Overall: 27-6, .818 W-L% (7th of 325)
Conference: 14-2, 1st in CUSA American (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Crean (27-6)
PS/G: 78.5 (25th of 325) ▪ PA/G: 69.5 (160th of 325)
SRS: 16.28 (18th of 325) ▪ SOS: 7.28 (48th of 325)
NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (72-68) versus #14 Holy Cross
Won Midwest Second Round (101-92) versus #6 Missouri
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (77-74) versus #2 Pittsburgh
Won Midwest Regional Final (83-69) versus #1 Kentucky
Lost National Semifinal (94-61) versus #2 Kansas
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 15, 2002 | REG | N | Villanova | Big East | W | 73 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Fri, Nov 22, 2002 | REG | Coppin State | MEAC | W | 64 | 46 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 23, 2002 | REG | Texas-San Antonio | Southland | W | 80 | 68 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Nov 26, 2002 | REG | Eastern Illinois | OVC | W | 97 | 74 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Mon, Dec 2, 2002 | REG | @ | Notre Dame | Big East | L | 71 | 92 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 7, 2002 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 101 | 78 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 14, 2002 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 63 | 54 | 6 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 2002 | REG | Elon | Big South | W | 89 | 57 | 7 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 28, 2002 | REG | Grambling | SWAC | W | 105 | 74 | 8 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 10 | Mon, Dec 30, 2002 | REG | @ | East Carolina | CUSA | L | 70 | 73 | 8 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 4, 2003 | REG | @ | Dayton | A-10 | L | 85 | 92 | OT | 8 | 3 | L 2 |
| 12 | Tue, Jan 7, 2003 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | CUSA | W | 60 | 54 | 9 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 2003 | REG | South Florida | CUSA | W | 96 | 63 | 10 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Jan 14, 2003 | REG | @ | Tulane | CUSA | W | 85 | 73 | 11 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 18, 2003 | REG | @ | Charlotte | CUSA | W | 67 | 64 | 12 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 2003 | REG | DePaul | CUSA | W | 72 | 51 | 13 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 29, 2003 | REG | East Carolina | CUSA | W | 80 | 48 | 14 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 2003 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | CUSA | W | 82 | 76 | 15 | 3 | W 7 | |
| 19 | Wed, Feb 5, 2003 | REG | Saint Louis | CUSA | W | 68 | 64 | 16 | 3 | W 8 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Feb 9, 2003 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 68 | 61 | 17 | 3 | W 9 | ||
| 21 | Wed, Feb 12, 2003 | REG | @ | DePaul | CUSA | W | 73 | 60 | 18 | 3 | W 10 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 2003 | REG | Louisville | CUSA | L | 70 | 73 | 18 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 20, 2003 | REG | Charlotte | CUSA | W | 75 | 67 | 19 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 22, 2003 | REG | @ | Texas Christian | CUSA | W | 79 | 68 | 20 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Thu, Feb 27, 2003 | REG | @ | Louisville | CUSA | W | 78 | 73 | 21 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 2003 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | W | 98 | 87 | 22 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 8, 2003 | REG | Cincinnati | CUSA | W | 70 | 61 | 23 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 13, 2003 | CTOURN | N | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | L | 76 | 83 | 23 | 5 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 20, 2003 | NCAA | N | Holy Cross | Patriot | W | 72 | 68 | 24 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 30 | Sat, Mar 22, 2003 | NCAA | N | Missouri | Big 12 | W | 101 | 92 | OT | 25 | 5 | W 2 |
| 31 | Thu, Mar 27, 2003 | NCAA | N | Pittsburgh | Big East | W | 77 | 74 | 26 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 32 | Sat, Mar 29, 2003 | NCAA | N | Kentucky | SEC | W | 83 | 69 | 27 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 33 | Sat, Apr 5, 2003 | NCAA | N | Kansas | Big 12 | L | 61 | 94 | 27 | 6 | L 1 |