2002-03 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 32-4 (16-0, 1st in SEC MBB East)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Tubby Smith

PS/G: 77.3 (36th of 327)

PA/G: 64.1 (44th of 327)

SRS: 22.47 (3rd of 325)

SOS: 9.33 (13th of 325)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (95-64) versus #16 IU Indy
Won Midwest Second Round (74-54) versus #9 Utah
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (63-57) versus #5 Wisconsin
Lost Midwest Regional Final (83-69) versus #3 Marquette

SEC Reg Season Champ
SEC 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
Kentucky	17	17	15	18	12	18	14	20	18	16	8	7	6	3	2	2	2	2	1

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon, Nov 25, 2002	REG	N	Arizona State	Pac-10	15.02	W	82	65		1	0	W 1	Lahaina Civic Center
2	Tue, Nov 26, 2002	REG	N	Virginia	ACC	7.51	L	61	75		1	1	L 1	Lahaina Civic Center
3	Wed, Nov 27, 2002	REG	N	Gonzaga (20)	WCC	12.26	W	80	72		2	1	W 1	Lahaina Civic Center
4	Tue, Dec 3, 2002	REG		High Point	Big South	-15.76	W	84	64		3	1	W 2	Rupp Arena
5	Sat, Dec 7, 2002	REG	@	North Carolina (12)	ACC	11.22	W	98	81		4	1	W 3	Dean Smith Center
6	Tue, Dec 10, 2002	REG	N	Tulane	CUSA	6.01	W	76	60		5	1	W 4	New Orleans Arena
7	Sat, Dec 14, 2002	REG		Michigan State (21)	Big Ten	16.12	L	67	71		5	2	L 1	Rupp Arena
8	Sat, Dec 21, 2002	REG	N	Indiana (6)	Big Ten	12.63	W	70	64		6	2	W 1	Freedom Hall
9	Sat, Dec 28, 2002	REG	@	Louisville	CUSA	19.81	L	63	81		6	3	L 1	Freedom Hall
10	Mon, Dec 30, 2002	REG		Tennessee State	OVC	-23.92	W	115	87		7	3	W 1	Rupp Arena
11	Thu, Jan 2, 2003	REG		Alcorn State	SWAC	-12.39	W	94	63		8	3	W 2	Rupp Arena
12	Sat, Jan 4, 2003	REG	N	Ohio	MAC	-0.96	W	83	75		9	3	W 3	Riverfront Coliseum
13	Wed, Jan 8, 2003	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	9.88	W	74	71		10	3	W 4	Thompson-Boling Arena
14	Sat, Jan 11, 2003	REG		South Carolina	SEC	7.39	W	62	55		11	3	W 5	Rupp Arena
15	Tue, Jan 14, 2003	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	6.15	W	74	52		12	3	W 6	Memorial Gymnasium
16	Sat, Jan 18, 2003	REG		Notre Dame (10)	Big East	17.32	W	88	73		13	3	W 7	Rupp Arena
17	Wed, Jan 22, 2003	REG		Auburn (24)	SEC	12.68	W	67	51		14	3	W 8	Rupp Arena
18	Sat, Jan 25, 2003	REG	@	Alabama (15)	SEC	13.36	W	63	46		15	3	W 9	Coleman Coliseum
19	Sat, Feb 1, 2003	REG	@	South Carolina	SEC	7.39	W	87	69		16	3	W 10	Carolina Center
20	Tue, Feb 4, 2003	REG		Florida (1)	SEC	18.55	W	70	55		17	3	W 11	Rupp Arena
21	Sat, Feb 8, 2003	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	9.25	W	80	62		18	3	W 12	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
22	Tue, Feb 11, 2003	REG		Georgia (20)	SEC	17.30	W	87	67		19	3	W 13	Rupp Arena
23	Sat, Feb 15, 2003	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	16.08	W	68	57		20	3	W 14	Rupp Arena
24	Wed, Feb 19, 2003	REG	@	Arkansas	SEC	4.67	W	66	50		21	3	W 15	Bud Walton Arena
25	Sun, Feb 23, 2003	REG		Mississippi State (19)	SEC	17.65	W	70	62		22	3	W 16	Rupp Arena
26	Wed, Feb 26, 2003	REG		Tennessee	SEC	9.88	W	80	68		23	3	W 17	Rupp Arena
27	Sun, Mar 2, 2003	REG	@	Georgia (21)	SEC	17.30	W	74	66		24	3	W 18	Stegeman Coliseum
28	Wed, Mar 5, 2003	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	6.15	W	106	44		25	3	W 19	Rupp Arena
29	Sat, Mar 8, 2003	REG	@	Florida (3)	SEC	18.55	W	69	67		26	3	W 20	Stephen C. O''Connell Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 14, 2003	CTOURN	N	Vanderbilt	SEC	6.15	W	81	63		27	3	W 21	Louisiana Superdome
31	Sat, Mar 15, 2003	CTOURN	N	Auburn	SEC	12.68	W	78	58		28	3	W 22	Louisiana Superdome
32	Sun, Mar 16, 2003	CTOURN	N	Mississippi State	SEC	17.65	W	64	57		29	3	W 23	Louisiana Superdome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
33	Fri, Mar 21, 2003	NCAA	N	IU Indy	Mid-Cont	-2.43	W	95	64		30	3	W 24	Bridgestone Arena
34	Sun, Mar 23, 2003	NCAA	N	Utah	MWC	11.00	W	74	54		31	3	W 25	Bridgestone Arena
35	Thu, Mar 27, 2003	NCAA	N	Wisconsin (21)	Big Ten	17.48	W	63	57		32	3	W 26	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
36	Sat, Mar 29, 2003	NCAA	N	Marquette (9)	CUSA	16.28	L	69	83		32	4	L 1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome