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2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| mode | Basketball | ||
| year | 2002–03 | ||
| team | Illinois Fighting Illini | ||
| image | 2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg | ||
| image_size | 300px | ||
| conference | Big Ten Conference | ||
| short_conf | Big Ten | ||
| CoachRank | 13 | ||
| APRank | 11 | ||
| record | 25–7 | ||
| conf_record | 11–5 | ||
| head_coach | Bill Self | ||
| asst_coach1 | Tim Jankovich | ||
| asst_coach2 | Wayne McClain | ||
| asst_coach3 | Norm Roberts | ||
| hc_year | 3rd | ||
| ac1_year | 1st | ||
| ac2_year | 2nd | ||
| ac3_year | 3rd | ||
| captain | Brian Cook | captain2=Sean Harrington | captain3=Jerrance Howard |
| mvp | Brian Cook | ||
| stadium | Assembly Hall | ||
| champion | Big Ten tournament champions | ||
| bowl | [NCAA tournament](2003-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament) | ||
| bowl_result | second round |
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 (and final) 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
- Bill Self (Oklahoma State)
- Tim Jankovich (Kansas State)
- Wayne McClain (Illinois State)
- Jay Price (Kansas)
- Norm Roberts (Queens College)
Schedule
Source:
|- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Exhibition |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|Big Ten tournament |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA tournament |-
Season Statistics
| Legend |
|---|
| GP |
| FG |
| Def |
| Blk |
| 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 | Brown, Dee | Powell, Roger | Harrington, Sean | Augustine, James | Williams, Deron | Head, Luther | Smith, Nick | Wilson, Kyle | Ferguson, Blandon | Spears, Aaron | Howard, Jerrance | Huge, Nick | Thomas, Clayton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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
- 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
| Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Player | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | NBA Club | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Round | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Cook | Los Angeles Lakers | 1 | 24 |
Rankings
Main article: 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
References
References
- "2002-03 Men's Basketball Schedule".
- [http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-2002.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2002-03] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-02-27 , FightingIllini.com)
- [http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=2003 2003 NCAA Tournament]
- "List of MVPs".
- {{usurped
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