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2002-03 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-9 (12-2, 1st in Sun Belt MBB East)

Coach: Dennis Felton

PS/G: 73.6 (86th of 327)

PA/G: 66.5 (89th of 327)

SRS: 7.71 (69th of 325)

SOS: 1.40 (127th of 325)

NCAA Tournament: (#13 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (65-60) versus #4 Illinois

Sun Belt Reg Season Champ
Sun Belt Tourney Champ

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
Western Kentucky	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 23, 2002	REG	@	Arizona (1)	Pac-10	23.42	L	68	107		0	1	L 1	McKale Center
2	Tue, Nov 26, 2002	REG		Virginia Commonwealth	CAA	2.78	W	80	73	OT	1	1	W 1	E. A. Diddle Arena
3	Sun, Dec 1, 2002	REG	N	Auburn	SEC	12.68	W	89	70		2	1	W 2	Bridgestone Arena
4	Tue, Dec 3, 2002	REG	@	Evansville	MVC	-0.71	L	76	81		2	2	L 1	Roberts Stadium
5	Sat, Dec 7, 2002	REG	@	Murray State	OVC	2.49	L	72	83		2	3	L 2	Regional Special Events Center
6	Sun, Dec 15, 2002	REG		Illinois State	MVC	-3.41	W	63	43		3	3	W 1	E. A. Diddle Arena
7	Wed, Dec 18, 2002	REG		Southern Mississippi	CUSA	0.61	W	64	54		4	3	W 2	E. A. Diddle Arena
8	Fri, Dec 20, 2002	REG		Saint Francis (PA)	NEC	-9.90	W	80	45		5	3	W 3	E. A. Diddle Arena
9	Mon, Dec 23, 2002	REG	@	Pacific	Big West	-1.02	L	57	70		5	4	L 1	Alex G. Spanos Center
10	Sat, Dec 28, 2002	REG	N	Chicago State	Mid-Cont	-14.20	W	63	56		6	4	W 1	Stan Sheriff Center
11	Sun, Dec 29, 2002	REG	N	Butler	Horizon	9.11	L	60	63		6	5	L 1	Stan Sheriff Center
12	Mon, Dec 30, 2002	REG	N	Tennessee Tech	OVC	0.77	W	74	51		7	5	W 1	Stan Sheriff Center
13	Sat, Jan 4, 2003	REG	@	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1.00	L	65	69		7	6	L 1	Murphy Center
14	Thu, Jan 9, 2003	REG	@	Little Rock	Sun Belt	-0.94	W	74	66		8	6	W 1	Alltell Arena
15	Sat, Jan 11, 2003	REG	@	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-0.05	W	77	69		9	6	W 2	Convocation Center
16	Thu, Jan 16, 2003	REG		New Orleans	Sun Belt	-0.22	W	78	59		10	6	W 3	E. A. Diddle Arena
17	Sat, Jan 18, 2003	REG		South Alabama	Sun Belt	0.52	W	85	69		11	6	W 4	E. A. Diddle Arena
18	Sat, Jan 25, 2003	REG	@	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	4.69	L	82	92		11	7	L 1	Pan American Center
19	Thu, Jan 30, 2003	REG		Florida International	Sun Belt	-5.26	W	63	43		12	7	W 1	E. A. Diddle Arena
20	Sat, Feb 1, 2003	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	Horizon	5.87	L	65	86		12	8	L 1	Calihan Hall
21	Mon, Feb 3, 2003	REG		Kentucky State			W	104	70		13	8	W 1	E. A. Diddle Arena
22	Wed, Feb 5, 2003	REG		Denver	Sun Belt	1.53	W	81	77		14	8	W 2	E. A. Diddle Arena
23	Sat, Feb 8, 2003	REG	@	North Texas	Sun Belt	-7.25	W	85	70		15	8	W 3	Super Pit
24	Thu, Feb 13, 2003	REG		Little Rock	Sun Belt	-0.94	W	70	51		16	8	W 4	E. A. Diddle Arena
25	Sat, Feb 15, 2003	REG		Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-0.05	W	69	63		17	8	W 5	E. A. Diddle Arena
26	Wed, Feb 19, 2003	REG	@	Florida International	Sun Belt	-5.26	W	71	58		18	8	W 6	US Century Bank Arena
27	Sat, Feb 22, 2003	REG		Ball State	MAC	-0.57	W	84	79		19	8	W 7	E. A. Diddle Arena
28	Wed, Feb 26, 2003	REG	@	Louisiana	Sun Belt	7.92	W	69	66		20	8	W 8	Cajundome
29	Sat, Mar 1, 2003	REG		Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1.00	W	89	75		21	8	W 9	E. A. Diddle Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Sat, Mar 8, 2003	CTOURN		Florida International	Sun Belt	-5.26	W	71	60		22	8	W 10	E. A. Diddle Arena
31	Mon, Mar 10, 2003	CTOURN		New Mexico State	Sun Belt	4.69	W	78	59		23	8	W 11	E. A. Diddle Arena
32	Tue, Mar 11, 2003	CTOURN		Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1.00	W	64	52		24	8	W 12	E. A. Diddle Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
33	Thu, Mar 20, 2003	NCAA	N	Illinois (11)	Big Ten	19.83	L	60	65		24	9	L 1	RCA Dome