America East Conference 2002-03 Season Recap by Adam Reich The America East men’s basketball head coaches must have done their homework this past off-season because their preseason predictions were almost 100 percent correct. With five returning starters from an NCAA Tournament team, the coaches smartly tabbed Boston University as the […]
Conference Notes
WAC 2002-03 Season Recap
Western Athletic Conference 2002-03 Recap by Phil Dailey The Western Athletic Conference faired a bit sub-par this past season as only one of its ten teams reached the NCAA Tournament. Tulsa once again did some damage in the postseason beating fourth-seeded Dayton in the first round, but then turned around […]
Southland 2002-03 Season Recap
Southland Conference Recap by Scott Allen The race for the regular season conference title came down to the last weekend with Sam Houston State securing its second regular season crown in four years and Stephen F. Austin finishing a close second. The Bearkats and Lumberjacks both showed that the recipe […]
ACC 2002-03 Season Recap
ACC 2002-03 Season Recap by Michael Protos The 2002-03 season will go down in history as an off-season for the ACC. For the first time since 1979, no ACC team advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament. The ACC fielded four teams in the tournament, but NC State […]
MAAC 2002-03 Season Recap
Metro Atlantic 2002-03 Season Recap by Adam Shandler The 2002-03 MAAC men’s basketball season definitely had it’s share of red letter moments. St. Peter’s freshman point guard Keydren Clark was in the top ten in scoring in the nation for the most of the season. Manhattan scored major victories against […]
Mountain West 2002-03 Season Recap
Mountain West 2002-03 Season Recap by Bob Thurman The Mountain West Conference’s fifth season was its most successful yet. Three-fourths of the teams in the league played in the postseason, including three to the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. The league was consistently rated near the […]
Colonial 2002-03 Season Recap
Colonial Athletic Conference – 2002-03 Recap by Beth Iskoe CAA Regular Season For the second straight season, the regular season was all about UNC Wilmington (15-3), as the Seahawks won the conference by three games. Virginia Commonwealth (12-6) and Drexel (12-6) also turned in solid seasons, as both teams defeated […]
Big 12 2002-03 Recap
Big 12 Conference – 2002-03 Recap by Mitch Schneider The Big 12’s regular season played out just as most people expected (with a few surprises). The conference’s Big Three of Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma finished in exactly that manner at the top of the standings, with O-kie State and Missouri […]
Pac-10 2002-03 Recap
Pac-10 Conference Recap by Scott Allen As predicted, Arizona and its five returning starters won the regular season title outright. The Wildcats rolled over competition throughout much of the season and suffered only one loss in conference play to Stanford at home. The Cardinal, led by lone-senior Julius Barnes, finished […]
SEC Season Recap
SEC Season Recap by Rainer Sabin If there were one word to describe the Southeastern Conference this season, it would be strange. In a league that was defined by parity and saw the emergence of schools that don’t claim a rich basketball tradition, it was Kentucky, ironically, that swept through […]
