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2002-03 Big East Conference Season Summary

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Record: 262-179, .594 W-L% (4th of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 11.03 (4th of 32) ▪ SOS: 7.13 (6th of 32)

Regular Season Champion: Boston College (East), Connecticut (East), Pittsburgh (West) and Syracuse (West)
Tournament Champion: Pittsburgh

NCAA Tournament: 4 (Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Connecticut and Pittsburgh)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse)

Standings

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk East W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
1 Boston College R 10 6 .625 19 12 .613 79.4 76.4 10.3 7.2
2 Connecticut* R 10 6 .625 23 10 .697 79.5 71.2 15.8 7.6
3 Providence  8 8 .500 18 14 .563 71.4 67.6 11.6 7.8
4 Villanova  8 8 .500 15 16 .484 71.8 70.2 9.1 7.6
5 St. John's (NY)  7 9 .438 21 13 .618 71.1 68.8 9.7 7.4 *Overall W-L adjusted to 1-13
6 Miami (FL)  4 12 .250 11 17 .393 69.9 68.7 6.0 4.9
7 Virginia Tech  4 12 .250 11 18 .379 70.2 73.2 2.3 5.3
Rk West W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
1 Syracuse* RFN 13 3 .813 30 5 .857 79.6 69.6 19.0 9.0
2 Pittsburgh* RT 13 3 .813 28 5 .848 74.9 59.2 21.5 5.8
3 Seton Hall  10 6 .625 17 13 .567 67.6 66.2 9.7 8.2
4 Notre Dame*  10 6 .625 24 10 .706 79.2 71.3 17.3 9.4
5 Georgetown  6 10 .375 19 15 .559 76.0 69.4 12.9 6.3
6 West Virginia  5 11 .313 14 15 .483 66.8 69.6 4.1 6.8
7 Rutgers  4 12 .250 12 16 .429 67.6 69.0 5.1 6.4

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/19 11/26 12/3 12/10 12/17 12/24 12/31 1/7 1/14 1/21 1/28 2/4 2/11 2/18 2/25 3/4 3/11 Final
Pittsburgh 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 2 6 3 2 2 4 7 9 8 7 5 4
Syracuse                   25   24 19 17 15 15 12 11 13
Notre Dame         10 9 8 6 5 10 16 11 10 10 12 9 16 17 22
Connecticut 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 3 6 11 14 18 23         23

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Connecticut won (58-53) versus Brigham Young (South Regional)
Notre Dame won (70-69) versus Milwaukee (West Regional)
Pittsburgh won (87-61) versus Wagner (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse won (76-65) versus Manhattan (East Regional)

Second Round
Connecticut won (85-74) versus Stanford (South Regional)
Notre Dame won (68-60) versus Illinois (West Regional)
Pittsburgh won (74-52) versus Indiana (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse won (68-56) versus Oklahoma State (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Connecticut lost (82-78) versus Texas (South Regional)
Notre Dame lost (88-71) versus Arizona (West Regional)
Pittsburgh lost (77-74) versus Marquette (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse won (79-78) versus Auburn (East Regional)

Regional Final
Syracuse won (63-47) versus Oklahoma (East Regional)

National Semifinal
Syracuse won (95-84) versus Texas

National Final
Syracuse won (81-78) versus Kansas

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Jeremy McNeil-SYR 35
  Hakim Warrick-SYR 35
  Gerry McNamara-SYR 35
  Craig Forth-SYR 35
  Carmelo Anthony-SYR 35
  Kueth Duany-SYR 35
7. Tony Bethel-GTWN 34
  Grady Reynolds-STJOHN 34
  Drew Hall-GTWN 34
  Mike Sweetney-GTWN 34
  Chris Thomas-NDAME 34
  Matt Carroll-NDAME 34
  Anthony Glover-STJOHN 34
  Courtland Freeman-GTWN 34
  Gerald Riley-GTWN 34
  Brandon Bowman-GTWN 34
  Elijah Ingram-STJOHN 34
  Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 34
  Chris Quinn-NDAME 34
  Dan Miller-NDAME 34
  Torin Francis-NDAME 34
  Jordan Cornette-NDAME 34
Field Goals
1. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 277
  Carmelo Anthony-SYR 277
3. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 264
4. Craig Smith-BC 241
5. Troy Bell-BC 224
6. Emeka Okafor-CT 221
7. Drew Schifino-WV 220
8. Matt Carroll-NDAME 215
9. Ryan Gomes-PROV 213
10. Ben Gordon-CT 211
  Chris Thomas-NDAME 211
Field Goal Attempts
1. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 653
2. Carmelo Anthony-SYR 612
3. Chris Thomas-NDAME 523
4. Troy Bell-BC 508
5. Drew Schifino-WV 487
  Matt Carroll-NDAME 487
7. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 483
8. Ben Gordon-CT 476
9. Jerome Coleman-RUT 432
10. Bryant Matthews-VATECH 428
Field Goal Percentage
1. Craig Smith-BC .603
2. Emeka Okafor-CT .580
3. Mike Sweetney-GTWN .547
4. Hakim Warrick-SYR .541
5. Ryan Gomes-PROV .536
6. Terry Taylor-VATECH .529
7. Carmelo Anthony-SYR .453
8. Drew Schifino-WV .452
9. Ryan Sidney-BC .448
10. James Jones-MIAFL .447
3-Point Field Goals
1. Troy Bell-BC 106
2. Matt Carroll-NDAME 99
3. Gary Buchanan-NOVA 88
4. Gerry McNamara-SYR 85
5. Chris Thomas-NDAME 80
  Ben Gordon-CT 80
7. Jerome Coleman-RUT 72
8. Elijah Ingram-STJOHN 70
9. Darius Rice-MIAFL 67
10. Gerald Riley-GTWN 61
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Troy Bell-BC 264
2. Jerome Coleman-RUT 244
3. Matt Carroll-NDAME 243
4. Gerry McNamara-SYR 238
5. Gary Buchanan-NOVA 215
6. Chris Thomas-NDAME 208
7. Elijah Ingram-STJOHN 194
8. Ben Gordon-CT 191
9. Brandin Knight-PITT 185
  Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 185
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Gary Buchanan-NOVA .409
2. Matt Carroll-NDAME .407
3. Troy Bell-BC .402
4. Jerome Coleman-RUT .295
Free Throws
1. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 248
2. Troy Bell-BC 227
3. Carmelo Anthony-SYR 168
4. Ryan Gomes-PROV 163
5. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 146
6. Ben Gordon-CT 143
7. Chris Thomas-NDAME 135
  Matt Carroll-NDAME 135
9. Craig Smith-BC 132
10. Torin Francis-NDAME 124
  Hakim Warrick-SYR 124
Free Throw Attempts
1. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 336
2. Troy Bell-BC 268
3. Carmelo Anthony-SYR 238
4. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 200
5. Ryan Gomes-PROV 194
  Craig Smith-BC 194
7. Hakim Warrick-SYR 186
8. Bryant Matthews-VATECH 182
9. Torin Francis-NDAME 181
10. Ben Gordon-CT 177
Free Throw Percentage
1. Gerry McNamara-SYR .909
2. Chris Thomas-NDAME .871
3. Troy Bell-BC .847
4. Matt Carroll-NDAME .844
5. Gerald Riley-GTWN .843
6. Ryan Gomes-PROV .840
7. Andre Barrett-SH .836
8. James Jones-MIAFL .831
9. Ricky Shields-RUT .811
10. Ben Gordon-CT .808
Total Rebounds
1. Emeka Okafor-CT 370
2. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 352
3. Carmelo Anthony-SYR 349
4. Ryan Gomes-PROV 311
5. Hakim Warrick-SYR 297
6. Torin Francis-NDAME 284
7. Craig Smith-BC 246
8. Ricky Wright-NOVA 218
9. Ryan Sidney-BC 215
10. Bryant Matthews-VATECH 206
Assists
1. Chris Thomas-NDAME 236
2. Brandin Knight-PITT 209
3. Andre Barrett-SH 159
4. Ben Gordon-CT 156
5. Gerry McNamara-SYR 155
6. Ryan Sidney-BC 144
7. Taliek Brown-CT 140
8. Donnie McGrath-PROV 138
  Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 138
10. Tony Bethel-GTWN 121
Steals
1. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 100
2. Gerry McNamara-SYR 77
3. Brandin Knight-PITT 70
  Troy Bell-BC 70
5. Chris Thomas-NDAME 62
6. Gerald Riley-GTWN 60
7. Sheiku Kabba-PROV 56
8. Ryan Gomes-PROV 55
  Tony Bethel-GTWN 55
  Carmelo Anthony-SYR 55
Blocks
1. Emeka Okafor-CT 156
2. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 109
3. Jeremy McNeil-SYR 100
4. Marcus Douthit-PROV 97
5. Herve Lamizana-RUT 83
6. Jordan Cornette-NDAME 75
7. Torin Francis-NDAME 60
8. James Jones-MIAFL 50
9. Hakim Warrick-SYR 44
10. Craig Forth-SYR 41
Points
1. Troy Bell-BC 781
2. Carmelo Anthony-SYR 778
3. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 776
4. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 756
5. Matt Carroll-NDAME 664
6. Ben Gordon-CT 645
7. Chris Thomas-NDAME 637
8. Craig Smith-BC 617
9. Ryan Gomes-PROV 589
10. Drew Schifino-WV 582
Points Per Game
1. Troy Bell-BC 25.2
2. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 22.8
3. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 22.2
4. Carmelo Anthony-SYR 22.2
5. Drew Schifino-WV 20.1
6. Craig Smith-BC 19.9
7. Ben Gordon-CT 19.5
8. Matt Carroll-NDAME 19.5
9. Darius Rice-MIAFL 18.7
10. Chris Thomas-NDAME 18.7
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Emeka Okafor-CT 11.2
2. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 10.4
3. Carmelo Anthony-SYR 10.0
4. Ryan Gomes-PROV 9.7
5. Hakim Warrick-SYR 8.5
6. Torin Francis-NDAME 8.4
7. Craig Smith-BC 7.9
8. Ricky Wright-NOVA 7.8
9. Terry Taylor-VATECH 7.3
10. Bryant Matthews-VATECH 7.1
Assists Per Game
1. Chris Thomas-NDAME 6.9
2. Brandin Knight-PITT 6.3
3. Andre Barrett-SH 5.3
4. Taliek Brown-CT 4.8
5. Ben Gordon-CT 4.7
6. Ryan Sidney-BC 4.6
7. Gerry McNamara-SYR 4.4
8. Donnie McGrath-PROV 4.3
9. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 4.1
10. Johannes Herber-WV 3.8
Steals Per Game
1. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 2.9
2. Troy Bell-BC 2.3
3. Gerry McNamara-SYR 2.2
4. Brandin Knight-PITT 2.1
5. Jerome Coleman-RUT 1.9
6. Chris Thomas-NDAME 1.8
7. Sheiku Kabba-PROV 1.8
8. Gerald Riley-GTWN 1.8
9. Ryan Gomes-PROV 1.7
10. Mike Sherrod-RUT 1.7
Blocks Per Game
1. Emeka Okafor-CT 4.7
2. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 3.2
3. Marcus Douthit-PROV 3.0
4. Herve Lamizana-RUT 3.0
5. Jeremy McNeil-SYR 2.9
6. Jordan Cornette-NDAME 2.2
7. James Jones-MIAFL 1.8
8. Torin Francis-NDAME 1.8
9. Kevin Pittsnogle-WV 1.3
10. Hakim Warrick-SYR 1.3
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Craig Smith-BC .606
2. Emeka Okafor-CT .580
3. Gary Buchanan-NOVA .567
4. Mike Sweetney-GTWN .547
5. Troy Bell-BC .545
6. Matt Carroll-NDAME .543
7. Hakim Warrick-SYR .541
8. Ryan Gomes-PROV .537
9. Terry Taylor-VATECH .529
10. Ben Gordon-CT .527
True Shooting Percentage
1. Chevon Troutman-PITT .701
2. Donatas Zavackas-PITT .661
3. Craig Smith-BC .627
4. Troy Bell-BC .615
5. Kevin Pittsnogle-WV .607
6. Mike Sweetney-GTWN .604
7. Ryan Gomes-PROV .602
8. Julius Page-PITT .596
9. Gary Buchanan-NOVA .592
10. Matt Carroll-NDAME .590
Offensive Win Shares
1. Troy Bell-BC 4.9
2. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 4.8
3. Craig Smith-BC 4.0
4. Ryan Gomes-PROV 3.8
5. Matt Carroll-NDAME 3.7
6. Chevon Troutman-PITT 3.4
7. Ben Gordon-CT 3.4
8. Emeka Okafor-CT 2.8
9. Donatas Zavackas-PITT 2.8
10. Andre Barrett-SH 2.8
Defensive Win Shares
1. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 4.9
2. Emeka Okafor-CT 4.3
3. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 3.7
4. Herve Lamizana-RUT 3.3
5. Carmelo Anthony-SYR 3.1
6. Ontario Lett-PITT 3.0
7. Hakim Warrick-SYR 2.9
8. Brandin Knight-PITT 2.9
9. Jaron Brown-PITT 2.6
10. Marcus Douthit-PROV 2.6
Win Shares
1. Mike Sweetney-GTWN 9.8
2. Emeka Okafor-CT 7.1
3. Ryan Gomes-PROV 6.3
4. Troy Bell-BC 6.2
5. Carmelo Anthony-SYR 5.8
6. Craig Smith-BC 5.6
7. Chevon Troutman-PITT 5.5
8. Hakim Warrick-SYR 5.5
9. Marcus Hatten-STJOHN 5.4
10. Ontario Lett-PITT 5.2