2002-03 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-7 (11-5, 2nd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bill Self

PS/G: 74.6 (67th of 327)

PA/G: 61.6 (20th of 327)

SRS: 19.82 (7th of 325)

SOS: 6.76 (57th of 325)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in West)
Won West First Round (65-60) versus #13 Western Kentucky
Lost West Second Round (68-60) versus #5 Notre Dame

Big Ten Tourney Champ

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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
Illinois	-	-	-	25	15	12	7	11	10	8	18	13	16	14	20	18	14	13	11

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sun, Nov 24, 2002	REG		Lehigh	Patriot	-6.59	W	90	56		1	0	W 1	Assembly Hall
2	Wed, Nov 27, 2002	REG		Arkansas-Pine Bluff	SWAC	-24.22	W	96	43		2	0	W 2	Assembly Hall
3	Sun, Dec 1, 2002	REG		Western Illinois	Mid-Cont	-14.01	W	85	56		3	0	W 3	Assembly Hall
4	Tue, Dec 3, 2002	REG		North Carolina (12)	ACC	11.22	W	92	65		4	0	W 4	Assembly Hall
5	Sat, Dec 7, 2002	REG	N	Arkansas	SEC	4.67	W	62	58		5	0	W 5	Alltell Arena
6	Tue, Dec 10, 2002	REG		Eastern Illinois	OVC	-3.17	W	80	68		6	0	W 6	Assembly Hall
7	Sat, Dec 14, 2002	REG	N	Temple	A-10	7.16	W	70	54		7	0	W 7	United Center
8	Sat, Dec 21, 2002	REG	N	Missouri (11)	Big 12	14.88	W	85	70		8	0	W 8	Savvis Center
9	Sat, Dec 28, 2002	REG	@	Memphis	CUSA	13.23	L	74	77		8	1	L 1	The Pyramid
10	Mon, Dec 30, 2002	REG		Coppin State	MEAC	-11.00	W	63	37		9	1	W 1	Assembly Hall
11	Sat, Jan 4, 2003	REG		Oakland	Mid-Cont	-2.40	W	88	53		10	1	W 2	Assembly Hall
12	Tue, Jan 7, 2003	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	9.11	W	76	70		11	1	W 3	Williams Arena
13	Sat, Jan 11, 2003	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	17.48	W	69	63		12	1	W 4	Assembly Hall
14	Wed, Jan 15, 2003	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	8.44	L	61	68		12	2	L 1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
15	Sat, Jan 18, 2003	REG	@	Indiana (18)	Big Ten	12.63	L	66	74		12	3	L 2	Assembly Hall
16	Wed, Jan 22, 2003	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	15.95	W	75	62		13	3	W 1	Assembly Hall
17	Sat, Jan 25, 2003	REG	@	Penn State	Big Ten	-2.08	W	75	63		14	3	W 2	Bryce Jordan Center
18	Wed, Jan 29, 2003	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	9.62	W	67	60		15	3	W 3	Assembly Hall
19	Sun, Feb 2, 2003	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	16.12	L	65	68		15	4	L 1	Breslin Student Events Center
20	Sun, Feb 9, 2003	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	8.03	W	76	57		16	4	W 1	Assembly Hall
21	Sat, Feb 15, 2003	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	15.95	L	61	70		16	5	L 1	Mackey Arena
22	Tue, Feb 18, 2003	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	16.12	W	70	40		17	5	W 1	Assembly Hall
23	Sat, Feb 22, 2003	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	2.36	W	73	61		18	5	W 2	Assembly Hall
24	Tue, Feb 25, 2003	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	12.63	W	80	54		19	5	W 3	Assembly Hall
25	Sat, Mar 1, 2003	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	9.62	W	82	79		20	5	W 4	Crisler Arena
26	Wed, Mar 5, 2003	REG	@	Wisconsin (24)	Big Ten	17.48	L	59	60		20	6	L 1	Kohl Center
27	Sun, Mar 9, 2003	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	9.11	W	84	60		21	6	W 1	Assembly Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Fri, Mar 14, 2003	CTOURN	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	2.36	W	94	65		22	6	W 2	United Center
29	Sat, Mar 15, 2003	CTOURN	N	Indiana	Big Ten	12.63	W	73	72		23	6	W 3	United Center
30	Sun, Mar 16, 2003	CTOURN	N	Ohio State	Big Ten	8.03	W	72	59		24	6	W 4	United Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Thu, Mar 20, 2003	NCAA	N	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	7.71	W	65	60		25	6	W 5	RCA Dome
32	Sat, Mar 22, 2003	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (22)	Big East	17.32	L	60	68		25	7	L 1	RCA Dome