2002–03 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

2002–03 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
2002–03 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
Conference USA regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 9
Record	27–6 (14–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Tom Crean (4th season);
Home arena	Bradley Center
	Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in NCAA Division I competition in the 2002–03 season. The Golden Eagles, coached by Tom Crean, were then a member of Conference USA; they did not join their current conference, the Big East, until the 2005–06 season.

2002–03 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
American
No. 9 Marquette	14	–	2	.875	27	–	6	.818
No. 14 Louisville †	11	–	5	.688	25	–	7	.781
Cincinnati	9	–	7	.563	17	–	12	.586
Saint Louis	9	–	7	.563	16	–	14	.533
DePaul	8	–	8	.500	16	–	13	.552
Charlotte	8	–	8	.500	13	–	16	.448
East Carolina	3	–	13	.188	12	–	15	.444
National
No. 19 Memphis	13	–	3	.813	23	–	7	.767
UAB	8	–	8	.500	21	–	13	.618
Tulane	8	–	8	.500	16	–	15	.516
South Florida	7	–	9	.438	15	–	14	.517
Houston	6	–	10	.375	8	–	20	.286
Southern Miss	5	–	11	.313	13	–	16	.448
TCU	3	–	13	.188	9	–	19	.321

† 2003 Conference USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Since their national championship in 1977, this is Marquette's sole Final Four appearance.

Roster edit

2002–03 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	10	Karon Bradley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Katy, Texas
G	32	Joe Chapman	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Sauk Village, Illinois
G	34	Travis Diener	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
F	42	Andy Freund	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
G	23	Tony Gries	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Kiel, Wisconsin
C	33	Chris Grimm	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Brighton, Michigan
F	55	Robert Jackson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Sr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
C	5	Scott Merritt	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
F	20	Steve Novak	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Brown Deer, Wisconsin
F	40	Terry Sanders	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	12	Jared Sichting	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Minnetonka, Minnesota
F	1	Todd Townsend	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Chicago, Illinois
G	3	Dwyane Wade	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

Tom Crean

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule edit

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 15*	No. 18	vs. Villanova Coaches vs Cancer Classic	W 73–61	1–0	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
November 22*	No. 16	Coppin State	W 64–46	2–0	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 23*	No. 16	UTSA	W 80–68	3–0	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 26*	No. 13	Eastern Illinois	W 94–74	4–0	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 2*	No. 13	at Notre Dame	L 71–92	4–1	Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana
December 7*	No. 13	Appalachian State	W 101–78	5–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 14*	No. 16	Wisconsin	W 63–54	6–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 21*	No. 14	Elon	W 89–57	7–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 28*	No. 13	Grambling State	W 105–74	8–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 30	No. 13	at East Carolina	L 70–73	8–2 (0–1)	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina
Jan 4, 2003*	No. 13	at Dayton	L 85–92 ^OT	8–3	(University of Dayton Arena) Dayton, Ohio
Jan 7, 2003	No. 24	at Saint Louis	W 60–54	9–3 (1—1)	Savvis Center St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 11, 2003	No. 24	South Florida	W 96–63	10–3 (2—1)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 14, 2003	No. 21	at Tulane	W 85–73	11–3 (3—1)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 18, 2003	No. 21	at Charlotte	W 67–64	12–3 (4—1)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Jan 25, 2003	No. 20	DePaul	W 72–51	13–3 (5—1)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 29, 2003	No. 18	East Carolina	W 80–48	14–3 (6—1)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 1, 2003	No. 18	at Cincinnati	W 82–76	15–3 (7—1)	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb 5, 2003	No. 15	Saint Louis	W 68–64	16–3 (8—1)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 9, 2003*	No. 15	No. 14 Wake Forest	W 68–61	17–3	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 12, 2003	No. 11	at DePaul	W 73–60	18–3 (9—1)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
Feb 15, 2003	No. 11	No. 2 Louisville	L 70–73	18–4 (9—2)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 20, 2003	No. 11	Charlotte	W 75–67	19–4 (10—2)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 22, 2003	No. 11	at TCU	W 79–68	20–4 (11—2)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Feb 27, 2003	No. 10	at No. 11 Louisville	W 78–73	21–4 (12—2)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 1, 2003	No. 10	UAB	W 98–87	22–4 (13—2)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 8, 2003	No. 8	Cincinnati	W 70–61	23–4 (14–2)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
C-USA Tournament
Mar 13, 2003*	(1) No. 8	vs. (8) UAB C-USA tournament quarterfinal	L 76–83	23–5	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
NCAA tournament
Mar 20, 2003*	(3 MW) No. 9	vs. (14 MW) Holy Cross First round	W 72–68	24–5	RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 22, 2003*	(3 MW) No. 9	vs. (6 MW) No. 24 Missouri Second Round	W 101–92 ^OT	25–5	RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 27, 2003*	(3 MW) No. 9	vs. (2 MW) No. 4 Pittsburgh Midwest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 77–74	26–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 29, 2003*	(3 MW) No. 9	vs. (1 MW) No. 1 Kentucky Midwest Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 83–69	27–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 5, 2003*	(3 MW) No. 9	vs. (2 W) No. 6 Kansas National semifinal – Final Four	L 61–94	27–6	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings edit

Awards and honors edit

Dwyane Wade, C-USA Player of the year

Team players drafted into the NBA edit

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club	Year
1	5	Dwyane Wade	Miami Heat	2003
2	2	Steve Novak	Houston Rockets	2006
2	8	Travis Diener	Orlando Magic	2005

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References edit

^ sports-reference.com 2002-03 Conference USA Season Summary
^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
^ "2003 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.

[1] sports-reference.com 2002-03 Conference USA Season Summary

[2] "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

[3] "2003 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.

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