# 2002–03 National Basketball Development League season

The 2002–03 NBDL season was the second for the National Basketball Development League. The season ended with the Mobile Revelers defeating the Fayetteville Patriots 2 games to 1 to win their first and only NBDL Championship.

## Regular season standings

| Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| Fayetteville Patriots | 32 | 18 | .640 | — |
| North Charleston Lowgators | 26 | 24 | .520 | 6 |
| Mobile Revelers | 26 | 24 | .520 | 6 |
| Roanoke Dazzle | 26 | 24 | .520 | 6 |
| Asheville Altitude | 23 | 27 | .460 | 9 |
| Columbus Riverdragons | 23 | 27 | .460 | 9 |
| Greenville Groove | 22 | 28 | .440 | 10 |
| Huntsville Flight | 22 | 28 | .440 | 10 |

## Season award winners

| Award | Winner | Team |
| NBDL Most Valuable Player | Devin Brown | Fayetteville Patriots |
| NBDL Rookie of the Year | Devin Brown | Fayetteville Patriots |
| NBDL Defensive Player of the Year | Mikki Moore | Roanoke Dazzle |

### League leaders

* Cory Alexander: Roanoke Dazzle, Minutes Played (1794)
* Nate Johnson: Columbus Riverdragons, Field Goals (354)
* Nate Johnson: Columbus Riverdragons, Field Goal Attempts (759)
* Peter Cornell: North Charleston Lowgators, Field Goal Pct. (.594)
* Billy Thomas: Greenville Groove, 3-Pt Field Goals (84)
* Billy Thomas: Greenville Groove, 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts (241)
* Isaac Fontaine: Mobile Revelers, 3-Pt Field Goal Pct. (.442)
* Nate Johnson: Columbus Riverdragons, Free Throws (225)
* Terrence Shannon: Roanoke Dazzle, Free Throw Attempts (321)
* Jason Capel: Fayetteville Patriots, Free Throw Pct. (.885)
* Rodney Bias: Huntsville Flight, Offensive Rebounds (153)
* Tang Hamilton: Columbus Riverdragons, Defensive Rebounds (310)
* Tang Hamilton: Columbus Riverdragons, Total Rebounds (452)
* Cory Alexander: Roanoke Dazzle, Assists (306)
* Jeff Trepagnier: Asheville Altitude, Steals (111)
* Jeff Aubry: Fayetteville Patriots, Blocks (70)
* Cory Alexander: Roanoke Dazzle, Turnovers (198)
* Jameel Watkins: Fayetteville Patriots, Personal Fouls (196)
* Nate Johnson: Columbus Riverdragons, Points (955)
* Cory Alexander: Roanoke Dazzle, Minutes per game (35.9)
* Nate Johnson: Columbus Riverdragons, Points per game (19.5)
* Tang Hamilton: Columbus Riverdragons, Rebounds per game (9.0)
* Cory Alexander: Roanoke Dazzle, Assists per game (6.1)
* Jeff Trepagnier: Asheville Altitude, Steals per game (2.3)
* Karim Shabazz: North Charleston Lowgators, Blocks per game (1.8)

## Playoffs

There were only 8 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
| Semifinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-3) | NBDL Championship (Best-of-3) | NBDL Championship (Best-of-3) | NBDL Championship (Best-of-3) |
| 1 | Fayetteville | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Roanoke | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Roanoke | 0 | 1 | Fayetteville | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Mobile | 2 |
| 3 | Mobile | 2 | 3 | Mobile | 2 |
| 2 | North Charleston | 0 | | | |
Mobile beats Fayetteville in three games to win the championship.
* Semifinals (Best of 3)
* March 25: Fayetteville 101, Roanoke 88
* March 30: Fayetteville 78, Roanoke 77
* March 28: Mobile 88, North Charleston 79
* March 30: North Charleston 69, Mobile 81
* Finals (Best of 3)
* April 4: Mobile 92, Fayetteville 82
* April 9: Fayetteville 77, Mobile 71
* April 11: Mobile 75, Fayetteville 72