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2002-03 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary

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Record: 172-154, .528 W-L% (9th of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 0.87 (13th of 32) ▪ SOS: 0.49 (15th of 32)

Regular Season Champion: Western Kentucky (East) and Louisiana-Lafayette (West)
Tournament Champion: Western Kentucky

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Western Kentucky)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll:(Western Kentucky)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

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 Western KentuckyRT 12 2 .857 24 9 .727 72.7 66.4 7.7 1.4
2 Middle Tennessee  9 5 .643 16 14 .533 68.3 68.3 1.0 0.9
3 Arkansas-Little Rock  8 6 .571 18 12 .600 70.0 70.1 -0.9 -0.9
4 Arkansas State  6 8 .429 13 15 .464 71.1 69.8 -0.1 -1.4
5 Florida International  1 13 .071 8 21 .276 59.9 65.0 -5.3 -0.2 *Overall W-L adjusted to 1-21
Rk West W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
1 Louisiana-Lafayette R 12 3 .800 20 10 .667 75.8 69.1 7.9 1.2
2 New Mexico State  9 6 .600 20 9 .690 73.1 67.5 4.7 -0.9
3 South Alabama  7 8 .467 14 14 .500 70.1 71.7 0.5 2.2
4 New Orleans  7 8 .467 15 14 .517 69.3 69.8 -0.2 0.3
5 Denver  7 8 .467 17 15 .531 70.9 69.1 1.5 -0.3
6 North Texas  2 13 .133 7 21 .250 69.0 79.4 -7.3 3.1

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
Western Kentucky 20 19                                  

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Western Kentucky lost (65-60) versus Illinois (West Regional)

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Anthony Winchester-WKY 33
  David Boyden-WKY 33
  Mike Wells-WKY 33
  Jamaal Brown-WKY 33
  Patrick Sparks-WKY 33
  Filip Videnov-WKY 33
  Danny Rumph-WKY 33
8. Steve Simmons-DEN 32
  Zeljko Zupic-DEN 32
  B.J. Pratt-DEN 32
  Dusty Wadlington-DEN 32
  Nate Williams-WKY 32
  Brett Starkey-DEN 32
  Rodney Billups-DEN 32
  Erik Benzel-DEN 32
Field Goals
1. William Pippen-MIDTN 196
2. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 165
3. David Boyden-WKY 163
4. B.J. Pratt-DEN 159
5. Chris Davis-NTX 157
6. Hector Romero-UNO 156
  James Moore-NMST 156
8. Chris Young-SAL 147
9. Brad Boyd-LALAF 145
10. Patrick Sparks-WKY 142
  Brett Starkey-DEN 142
Field Goal Attempts
1. B.J. Pratt-DEN 388
2. Chris Young-SAL 369
3. Chris Davis-NTX 367
4. Brad Boyd-LALAF 366
5. Patrick Sparks-WKY 362
6. William Pippen-MIDTN 352
7. Hector Romero-UNO 351
8. Tevoris Thompson-ARST 350
9. David Boyden-WKY 348
10. Nick Zachery-ARLR 341
Field Goal Percentage
1. James Moore-NMST .584
2. William Pippen-MIDTN .557
3. Malerick Bedden-SAL .515
4. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN .498
5. Hector Romero-UNO .444
6. Chris Davis-NTX .428
7. Chris Young-SAL .398
8. Brad Boyd-LALAF .396
3-Point Field Goals
1. Brad Boyd-LALAF 104
2. Chris Young-SAL 99
3. Nick Zachery-ARLR 85
4. Tevoris Thompson-ARST 84
  Patrick Sparks-WKY 84
6. B.J. Pratt-DEN 80
  Erik Benzel-DEN 80
8. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 59
9. Filip Videnov-WKY 55
10. Mike Wells-WKY 50
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Brad Boyd-LALAF 279
2. Chris Young-SAL 260
3. Patrick Sparks-WKY 229
4. B.J. Pratt-DEN 228
5. Tevoris Thompson-ARST 221
6. Nick Zachery-ARLR 212
7. Erik Benzel-DEN 204
8. Filip Videnov-WKY 143
9. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 138
10. Mark Green-ARLR 131
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Nick Zachery-ARLR .401
2. Erik Benzel-DEN .392
3. Chris Young-SAL .381
4. Tevoris Thompson-ARST .380
5. Brad Boyd-LALAF .373
6. Patrick Sparks-WKY .367
7. B.J. Pratt-DEN .351
Free Throws
1. Chris Davis-NTX 153
2. Hector Romero-UNO 146
3. Demetrice Williams-SAL 122
4. James Moore-NMST 120
5. B.J. Pratt-DEN 114
6. Nate Williams-WKY 103
7. Jibrahn Ike-ARLR 101
8. Brett Starkey-DEN 99
9. Johnell Smith-UNO 96
10. Anthony Johnson-LALAF 95
Free Throw Attempts
1. Chris Davis-NTX 199
2. Hector Romero-UNO 195
3. Eulis Baez-FLINT 169
4. Nate Williams-WKY 165
  Demetrice Williams-SAL 165
6. James Moore-NMST 147
7. Michael Southall-LALAF 144
  Brett Starkey-DEN 144
9. Anthony Johnson-LALAF 137
10. B.J. Pratt-DEN 132
Free Throw Percentage
1. Tevoris Thompson-ARST .899
2. B.J. Pratt-DEN .864
3. Jibrahn Ike-ARLR .828
4. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN .822
5. James Moore-NMST .816
6. Jason Fontenet-NMST .812
7. Johnell Smith-UNO .800
8. Chris Davis-NTX .769
9. Hector Romero-UNO .749
10. Demetrice Williams-SAL .739
Total Rebounds
1. Brett Starkey-DEN 311
2. Kim Adams-ARST 251
3. Eulis Baez-FLINT 239
4. Hector Romero-UNO 236
5. Chris Jackson-NMST 229
6. Michael Southall-LALAF 203
7. Chris Davis-NTX 186
8. William Pippen-MIDTN 179
9. David Boyden-WKY 175
10. Henry Williams-SAL 172
  Zeljko Zupic-DEN 172
Assists
1. Patrick Sparks-WKY 195
2. Demetrice Williams-SAL 138
3. Kenneth Lawrence-LALAF 127
4. Dusty Wadlington-DEN 121
5. A.J. Meredith-UNO 119
6. Eric Parham-MIDTN 113
  Jason Fontenet-NMST 113
8. Odie Williams-ARST 110
9. Brandon Mason-NMST 101
10. Rodney Billups-DEN 85
Steals
1. Demetrice Williams-SAL 76
2. Patrick Sparks-WKY 73
3. Carlos Morban-FLINT 64
4. Johnell Smith-UNO 57
5. Kenneth Lawrence-LALAF 56
6. Kim Adams-ARST 49
7. Rodney Billups-DEN 46
8. Erik Benzel-DEN 45
9. Jibrahn Ike-ARLR 44
  Junior Matias-FLINT 44
Blocks
1. Michael Southall-LALAF 68
2. Mike Wells-WKY 47
  James Moore-NMST 47
4. Hector Romero-UNO 36
5. Caleb Halcomb-WKY 27
  William Pippen-MIDTN 27
7. Eulis Baez-FLINT 25
  Kentrell Martin-UNO 25
9. Victor Brown-UNO 24
  Jermaine Green-NTX 24
Points
1. B.J. Pratt-DEN 512
2. Chris Davis-NTX 494
3. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 477
  Hector Romero-UNO 477
5. William Pippen-MIDTN 466
6. Brad Boyd-LALAF 454
7. Chris Young-SAL 444
8. Patrick Sparks-WKY 440
9. James Moore-NMST 432
10. Tevoris Thompson-ARST 427
Points Per Game
1. Chris Davis-NTX 19.0
2. James Moore-NMST 18.8
3. Hector Romero-UNO 18.3
4. Brad Boyd-LALAF 16.8
5. B.J. Pratt-DEN 16.0
6. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 15.9
7. Chris Young-SAL 15.9
8. William Pippen-MIDTN 15.5
9. Tevoris Thompson-ARST 15.2
10. Anthony Johnson-LALAF 14.4
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Chris Jackson-NMST 10.0
2. Brett Starkey-DEN 9.7
3. Hector Romero-UNO 9.1
4. Kim Adams-ARST 9.0
5. Eulis Baez-FLINT 8.2
6. Michael Southall-LALAF 7.5
7. Chris Davis-NTX 7.2
8. James Moore-NMST 6.5
9. Henry Williams-SAL 6.1
10. William Pippen-MIDTN 6.0
Assists Per Game
1. Patrick Sparks-WKY 5.9
2. Demetrice Williams-SAL 4.9
3. Kenneth Lawrence-LALAF 4.4
4. A.J. Meredith-UNO 4.1
5. Jason Fontenet-NMST 4.0
6. Odie Williams-ARST 3.9
7. Dusty Wadlington-DEN 3.8
8. Eric Parham-MIDTN 3.8
9. Brandon Mason-NMST 3.5
10. Chris Davis-NTX 3.0
Steals Per Game
1. Demetrice Williams-SAL 2.7
2. Patrick Sparks-WKY 2.2
3. Carlos Morban-FLINT 2.2
4. Johnell Smith-UNO 2.0
5. Kenneth Lawrence-LALAF 1.9
6. Junior Matias-FLINT 1.8
7. Kim Adams-ARST 1.8
8. James Moore-NMST 1.7
9. Jibrahn Ike-ARLR 1.5
10. Laurie Bridges-LALAF 1.5
Blocks Per Game
1. Michael Southall-LALAF 2.5
2. James Moore-NMST 2.0
3. Mike Wells-WKY 1.4
4. Hector Romero-UNO 1.4
5. Victor Brown-UNO 1.0
6. Chris Jackson-NMST 1.0
7. Caleb Halcomb-WKY 0.9
  William Pippen-MIDTN 0.9
9. Jermaine Green-NTX 0.9
10. Eulis Baez-FLINT 0.9
  Kentrell Martin-UNO 0.9
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. William Pippen-MIDTN .604
2. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN .588
3. James Moore-NMST .584
4. Malerick Bedden-SAL .559
5. Brad Boyd-LALAF .538
6. Chris Young-SAL .533
7. Hector Romero-UNO .472
8. Chris Davis-NTX .465
True Shooting Percentage
1. James Moore-NMST .641
2. Mike Wells-WKY .635
3. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN .625
4. William Pippen-MIDTN .612
5. Michael Southall-LALAF .608
6. Anthony Johnson-LALAF .591
7. Henry Williams-SAL .586
8. Jibrahn Ike-ARLR .579
9. Malerick Bedden-SAL .571
10. Mark Green-ARLR .568
Offensive Win Shares
1. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 3.6
2. James Moore-NMST 3.3
3. William Pippen-MIDTN 3.2
4. Mike Wells-WKY 2.7
5. B.J. Pratt-DEN 2.6
6. Jibrahn Ike-ARLR 2.2
7. Anthony Johnson-LALAF 2.2
8. Brad Boyd-LALAF 2.2
9. Michael Southall-LALAF 2.2
10. Chris Young-SAL 2.1
Defensive Win Shares
1. Michael Southall-LALAF 3.0
2. Eulis Baez-FLINT 2.6
3. James Moore-NMST 2.5
4. Mike Wells-WKY 2.5
5. Kim Adams-ARST 2.4
6. Brett Starkey-DEN 2.4
7. Patrick Sparks-WKY 2.1
8. Chris Jackson-NMST 1.9
9. Hector Romero-UNO 1.9
10. Zeljko Zupic-DEN 1.9
Win Shares
1. James Moore-NMST 5.8
2. Michael Southall-LALAF 5.2
3. Mike Wells-WKY 5.2
4. Tommy Gunn-MIDTN 4.6
5. William Pippen-MIDTN 4.4
6. Eulis Baez-FLINT 4.1
7. Brett Starkey-DEN 4.0
8. Patrick Sparks-WKY 3.8
9. Hector Romero-UNO 3.8
10. Anthony Johnson-LALAF 3.7