2002–03 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

2002–03 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
2002–03 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	16–16 (6–10 ACC)
Head coach	Pete Gillen (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Walt Fuller (5th season); Rod Jensen (1st season); Alexis Jensen (1st season);
Home arena	University Hall
	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

The 2002–03 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Pete Gillen, and played their home games at University Hall in Charlottesville, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Last season

The Cavaliers had a record of 17–12, with a conference record of 7–9. They competed in the first round of the 2002 National Invitation Tournament, where they lost at home in the first round to South Carolina.

Roster

2002–03 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	4	Nick VanderLaan	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	RS Jr	St. Thomas More	Sacramento, California
F	5	Derrick Byars	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Ridgeway	Memphis, Tennessee
G	10	Keith Jenifer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	So	Towson Catholic/Hargrave Military	Baltimore, Maryland
G	11	Majestic Mapp (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	St. Raymond	Harlem, New York
G	12	Billy Campbell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Paideia School	Atlanta, Georgia
G	15	Robert Lodge	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Montrose Christian	Dugbe Ibadan, Nigeria
G	22	Todd Billet	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	RS Jr	Christian Brothers	Middletown, New Jersey
G	24	Jermaine Harper	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	So	Blue Ridge	Gardena, California
F/C	30	Jason Rogers (C)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Sr	Robert E. Lee	Staunton, Virginia
F	31	Rob Williams	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Martinsville	Martinsville, Virginia
G/F	33	Devin Smith	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	William Penn	New Castle, Delaware
F	34	Jason Clark	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	So	Hargrave Military	Virginia Beach, Virginia
F/C	35	Travis Watson (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Sr	Oak Hill	Brookneal, Virginia
F	42	Elton Brown	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	So	Warwick	Newport News, Virginia
F	44	Greg Harrell-Edge	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Thomas Jefferson	Vienna, Virginia

Head coach

Pete Gillen (Fairfield)

Assistant coach(es)

Walt Fuller (Drexel)
Rod Jensen (Redlands)
Alexis Sherard (Saint Michael's)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 29 December 2014

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition game
Nov. 10 3:00 pm		Big Apple Basketball	W 84–60		University Hall (1,712) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 17 3:00 pm		One World All-Stars	W 73–57		University Hall (2,145) Charlottesville, Virginia
Regular season
Nov. 22* 7:30 pm		LIU	W 90–86	1–0	University Hall (8,392) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 25* 2:00 pm, ESPN		vs. Chaminade Maui Invitational	W 86–72	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI
Nov. 26* 2:00 pm		vs. No. 15 Kentucky Maui Invitational	W 75–61	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI
Nov. 27* 9:30 pm, ESPN		vs. No. 19 Indiana Maui Invitational	L 63-70	3–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI
Dec. 4* 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 22	at No. 21 Michigan State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 75-82	3–2	Breslin Student Events Center (14,759) East Lansing, Michigan
Dec. 17* 7:30 pm		East Tennessee State	W 84–76	4–2	University Hall (7,673) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 19* 7:30 pm		Gardner–Webb	W 72–65	5–2	University Hall (6,522) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 21* 8:00 pm		at Rutgers	W 61–57	6–2	The RAC (8,251) Piscataway, New Jersey
Dec. 28* 2:00 pm, CBS		Georgetown	W 79–75	7–2	University Hall (7,782) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 30* 7:30 pm		Liberty	W 77–58	8–2	University Hall (6,516) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 2* 7:30 pm, CSN/Sunshine		Wofford	W 87–65	9–2	University Hall (7,516) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 5 5:30 pm, FSN		at NC State	L 63-75	9–3 (0–1)	RBC Center (14,718) Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan. 11 Noon, ESPN		North Carolina	W 79–72	10–3 (1–1)	University Hall (8,392) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 15 7:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 1 Duke	L 93-104	10–4 (1–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina
Jan. 18 3:00 pm, Raycom		at Clemson	L 77–78	10–5 (1–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum (8,000) Clemson, South Carolina
Jan. 21* 7:30 pm, ESPN2		at Virginia Tech	L 55-73	10–6 (1–3)	Cassell Coliseum (8,152) Blacksburg, Virginia
Jan. 23 7:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 17 Wake Forest	W 75–65	11–6 (2–3)	University Hall (7,642) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 29 7:00 pm		Florida State	W 85–72	12–6 (3–3)	University Hall (8,392) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 1 4:05 pm, Raycom		at Georgia Tech	L 60–80	12–7 (3–4)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (8,850) Atlanta
Feb. 6 9:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 8 Maryland	W 86–78	13–7 (4–4)	Comcast Center (17,950) College Park, Maryland
Feb. 9 4:00 pm, Raycom/ESPN		NC State	W 61–58	14–7 (5–4)	University Hall (8,120) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 12 7:00 pm, ESPN		at North Carolina	L 67-81	14–8 (5–5)	Dean Smith Center (20,445) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb. 15 9:00 pm, ESPN		No. 8 Duke	L 59-78	14–9 (5–6)	University Hall (8,392) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 18 8:00 pm, Raycom		Clemson	L 64-73	14–10 (5–7)	University Hall (7,423) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 23 6:30 pm, FSN		at No. 10 Wake Forest	L 71-75	14–11 (5–8)	LJVM Coliseum (13,682) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb. 26* 7:00 pm		at Ohio	L 72–78	14–12 (5–8)	Convocation Center (7,281) Athens, Ohio
Mar. 1 Noon, RSN		at Florida State	L 59-73	14–13 (5–9)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center (5,667) Tallahassee, Florida
Mar. 5 7:00 pm, ESPN		Georgia Tech	L 73-90	14–14 (5–10)	University Hall (7,086) Charlottesville, Virginia
Mar. 9 8:00 pm, FSN		No. 13 Maryland	W 80–78 ^OT	15–14 (6–10)	University Hall (7,301) Charlottesville, Virginia
ACC Tournament
Mar. 14 9:45 pm, Raycom/ESPN2		No. 12 Duke ACC Tournament Quarterfinal	L 76-83	15–15	Georgia Dome (23,745) Atlanta
National Invitation Tournament
Mar. 19* 7:30 pm		Brown NIT First Round	W 89–73	16–15	University Hall (4,842) Charlottesville, Virginia
Mar. 24* 7:30 pm		St. John's NIT Second Round	L 63–73	16–16	Alumni Hall (3,435) Jamaica, New York
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ "2002–2003 Schedule". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Retrieved December 9, 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "All-Time Results". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
^ "2002-03 Box Scores" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

[UVaSchedule-1] "2002–2003 Schedule". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Retrieved December 9, 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[All-Time_Results-2] "All-Time Results". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

[boxscores-3] "2002-03 Box Scores" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

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v t e Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1965) University Hall (1965–2006) John Paul Jones Arena (2006–present)
Rivalries	Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" 1982 Chaminade upset 2018 UMBC upset Redemption National Championship
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
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NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2002–03 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

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