2003 New Zealand NBL season

May 2016 May 2016 2003 New Zealand NBL season New Zealand NBL Basketball 23 April – 16 August 18 10 Regular season Waikato Titans David Cooper (Manawatu Jets) New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award John Whorton (Canterbury Rams) New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion Playoffs Wellington Saints Waikato Titans New Zealand NBL 2002 New Zealand NBL season 2002 2004 New Zealand NBL season 2004 The 2003 NBL season was the 22nd season of the National Basketball League. 2003 marked the first year a league-wide MVP award winner was named, allowing imports the opportunity to be recognised; in all previous seasons, only a Kiwi MVP was named, an award given to the best New Zealand player. Australian import David Cooper of the Manawatu Jets was subsequently awarded the first league MVP. 2003 also marked the return of Taranaki after a three-year hiatus. The Wellington Saints won the championship over the Waikato Titans in overtime, as the Saints claimed their fifth league title.2003 National Basketball League Basketball.org.nz http://www.basketball.org.nz/competitions/nbl/nbl-2003/ https://archive.today/20120719200039/http://www.basketball.org.nz/competitions/nbl/nbl-2003/ 19 July 2012 dead Summary Regular season standings Pos Position Team W Games won L Games lost1Waikato Titans 16 22Wellington Saints 12 63Manawatu Jets 12 64Auckland Stars 12 6 5Nelson Giants 11 76Hawke's Bay Hawks 8 107Otago Nuggets 7 118Taranaki Mountainairs 5 139Canterbury Rams 4 1410Harbour Heat 3 15 Playoff bracket Semi-finals Final 25 150 1 Waikato Titans 98 4 Auckland Stars 77 2 Wellington Saints 89 3 Manawatu Jets 70   Waikato Titans 88 File:Gold_Cup_icon.svg Wellington Saints 97 Awards Player of the Week Round Player Team Ref 1 Issiah Epps Otago Nuggets http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=1377&det=1 Players of the Week Basketball.org.nz https://archive.today/20060824070659/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=1377&det=1 24 August 2006 dead 2 Dillon Boucher Waikato Titans Mike Pegues Canterbury Rams 3 Issiah Epps Otago Nuggets 4 Dillon Boucher Waikato Titans 5 Ed Book Nelson Giants Dillon Boucher Waikato Titans 6 Lindsay Tait Auckland Stars 7 John Whorton Canterbury Rams 8 John Whorton Canterbury Rams 9 David Cooper Manawatu Jets http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=424&det=1 Player Of The Week IX 22 July 2004 22 July 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040722004040/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=424&det=1 dead 10 Paul Henare Hawke's Bay Hawks http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=445&det=1 Player Of The Week X 22 July 2004 22 July 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040722055744/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=445&det=1 dead 11 Casey Frank Auckland Stars http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=477&det=1 Player Of The Week XI 22 July 2004 22 July 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040722063039/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=477&det=1 dead 12 Willie Banks Taranaki Mountainairs http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=506&det=1 Player Of The Week XII 22 July 2004 22 July 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040722094905/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=506&det=1 dead 13 John Whorton Canterbury Rams http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=526&det=1 Player Of The Week XIII 22 July 2004 22 July 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040722202838/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=526&det=1 dead 14 Mark Dickel Otago Nuggets 15 Michael Tompson Wellington Saints http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=576&det=1 Player Of The Week XV 22 July 2004 22 July 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040722005244/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=576&det=1 dead SF Iona Enosa Waikato Titans F Ben Knight Wellington Saints http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=609&det=1 Player Of The Week (Final) 22 July 2004 22 July 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040722005919/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=609&det=1 dead Statistics leaders Stats as of the end of the regular season2003 Burger King League – League Leaders Basketball.org.nz http://www.basketball.org.nz/uimages/1683.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20041119122605/http://www.basketball.org.nz/uimages/1683.htm 19 November 2004 dead Category Player Team Stat Points per game John Whorton Canterbury Rams 29.3 Rebounds per game John Whorton Canterbury Rams 16.5 Assists per game George Le'afa Wellington Saints 6.2 Steals per game Dillon Boucher Waikato Titans 4.5 Blocks per game David Cooper Manawatu Jets 2.8 Regular season Most Valuable Player: David Cooper (Manawatu Jets) NZ Most Valuable Player: Dillon Boucher (Waikato Titans) Most Outstanding Guard: Lindsay Tait (Auckland Stars) Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Lindsay Tait (Auckland Stars) Most Outstanding Forward: David Cooper (Manawatu Jets) Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Dillon Boucher (Waikato Titans) Scoring Champion: John Whorton (Canterbury Rams) Rebounding Champion: John Whorton (Canterbury Rams) Assist Champion: George Le'afa (Wellington Saints) Rookie of the Year: Adrian Majstrovich (Hawke's Bay Hawks) Coach of the Year: Mike McHugh (Wellington Saints) All-Star Five: G: Paul Henare (Hawke's Bay Hawks) G: Lindsay Tait (Auckland Stars) F: Dillon Boucher (Waikato Titans) F: Link Abrams (Taranaki Mountainairs) C: David Cooper (Manawatu Jets) References External links 2003 NBL Teams and Draw Team stats links 2003 season links Category:National Basketball League (New Zealand) seasons Category:2003 in New Zealand basketball