2002–03 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

The 2002–03 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2002–03 men's college basketball season. It was Herb Sendek's seventh season as head coach. The Wolfpack earned a bid to the NCAA tournament and finished with a record of 18–13 (9–7 ACC).

2002–03 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	18–13 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach	Herb Sendek (7th season)
Home arena	RBC Center
Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

2002–03 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Wake Forest	13	–	3		.813			25	–	6		.806
No. 17 Maryland	11	–	5		.688			21	–	10		.677
No. 7 Duke†	11	–	5		.688			26	–	7		.788
NC State	9	–	7		.563			18	–	13		.581
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			16	–	15		.516
Virginia	6	–	10		.375			16	–	16		.500
North Carolina	6	–	10		.375			19	–	16		.543
Clemson	5	–	11		.313			15	–	13		.536
Florida State	4	–	12		.250			14	–	15		.483
† 2003 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2002–03 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 3 Ilian Evtimov 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Winston-Salem, North Carolina G 13 Cameron Bennerman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Greensboro, North Carolina G 24 Julius Hodge 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So F 33 Josh Powell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So F 54 Marcus Melvin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Fayetteville, North Carolina	Head coach Herb Sendek (Carnegie Mellon) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 22, 2002*		Mount St. Mary's	W 84–60	1–0	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Nov 30, 2002*		Coppin State	W 58–37	2–0	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 4, 2002*		Northwestern	W 74–49	3–0	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 8, 2002*		South Carolina	W 76–64	4–0	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 14, 2002*		North Carolina A&T	W 101–63	5–0	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 17, 2002*		vs. Gonzaga	L 60–69	5–1	Continental Airlines Arena  East Rutherford, New Jersey
Dec 21, 2002*		Fairleigh Dickinson	W 104–65	6–1	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 29, 2002*		Wofford	W 86–71	7–1	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 2, 2003*		at UMass	L 56–68	7–2	Mullins Center  Amherst, Massachusetts
Jan 5, 2003		Virginia	W 75–63	8–2 (1–0)	RBC Center (14,718) Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 11, 2003		at Georgia Tech	L 61–85	8–3 (1–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 16, 2003*		Boston College	L 81–93	8–4	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 18, 2003		at Florida State	W 70–63	9–4 (2–1)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center  Tallahassee, Florida
Jan 22, 2003		No. 3 Duke	W 80–71	10–4 (3–1)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 26, 2003		North Carolina	W 86–77	11–4 (4–1)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 30, 2003		at No. 10 Maryland	L 60–75	11–5 (4–2)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
Feb 2, 2003		Clemson	W 78–56	12–5 (5–2)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb 6, 2003		at No. 14 Wake Forest	L 58–73	12–6 (5–3)	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 9, 2003		at Virginia	L 58–61	12–7 (5–4)	University Hall  Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 12, 2003		Georgia Tech	W 63–57	13–7 (6–4)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb 15, 2003*		at Temple	L 54–76	13–8	Liacouras Center  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 18, 2003		Florida State	W 71–60	14–8 (7–4)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb 22, 2003		at No. 8 Duke	L 68–79	14–9 (7–5)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
Feb 25, 2003		at North Carolina	W 75–67 OT	15–9 (8–5)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Mar 2, 2003		No. 14 Maryland	L 65–68	15–10 (8–6)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
Mar 5, 2003		at Clemson	W 63–60	16–10 (9–6)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
Mar 8, 2003		No. 9 Wake Forest	L 72–78	16–11 (9–7)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
Mar 14, 2003*		Georgia Tech Quarterfinals	W 71–65	17–11	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 15, 2003*		vs. No. 9 Wake Forest Semifinals	W 87–83	18–11	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 16, 2003*		vs. No. 12 Duke Championship game	L 77–84	18–12	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
Mar 20, 2003*	(9 E)	vs. (8 E) California First round	L 74–76 OT	18–13	Ford Center  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

See also: 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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