2002–03 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 2002–03 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Matt Doherty. The team captains for this season were Jonathan Holmes and Will Johnson.[1] The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2002–03 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Preseason NIT Champions
NIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2002–03 record19–16 (6–10 ACC)
Head coachMatt Doherty (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Jonathan Holmes
  • Will Johnson
Home arenaDean Smith Center
2002–03 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Wake Forest13–3 .813  25–6  .806
No. 17 Maryland11–5 .688  21–10  .677
No. 7 Duke†11–5 .688  26–7  .788
NC State9–7 .563  18–13  .581
Georgia Tech7–9 .438  16–15  .516
Virginia6–10 .375  16–16  .500
North Carolina6–10 .375  19–16  .543
Clemson5–11 .313  15–13  .536
Florida State4–12 .250  14–15  .483
† 2003 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster
2002–03 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Melvin Scott 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)179 lb (81 kg) SoSouthern Baltimore, Maryland
G 2 Raymond Felton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)194 lb (88 kg) FrLatta Latta, South Carolina
G 5 Jackie Manuel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)189 lb (86 kg) SoCardinal Newman West Palm Beach, Florida
G 14 Jonathan Holmes (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)189 lb (86 kg) SrBloomington South Bloomington, Indiana
G 15 Damien Price 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)190 lb (86 kg) JrDudley Greensboro, North Carolina
F 21 Jawad Williams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)204 lb (93 kg) SoSt. Edward Cleveland, Ohio
C 25 Damion Grant 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)262 lb (119 kg) FrBrewster Academy Portland, Jamaica
F 30 Phillip McLamb 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)215 lb (98 kg) JrCharlotte Country Day Charlotte, North Carolina
G 31 Jonathan Miller 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)190 lb (86 kg) JrWilliams Burlington, North Carolina
G/F 32 Rashad McCants 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)201 lb (91 kg) FrNew Hampton Prep Asheville, North Carolina
G/F 34 David Noel (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)216 lb (98 kg) FrSouthern Durham Durham, North Carolina
F 41 Byron Sanders 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)225 lb (102 kg) FrHarrison Central Gulfport, Mississippi
F/C 42 Sean May 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)272 lb (123 kg) FrBloomington North Bloomington, Indiana
F 44 Will Johnson (C,W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)218 lb (99 kg) SrHickory Hickory, North Carolina
Head coach

Matt Doherty

Assistant coach(es)

Doug Wojcik, Fred Quartlebaum, Bob MacKinnon

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

Roster
Last update: April 5, 2017

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Schedule and results

The Tar Heels' preseason began with their annual Blue-White Scrimmage. The attendance at the scrimmage was 14,125 people, the most people at one of the Blue-White Scrimmages at that time.[3]

In between their run in the Preseason NIT, the Tar Heels played, and won, in the first game held in Old Dominion University's Ted Constant Convocation Center.[4]

The Tar Heels would go on to win that season's Preseason NIT, defeating Kansas, then ranked number two in the AP Poll, and Stanford in the process. By the time the Tar Heels won over Stanford, they had their best start to a season since the 1998-99 season, when the Tar Heels started out with an 8-0 record.[5]

The Tar Heels didn't fare as well in the ECAC Holiday Festival, getting upset by Iona in the first game. Iona's win against the Tar Heels was the first time Iona won over a ranked team in 23 years.[6] The Tar Heels recovered in the second game, winning against St. John's. After the ECAC Holiday Festival, the Tar Heels would not appear in any other AP Polls that season.

In addition to the first game held at the Constant Center, the Tar Heels played the first game at what was then known as the University of Miami's Convocation Center.[7] That game ended in an overtime loss for the Tar Heels.

Several records involving three-point attempts were set this season. Thirty-five three-point attempts were made in the game against Davidson, setting a program record of three-point attempts made in a single game. The Tar Heels would come close to matching that record later that season against Wake Forest in the Dean Smith Center and Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum. Eight hundred and twenty two three-point goals were attempted and 290 three-point goals were attempted this season, both program-high records.

The 40-point margin in the away game at Maryland became the third largest margin of defeat in the program's history, after a 43-point loss against Lynchburg Elks in 1915 and a 42-point loss against Kentucky in 1950.[1]

Despite a winning record at the start of this season, the Tar Heels finished conference play with a 6–10 record. The Tar Heels needed a win in the 2003 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament to advance to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The Tar Heels fell short of this goal, defeating Maryland in the quarterfinals but falling to Duke in the semifinals.

The Tar Heels' then 17–15 record was good enough for the 2003 National Invitation Tournament. After defeating DePaul and Wyoming, the Tar Heels would fall to Georgetown in the quarterfinals with a 19–16 record.

The 16 losses in this season were the second most losses in the program's history at the time. The record would be broken by the 2009-10 season with 17 losses. The losses occurring in the 2009-10 season and this season are second and third, respectfully, to the program's loss record set in the previous season.[1]

Days after the end of the Tar Heels' NIT campaign, Doherty resigned as head coach on April 1, 2003.[8] On April 14, 2003, Roy Williams would become the next head coach of the Tar Heels men's basketball team.[9]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
November 2, 2002*
5:30 pm		 Blue-White Game
Scrimmage		     Dean Smith Center (14,125)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 9, 2002*
4:30 pm		 EA Sports Southeast All-Stars
Exhibition		 W 109 - 97  0-0
  23 – Tied  9 – Williams  9 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (12,574)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 13, 2002*
7:30pm		 Team Nike
Exhibition		 L 72 - 76  0-0
  23 – May  11 – May  5 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (8,450)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 18, 2002*
7:30, ESPN2		 Penn State
Preseason NIT		 W 85-55  1-0
  28 – McCants  10 – May  10 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (16,282)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 20, 2002*
7:00 pm		 Rutgers
Preseason NIT		 W 71-67  2-0
  19 – May  10 – May  9 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (14,656)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 24, 2002*
1:00 pm, RSN		 at Old Dominion W 67-59  3-0
  18 – Williams  8 – May  5 – Felton  Constant Center (8,424)
Norfolk, VA
November 27, 2002*
9:00 pm, ESPN		 vs. No. 2 Kansas
Preseason NIT - Semifinal		 W 67-56  4-0
  25 – McCants  11 – May  4 – Felton  Madison Square Garden (10,758)
New York, NY
November 29, 2002*
9:00 pm, ESPN		 vs. Stanford
Preseason NIT - Championship		 W 74-57  5-0
  18 – McCants  7 – Tied  7 – Felton  Madison Square Garden (11,718)
New York, NY
December 3, 2002*
9:30 pm, ESPN2		 No. 12 at No. 25 Illinois L 65-92  5-1
  21 – May  8 – Tied  3 – Tied  Assembly Hall (16,500)
Champaign, IL
December 7, 2002*
2:00 pm, ESPN		 No. 12 No. 18 Kentucky
Rivalry		 L 81-98  5-2
  22 – McCants  10 – May  7 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 19, 2002*
7:00 pm, RSN		 No. 23 Vermont W 80-54  6-2
  19 – McCants  7 – Manuel  8 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (16,258)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 22, 2002
8:00 pm, Fox Sports		 No. 23 at Florida State W 69-48  7-2
(1-0)		  16 – Williams  10 – May  11 – Felton  Tallahassee Civic Center (7,102)
Tallahassee, FL
December 27, 2002*
6:30 PM, MSG		 No. 22 vs. Iona
ECAC Holiday Festival		 L 56-65  7-3
  15 – McCants  9 – May  5 – Felton  Madison Square Garden (11,000)
New York, NY
December 28, 2002*
3:00 pm, MSG		 No. 22 vs. St. John's (NY)
ECAC Holiday Festival		 W 63-59  8-3
  21 – McCants  10 – Williams  9 – Felton  Madison Square Garden (11,000)
New York, NY
January 4, 2003*
7:00 pm, ESPN		 at Miami (FL) L 61-64 OT 8-4
  14 – McCants  7 – Tied  6 – Felton  Convocation Center (6,826)
Coral Gables, FL
January 8, 2003*
8:30 pm, RJ		 Davidson W 79-64  9-4
  19 – McCants  7 – Tied  5 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (18,555)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 11, 2003
12:00 pm, ESPN		 Virginia L 72-79  9-5
(1-1)		  18 – Williams  9 – Williams  5 – Felton  University Hall (8,392)
Charlottesville, VA
January 14, 2003
7:00 PM, RSN		 Clemson W 68-66  10-5
(2-1)		  20 – McCants  6 – Tied  8 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (17,451)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 18, 2003*
5:00 pm, ESPN		 No. 6 Connecticut W 68-65  11-5
  27 – McCants  6 – Tied  7 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 22, 2003
7:00 pm, ESPN		 No. 12 Maryland L 66-81  11-6
(2-2)		  26 – McCants  8 – McCants  6 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 26, 2003
2:00 pm, Fox Sports		 at NC State
Carolina–State Game		 L 77-86  11-7
(2-3)		  28 – Felton  10 – McCants  5 – Felton  RBC Center (19,722)
Raleigh, NC
January 29, 2003
7:00 pm, ESPN		 at Georgia Tech L 68-88  11-8
(2-4)		  24 – Williams  10 – Williams  6 – Felton  Alexander Coliseum (9,191)
Atlanta, GA
February 2, 2003
5:30, Fox Sports		 No. 17 Wake Forest L 75-79  11-9
(2-5)		  22 – Williams  8 – Noel  4 – Williams  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 5, 2003
9:00 pm, ESPN		 at No. 9 Duke
Carolina–Duke rivalry		 L 74-83  11-10
(2-6)		  25 – Felton  8 – Williams  4 – Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
February 8, 2003
1:00 pm, RJ		 Florida State W 61-60  12-10
(3-6)		  20 – Williams  7 – Felton  6 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 12, 2003
7:00 pm, ESPN		 Virginia W 81-67  13-10
(4-6)		  21 – Tied  9 – Manuel  5 – Tied  Dean Smith Center (20,445)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 15, 2003
1:00 pm, RJ		 at Clemson L 77-80  13-11
(4-7)		  19 – Felton  4 – Tied  7 – Felton  Littlejohn Coliseum (10,500)
Clemson, SC
February 18, 2003*
8:00 pm, RJ		 North Carolina A&T W 93-57  14-11
  16 – McCants  8 – Noel  11 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (14,005)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 22, 2003
2:00 pm, RJ		 at No. 13 Maryland L 56-96  14-12
(4-8)		  12 – Scott  6 – Tied  6 – Williams  Comcast Center (17,950)
College Park, MD
February 25, 2003
9:00 pm, RJ		 NC State
Carolina–State Game		 L 67-75 OT 14-13
(4-9)		  16 – Tied  7 – Williams  5 – Manuel  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 1, 2003
1:00 PM, ABC		 Georgia Tech W 67-66  15-13
(5-9)		  19 – Felton  9 – Williams  5 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (20,859)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 5, 2003
9:00 pm, RJ		 at No. 9 Wake Forest L 60-75  15-14
(5-10)		  17 – Williams  6 – Tied  4 – Felton  LJVM Coliseum (14,656)
Winston-Salem, NC
March 9, 2003
4:00 pm, CBS		 No. 10 Duke
Carolina–Duke rivalry		 W 82-79  16-14
(6-10)		  26 – McCants  8 – Felton  10 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
March 14, 2003
7:00 PM, ESPN2		 (7) vs. (2) No. 14 Maryland
Quarterfinals		 W 84-72  17-14
  25 – Williams  11 – McCants  10 – Felton  Greensboro Coliseum (23,745)
Greensboro, NC
March 15, 2003
4:00 pm, ESPN		 (7) vs. (3) No. 12 Duke
Semifinals/Rivalry		 L 63-75  17-15
  18 – Felton  8 – Williams  5 – Felton  Greensboro Coliseum (23,745)
Greensboro, NC
NIT
March 18, 2003
9:00 pm, ESPN[10]		 DePaul
First Round		 W 83-72  18-15
  21 – Noel  11 – Noel  9 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (10,345)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 24, 2003
8:00 pm		 Wyoming
Second Round		 W 90-74  19-15
  20 – Tied  7 – Noel  14 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (20,235)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 26, 2003
7:00 pm, ESPN2[11]		 Georgetown
Quarterfinals		 L 74-79  19-16
  26 – McCants  7 – Williams  11 – Felton  Dean Smith Center (15,043)
Chapel Hill, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in EST.

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