2002–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

2002–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

NCAA Tournament Elite Eight vs. Texas, L, 85-76
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2002–03 record	22-13 (10-6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Izzo
Assistant coach	Mark Montgomery
Assistant coach	Dwayne Stephens
Assistant coach	Doug Wojcik
Home arena	Breslin Center

	Conf				Overall
2002–03 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#21 Wisconsin	12	–	4	.750	24	–	8	.750
#11 Illinois †	11	–	5	.688	25	–	7	.781
Purdue	10	–	6	.625	19	–	11	.633
Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	13	.629
Michigan	10	–	6	.625	17	–	13	.567
Indiana	8	–	8	.500	21	–	13	.618
Minnesota	8	–	8	.500	19	–	14	.576
Iowa	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Ohio State	7	–	9	.438	17	–	15	.531
Northwestern	3	–	13	.188	12	–	17	.414
Penn State	2	–	14	.125	7	–	21	.250

† 2003 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Schedule and results

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Exhibition Games
11/01/02*		Magic Johnson All-Stars	L 104–85	–	Breslin Center
11/14/02*		Nike Elite	W 56–55	–	Breslin Center
Regular Season
11/22/02*	#9	UNC Asheville	W 66–52	1–0 (0-0)	Breslin Center
11/28/02*	#9	vs. Montana (Great Alaska Shootout)	W 80–60	2–0 (0-0)
11/29/02*	#9	vs. Villanova (Great Alaska Shootout)	L 81–73	2–1 (0-0)
11/30/02*	#9	vs. Oklahoma State (Great Alaska Shootout)	L 64–61	2–2 (0-0)
12/04/02*	#21	#22 Virginia (ACC/Big Ten Challenge)	W 82–75	3–2 (0-0)	Breslin Center
12/08/02*	#21	Cleveland State	W 79–47	4–2 (0-0)	Breslin Center
12/14/02*	#21	at #12 Kentucky	W 71–67	5–2 (0-0)
12/17/02*	#15	Loyola Chicago	W 80–54	6–2 (0-0)	Breslin Center
Big Ten Tournament
3/14/03		vs. Purdue	W 54–42	19-11 (10-6)
3/15/03		vs. Ohio State	L 55–54	19-12 (10-6)
NCAA Tournament
3/21/03*		vs. Colorado	W 79-64	20-12 (10-6)
3/23/03*		vs. Florida	W 68-46	21-12 (10-6)
3/28/03*		vs. Maryland	W 60-58	22-12 (10-6)
3/30/03*		vs. Texas	L 85-76	22-13 (10-6)	Alamodome
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time ^[1].

References

↑ "msuspartans.com Retrieved on October 30, 2010

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Venues	Armory (1899–1918) IM Circle (1918–1930) Demonstration Hall (1930-1940) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

Rivalries	Michigan

Culture & lore	Basketbowl "The Flintstones" Izzone Michigan State student riots

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 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 1999–00 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

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics