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2002-03 Season - FINAL FOUR

Dwyane Wade led the Marquette Warriors to their first Final Four since 1977. Purely magical is the best way to describe the 2002-03 campaign, as Crean led Marquette to a place it had not been in over 25 years - the Final Four. Marquette's third appearance all-time in college basketball's ultimate destination came as a result of 27 wins (second-most in school history), including a program-best 14 victories in conference, and its first Conference USA Regular Season Championship. The Golden Eagles finished the regular season ranked No. 9 by the Associated Press, its highest year-end AP ranking since 1978, and No. 6 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 poll. MU was one of only 10 teams to be ranked in all 19 of the AP's Top 25 polls and its .818 winning percentage was the program's best since 1977-78. mu02-03_cover_w.jpg

Regular Season

Date Opp RPI Opp AP Opp ESPN Opponent Score Result
Nov. 15, 2002 70 - - vs Villanova 73 - 61WCoaches vs Cancer Classic (New York, NY)
Nov. 22, 2002 245 - - Coppin State 64 - 46 W Pepsi Blue & Gold Classic
Nov. 23, 2002 255 - - Texas-San Antonio80 - 68 W Pepsi Blue & Gold Classic
Nov. 26, 2002 183 - - Eastern Illinois97 - 74 W Marquette set a Bradley Center team record for field goals made (40)
Dec. 02, 2002 14 - - at Notre Dame 71 - 92 L
Dec. 07, 2002 162 - - Appalachian State 101 - 78 W
Dec. 14, 2002 25 - - UW-Madison 63 - 54 W
Dec. 21, 2002 243 - - Elon 89 - 57 W
Dec. 28, 2002 277 - - Grambling State 105 - 74 W Marquette set a Bradley Center team record with 29 assists and tied a Bradley Center record for points scored (105)
Dec. 30, 2002 156 - - at East Carolina 70 - 73 L
Jan. 04, 2003 13 37 46 at Dayton 85 - 92 L
Jan. 07, 2003 58 - - at Saint Louis 60 - 54 W
Jan. 11, 2003 127 - - South Florida 96 - 63 W
Jan. 14, 2003 143 - - at Tulane 85 - 73 W
Jan. 18, 2003 95 40 35 at UNC Charlotte 67 - 64 W
Jan. 25, 2003 63 29 27 DePaul 72 - 51 W Dwyane Wade tied a Bradley Center record with seven steals
Jan. 29, 2003 156 - - East Carolina 80 - 48 W
Feb. 01, 2003 29 11 12 at Cincinnati 82 - 76 W
Feb. 05, 2003 58 - - Saint Louis 68 - 64 W
Feb. 09, 2003 7 27 34 Wake Forest 68 - 61 W
Feb. 12, 2003 63 29 27 at DePaul 73 - 60 W
Feb. 15, 2003 11 38 32 Louisville 70 - 73 L
Feb. 20, 2003 95 40 35 UNC Charlotte 75 - 67 W Demon Brown tied a Bradley Center record for three point field goals attempted (17)
Feb. 22, 2003 194 - - at TCU 79 - 68 W
Feb. 27, 2003 11 38 32at Louisville 78 - 73 W
Mar. 01, 2003 90 - - UAB 98 - 87 W
Mar. 08, 2003 29 11 12Cincinnati 70 - 61 W
Mar. 13, 2003 90 - - UAB 76 - 83 L Conference USA Tournament (Louisville, KY)

NCAA Tournament

Round Opponent Score Result
1st Round Holy Cross 72-68 W Indianapolis, IN
2nd Round Missouri 101-92 W Indianapolis, IN
Sweet 16 Pittsburgh 77-74 W Minneapolis, MN
Elite 8 Kentucky 83-69 W Minneapolis, MN
Final 4 Kansas 61-94 L New Orleans, LA
  • Missouri's Ricky Paulding knocked down a MU-opponent record nine three pointers in a losing effort against Marquette on March 22nd.

Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School
1 Todd Townsend F 6-7 215 So. Chicago, Ill./New Hampton (NH) Prep
3 Dwyane Wade G 6-5 210 Jr. Robbins, Ill./Richards
5 Scott Merritt F 6-10 245 Jr. Wauwatosa, Wis./East
10 Karon Bradley G 5-11 185 Fr. Katy, Tex./Cypress Springs
12 Jared Sichting G 6-0 165 Fr. Minnetonka, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret
20 Steve Novak F 6-10 210 Fr. Brown Deer, Wis./Brown Deer
32 Joe Chapman G 6-4 195 Fr. Sauk Village, Ill./Bloom
33 Chris Grimm F/C 6-10 225 Fr. Brighton, Mich./Brighton
34 Travis Diener G 6-1 165 So. Fond du Lac, Wis./Goodrich
40 Terry Sanders F 6-8 225 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis./Vincent/Hargrave Academy
42 Andy Freund F 6-8 210 Fr. Wauwatosa, Wis./East
55 Robert Jackson F 6-10 260 Sr. Milwaukee, Wis./Mississippi State/Washington HS

2002-2003 Season Statistics

name G GS MIN FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
Dwyane Wade 33 33 1058 251 501 .501 14 44 .318 194 249 .779 209 145 71 43 107 76 710 21.5
Robert Jackson 33 33 947 191 343 .557 0 0 – 127 163 .779 249 26 12 7 79 98 509 15.4
Travis Diener 33 33 1146 124 313 .396 69 190 .363 74 91 .813 105 184 47 5 71 66 391 11.8
Scott Merritt 33 33 970 110 253 .470 1 10 .100 94 121 .777 218 51 27 39 63 91 333 10.1
Steve Novak 33 0 512 67 133 .504 55 109 .505 31 33 .939 71 17 7 0 18 54 220 6.7
Todd Townsend 33 33 840 64 142 .451 37 97 .381 27 41 .659 88 59 10 15 28 84 192 5.8
Terry Sanders 33 0 510 32 60 .533 0 0 – 22 35 .629 90 14 10 7 22 75 86 2.6
Joe Chapman 33 0 318 31 71 .437 14 31 .452 1 3 .333 43 20 10 0 21 31 77 2.3
Karon Bradley 22 0 189 12 38 .316 11 25 .440 3 5 .600 9 14 4 0 11 22 38 1.7
Chris Grimm 27 0 139 9 15 .600 0 0 – 7 12 .583 16 2 0 1 4 23 25 0.9
Jared Sichting 8 0 10 1 1 1.00 1 1 1.00 2 2 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.6
Tony Gries 7 0 11 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0.4
TOTALS 33 - 6650 901 1871 .482 202 508 .398 585 759 .771 1207 533 198 117 438 622 2589 78.5


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