2002–03 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2002–03 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Lorenzo Romar, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

2002–03 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
2002–03 record10–17 (5–13 Pac-10)
Head coachLorenzo Romar (1st season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Arizona171 .944  284  .875
No. 20 Stanford144 .778  249  .727
California135 .722  229  .710
Arizona State117 .611  2012  .625
Oregon108 .556  2310  .697
Oregon State612 .333  1315  .464
USC612 .333  1317  .433
UCLA612 .333  1019  .345
Washington513 .278  1017  .370
Washington State216 .111  720  .259
2003 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of July 10, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

The Huskies were 10–17 overall in the regular season and 5–13 in conference play, ninth in the standings.[3] They did not qualify for the eight-team conference tournament; a road loss in the season finale to struggling UCLA dropped Washington to ninth.[4] The year's notable victory was over Stanford in mid-January, the first win over the Cardinal in six years.[5]

Alumnus Romar was hired in April 2002;[6][7] previously the head coach at Saint Louis, he led the Husky program for fifteen years.

References

  1. "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 2003. p. D1.
  4. "Lavin, Bruins earn chance to play again". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 9, 2003. p. D4.
  5. "Washington 73, Stanford 68". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 19, 2003. p. 6D.
  6. McCauley, Janie (April 4, 2002). "UW finally gets a coach as Romar returns to alma mater". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  7. McCauley, Janie (April 5, 2002). "Romar welcomed as new coach". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
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