2002–03 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season

2002–03 UCLA Bruins men's basketball

Conference	Pacific-10
Record	10–19 (6–12, T-6th Pac-10)
Head coach	Steve Lavin
Assistant coaches	Michael Holton Jim Saia Steve Spencer
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Arizona	17	–	1	.944	28	–	4	.875
No. 20 Stanford	14	–	4	.778	24	–	9	.727
California	13	–	5	.722	22	–	9	.710
Arizona State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Oregon †	10	–	8	.556	23	–	10	.697
Oregon State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	15	.464
USC	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
UCLA	6	–	12	.333	10	–	19	.345
Washington	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370
Washington State	2	–	16	.111	7	–	20	.259

† 2003 Pac-10 tournament winner As of July 10, 2011^[1] Rankings from Coaches Poll^[2]

The 2002–03 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished 8th in the conference and lost in the second round of the Pac-10 tournament to the Oregon Ducks. The Bruins did not play in a post-season tournament. This was the final season for head coach Steve Lavin. This season was also notable as it was UCLA's first losing season since the 1947–48 season. The Bruins 54 years of consecutive winning seasons had set an NCAA record. Coach Steve Lavin was fired at the season’s end.

Roster

2002–03 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	13	Gene Barnes	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Fr
G	21	Cedric Bozeman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California
G	5	Jon Crispin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Jr	Pitman, New Jersey
F	43	T. J. Cummings	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	Jr	Homewood, Illinois
C	45	Michael Fey	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Fr
G	55	Quinn Hawking	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr
C	52	John Hoffart	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Jr
C	15	Ryan Hollins	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Fr	Pasadena, California
F	54	Josiah Johnson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	So
F	24	Jason Kapono (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr	Long Beach, California
F	4	Marcedes Lewis	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr
F	25	Matt McKinney	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr
F	5	Andre Patterson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Los Angeles, California
G	2	Janou Rubin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr
G	1	Dijon Thompson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California
G	10	Ryan Walcott	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So
G	22	Ike Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr
G	34	Ray Young (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr

Head coach

Steve Lavin (Chapman)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 13, 2002		Branch West Exhibition	L 67–92	0–0	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
November 19, 2002		EA Sports Exhibition	L 64–70	0–0	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
Regular Season
November 26, 2002 FSNW2	No. 14	San Diego	L 81–86 ^OT	0–1	Pauley Pavilion (6,845) Los Angeles, CA
November 30, 2002 CBS	No. 14	vs. No. 4 Duke Wooden Tradition	L 73–84	0–2	Conseco Fieldhouse (18,345) Indianapolis, IN
December 8, 2002 FSNW2		Long Beach State	W 81–58	1–2	Pauley Pavilion (6,358) Los Angeles, CA
December 14, 2002 FSNW2		Portland	W 105–67	2–2	Pauley Pavilion (6,608) Los Angeles, CA
December 17, 2002		Northern Arizona	L 63–67	2–3	Pauley Pavilion (5,736) Los Angeles, CA
December 21, 2002 CBS		at No. 19 Kansas	L 70–87	2–4	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
December 28, 2002 CBS		Michigan	L 76–81	2–5	Pauley Pavilion (10,001) Los Angeles, CA
January 2, 2003		at Washington	W 77–67	3–5 (1–0)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (7,591) Seattle, WA
January 4, 2003 FSN		at Washington State	W 98–83	4–5 (2–0)	Beasley Coliseum (1,658) Pullman, WA
January 8, 2003 FSNW		USC	L 75–80	4–6 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion (12,736) Los Angeles, CA
January 11, 2003 FSN		St. John's	L 65–80	4–7	Pauley Pavilion (8,503) Los Angeles, CA
January 16, 2003		Arizona State	L 64–75	4–8 (2–2)	Pauley Pavilion (7,710) Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 2003 ABC		No. 2 Arizona	L 52–87	4–9 (2–3)	Pauley Pavilion (11,082) Los Angeles, CA
January 23, 2003		at Stanford	L 51–52	4–10 (2–4)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
January 25, 2003 FSN		at No. 25 California	L 69–80	4–11 (2–5)	Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, CA
January 30, 2003 FSN		No. 22 Oregon	L 91–96 ^OT	4–12 (2–6)	Pauley Pavilion (9,008) Los Angeles, CA
February 1, 2003 FSNW2		Oregon State	L 79–83	4–13 (2–7)	Pauley Pavilion (7,698) Los Angeles, CA
February 5, 2003 FSNW2		at USC	L 85–86	4–14 (2–8)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (10,147) Los Angeles, CA
February 8, 2003 CBS		at vs. Georgetown	W 71–70	5–14	MCI Center (14,227) Washington D.C.
February 13, 2003 FSN		at No. 1 Arizona	L 70–106	5–15 (2–9)	McKale Center (14,559) Tucson, AZ
February 15, 2003 ABC		at Arizona State	L 69–85	5–16 (2–10)	Wells Fargo Arena (9,242) Tempe, AZ
February 20, 2003 FSN		No. 18 California	W 76–75 ^OT	6–16 (3–10)	Pauley Pavilion (8,061) Los Angeles, CA
February 22, 2003 FSN		No. 21 Stanford	L 84–93	6–17 (3–11)	Pauley Pavilion (9,541) Los Angeles, CA
February 27, 2003		at Oregon State	W 69–66	7–17 (4–11)	Gill Coliseum (6,521) Corvallis, OR
March 01, 2003 CBS		at Oregon	L 48–79	7–18 (4–12)	McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, OR
March 06, 2003		Washington State	W 86–71	8–18 (5–12)	Pauley Pavilion (6,619) Los Angeles, CA
March 08, 2003 FSNW2		Washington	W 83–72	9–18 (6–12)	Pauley Pavilion (8,717) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-10 Tournament
March 13, 2003 FSN		vs. No. 1 Arizona First Round	W 96–89 ^OT	10–18	Staples Center (15,048) Los Angeles, CA
March 14, 2003 FSN		vs. Oregon Semifinals	L 74–75	10–19	Staples Center (16,689) Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[3]

Notes

In the first round of the Pac-10 Tournament, UCLA beat Arizona who was then ranked #1 in the nation (AP poll). The Bruins had defeated a #1 team, four years in a row (along with the victory of #1 Kansas in the previous season and #1 Stanford the two years before that).
In spite of the losing season UCLA beat two AP Top-20 teams in 2002–03 (the other being #18 Cal). UCLA's losing season was the first in 55 years, snapping an NCAA record of consecutive winning seasons.
The 6 wins in regular season conference play was also the lowest since the 1952–53 season (when UCLA went 6-6).
ASU swept UCLA for the first time in 23 years (1979-80 season) and for only the second time since they joined the Pac-8.