2002–03 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2003 Pacific-10 Tournament winner ; As of July 10, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
2002–03 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Pac-10 Regular-Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 2
2002–03 record	28–4 (17–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson
Assistant coaches	Jim Rosborough; Rodney Tention; Josh Pastner;
Home arena	McKale Center

The 2002–03 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Lute Olson led the team in his 20th season at Arizona. The team played their home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

The team earned the program's 10th Pacific-10 Conference championship with a record of 17–1 in conference play and 28–4 overall.[3]

2003 NCAA Tournament

Arizona was invited to the NCAA Tournament for the 19th-straight season,[3] receiving the top seed in the West Region. The team advanced to the Elite Eight by defeating (16-seed) Vermont, (9) Gonzaga, and (5) Notre Dame before falling 75-78 to (2) Kansas.[4]

Awards

Jason Gardner

Consensus NCAA All-America Second Team[3]
Pac-10 All-Conference Team[3]

Luke Walton

Pac-10 All-Conference Team

Hassan Adams

Pac-10 All-Freshman Team[3]

Andre Iguodala

Pac-10 All-Freshman Team

Lute Olson

Pac-10 Coach of the Year[3]
Induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (September 27, 2002)[3]

References

"Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
"2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
"Men's Basketball 2002-03 Season In Review". The University of Arizona - Official Athletics Website. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10.
"Arizona Wildcats Schedule - 2002-03". ESPN.com.

External links

Arizona Wildcats men's basketball official website

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[1] "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[2] "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[season-in-review-3] "Men's Basketball 2002-03 Season In Review". The University of Arizona - Official Athletics Website. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10.

[4] "Arizona Wildcats Schedule - 2002-03". ESPN.com.

2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Arizona	17	–	1	.944	28	–	4	.875
No. 20 Stanford	14	–	4	.778	24	–	9	.727
California	13	–	5	.722	22	–	9	.710
Arizona State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Oregon†	10	–	8	.556	23	–	10	.697
Oregon State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	15	.464
USC	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
UCLA	6	–	12	.333	10	–	19	.345
Washington	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370
Washington State	2	–	16	.111	7	–	20	.259

† 2003 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of July 10, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	Bear Down Gym (1926–1973) McKale Center (1973–present)
Rivalries	Arizona State UCLA
Culture & lore	History Bear Down Wilbur and Wilma "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!" 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches Notable players NBA draftees
Seasons	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
NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics