2002–03 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team

2002–2003 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball
2002–2003 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball
Mid-Con tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Mid-Continent Conference
Record	20–14 (10–4 Mid-Con)
Head coach	Ron Hunter (9th season);
Assistant coach	Joseph Price (1st season)
Home arena	Indiana Farmers Coliseum; IUPUI Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team represented Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by 9th-year head coach Ron Hunter, played their home games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana as members of the Mid-Continent Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 10–4 in conference play to finish in a tie for second place. The Jaguars then won the Mid-Con tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first appearance in school history. Playing as the No. 16 seed in the Midwest region, they lost to No. 1 seed Kentucky in the opening round.^[2]

2002–03 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Valparaiso	12	–	2	.857	20	–	11	.645
IUPUI †	10	–	4	.714	20	–	14	.588
Oakland	10	–	4	.714	17	–	11	.607
Oral Roberts	9	–	5	.643	18	–	10	.643
UMKC	7	–	7	.500	9	–	20	.310
Southern Utah	5	–	9	.357	11	–	17	.393
Western Illinois	3	–	11	.214	7	–	21	.250
Chicago State	0	–	14	.000	3	–	27	.100

† 2003 Mid-Con Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

2002–03 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	4	D.A. Harvey	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Perry	Perry, Georgia
G	5	Anze Sagadin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Gimnazija-Bizigrad	Ljublijana, Slovenia
G	11	Ryan Osborn	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Logansport	Logansport, Indiana
G	20	Marcus May	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	North Central	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	21	Matt Crenshaw	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Western Albemarle	Charlottesville, Virginia
G	22	Blair Crawford	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Kokomo	Kokomo, Indiana
F	24	Josh Mullins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Greenfield-Central	Greenfield, Indiana
F	25	Josh Murray	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	North Central	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	30	Brandon Cole	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Ben Davis	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	32	Bryan Buchanan	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska
F	33	Chris Sanders	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	North Knox	Bicknell, Indiana
F	40	Odell Bradley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Whites Creek	Nashville, Tennessee
F	41	Antoine Lewis	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Hammond	Hammond, Indiana
F	42	Fred Long	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Lawrence North	Indianapolis, Indiana
F	54	Nick Rollins	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Dr. Phillips	Orlando, Florida
C	55	Herbert Lambert	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Providence St. Mel	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

Ron Hunter (IUPUI)

Assistant coach(es)

Joseph Price (Notre Dame)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Source^[3]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 17, 2002* 1:30 p.m.		vs. Brown Guardians Classic	W 66–65	1–0	Joyce Center (10,689) Notre Dame, Indiana
Nov 18, 2002* 7:00 p.m.		at Notre Dame Guardians Classic	L 45–89	1–1	Joyce Center (10,255) Notre Dame, Indiana
Nov 23, 2002* 7:00 p.m.		Saint Joseph's (IN)	W 79–58	2–1	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,326) Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov 25, 2002* 7:00 p.m.		vs. Creighton Guardians Classic	L 52–99	2–2	Municipal Auditorium (1,879) Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 26, 2002* 6:00 p.m.		vs. Furman Guardians Classic	L 62–70	2–3	Municipal Auditorium (1,750) Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 27, 2002* 7:00 p.m.		at Northwestern	W 56–53	3–3	Welsh-Ryan Arena (3,143) Evanston, Illinois
Dec 3, 2002* 7:00 p.m.		at Ball State	L 69–85	3–4	Worthen Arena (4,688) Muncie, Indiana
Dec 6, 2002* 5:30 p.m.		vs. San Diego Boilermaker Invitational	L 74–81	3–5	Mackey Arena (10,088) West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 7, 2002* 5:30 p.m.		vs. Middle Tennessee Boilermaker Invitational	L 60–64	3–6	Mackey Arena (10,109) West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 18, 2002* 7:00 p.m.		at Cleveland State	W 90–74	4–6	CSU Convocation Center (1,112) Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 21, 2002* 7:00 p.m.		Bradley	W 75–74	5–6	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,423) Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 28, 2002* 7:00 p.m.		at Morehead State	W 98–89 ^OT	6–6	Ellis Johnson Arena (3,218) Morehead, Kentucky
Dec 30, 2002* 7:00 p.m.		Western Michigan	L 51–75	6–7	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,529) Indianapolis, Indiana
Jan 4, 2003* 2:00 p.m.		at Michigan	L 79–84	6–8	Crisler Arena (9,108) Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jan 7, 2003* 7:05 p.m.		at IPFW	L 80–86 ^OT	6–9	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (491) Fort Wayne, Indiana
Jan 11, 2003 7:00 p.m.		at Oakland	W 96–82	7–9 (1–0)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,429) Indianapolis, Indiana
Jan 16, 2003 7:05 p.m.		at Oral Roberts	L 63–66	7–10 (1–1)	Mabee Center (4,287) Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jan 18, 2003 8:00 p.m.		at UMKC	W 74–65	8–10 (2–1)	Hale Arena (2,121) Kansas City, Missouri
Jan 23, 2003 7:00 p.m.		Valparaiso	L 62–72	8–11 (2–2)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,800) Indianapolis, Indiana
Jan 25, 2003 7:00 p.m.		Western Illinois	W 76–62	9–11 (3–2)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,369) Indianapolis, Indiana
Jan 30, 2003 7:05 p.m.		at Southern Utah	W 56–53	10–11 (4–2)	Centrum Arena (1,836) Cedar City, Utah
Feb 1, 2003 4:00 p.m.		at Chicago State	W 89–69	11–11 (5–2)	Dickens Athletic Center (421) Chicago, Illinois
Feb 4, 2003* 7:00 p.m.		Lipscomb	W 77–61	12–11	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,024) Indianapolis, Indiana
Feb 8, 2003 6:00 p.m.		at Oakland	L 78–79	12–12 (5–3)	Athletics Center O'rena (1,875) Auburn Hills, Michigan
Feb 13, 2003 7:00 p.m.		UMKC	W 73–61	13–12 (6–3)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,127) Indianapolis, Indiana
Feb 15, 2003 7:15 p.m.		Oral Roberts	W 76–65	14–12 (7–3)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,094) Indianapolis, Indiana
Feb 20, 2003 7:00 p.m.		at Western Illinois	W 75–59	15–12 (8–3)	Western Hall (942) Macomb, Illinois
Feb 22, 2003 11:07 a.m.		at Valparaiso	L 71–77	15–13 (8–4)	Athletics–Recreation Center (4,912) Valparaiso, Indiana
Feb 27, 2003 7:00 p.m.		Southern Utah	W 77–58	16–13 (9–4)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,503) Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 1, 2003 7:00 p.m.		Chicago State	W 67–55	17–13 (10–4)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,602) Indianapolis, Indiana
Mid-Con tournament
Mar 9, 2003* 6:00 p.m.	(2)	vs. (7) Western Illinois Quarterfinals	W 75–51	18–13	Kemper Arena (1,794) Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 10, 2003* 8:30 p.m.	(2)	vs. (6) Southern Utah Semifinals	W 72–67	19–13	Kemper Arena (5,341) Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 11, 2003* 8:00 p.m.	(2)	vs. (1) Valparaiso Championship game	W 66–64	20–13	Kemper Arena (2,713) Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA tournament
Mar 21, 2003* 11:30 a.m., CBS	(16 MW)	vs. (1 MW) No. 1 Kentucky First round	L 64–95	20–14	Gaylord Entertainment Center (17,484) Nashville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[4]

References

↑ sports-reference.com 2002-03 Mid-Continent Conference Season Summary
↑ "Wildcats rip IUPUI, extend streak to 24". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 22, 2003. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
↑ "2002-03 Men's Basketball Roster". Retrieved March 5, 2023.
↑ "2002-03 Men's Basketball Schedule". Retrieved March 5, 2023.

[1] sports-reference.com 2002-03 Mid-Continent Conference Season Summary

[2] "Wildcats rip IUPUI, extend streak to 24". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 22, 2003. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

[3] "2002-03 Men's Basketball Roster". Retrieved March 5, 2023.

[4] "2002-03 Men's Basketball Schedule". Retrieved March 5, 2023.

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