2002–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

2002–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2002–03 record	22-13 (10-6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Izzo (8th year)
Assistant coach	Mark Montgomery (2nd year)
Home arena	Breslin Center

2002–03 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
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	18	–	12	.600
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. The Spartans, led by coach Tom Izzo in his 8th year, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, MI and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

Season Summary

The Spartans were led by sophomores, Chris Hill and Alan Anderson. The Spartans reached the NCAA Tournament for the sixth consecutive year. They were given a number 7 seed in the South Region after finishing the Big Ten Regular Season tied for third place. The Spartans advanced to the Elite Eight for the fifth time in six years, but fell to Texas in the Regional Final.

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition Games
11/01/02*	#9	Magic Johnson All-Stars	L 104–85	–	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
11/14/02*	#9	Nike Elite	W 56–55	–	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/22/02*	#9	UNC Asheville	W 66–52	1–0	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
11/28/02* , ESPN	#9	vs. Montana Great Alaska Shootout	W 80–60	2–0	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
11/29/02* , ESPN2	#9	vs. Villanova Great Alaska Shootout	L 81–73	2–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
11/30/02* , ESPN2	#9	vs. Oklahoma State Great Alaska Shootout	L 64–61	2–2	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
12/04/02* , ESPN	#21	#22 Virginia ACC/Big Ten Challenge	W 82–75	3–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/08/02*	#21	Cleveland State	W 79–47	4–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/14/02* , CBS	#21	at #12 Kentucky	W 71–67	5–2	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
12/17/02*	#15	Loyola Chicago	W 80–54	6–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/21/02*	#15	South Florida	W 65–56	7–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/28/02*	#15	Jacksonville State	W 76–52	8–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/30/02*	#14	Toledo	L 81–76	8–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
1/4/03*	#14	vs. #10 Oklahoma All College Classic	L 60–58	8–4	Oklahoma City, OK
Big Ten regular season
1/9/03	#25	Ohio State	W 66–55	9–4 (1-0)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
1/11/03	#25	at Iowa	L 68–64	9–5 (1-1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/14/03		at Purdue	L 72–60	9–6 (1-2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
1/18/03		at Minnesota	L 77–69	9–7 (1-3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/22/03		Penn State	W 70–36	10–7 (2-3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
1/26/03		at Michigan	L 60–58	10–8 (2-4)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/28/03		#19 Indiana	W 61–54	11–8 (3-4)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
2/2/03		#13 Illinois	W 68–65	12–8 (4-4)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
2/8/03		at Indiana	W 67–62 ^OT	13–8 (5-4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/11/03		at Wisconsin	L 64–53	13–9 (5-5)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/15/03		Northwestern	W 64–51	14–9 (6-5)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
2/18/03		#20 Illinois	L 70–40	14–10 (6-6)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/23/03*		#15 Syracuse	L 76–75	14–11 (6-6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
2/26/03		Minnesota	W 71–61	15–11 (7-6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
3/1/03		Purdue	W 69–61	16–11 (8-6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
3/5/03		Iowa	W 82–54	17–11 (9-6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
3/8/03		at Ohio State	W 72–58	18–11 (10-6)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
Big Ten Tournament
3/14/03 , ESPN		vs. Purdue	W 54–42	19-11 (10-6)	United Center Chicago, IL
3/15/03 , CBS		vs. Ohio State	L 55–54	19-12 (10-6)	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/21/03*	(7S)	vs. (10S) Colorado	W 79-64	20-12 (10-6)	St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL
3/23/03*	(7S)	vs. (2S) #10 Florida	W 68-46	21-12 (10-6)	St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL
3/28/03*	(7S)	vs. (6S) #17 Maryland	W 60-58	22-12 (10-6)	Alamodome San Antonio, TX
3/30/03* , CBS	(7S)	vs. (1S) #5 Texas	L 85-76	22-13 (10-6)	Alamodome San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time ^[1].

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	9	9	9	21	21	15	15	14	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A*
Coaches	10	10	10	21	21	15	15	14	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	18

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Source^[2]^[3]

References

↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan-state/2003-schedule.html
↑ "NCAA College Basketball Polls, College Basketball Rankings, NCAA Basketball Polls - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
↑ "2003 Michigan State Spartans". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

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 Champions Classic "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 2015–16

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

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