# 2002–03 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

The 2002–03 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at the Wells Fargo Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Sun Devils finished with 20–12, 11–7 in Pac-10 play and lost in the quarterfinal round of the 2003 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament. They earned a trip to the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where they defeated Memphis before losing eventual National runner-up to Kansas in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 22, 2002* | | Morehead State | W 59–56 | 1–0 | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Nov 25, 2002* | | vs. No. 15 Kentucky Maui Invitational Tournament | L 65–82 | 1–1 | Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Nov 26, 2002* | | vs. Chaminade Maui Invitational Tournament | W 101–72 | 2–1 | Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Nov 27, 2002* | | vs. Utah Maui Invitational Tournament | W 83–79 $^{OT}$ | 3–1 | Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Nov 30, 2002* | | Lafayette | W 85–62 | 4–1 | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Dec 4, 2002* | | BYU | L 60–64 | 4–2 | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Dec 7, 2002* | | at Utah | L 55–78 | 4–3 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 10, 2002* | | Nevada | W 76–63 | 5–3 | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Dec 21, 2002* | | vs. Purdue | W 70–53 | 6–3 | Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Dec 27, 2002* | | Bucknell | W 79–52 | 7–3 | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Dec 28, 2002* | | Nebraska | W 75–63 | 8–3 | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Pac-10 regular season ||||||
| Jan 2, 2003 | | at Oregon State | W 67–47 | 9–3 (1–0) | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon |
| Jan 4, 2003 | | at No. 9 Oregon | L 73–94 | 9–4 (1–1) | McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon |
| Jan 9, 2003 | | Washington | W 89–57 | 10–4 (2–1) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Jan 11, 2003 | | Washington State | W 96–55 | 11–4 (3–1) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Jan 16, 2003 | | at UCLA | W 75–64 | 12–4 (4–1) | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| Jan 18, 2003 | | at USC | L 74–76 | 12–5 (4–2) | L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California |
| Jan 22, 2003 | | at No. 1 Arizona | L 63–71 | 12–6 (4–3) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Jan 30, 2003 | | No. 20 California | W 75–70 | 13–6 (5–3) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Feb 1, 2003 | | Stanford | L 57–58 | 13–7 (5–4) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Feb 6, 2003 | | at Washington State | W 87–54 | 14–7 (6–4) | Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington |
| Feb 8, 2003 | | at Washington | W 79–77 $^{OT}$ | 15–7 (7–4) | Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington |
| Feb 13, 2003 | | USC | W 108–78 | 16–7 (8–4) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Feb 15, 2003 | | UCLA | W 85–69 | 17–7 (9–4) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Feb 22, 2003 | | No. 1 Arizona | L 72–92 | 17–8 (9–5) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Feb 27, 2003 | | at No. 19 Stanford | L 77–88 | 17–9 (9–6) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Mar 2, 2003 | | at No. 23 California | L 72–80 | 17–10 (9–7) | Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California |
| Mar 6, 2003 | | Oregon | W 91–77 | 18–10 (10–7) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Mar 8, 2003 | | Oregon State | W 74–64 | 19–10 (11–7) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Pac-10 tournament ||||||
| Mar 13, 2003* | | vs. Oregon Quarterfinals | L 82–83 | 19–11 | Staples Center Los Angeles, California |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 20, 2003* | (10 W) | vs. (7 W) No. 19 Memphis First round | W 84–71 | 20–11 | Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Mar 22, 2003* | (10 W) | vs. (2 W) No. 6 Kansas Second round | L 76–108 | 20–12 | Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||