2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Big Ten Tournament Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#13
AP	#11
2002–03 record	25–7 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Self
Assistant coach	Billy Gillispie
Assistant coach	Wayne McClain
Assistant coach	Norm Roberts
MVP	Brian Cook
Captain	Brian Cook Sean Harrington Jerrance Howard
Home arena	Assembly Hall

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 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 2002-03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bill Self's third season at Illinois.

Season

The 2003 squad started three freshmen, a sophomore and one senior, and still finished with a 25-7 record and second-place finish in the Big Ten. Brian Cook earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors and the Illini won the Big Ten Tournament championship for the first time.

Roster

2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
4.5 !F/C	1	Spears, AaronAaron Spears	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Chicago, IL
1.5 !G	4	Head, LutherLuther Head	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2.0 !So	Chicago, IL
1.5 !G	5	Williams, DeronDeron Williams	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	The Colony, TX
1.5 !G	11	Brown, DeeDee Brown	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Maywood, IL
3.5 !F	23	Ferguson, BlandonBlandon Ferguson	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Oakland, CA
1.5 !G	24	Harrington, SeanSean Harrington	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Bartlett, IL
1.5 !G	25	Howard, JerranceJerrance Howard	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Peoria, IL
1.5 !G	31	Huge, NickNick Huge	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Charlotte, NC
3.5 !F	32	Wilson, KyleKyle Wilson	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Plano, TX
3.5 !F	34	Cook, BrianBrian Cook	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Lincoln, IL
3.5 !F	40	Augustine, JamesJames Augustine	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Mokena, IL
3.5 !F	42	Thomas, ClaytonClayton Thomas	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Elgin, IL
3.5 !F	43	Powell, RogerRoger Powell	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2.0 !So	Joliet, IL
5.0 !C	45	Smith, NickNick Smith	86 !7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Valrico, FL

Head coach

Bill Self (Oklahoma State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Sean Harrington, Jerrance Howard, and Brian Cook were team captains.^[1]

Schedule

Source^[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
11/24/2002* no, no	#NR	vs. Lehigh	W 90-56	1-0	Assembly Hall (11,758) Champaign, IL
11/27/2002* no, no	#NR	vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 96-43	2-0	Assembly Hall (11,733) Champaign, IL
12/1/2002* no, no	#NR	vs. Western Illinois	W 85-56	3-0	Assembly Hall (14,224) Champaign, IL
12/7/2002* no, no	#25	vs. #12 North Carolina Big Ten-ACC Challenge	W 92-65	4-0	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
12/7/2002* no, no	#25	vs. Arkansas	W 62-58	5-0	Alltel Arena (9,756) North Little Rock, AK
12/10/2002* no, no	#15	vs. Eastern Illinois	W 80-68	6-0	Assembly Hall (13,828) Champaign, IL
12/14/2002* no, no	#15	vs. Temple	W 70-54	7-0	United Center (13,361) Chicago, IL
12/21/2002* no, no	#12	vs. #11 Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 85-70	8-0	Scottrade Center (22,153) St. Louis, MO
12/28/2002* no, no	#7	@ Memphis	L 74-77	8-1	The Pyramid (19,837) Memphis, TN
12/28/2002* no, no	#11	vs. Coppin State	W 63-37	9-1	Assembly Hall (13,923) Champaign, IL
1/4/2002* no, no	#5	vs. Oakland	W 88-53	10-1	Assembly Hall (14,837) Champaign, IL
1/7/2003 no, no	#10	@ Minnesota	W 76-70	11-1 (1-0)	Williams Arena (13,548) Minneapolis, MN
1/11/2003 no, no	#10	vs. Wisconsin	W 69-63	12-1 (2-0)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
1/15/2003 no, no	#8	@ Iowa	L 61-68	12-2 (2-1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,232) Iowa City, IA
1/18/2003 no, no	#8	@ #18 Indiana	L 66-74	12-3 (2-2)	Assembly Hall (17,456) Bloomington, IN
1/22/2003 no, no	#18	vs. Purdue	W 75-62	13-3 (3-2)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
1/25/2003 no, no	#18	@ Penn State	W 75-63	14-3 (4-2)	Bryce Jordan Center (9,601) University Park, PA
1/29/2003 no, no	#13	vs. Michigan	W 67-60	15-3 (5-2)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
2/2/2003 no, no	#13	@ Michigan State	L 65-68	15-4 (5-3)	Breslin Student Events Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
2/9/2003 no, no	#16	vs. Ohio State	W 76-57	16-4 (6-3)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
2/15/2003 no, no	#14	@ Purdue	L 61-70	16-5 (6-4)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
2/18/2003 no, no	#20	vs. Michigan State	W 70-40	17-5 (7-4)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
2/22/2003 no, no	#20	@ Northwestern	W 73-61	18-5 (8-4)	United Center (15,429) Chicago, IL
2/25/2003 no, no	#18	vs. Indiana	W 80-54	19-5 (9-4)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
3/1/2003 no, no	#18	@ Michigan	W 82-79	20-5 (10-4)	Crisler Arena (13,057) Ann Arbor, MI
3/5/2003 no, no	#14	@ #24 Wisconsin	L 59-60	20-6 (10-5)	Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, WI
3/9/2003 no, no	#14	vs. Minnesota	W 84-60	21-6 (11-5)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
Big Ten Tournament
3/14/2003* no, no	#13	vs. Northwestern Big Ten Tournament	W 94-65	22-6	United Center (18,895) Chicago, IL
3/15/2003* no, no	#13	vs. Indiana Big Ten Tournament	W 73-72	23-6	United Center (20,248) Chicago, IL
3/16/2003* no, no	#13	vs. Ohio State Big Ten Tournament Championship	W 72-59	24-6	United Center (17,007) Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/20/2003* no, no	#11	vs. Western Kentucky NCAA Tournament, Regional Round of 16	W 65-60	25-6	RCA Dome (21,250) Indianapolis, IN
3/22/2003* no, no	#11	vs. #22 Notre Dame NCAA Tournament, Regional Quarterfinals	L 60-68	25-7	RCA Dome (25,767) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Season Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

Final Individual Statistics ^[3]
			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free-Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	A	TO	Blk	Stl
Cook, Brian	30	30	940	31.3	599	20.0	202	422	.479	27	89	.303	168	205	.820	44	183	227	7.6	60	83	13	20
Brown, Dee	32	31	1090	34.1	384	12.0	142	327	.434	51	155	.329	49	72	.681	35	84	119	3.7	159	62	0	57
Powell, Roger	30	19	558	18.6	261	8.7	104	176	.591	20	49	.408	33	57	.579	40	61	101	3.4	12	24	12	9
Harrington, Sean	32	6	718	22.4	235	7.3	76	171	.444	64	144	.444	19	30	.633	2	71	73	2.3	65	25	0	29
Augustine, James	32	29	697	21.8	225	7.0	94	162	.580	5	14	.357	32	45	.711	64	122	186	5.8	25	45	27	20
Williams, Deron	32	30	868	27.1	202	6.3	75	176	.426	28	79	.354	24	45	.533	15	80	95	3.0	145	59	5	46
Head, Luther	25	8	509	20.4	198	7.9	68	131	.519	28	66	.424	34	46	.739	23	48	71	2.8	42	40	3	27
Smith, Nick	31	5	539	17.4	163	5.3	60	121	.496	5	11	.455	38	44	.864	23	69	92	3.0	26	42	38	11
Wilson, Kyle	18	0	118	6.6	46	2.6	14	37	.378	4	16	.250	14	18	.778	13	16	29	1.6	8	5	1	4
Ferguson, Blandon	24	1	218	9.1	40	1.7	11	33	.333	0	3	.000	18	26	.692	11	21	32	1.3	20	20	0	3
Spears, Aaron	6	0	55	9.2	19	3.2	8	12	.667	0	0	.000	3	7	.429	4	5	9	1.5	6	5	1	1
Howard, Jerrance	14	1	52	3.7	9	0.6	4	16	.250	1	6	.167	0	0	.000	0	3	3	0.2	7	2	0	0
Huge, Nick	8	0	17	2.1	4	0.5	0	3	.000	0	3	.000	4	4	1.000	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0	0
Thomas, Clayton	9	0	21	2.3	3	0.3	1	6	.167	0	1	.000	1	4	.250	1	3	4	0.4	0	2	0	0
Team																42	49	91			3
Total	32		6400		2388	74.6	859	1793	.479	233	636	.366	437	603	.725	317	816	1133	35.4	575	418	100	227
Opponents	32		6400		1970	61.6	657	1741	.377	192	655	.293	464	655	.708	356	686	1042	32.6	353	469	84	182

NCAA basketball tournament

West regional
- Illinois 65, Western Kentucky 60
- Notre Dame 68, Illinois 60

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Awards and honors

Brian Cook
- Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Big Ten Player of the Year
- Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball award
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[5]
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
- Sporting News 2nd team All-American
- Associated Press 3rd team All-American
- National Association of Basketball Coaches 3rd team All-American
- Basketball Times 3rd team All-American

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	24	Brian Cook	Los Angeles Lakers

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Rankings

Main article: 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

↑ All-Time Illini Rosters
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2002-03, FightingIllini.com
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2002-03, FightingIllini.com
↑ 2003 NCAA Tournament
↑ List of MVPs
↑ 2003 NBA Draft

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)

Rivalries	Indiana Missouri

Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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