2002–03 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2002–03 Notre Dame Fighting Irish File:Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg Big East Conference Big East 15 22 24–10 10–6 Mike Brey 3rd Anthony Solomon 3rd Joyce Center NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2002–03 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Mike Brey, the Irish finished with a record of 24–10 and battled their way to the Sweet Sixteen of the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Schedule https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/notre-dame/2003-schedule.html 2002-03 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results no 11/17/2002 yes Belmont Joyce Center South Bend, IN 76–48 1–0 11/18/2002 yes IUPUI Joyce Center South Bend, IN 89–45 2–0 11/22/2002 yes Bucknell Joyce Center South Bend, IN 73–42 3–0 11/25/2002 yes yes Furman Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO Guardians Classic Semifinals 75–50 4–0 11/26/2002 yes yes Creighton Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO Guardians Classic Final 75–80 4–1 11/30/2002 yes Albany Joyce Center South Bend, IN 90–55 5–1 12/2/2002 yes Marquette 13 Joyce Center South Bend, IN 92–71 6–1 12/7/2002 yes yes Maryland 9 Verizon Center Washington D.C. BB&T Classic 79–67 7–1 12/8/2002 yes yes Texas 2 Verizon Center Washington D.C. BB&T Classic 98–92 8–1 12/14/2002 yes 10 DePaul Joyce Center South Bend, IN 102–71 9–1 12/22/2002 yes 9 Canisius Joyce Center South Bend, IN 93–75 10–1 12/30/2002 yes 8 Vanderbilt Joyce Center South Bend, IN 76–63 11–1 1/4/2003 yes yes 6 Valparaiso BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL 55–53 12–1 1/6/2003 yes 5 Pittsburgh 2 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA 55–72 12–2 1/12/2003 5 Seton Hall Joyce Center South Bend, IN 74–64 13–2 1/14/2003 10 Rutgers Joyce Center South Bend, IN 68–57 14–2 1/18/2003 yes yes 10 Kentucky 16 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY 73–88 14–3 1/21/2003 yes 16 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI 71–65 15–3 1/25/2003 yes 16 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 101–96 OT 16–3 1/29/2003 11 West Virginia Joyce Center South Bend, IN 88–69 17–3 2/1/2003 11 Georgetown Joyce Center South Bend, IN 93–92 2OT 18–3 2/5/2003 yes 10 Seton Hall IZOD Center East Rutherford, NJ 72–78 18–4 2/9/2003 10 Pittsburgh 4 Joyce Center South Bend, IN 66–64 19–4 2/15/2003 yes 10 Syracuse 17 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 80–82 19–5 2/18/2003 yes 12 West Virginia WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV 56–55 20–5 2/22/2003 12 Virginia Tech Joyce Center South Bend, IN 98–76 21–5 2/24/2003 9 UConn Joyce Center South Bend, IN 79–87 21–6 3/1/2003 yes 9 Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 82–95 21–7 3/4/2003 16 Syracuse 12 Joyce Center South Bend, IN 88–92 21–8 3/8/2003 yes 17 Georgetown Verizon Center Washington D.C. 86–80 22–8 3/12/2003 yes 17 St. John's Madison Square Garden New York, NY Big East tournament first round 80–83 22–9 3/20/2003 yes yes 5 UW-Milwaukee 12 RCA Dome Indianapolis, IN First Round 70–69 23–9 3/22/2003 yes yes 5 Illinois 4 RCA Dome Indianapolis, IN Second Round 68–60 24–9 3/27/2003 yes yes 5 Arizona 1 Honda Center Anaheim, CA Sweet Sixteen 71–88 24–10 AP Poll https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/notre-dame/2003.html 2002-03 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Roster and Stats Roster 2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish y Matt Carroll basketball 13 G 6 6 212 Sr y Horsham, Pennsylvania Danny Miller y basketball, born 1980 21 F 6 8 220 Sr Mt. Holly, New Jersey Chris Quinn 2 G 6 2 178 Fr y Dublin, Ohio Tom Timmermans 50 C 6 11 253 Jr Driehuis, Netherlands https://web.archive.org/web/20021201102732/http://und.ocsn.com:80/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/nd-m-baskbl-mtt.html Mike Brey Anthony Solomon References Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball seasons Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team Notre Dame