2002–03 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
American college basketball season
2002–03 BYU Cougars men's basketball | |
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Mountain West regular season co-champions | |
NCAA tournament, first round | |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Record | 23–9 (11–3 Mountain West) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Marriott Center |
Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State † | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2003 Mountain West tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 2002–03 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University as a member of the Mountain West Conference during the 2002–03 season. Led by head coach Steve Cleveland, the Cougars earned their first Mountain West Conference championship. This was also their second of three NCAA Tournament appearances under Cleveland. BYU finished the season with a 23–9 record (11–3 MWC).
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
Nov 22, 2002* | vs. Toledo | W 71–56 | 1–0 | Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center | |||||||
Nov 23, 2002* | vs. Kansas State | W 73–64 | 2–0 | Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center | |||||||
Nov 25, 2002* | vs. St. Bonaventure | W 66–57 | 3–0 | Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center | |||||||
Nov 30, 2002* | Rice | W 95–56 | 4–0 | Marriott Center Provo, Utah | |||||||
Dec 4, 2002* | at Arizona State | W 64–60 | 5–0 | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona | |||||||
Dec 7, 2002* | at Creighton | L 64–74 | 5–1 | Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska | |||||||
Dec 11, 2002* | San Diego | W 64–49 | 6–1 | Marriott Center Provo, Utah | |||||||
Dec 14, 2002* | Utah State | W 66–56 | 7–1 | Marriott Center Provo, Utah | |||||||
Dec 21, 2002* | UC Santa Barbara | W 69–56 | 8–1 | Marriott Center Provo, Utah | |||||||
Dec 23, 2002* | at San Francisco | L 72–84 | 8–2 | War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California | |||||||
Dec 28, 2002* | Southern Utah | W 93–60 | 9–2 | Marriott Center Provo, Utah | |||||||
Jan 2, 2003* | Pepperdine | W 84–68 | 10–2 | Marriott Center Provo, Utah | |||||||
Jan 4, 2003* | vs. Oklahoma State | L 65–78 | 10–3 | Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |||||||
Jan 8, 2003* | at Weber State | L 69–75 | 10–4 | Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah | |||||||
WAC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 13, 2003* | vs. New Mexico Quarterfinals | W 71–56 | 23–7 | Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada | |||||||
Mar 14, 2003* | vs. Colorado State Semifinals | L 80–86 OT | 23–8 | Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 20, 2003* CBS | (12 S) | vs. (5 S) No. 23 Connecticut First round | L 53–58 | 23–9 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (11,284) Spokane, Washington | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. |
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