2002-2003 Marquette Men's Basketball

Record: 27-6
Conference USA: 14-2
CUSA Tournament: 0-1
NCAA Tournament: 4-1
Final Coaches Ranking: 6
Final AP Ranking: 9
Final RPI Ranking: 10
Coach: Tom Crean
Captain: Dwyane Wade
Leading Scorer: Dwyane Wade 21.5 ppg
Leading Rebounder: Robert Jackson 7.5 rpg

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. Marquette played ranked opponents seven times, winning five of those contests.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	RPI	AP	ESPN	Location	Result	Notes

Non-Conference
November 15, 2002	Villanova	70	-	-	New York, New York	W 73-61	Coaches vs Cancer Classic
November 22, 2002	Coppin State	245	-	-	Bradley Center	W 64-46	Pepsi Blue & Gold Classic
November 23, 2002	Texas-San Antonio	255	-	-	Bradley Center	W 80-68	Pepsi Blue & Gold Classic
November 26, 2002	Eastern Illinois	183	-	-	Bradley Center	W 97-74	Marquette Bradley Center record for field goals made (40)
December 02, 2002	Notre Dame	14	-	-	South Bend, Indiana	L 71-92
December 07, 2002	Appalachian State	162	-	-	Bradley Center	W 101-78
December 14, 2002	Wisconsin	25	-	-	Bradley Center	W 63-54
December 21, 2002	Elon	243	-	-	Bradley Center	W 89-57
December 28, 2002	Grambling State	277	-	-	Bradley Center	W 105-74	Marquette Bradley Center record for assists (29) and points scored (105)
Conference USA
December 30, 2002	East Carolina	156	-	-	Greenville, North Carolina	L 70-73
Non-Conference
January 04, 2003	Dayton	13	37	46	Dayton, Ohio	L 85-92
Conference USA
January 07, 2003	Saint Louis	58	-	-	Saint Louis, Missouri	W 60-54
January 11, 2003	South Florida	127	-	-	Bradley Center	W 96-63
January 14, 2003	Tulane	143	-	-	New Orleans, Louisiana	W 85-73
January 18, 2003	Charlotte	95	40	35	Charlotte, North Carolina	W 67-64
January 25, 2003	DePaul	63	29	27	Bradley Center	W 72-51	Dwyane Wade tied a Bradley Center record for steals (7)
January 29, 2003	East Carolina	156	-	-	Bradley Center	W 80-48
February 01, 2003	Cincinnati	29	11	12	Cincinnati, Ohio	W 82-76
February 05, 2003	Saint Louis	58	-	-	Bradley Center	W 68-64
Non-Conference
February 09, 2003	Wake Forest	7	27	34	Bradley Center	W 68-61
Conference USA
February 12, 2003	DePaul	63	29	27	Chicago, Illinois	W 73-60
February 15, 2003	Louisville	11	38	32	Bradley Center	L 70-73
February 20, 2003	Charlotte	95	40	35	Bradley Center	W 75-67
February 22, 2003	TCU	194	-	-	Fort Worth, Texas	W 79-68
February 27, 2003	Louisville	11	38	32	Louisville, Kentucky	W 78-73
March 01, 2003	UAB	90	-	-	Bradley Center	W 98-87
March 08, 2003	Cincinnati	29	11	12	Bradley Center	W 70-61
Conference USA Tournament
March 13, 2003	UAB	90	-	-	Louisville, Kentucky	L 76-83
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 2003	Holy Cross	-	-	-	Indianapolis, Indiana	W 72-68	First Round
March 22, 2003	Missouri	-	-	-	Indianapolis, Indiana	W 101-92	Second Round, Overtime
March 27, 2003	Pittsburgh	-	-	-	Minneapolis, Minnesota	W 77-74	Sweet Sixteen
March 29, 2003	Kentucky	-	-	-	Minneapolis, Minnesota	W 83-69	Elite Eight
April 5, 2003	Kansas	-	-	-	New Orleans, Louisiana	L 61-94	Final Four

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

Statistics

	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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