2002–03 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2002–03 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Sun Belt Conference East Division Sun Belt 24–9 12–2 Dennis Felton Pete Herrmann E. A. Diddle Arena SBC Tournament ChampionSBC East Division Champion NCAA Tournament first round The 2002–03 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by head coach Dennis Felton and All Sun Belt Conference forward, David Boyden.SBC 2016-17 Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 28 April 2020 They finished 1st in the SBC East Division and won the conference tournament and automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.Hilltoppers three-peat!, By the Daily News Online, Mar 12, 2003, retrieved 29 April 2020 Joining Boyden on the All SBC team was Mike Wells and Patrick Sparks, as well as SBC Freshman of the Year, Anthony Winchester. Boyden and Wells also made the SBC All-Tournament team and Sparks was tournament MVP.WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 Schedule 2002-03 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 29 April 2020 2002-03 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2002 |- !colspan=6 style=Western Kentucky Hilltoppers| Regular season 11/23/2002 yes yes 19 Arizona 1 McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,584 68–107 0–1 |- 11/26/2002 yes VCU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 5,131 80–73 OT 1–1 12/1/2002 yes yes Auburn Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, TN 6,589 89–70 2–1 12/3/2002 yes yes Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN 6,900 76–81 OT 2–2 12/7/2002 yes yes Murray State CFSB Center Murray, KY 7,288 72–83 2–3 12/15/2002 yes Illinois State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 5,130 63–43 3–3 12/18/2002 yes Southern Mississippi E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,270 64–54 4–3 12/20/2002 yes Saint Francis (PA) E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,641 80–45 5–3 12/23/2002 yes yes Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA 2,701 57–70 5–4 12/28/2002 yes yes Chicago State Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic 6,097 63–56 6–4 12/29/2002 yes yes Butler Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic 7,184 60–63 6–5 12/30/2002 yes yes Tennessee Tech Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic 7,925 74–51 7–5 1/4/2003 yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,804 65–69 7–6 0–1 1/9/2003 yes Arkansas–Little Rock Alltel Arena North Little Rock, AR 4,358 74–66 8–6 1–1 1/11/2003 yes Arkansas State Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR 5,262 77–69 9–6 2–1 1/16/2003 New Orleans E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,752 78–59 10–6 3–1 1/18/2003 South Alabama E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 6,418 85–69 11–6 4–1 1/25/2003 yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 9,113 82–92 11–7 4–2 1/30/2003 FIU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 5,112 63–43 12–7 5–2 2/1/2003 yes yes Detroit Calihan Hall Detroit, MI 3,362 65–86 12–8 2/3/2003 yes Kentucky State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,743 104–70 13–8 02/5/2003 Denver E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,707 81–77 14–8 6–2 2/8/2003 yes North Texas UNT Coliseum Denton, TX 4,212 85–70 15–8 7–2 2/13/2003 Arkansas–Little Rock E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,108 70–51 16–8 8–2 2/15/2003 Arkansas State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 5,312 69–63 17–8 9–2 2/19/2003 yes FIU Ocean Bank Convocation Center University Park, FL 689 71–58 18–8 10–2 2/22/2003 yes Ball State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY ESPN BracketBusters 6,112 84–79 19–8 2/26/2003 yes Louisiana–Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, LA 9,121 69–66 20–8 11–2 3/1/2003 Middle Tennessee E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 7,412 85–83 OT 21–8 12–2 |- !colspan=6 style=Western Kentucky Hilltoppers| Sun Belt tournament 3/8/2003 E1 FIU E5 E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Second Round 7,259 71–60 22–8 3/10/2003 E1 New Mexico State W2 E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Semifinals 7,337 78–59 23–8 3/11/2003 E1 Middle Tennessee E2 E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Finals 8,118 64–52 24–8 |- !colspan=6 style=Western Kentucky Hilltoppers| NCAA tournament 03/20/2003 yes yes 13 W Illinois 11 4 W RCA Dome Indianapolis, IN First Round 21,250 60–65 24–9 AP Poll (W#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region https://wkusports.com/documents/2014/4/24/2002-03.pdf 2002-2003 Men's Basketball Statistics WKU Sports References Western Kentucky Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Basketball, Men's Western Kentucky Basketball, Men's Category:Long stubs with short prose