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)
Associate head coach	Brian Gregory (4th year)
Assistant coach	Mike Garland (7th 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. MSU finished the season with a record of 22–13, 10–6 to finish in a tie for third in Big Ten play. The Spartans received a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the 6th consecutive year and advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Texas.

Previous Season

The Spartans finished the 2001–02 season with an overall record of 19–12 and in fourth place in the Big Ten with a 10–6 record. Michigan State received a #10 seed in the NCAA Tournament, their 5th straight trip to the Tournament, and were eliminated in the First Round

The Spartans lost sophomore Marcus Taylor (16.8 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 5.3 APG) to the NBA Draft following the season.

Season Summary

The Spartans were led by sophomores, Chris Hill (13.7 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 3.7 APG) and Alan Anderson (9.8 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 3.3 APG. The Spartans, despite the loss of their leading scorer, Marcus Taylor, began the season ranked #9 in the country. After two early wins, MSU suffered losses to Villanova^[1] and Oklahoma State in the Great Alaska Shootout.^[2] They bounced back with wins over #22 Virginia^[3] and #12 Kentucky in Lexington.^[4] After winning 6 consecutive games, they were shocked by Toledo^[5] and fell to #10 Oklahoma in the All College Classic.^[6] Michigan State finished the non-conference schedule at 8–4 and ranked #25.

MSU began the Big Ten regular season losing 4 of their first 6 games and fell out of the rankings. The Spartans rebounded thereafter to beat #19 Indiana^[7] and #13 Illinois.^[8] A non-conference loss to #15 Syracuse^[9] followed a 30 point blowout loss to #20 Illinois.^[10] MSU finished the conference schedule with 4 wins to tie for third place at 10–6 in conference and 18–11 overall. Michigan State beat Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals,^[11] but fell to Ohio State in the semifinals.^[12]

The Spartans received a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the 6th consecutive year. MSU received a #7 seed in the South Region. A win over Colorado in the First Round^[13] was followed by a rout of #10 Florida to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the 5th time in 6 years.^[14] The Spartans defeated #17 Maryland to advance to the Elite Eight for the 4th time in 5 years.^[15] However, MSU fell to #5 Texas in the Regional Final.^[16]^[17]

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition Games

Nov 11, 2002*	#9	Magic Johnson All-Stars	L 85–104		Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Nov 14, 2002*	#9	Nike Elite	W 56–55		Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season

Nov 22, 2002* 7:00 pm	#9	UNC Asheville	W 66–52	1–0	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Nov 28, 2002* 8:00 pm, ESPN	#9	vs. Montana Great Alaska Shootout	W 80–60	2–0	Sullivan Arena (7,163) Anchorage, AK
Nov 29, 2002* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	#9	vs. Villanova Great Alaska Shootout	L 73–81	2–1	Sullivan Arena (8,029) Anchorage, AK
Nov 30, 2002* 5:30 pm, ESPN2	#9	vs. Oklahoma State Great Alaska Shootout	L 61–64	2–2	Sullivan Arena (8,243) Anchorage, AK
Dec 4, 2002* 9:00 pm, ESPN	#21	#22 Virginia ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 82–75	3–2	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Dec 8, 2002* 1:00 pm	#21	Cleveland State	W 79–47	4–2	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Dec 14, 2002* 4:00 pm, CBS	#21	at #12 Kentucky	W 71–67	5–2	Rupp Arena (23,145) Lexington, KY
Dec 17, 2002* 7:00 pm	#15	Loyola Chicago	W 80–54	6–2	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Dec 21, 2002* 1:00 pm	#15	South Florida	W 65–56	7–2	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Dec 28, 2002* 7:00 pm	#15	Jacksonville State	W 76–52	8–2	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Dec 30, 2002* 7:00 pm	#14	Toledo	L 76–81	8–3	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Jan 4, 2003* 8:05 pm	#14	vs. #10 Oklahoma All College Classic	L 58–60	8–4	Ford Center (18,034) Oklahoma City, OK
Big Ten regular season

Jan 9, 2003 7:00 pm	#25	Ohio State	W 66–55	9–4 (1–0)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Jan 11, 2003 1:35 pm	#25	at Iowa	L 64–68	9–5 (1–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,116) Iowa City, IA
Jan 14, 2003 7:00 pm		at Purdue	L 60–72	9–6 (1–2)	Mackey Arena (10,630) West Lafayette, IN
Jan 18, 2003 1:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 69–77	9–7 (1–3)	Williams Arena (14,617) Minneapolis, MN
Jan 22, 2003 6:00 pm		Penn State	W 70–36	10–7 (2–3)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Jan 26, 2003 1:00 pm		at Michigan Rivalry	L 58–60	10–8 (2–4)	Crisler Arena (13,751) Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 28, 2003 7:00 pm		#19 Indiana	W 61–54	11–8 (3–4)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Feb 2, 2003 1:00 pm		#13 Illinois	W 68–65	12–8 (4–4)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Feb 8, 2003 7:00 pm		at Indiana	W 67–62 ^OT	13–8 (5–4)	Assembly Hall (17,303) Bloomington, IN
Feb 11, 2003 6:00 pm		at Wisconsin	L 53–64	13–9 (5–5)	Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, WI
Feb 15, 2003 3:00 pm		Northwestern	W 64–51	14–9 (6–5)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Feb 18, 2003 6:00 pm		#20 Illinois	L 40–70	14–10 (6–6)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
Feb 23, 2003* 2:00 pm		#15 Syracuse	L 75–76	14–11 (6–6)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Feb 26, 2003 7:00 pm		Minnesota	W 71–61	15–11 (7–6)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Mar 1, 2003 2:34 pm		Purdue	W 69–61	16–11 (8–6)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Mar 5, 2003 8:00 pm		Iowa	W 82–54	17–11 (9–6)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
Mar 8, 2003 12:17 pm		at Ohio State	W 72–58	18–11 (10–6)	Value City Arena (19,200) Columbus, OH
Big Ten Tournament

Mar 14, 2003 1:30 pm, ESPN	(5)	vs. (4) Purdue Quarterfinals	W 54–42	19–11	United Center (17,843) Chicago, IL
Mar 15, 2003 12:40 pm, CBS	(5)	vs. (8) Ohio State Semifinals	L 54–55	19–12	United Center (20,248) Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament

Mar 21, 2003* 7:10 pm, CBS	(7 S)	vs. (10 S) Colorado First Round	W 79–64	20–12 (10–6)	St. Pete Times Forum (20,224) Tampa, FL
Mar 23, 2003* 7:07 pm, CBS	(7 S)	vs. (2 S) #10 Florida Second Round	W 68–46	21–12	St. Pete Times Forum (21,304) Tampa, FL
Mar 28, 2003* 8:57 pm, CBS	(7 S)	vs. (6 S) #17 Maryland Sweet Sixteen	W 60–58	22–12	Alamodome (33,009) San Antonio, TX
Mar 30, 2003* 4:05 pm, CBS	(7 S)	vs. (1 S) #5 Texas Elite Eight	L 76–85	22–13	Alamodome (30,169) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Local Source ^[18]^[19].

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^[20]	9	9	9	21	21	15	15	14	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A*
Coaches^[21]	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

Awards and Honors

Chris Hill - All Big Ten Second Team^[22]
Alan Anderson - All Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)^[22]

References

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↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan-state/2003-schedule.html
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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 2016–17

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

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