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2002-03 Syracuse Orange Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 30-5 (13-3, 1st in Big East MBB West)

Rank: 13th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jim Boeheim

PS/G: 79.6 (14th of 327)

PA/G: 69.6 (166th of 327)

SRS: 19.02 (9th of 325)

SOS: 9.02 (17th of 325)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in East)
Won East First Round (76-65) versus #14 Manhattan
Won East Second Round (68-56) versus #6 Oklahoma State
Won East Regional Semifinal (79-78) versus #10 Auburn
Won East Regional Final (63-47) versus #1 Oklahoma
Won National Semifinal (95-84) versus #1 Texas
Won National Final (81-78) versus #2 Kansas

NCAA Champion
Big East Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

2002-03 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/18	11/25	12/2	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	3/10	Final
Syracuse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	24	19	17	15	15	12	11	13

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Thu, Nov 14, 2002	REG	N	Memphis	CUSA	13.23	L	63	70		0	1	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
2	Sun, Nov 24, 2002	REG		Valparaiso	Mid-Cont	3.83	W	81	66		1	1	W 1	Carrier Dome
3	Tue, Dec 3, 2002	REG		Colgate	Patriot	-8.34	W	98	68		2	1	W 2	Carrier Dome
4	Fri, Dec 6, 2002	REG		Cornell	Ivy	-12.23	W	85	62		3	1	W 3	Carrier Dome
5	Tue, Dec 10, 2002	REG		UNC Greensboro	Southern	-8.60	W	92	65		4	1	W 4	Carrier Dome
6	Sat, Dec 14, 2002	REG		Binghamton	AEC	-4.76	W	94	58		5	1	W 5	Carrier Dome
7	Sat, Dec 21, 2002	REG		Georgia Tech	ACC	12.20	W	92	65		6	1	W 6	Carrier Dome
8	Sat, Dec 28, 2002	REG		Albany (NY)	AEC	-14.87	W	109	79		7	1	W 7	Carrier Dome
9	Mon, Dec 30, 2002	REG		Canisius	MAAC	-3.23	W	87	69		8	1	W 8	Carrier Dome
10	Wed, Jan 8, 2003	REG	@	Seton Hall	Big East	9.66	W	70	66		9	1	W 9	Continental Airlines Arena
11	Sat, Jan 11, 2003	REG		Boston College	Big East	10.30	W	82	74		10	1	W 10	Carrier Dome
12	Mon, Jan 13, 2003	REG		Missouri (11)	Big 12	14.88	W	76	69		11	1	W 11	Carrier Dome
13	Sat, Jan 18, 2003	REG	@	Pittsburgh (3)	Big East	21.49	L	60	73		11	2	L 1	Petersen Events Center
14	Wed, Jan 22, 2003	REG		Seton Hall	Big East	9.66	W	83	65		12	2	W 1	Carrier Dome
15	Sun, Jan 26, 2003	REG	@	Miami (FL)	Big East	6.05	W	54	49		13	2	W 2	Convocation Center
16	Wed, Jan 29, 2003	REG	@	Rutgers	Big East	5.09	L	65	68		13	3	L 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
17	Sat, Feb 1, 2003	REG		Pittsburgh (2)	Big East	21.49	W	67	65		14	3	W 1	Carrier Dome
18	Mon, Feb 3, 2003	REG		Georgetown	Big East	12.86	W	88	80		15	3	W 2	Carrier Dome
19	Sat, Feb 8, 2003	REG	@	West Virginia	Big East	4.08	W	94	80		16	3	W 3	WVU Coliseum
20	Mon, Feb 10, 2003	REG	@	Connecticut (23)	Big East	15.84	L	61	75		16	4	L 1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
21	Sat, Feb 15, 2003	REG		Notre Dame (10)	Big East	17.32	W	82	80		17	4	W 1	Carrier Dome
22	Tue, Feb 18, 2003	REG		St. John's (NY)	Big East	9.71	W	66	60		18	4	W 2	Carrier Dome
23	Sun, Feb 23, 2003	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	16.12	W	76	75		19	4	W 3	Breslin Student Events Center
24	Wed, Feb 26, 2003	REG		West Virginia	Big East	4.08	W	89	51		20	4	W 4	Carrier Dome
25	Sat, Mar 1, 2003	REG	@	Georgetown	Big East	12.86	W	93	84	OT	21	4	W 5	Verizon Center
26	Tue, Mar 4, 2003	REG	@	Notre Dame (16)	Big East	17.32	W	92	88		22	4	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
27	Sun, Mar 9, 2003	REG		Rutgers	Big East	5.09	W	83	74		23	4	W 7	Carrier Dome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Thu, Mar 13, 2003	CTOURN	N	Georgetown	Big East	12.86	W	74	69		24	4	W 8	Madison Square Garden (IV)
29	Fri, Mar 14, 2003	CTOURN	N	Connecticut	Big East	15.84	L	67	80		24	5	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 21, 2003	NCAA	N	Manhattan	MAAC	5.78	W	76	65		25	5	W 1	TD Garden
31	Sun, Mar 23, 2003	NCAA	N	Oklahoma State	Big 12	14.62	W	68	56		26	5	W 2	TD Garden
32	Fri, Mar 28, 2003	NCAA	N	Auburn	SEC	12.68	W	79	78		27	5	W 3	Pepsi Arena
33	Sun, Mar 30, 2003	NCAA	N	Oklahoma (3)	Big 12	18.86	W	63	47		28	5	W 4	Pepsi Arena
34	Sat, Apr 5, 2003	NCAA	N	Texas (5)	Big 12	18.91	W	95	84		29	5	W 5	Louisiana Superdome
35	Mon, Apr 7, 2003	NCAA	N	Kansas (6)	Big 12	25.00	W	81	78		30	5	W 6	Louisiana Superdome