2002-03 Men's Sun Belt Conference Season Summary

Record: 172-154, .528 W-L% (9th of 32) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 0.88 (13th of 32)

SOS: 0.50 (15th of 32)

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

Player of the Year: James Moore

Coach of the Year: Kermit Davis Jr

Conference Tournament Champion: Western Kentucky

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Western Kentucky)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Western Kentucky)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: None

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	East	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Western Kentucky	12	2	.857	24	9	.727	73.6	66.5	7.7	1.4	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Middle Tennessee	9	5	.643	16	14	.533	68.4	67.7	1.0	0.9
3	Little Rock	8	6	.571	18	12	.600	70.8	70.4	-0.9	-0.9
4	Arkansas State	6	8	.429	13	15	.464	74.0	68.5	-0.1	-1.4
5	Florida International	1	13	.071	8	21	.276	60.5	64.4	-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	12	3	.800	20	10	.667	77.5	69.5	7.9	1.2	Reg. Season Champion
2	New Mexico State	9	6	.600	20	9	.690	73.7	67.4	4.7	-0.9
3	South Alabama	7	8	.467	14	14	.500	73.0	71.4	0.5	2.2
4	New Orleans	7	8	.467	15	14	.517	70.7	69.3	-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	70.2	77.8	-7.3	3.1

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
South Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Little Rock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Texas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Florida International	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisiana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Mexico State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arkansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Orleans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Middle Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Kentucky	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denver	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Louisiana	30	20	10	.667	12	3	10	1	8	7				28.0	59.3	.471	6.9	21.0	.326	.529	14.7	22.3	.661	13.4	36.5	15.1	8.4	4.0	15.4	18.6	77.5	69.5	7.92	1.24
2	Western Kentucky	33	24	9	.727	12	2	16	0	5	7				26.1	56.5	.461	7.7	21.1	.364	.529	13.8	21.0	.660	12.5	35.9	14.3	7.1	3.6	15.1	18.4	73.6	66.5	7.71	1.40
3	Middle Tennessee	30	16	14	.533	9	5	9	5	4	9				24.7	53.0	.466	6.5	17.8	.363	.527	12.6	18.5	.683	10.6	35.2	11.9	5.3	2.3	16.4	19.9	68.4	67.7	1.00	0.93
4	New Mexico State	29	20	9	.690	9	6	12	2	6	6				26.0	57.8	.451	5.9	16.8	.349	.501	15.7	21.3	.737	12.3	35.9	12.6	6.9	4.0	13.5	16.1	73.7	67.4	4.69	-0.91
5	Little Rock	30	18	12	.600	8	6	11	2	4	8				24.0	52.7	.456	6.8	18.0	.377	.521	16.0	23.1	.690	10.7	33.5	11.9	6.8	2.6	16.7	20.4	70.8	70.4	-0.94	-0.91
6	Denver	32	17	15	.531	7	8	10	3	2	9				24.3	59.7	.408	7.8	22.5	.346	.473	14.5	19.9	.728	12.8	36.9	14.4	7.2	1.7	13.3	19.2	70.9	69.1	1.53	-0.28
7	New Orleans	29	15	14	.517	7	8	13	1	1	12				24.7	55.6	.445	5.5	13.8	.398	.494	15.7	23.1	.680	13.5	37.5	12.6	6.7	4.0	16.6	17.3	70.7	69.3	-0.22	0.28
8	South Alabama	28	14	14	.500	7	8	11	3	3	10				26.1	58.8	.444	7.8	21.8	.358	.511	13.0	18.6	.698	11.3	31.5	12.9	8.8	1.1	13.0	18.5	73.0	71.4	0.52	2.16
9	Arkansas State	28	13	15	.464	6	8	9	5	3	9				24.6	55.3	.444	8.6	21.8	.394	.522	16.3	21.9	.743	11.1	31.7	12.7	7.6	1.7	13.2	21.3	74.0	68.5	-0.05	-1.36
10	North Texas	28	7	21	.250	2	13	3	8	3	12				24.7	58.2	.425	5.6	17.1	.328	.473	15.1	21.6	.702	12.5	37.0	12.8	6.4	4.0	17.4	22.3	70.2	77.8	-7.25	3.09
11	Florida International	29	8	21	.276	1	13	5	10	2	11				21.6	52.4	.412	3.8	12.3	.312	.448	13.5	22.1	.611	13.6	35.0	9.9	7.8	2.2	16.0	19.1	60.5	64.4	-5.26	-0.19