2002–03 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 2002–03 North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg 100 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 19–16 6–10 Matt Doherty 3rd Bob MacKinnon Jr. 3rd Fred Quartlebaum 3rd Doug Wojcik 3rd Jonathan Holmes Will Johnson Dean Smith Center Preseason NIT Champions NIT Quarterfinals The 2002–03 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Matt Doherty. The team captains for this season were Jonathan Holmes and Will Johnson.2016 Carolina Basketball 2016-17 Fact & Records Book http://www.goheels.com/fls/3350/pdf/MBB2017/recordbook2017.pdf March 28, 2017 live Chapel Hill GoHeels.com https://web.archive.org/web/20161122200828/http://www.goheels.com/fls/3350/pdf/MBB2017/recordbook2017.pdf November 22, 2016 The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Roster 1Melvin Scott Baltimore, MD (Southern)SGSO6-1, 1792Raymond Felton Latta, SC (Latta)PGFR6-0, 1945Jackie Manuel West Palm Beach, FL (Cardinal Newman)SGSO6-5, 18914Jonathan Holmes Bloomington, IN (Bloomington South)PGSR6-0, 18915Damien Price Greensboro, NC (Dudley)GJR5-11, 19021Jawad Williams Lakewood, OH (St. Edward)PFSO6-8, 20425Damion Grant Wolfeboro, NH (Brewster Academy)CFR6-11, 26230Phillip McLamb Charlotte, NC (Country Day)FJR6-6, 21631Jonathan Miller Burlington, NC (Williams)GJR6-2, 19232Rashad McCants Asheville, NC (The New Hampton School)SFFR6-4, 20134David Noel Durham, NC (Southern)SFFR6-6, 21641Byron Sanders Gulfport, MS (Harrison Central)PFFR6-9, 22542Sean May Bloomington, IN (Bloomington North)CFR6-8, 27244Will Johnson Hickory, NC (Hickory)SFSR6-8, 218 North Carolina Tar Heels 2002-03 Basketball Roster - Tar Heel Times https://www.tarheeltimes.com/rosterbasketball-2002.aspx 2024-03-01 www.tarheeltimes.com2002 North Carolina Tar Heels y y Melvin Scott y 1 G 6 2 179 SO Baltimore, Maryland Southern Raymond Felton y 2 G 6 0 194 FR Latta, South Carolina Latta Jackie Manuel y 5 G 6 5 189 SO West Palm Beach, Florida Cardinal Newman Jonathan Holmes 14 G 6 0 189 SR Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington South C Damien Price 15 G 5 11 190 jr Greensboro, North Carolina Dudley Jawad Williams y 21 F 6 9 204 SO Cleveland, Ohio St. Edward Damion Grant 25 C 6 11 262 FR Portland, Jamaica Brewster Academy Phillip McLamb 30 F 6 6 215 JR Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Country Day Jonathan Miller 31 G 6 1 190 JR Burlington, North Carolina Williams Rashad McCants y 32 F/G 6 4 201 FR Asheville, North Carolina New Hampton Prep David Noel y 34 G/F 6 6 216 FR Durham, North Carolina Southern Durham W Byron Sanders 41 F 6 9 225 FR Gulfport, Mississippi Harrison Central Sean May y 42 F/C 6 8 272 FR Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington North Will Johnson 44 F 6 8 218 SR Hickory, North Carolina Hickory C,W http://www.goheels.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&SPID=12965&SPSID=667867&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2002 April 5, 2017 Matt Doherty Doug Wojcik, Fred Quartlebaum, Bob MacKinnon U.N.C. basketball blue book 2002 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 11 https://archive.org/details/uncbasketballblu20022003 Schedule and results The Tar Heels' preseason began with their annual Blue-White Scrimmage. The attendance at the scrimmage was 14,125 people, the most people at one of the Blue-White Scrimmages at that time.White Tops Blue In Annual Intrasquad Scrimmage http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205479890&DB_OEM_ID=3350 April 6, 2017 GoHeels.com University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill November 2, 2002 Between games in the Preseason NIT, the Tar Heels played, and won, in the first game held in Old Dominion University's Ted Constant Convocation Center.Tar Heels Hold Off Old Dominion, 67-59 http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205475275&DB_OEM_ID=3350 April 6, 2017 GoHeels.com University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill November 24, 2002 The Tar Heels would go on to win that season's Preseason NIT, defeating Kansas, then ranked number two in the AP Poll, and Stanford in the process. By the time the Tar Heels won over Stanford, they had their best start to a season since the 1998-99 season, when the Tar Heels started out with an 8-0 record.O'Connell Jim Tar Heels Bring Home The Preseason NIT http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205460652&DB_OEM_ID=3350 April 6, 2017 GoHeels.com Associated Press November 29, 2002 The Tar Heels did not fare as well in the ECAC Holiday Festival, getting upset by Iona in the first game. Iona's win against the Tar Heels was the first time Iona won over a ranked team in 23 years.O'Connell Jim No. 22 North Carolina Upset By Iona, 65-56 http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205468622&DB_OEM_ID=3350 April 6, 2017 GoHeels.com Associated Press December 27, 2002 The Tar Heels recovered in the second game, winning against St. John's. After the ECAC Holiday Festival, the Tar Heels would not appear in any other AP Polls that season. In addition to the first game held at the Constant Center, the Tar Heels played the first game at what was then known as the University of Miami's Convocation Center.Wine Steven North Carolina Drops OT Decision To Miami, 64-61 http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205474199&DB_OEM_ID=3350 April 7, 2017 GoHeels.com Associated Press January 4, 2003 That game ended in an overtime loss for the Tar Heels. Several records involving three-point attempts were set this season. Thirty-five three-point attempts were made in the game against Davidson, setting a program record of three-point attempts made in a single game. The Tar Heels would come close to matching that record later that season against Wake Forest in the Dean Smith Center and Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum. That season, North Carolina recorded 822 three-point field goal attempts and 290 made three-point baskets, both program records. The team's 40-point loss on the road at Maryland became the third largest margin of defeat in the program's history, after a 43-point loss against Lynchburg Elks in 1915 and a 42-point loss against Kentucky in 1950. Despite a winning record at the start of this season, the Tar Heels finished conference play with a 6–10 record. The Tar Heels needed a win in the 2003 ACC men's basketball tournament to advance to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Tar Heels fell short of this goal, defeating Maryland in the quarterfinals but falling to Duke in the semifinals. The Tar Heels' then 17–15 record was good enough for the 2003 National Invitation Tournament. After defeating DePaul and Wyoming, the Tar Heels would fall to Georgetown in the quarterfinals with a 19–16 record. The 16 losses in this season were the second most losses in the program's history at the time. The record would be broken by the 2009-10 season with 17 losses. The number of losses in the 2009-10 and 2002-03 seasons rank second and third, respectively, after the record set the previous season. Days after the end of the Tar Heels' NIT campaign, Doherty resigned as head coach on April 1, 2003.Matt Doherty Resigns As Men's Basketball Coach http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205485939&SPID=12965&SPSID=668156 April 8, 2017 GoHeels.com University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April 1, 2003 April 13, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170413073610/http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205485939&SPID=12965&SPSID=668156 dead On April 14, 2003, Roy Williams would become the next head coach of the Tar Heels men's basketball team.Droschak David Williams Returns to Chapel Hill http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205492584&SPID=12965&SPSID=668156 April 8, 2017 GoHeels.com Associated Press University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April 14, 2003 yes yes yes November 2, 2002 yes 5:30 pm Blue-White Game Scrimmage WHT 102-BL 95 0-0 McCants 26 Noel 14 Felton 10 Dean Smith Center 14,125 Chapel Hill, NC November 9, 2002 yes 4:30 pm EA Sports Southeast All-Stars Exhibition w 109 - 97 0-0 Tied 23 Williams 9 Felton 9 Dean Smith Center 12,574 Chapel Hill, NC November 13, 2002 yes 7:30pm Team Nike Exhibition l 72 - 76 0-0 May 23 May 11 Felton 5 Dean Smith Center 8,450 Chapel Hill, NC November 18, 2002 yes 7:30 ESPN2 Penn State Preseason NIT 85-55 1-0 McCants 28 May 10 Felton 10 Dean Smith Center 16,282 Chapel Hill, NC November 20, 2002 yes 7:00 pm Rutgers Preseason NIT 71-67 2-0 May 19 May 10 Felton 9 Dean Smith Center 14,656 Chapel Hill, NC November 24, 2002 yes 1:00 pm RSN yes Old Dominion 67-59 3-0 Williams 18 May 8 Felton 5 Constant Center 8,424 Norfolk, VA November 27, 2002 yes 9:00 pm ESPN yes 2 Kansas Preseason NIT – semifinal 67-56 4-0 McCants 25 May 11 Felton 4 Madison Square Garden 10,758 New York, NY November 29, 2002 yes 9:00 pm ESPN yes Stanford Preseason NIT - Championship 74-57 5-0 McCants 18 Tied 7 Felton 7 Madison Square Garden 11,718 New York, NY December 3, 2002 yes 9:30 pm ESPN2 12 yes 25 Illinois 65-92 5-1 May 21 Tied 8 Tied 3 Assembly Hall 16,500 Champaign, IL December 7, 2002 yes 2:00 pm ESPN 12 18 Kentucky Rivalry 81-98 5-2 McCants 22 May 10 Felton 7 Dean Smith Center 21,750 Chapel Hill, NC December 19, 2002 yes 7:00 pm RSN 23 Vermont 80-54 6-2 McCants 19 Manuel 7 Felton 8 Dean Smith Center 16,258 Chapel Hill, NC December 22, 2002 8:00 pm Fox Sports 23 yes Florida State 69-48 7-2 1-0 Williams 16 May 10 Felton 11 Tallahassee Civic Center 7,102 Tallahassee, FL December 27, 2002 yes 6:30 pm MSG 22 yes Iona ECAC Holiday Festival 56-65 7-3 McCants 15 May 9 Felton 5 Madison Square Garden 11,000 New York, NY December 28, 2002 yes 3:00 pm MSG 22 yes St. John's (NY) ECAC Holiday Festival 63-59 8-3 McCants 21 Williams 10 Felton 9 Madison Square Garden 11,000 New York, NY January 4, 2003 yes 7:00 pm ESPN yes Miami (FL) 61-64 OT 8-4 McCants 14 Tied 7 Felton 6 Convocation Center 6,826 Coral Gables, FL January 8, 2003 yes 8:30 pm RJ Davidson 79-64 9-4 McCants 19 Tied 7 Felton 5 Dean Smith Center 18,555 Chapel Hill, NC January 11, 2003 12:00 pm ESPN Virginia 72-79 9-5 1-1 Williams 18 Williams 9 Felton 5 University Hall 8,392 Charlottesville, VA January 14, 2003 7:00 pm RSN Clemson 68-66 10-5 2-1 McCants 20 Tied 6 Felton 8 Dean Smith Center 17,451 Chapel Hill, NC January 18, 2003 yes 5:00 pm ESPN 6 Connecticut 68-65 11-5 McCants 27 Tied 6 Felton 7 Dean Smith Center 21,750 Chapel Hill, NC January 22, 2003 7:00 pm ESPN 12 Maryland 66-81 11-6 2-2 McCants 26 McCants 8 Felton 6 Dean Smith Center 21,750 Chapel Hill, NC January 26, 2003 2:00 pm Fox Sports yes NC State Carolina–State Game 77-86 11-7 2-3 Felton 28 McCants 10 Felton 5 RBC Center 19,722 Raleigh, NC January 29, 2003 7:00 pm ESPN yes Georgia Tech 68-88 11-8 2-4 Williams 24 Williams 10 Felton 6 Alexander Coliseum 9,191 Atlanta, GA February 2, 2003 5:30 Fox Sports 17 Wake Forest 75-79 11-9 2-5 Williams 22 Noel 8 Williams 4 Dean Smith Center 21,750 Chapel Hill, NC February 5, 2003 9:00 pm ESPN yes 9 Duke Carolina–Duke rivalry 74-83 11-10 2-6 Felton 25 Williams 8 Tied 4 Cameron Indoor Stadium 9,314 Durham, NC February 8, 2003 1:00 pm RJ Florida State 61-60 12-10 3-6 Williams 20 Felton 7 Felton 6 Dean Smith Center 21,750 Chapel Hill, NC February 12, 2003 7:00 pm ESPN Virginia 81-67 13-10 4-6 Tied 21 Manuel 9 Tied 5 Dean Smith Center 20,445 Chapel Hill, NC February 15, 2003 1:00 pm RJ yes Clemson 77-80 13-11 4-7 Felton 19 Tied 4 Felton 7 Littlejohn Coliseum 10,500 Clemson, SC February 18, 2003 yes 8:00 pm RJ North Carolina A&T 93-57 14-11 McCants 16 Noel 8 Felton 11 Dean Smith Center 14,005 Chapel Hill, NC February 22, 2003 2:00 pm RJ yes 13 Maryland 56-96 14-12 4-8 Scott 12 Tied 6 Williams 6 Comcast Center 17,950 College Park, MD February 25, 2003 9:00 pm RJ NC State Carolina–State Game 67-75 OT 14-13 4-9 Tied 16 Williams 7 Manuel 5 Dean Smith Center 21,750 Chapel Hill, NC March 1, 2003 1:00 pm ABC Georgia Tech 67-66 15-13 5-9 Felton 19 Williams 9 Felton 5 Dean Smith Center 20,859 Chapel Hill, NC March 5, 2003 9:00 pm RJ yes 9 Wake Forest 60-75 15-14 5-10 Williams 17 Tied 6 Felton 4 LJVM Coliseum 14,656 Winston-Salem, NC March 9, 2003 4:00 pm CBS 10 Duke Carolina–Duke rivalry 82-79 16-14 6-10 McCants 26 Felton 8 Felton 10 Dean Smith Center 21,750 Chapel Hill, NC |- !colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Tournament March 14, 2003 7:00 pm ESPN2 7 yes 2 14 Maryland Quarterfinals 84-72 17-14 Williams 25 McCants 11 Felton 10 Greensboro Coliseum 23,745 Greensboro, NC March 15, 2003 4:00 pm ESPN 7 yes 3 12 Duke Semifinals/Rivalry 63-75 17-15 Felton 18 Williams 8 Felton 5 Greensboro Coliseum 23,745 Greensboro, NC |- !colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT March 18, 2003 9:00 pm ESPNhttp://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205476126&SPID=12965&SPSID=668156 Tar Heels Open NIT Play Tonight DePaul First Round 83-72 18-15 Noel 21 Noel 11 Felton 9 Dean Smith Center 10,345 Chapel Hill, NC March 24, 2003 8:00 pm Wyoming Second Round 90-74 19-15 Tied 20 Noel 7 Felton 14 Dean Smith Center 20,235 Chapel Hill, NC March 26, 2003 7:00 pm ESPN2http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205481590&SPID=12965&SPSID=668156 UNC, Georgetown Play Wednesday in Smith Center at 7 p.m. Georgetown Quarterfinals 74-79 19-16 McCants 26 Williams 7 Felton 11 Dean Smith Center 15,043 Chapel Hill, NC EST http://www.goheels.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=668157&SPID=12965&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&Q_SEASON=2002 Men's Basketball April 12, 2017 April 13, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170413153437/http://www.goheels.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=668157&SPID=12965&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&Q_SEASON=2002 dead References Category:North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons North Carolina North Carolina Category:2002 in sports in North Carolina Category:2003 in sports in North Carolina