2002–03 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2002–03 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Lorenzo Romar, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

2002–03 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record10–17 (5–13 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
Seasons
2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Arizona 17 1   .944 28 4   .875
No. 20 Stanford 14 4   .778 24 9   .727
California 13 5   .722 22 9   .710
Arizona State 11 7   .611 20 12   .625
Oregon 10 8   .556 23 10   .697
Oregon State 6 12   .333 13 15   .464
USC 6 12   .333 13 17   .433
UCLA 6 12   .333 10 19   .345
Washington 5 13   .278 10 17   .370
Washington State 2 16   .111 7 20   .259
2003 Pac-10 tournament winner
As of July 10, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

The Huskies were 10–17 overall in the regular season and 5–13 in conference play, ninth in the standings.[3] They did not qualify for the eight-team conference tournament; a road loss in the season finale to struggling UCLA dropped Washington to ninth.[4] The year's notable victory was over Stanford in mid-January, the first win over the Cardinal in six years.[5]

Alumnus Romar was hired in April 2002;[6][7] previously the head coach at Saint Louis, he led the Husky program for fifteen years.

References

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  1. ^ "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 2003. p. D1.
  4. ^ "Lavin, Bruins earn chance to play again". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 9, 2003. p. D4.
  5. ^ "Washington 73, Stanford 68". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 19, 2003. p. 6D.
  6. ^ McCauley, Janie (April 4, 2002). "UW finally gets a coach as Romar returns to alma mater". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  7. ^ McCauley, Janie (April 5, 2002). "Romar welcomed as new coach". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
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