edit

The 2001–02 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 21–11 and 13–5 in Big West play.

Roster edit

2002–03 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G		Aras Baskauskas	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
G	11	Nic Campbell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr
C		Ryan Codi	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	—	Fr
G		Mike Efevberha	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Pomona, CA
F	3	Greg Ethington	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So
G	10	Jeff Gloger	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
F		Jordan Harris	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
G		Mike Hood	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
F	40	Matt Okoro	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr
C		Adam Parada	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Jr	Alta Loma, CA
G		DeVaughn Peace	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Fr
G	14	Ross Schraeder	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
G		J.R. Stephens	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	So
F		Stanislav Zuzak	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Jr

Head coach

Pat Douglass (Pacific)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule edit

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Season
November 22, 2002*	at No. 7 Oklahoma Sooner invitational	L 65–87	0–1	Lloyd Noble Center (10,685) Norman, OK
November 23, 2002*	vs. Western Michigan Sooner invitational	L 62–73	0–2	Lloyd Noble Center (10,734) Norman, OK
November 30, 2002*	at Pepperdine	W 74–69	1–2	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,866) Malibu, CA
December 4, 2002*	Loyola Marymount	W 81–66	2–2	Bren Events Center (2,010) Irvine, CA
December 7, 2002*	Pomona-Pitzer	W 91–23	3–2	Bren Events Center (3,525) Irvine, CA
December 19, 2002*	at No. 17 Stanford	L 57–84	3–3	Maples Pavilion (3,013) Stanford, CA
December 22, 2002*	Saint Mary's	W 62–50	4–3	McKeon Pavilion (1,355) Moraga, CA
December 28, 2002*	IPFW	W 96–79	5–3	Bren Events Center (1,997) Irvine, CA
December 30, 2002*	Florida Atlantic	W 87–70	6–3	Bren Events Center (1,444) Irvine, CA
Conference Season
January 4, 2003	at Long Beach State	W 69–52	7–3 (1–0)	The Pyramid (2,084) Long Beach, CA
January 8, 2003	at Cal State Fullerton	L 65–66 ^OT	7–4 (1–1)	Titan Gym (1,208) Fullerton, CA
January 11, 2003	at UC Riverside	W 81–77	8–4 (2–1)	Student Recreation Center (1,226) Riverside, CA
January 15, 2003	Utah State	W 75–73 ^OT	9–4 (3–1)	Bren Events Center (3,205) Irvine, CA
January 18, 2003	Idaho	W 58–45	10–4 (4–1)	Bren Events Center (2,987) Irvine, CA
January 23, 2003	at Pacific	W 66–62	11–4 (5–1)	Alex G. Spanos Center (3,203) Stockton, CA
January 25, 2003	at Cal State Northridge	L 63–69	11–5 (5–2)	Matadome (1,268) Northridge, CA
January 30, 2003	UC Santa Barbara	L 54–70	11–6 (5–3)	Bren Events Center (2,570) Irvine, CA
February 1, 2003	Cal Poly	L 68–74	11–7 (5–4)	Bren Events Center (2,173) Irvine, CA
February 5, 2003	UC Riverside	W 78–61	12–7 (6–4)	Bren Events Center (1,496) Irvine, CA
February 8, 2003	Cal State Fullerton	W 72–52	13–7 (7–4)	Bren Events Center (3,179) Irvine, CA
February 13, 2003	at Utah State	W 59–58	14–7 (8–4)	Smith Spectrum (8,041) Logan, UT
February 15, 2003	Idaho	W 65–52	15–7 (9–4)	Cowan Spectrum (2,720) Moscow, ID
February 20, 2003	Cal State Northridge	W 64–57	16–7 (10–4)	Bren Events Center (2,289) Irvine, CA
February 22, 2003	Pacific	W 78–73 ^OT	17–7 (11–4)	Bren Events Center (2,331) Irvine, CA
February 27, 2003	at Cal Poly	W 68–62	18–7 (12–4)	Mott Gym (3,032) Irvine, CA
March 1, 2003	at UC Santa Barbara	L 51–67	18–8 (12–5)	UC Santa Barbara Events Center (5,014) Santa Barbara, CA
March 8, 2003	Long Beach State	W 95–60	19–8 (12–6)	Bren Events Center (5,000) Irvine, CA
Big West Conference tournament
March 13, 2003 7:00 pm	vs. Cal State Northridge Quarterfinal	W 70–64 ^OT	20–8	Anaheim Convention Center (3,265) Anaheim, CA
March 14, 2003 9:30 pm	vs. Utah State Semifinal	L 55–62	20–9	Anaheim Convention Center (4,136) Anaheim, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[2]

Awards and honors edit

Adam Parada ^[3]
- All-Big West Second Team
Jeff Gloger ^[3]
- Big West All Freshman Team

References edit

^ Big West MBB Record Book
^ "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "UC Irvine Honors" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2017.

[1] Big West MBB Record Book

[uci_recordbook-2] "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[uci_awards-3] "UC Irvine Honors" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2017.

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