2002–03 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team explained

Sport:Basketball
Year:2002–03
Team:Wisconsin Badgers
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Coachrank:14
Aprank:21
Record:24–8
Conf Record:12–4
Hc Year:2nd
Champion:Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Bowl Result:Sweet Sixteen
Assoc Coach:Rob Jeter

The 2002–03 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bo Ryan, coaching his second season with the Badgers. The team played its home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin finished 24-8, 12-4 in Big Ten play to finish as outright regular season champions for the first time since 1947.[1]

In the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament in Chicago, top-seeded Wisconsin was upset by Ohio State.[2] The Badgers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the fifth seed in the Midwest Region, where they won twice in Spokane,[3] then lost to No. 1 seed Kentucky by six points in the Sweet Sixteen at Minneapolis.[4]

Roster

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Schedule

|-!colspan=12| Regular Season|-!colspan=12| Big Ten tournament

|-!colspan=12| NCAA tournament

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Notes and References

  1. News: Associated Press. 2003-03-06. COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Badgers Clinch Big Ten. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-06-09. 0362-4331.
  2. News: OSU picking up steam . Toledo Blade . (Ohio) . Woolford . Dave . March 15, 2003 . C1.
  3. News: Owens' shot quells Golden Hurricane . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . March 23, 2003 . 1B.
  4. News: Estill saves Kentucky against Wisconsin . Toledo Blade . (Ohio) . Associated Press . March 28, 2003 . C3.
  5. News: Arena breakdown: Wisconsin vs. Weber State . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . March 20, 2003 . C6.
  6. Web site: Badgers 2002-03 Men's Basketball Schedule . 2014-01-14 . 2014-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116120423/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/wis-m-baskbl-2002-03-sched.html . dead .