2002–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 2002–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by coach Tom Izzo in his eighth year, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. MSU finished the season with a record of 22–13, 10–6 to finish in a tie for third in Big Ten play. The Spartans received a bid to the NCAA tournament for the sixth consecutive year and advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Texas.

2002–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
Record22–13 (10–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachBrian Gregory (4th season)
Assistant coaches
Captains
Home arenaBreslin Center
Seasons
2002–03 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Wisconsin 12 4   .750 24 8   .750
No. 11 Illinois 11 5   .688 25 7   .781
Purdue 10 6   .625 19 11   .633
Michigan State 10 6   .625 22 13   .629
Michigan 10 6   .625 18 12   .600
Indiana 8 8   .500 21 13   .618
Minnesota 8 8   .500 19 14   .576
Iowa 7 9   .438 17 14   .548
Ohio State 7 9   .438 17 15   .531
Northwestern 3 13   .188 12 17   .414
Penn State 2 14   .125 7 21   .250
2003 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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The Spartans finished the 2001–02 season with an overall record of 19–12, 10–6 to finish in fourth place in the Big Ten. Michigan State received a No. 10 seed in the NCAA tournament, their fifth straight trip to the Tournament, and were eliminated in the First Round by NC State.

The Spartans lost sophomore Marcus Taylor (16.8 points and 5.3 assists per game) to the NBA draft following the season.

Season summary

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The Spartans were led by sophomores Chris Hill (13.7 points per game) and Alan Anderson (9.8 points per game). The Spartans, despite the loss of their leading scorer, Marcus Taylor, began the season ranked No. 9 in the country. After two early wins, MSU suffered losses to Villanova[1] and Oklahoma State in the Great Alaska Shootout.[2] They bounced back with wins over No. 22 Virginia[3] and No. 12 Kentucky in Lexington.[4] After winning six consecutive games, they were shocked by Toledo[5] and fell to No. 10 Oklahoma in the All College Classic.[6] Michigan State finished the non-conference schedule at 8–4 and ranked No. 25 in the country.

MSU began the Big Ten regular season losing four of their first six games and fell out of the rankings. The Spartans rebounded thereafter to beat No. 19 Indiana[7] and No. 13 Illinois.[8] A non-conference loss to No. 15 Syracuse[9] followed a 30-point blowout loss to No. 20 Illinois.[10] MSU finished the conference schedule with four straight wins to tie for third place at 10–6 in conference and 18–11 overall. Michigan State beat Purdue in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals,[11] but fell to Ohio State in the semifinals.[12]

The Spartans received a bid to the NCAA tournament for the sixth consecutive year. MSU received a No. 7 seed in the South Region. A win over Colorado in the First Round[13] was followed by a rout of No. 10 Florida to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the fifth time in six years.[14] The Spartans defeated No. 17 Maryland to advance to the Elite Eight for the fourth time in five years.[15] However, MSU fell to No. 5-ranked and No. 1-seeded Texas in the Regional Final.[16][17]

Roster

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2002–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Name Class Pos Height Summary
Maurice Ager FR G 6'5" 6.7 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Aloysius Anagonye SR F 6'8" 7.4 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Alan Anderson SO F 6'6" 9.8 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 3.3 Ast
Jason Andreas JR C 6'10" 1.0 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Adam Ballinger SR F 6'9" 5.5 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Tim Bograkos SO G 6'2" 1.6 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Paul Davis FR C 6'11" 7.8 Pts, 4.7 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Andy Harvey FR G 6'5" 0.0 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Chris Hill FR G 6'3" 13.7 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 3.7 Ast
Rashi Johnson JR G 6'2" 1.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Erazem Lorbek FR F 6'10" 6.4 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Kelvin Torbert SO G 6'4" 8.7 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Jayson Vincent FR G 6'4" 0.3 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Brian Westrick SR F 6'5" 0.2 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Adam Wolfe JR F 6'9" 1.4 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Source[18]

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 11, 2002*
No. 9 Magic Johnson All-Stars L 85–104 
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, Michigan
Nov 14, 2002*
No. 9 Nike Elite W 56–55 
Breslin Center 
East Lansing, Michigan
Regular season
Nov 22, 2002*
7:00 pm
No. 9 UNC Asheville W 66–52  1–0
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Nov 28, 2002*
8:00 pm, ESPN
No. 9 vs. Montana
Great Alaska Shootout quarterfinals
W 80–60  2–0
Sullivan Arena (7,163)
Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 29, 2002*
8:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 9 vs. Villanova
Great Alaska Shootout semifinals
L 73–81  2–1
Sullivan Arena (8,029)
Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 30, 2002*
5:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 9 vs. Oklahoma State
Great Alaska Shootout third place game
L 61–64  2–2
Sullivan Arena (8,243)
Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 4, 2002*
9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 21 No. 22 Virginia
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
W 82–75  3–2
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Dec 8, 2002*
1:00 pm
No. 21 Cleveland State W 79–47  4–2
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Dec 14, 2002*
4:00 pm, CBS
No. 21 at No. 12 Kentucky W 71–67  5–2
Rupp Arena (23,145)
Lexington, Kentucky
Dec 17, 2002*
7:00 pm
No. 15 Loyola Chicago W 80–54  6–2
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Dec 21, 2002*
1:00 pm
No. 15 South Florida W 65–56  7–2
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Dec 28, 2002*
7:00 pm
No. 15 Jacksonville State W 76–52  8–2
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Dec 30, 2002*
7:00 pm
No. 14 Toledo L 76–81  8–3
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 4, 2003*
8:05 pm
No. 14 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma
All-College Basketball Classic
L 58–60  8–4
Ford Center (18,034)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jan 9, 2003
7:00 pm
No. 25 Ohio State W 66–55  9–4
(1–0)
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 11, 2003
1:35 pm
No. 25 at Iowa L 64–68  9–5
(1–1)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,116)
Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 14, 2003
7:00 pm
at Purdue L 60–72  9–6
(1–2)
Mackey Arena (10,630)
West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 18, 2003
1:00 pm
at Minnesota L 69–77  9–7
(1–3)
Williams Arena (14,617)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 22, 2003
6:00 pm
Penn State W 70–36  10–7
(2–3)
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 26, 2003
1:00 pm, CBS
at Michigan
Rivalry
L 58–60  10–8
(2–4)
Crisler Arena (13,751)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jan 28, 2003
7:00 pm
No. 19 Indiana W 61–54  11–8
(3–4)
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 2, 2003
1:00 pm, CBS
No. 13 Illinois W 68–65  12–8
(4–4)
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 8, 2003
7:00 pm
at Indiana W 67–62 OT 13–8
(5–4)
Assembly Hall (17,303)
Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 11, 2003
6:00 pm
at Wisconsin L 53–64  13–9
(5–5)
Kohl Center (17,142)
Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 15, 2003
3:00 pm
Northwestern W 64–51  14–9
(6–5)
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 18, 2003
6:00 pm
No. 20 Illinois L 40–70  14–10
(6–6)
Assembly Hall (16,500)
Champaign, Illinois
Feb 23, 2003*
2:00 pm, CBS
No. 15 Syracuse L 75–76  14–11
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 26, 2003
7:00 pm
Minnesota W 71–61  15–11
(7–6)
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Mar 1, 2003
2:34 pm
Purdue W 69–61  16–11
(8–6)
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Mar 5, 2003
8:00 pm
Iowa W 82–54  17–11
(9–6)
Breslin Center (14,759)
East Lansing, Michigan
Mar 8, 2003
12:17 pm
at Ohio State W 72–58  18–11
(10–6)
Value City Arena (19,200)
Columbus, Ohio
Big Ten tournament
Mar 14, 2003
1:30 pm, ESPN
(5) vs. (4) Purdue
quarterfinals
W 54–42  19–11
United Center (17,843)
Chicago, Illinois
Mar 15, 2003
12:40 pm, CBS
(5) vs. (8) Ohio State
semifinals
L 54–55  19–12
United Center (20,248)
Chicago, Illinois
NCAA tournament
Mar 21, 2003*
7:10 pm, CBS
(7 S) vs. (10 S) Colorado
First Round
W 79–64  20–12
St. Pete Times Forum (20,224)
Tampa, Florida
Mar 23, 2003*
7:07 pm, CBS
(7 S) vs. (2 S) No. 10 Florida
Second Round
W 68–46  21–12
St. Pete Times Forum (21,304)
Tampa, Florida
Mar 28, 2003*
8:57 pm, CBS
(7 S) vs. (6 S) No. 17 Maryland
Sweet Sixteen
W 60–58  22–12
Alamodome (33,009)
San Antonio, Texas
Mar 30, 2003*
4:05 pm, CBS
(7 S) vs. (1 S) No. 5 Texas
Elite Eight
L 76–85  22–13
Alamodome (30,169)
San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Local Source [19][20].

Rankings

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Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final
AP[21] 9 9 9 21 21 15 15 14 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A*
Coaches[22] 10 10 10 21 21 15 15 14 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 18

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Awards and honors

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  • Chris Hill – All Big Ten Second Team[23]
  • Alan Anderson – All Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)[23]

References

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  19. ^ "2002-03 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".
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