2002–03 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2002–03 California Golden Bears men's basketball
2002–03 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	22–9 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Braun (7th season);
Assistant coach	Joe Pasternack (2nd season)
Home arena	Harmon Gym
	Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

^[3] The 2002–03 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2002–03 season.

ConferencePacific-10 Conference

Record22–9 (13–5 Pac-10)

Headcoach

Ben Braun (7th season)

Assistant coachJoe Pasternack (2nd season)

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2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Arizona	17	–	1	.944	28	–	4	.875
No. 20 Stanford	14	–	4	.778	24	–	9	.727
California	13	–	5	.722	22	–	9	.710
Arizona State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Oregon †	10	–	8	.556	23	–	10	.697
Oregon State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	15	.464
USC	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
UCLA	6	–	12	.333	10	–	19	.345
Washington	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370
Washington State	2	–	16	.111	7	–	20	.259

† 2003 Pac-10 tournament winner As of July 10, 2011^[1] Rankings from Coaches Poll^[2]

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Led by head coach Ben Braun, the Bears finished the regular season with a 13–5 record in the Pac-10, placing them in third. The Bears received an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament, where they defeated NC State^[4] before falling to Oklahoma^[5] in the second round. The team finished the season with an overall record of 22–9.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 23, 2002*		at New Mexico	W 76-68	1–0	The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico
November 30, 2002*		at Cleveland State	W 73-64	2–0	Goodman Arena Cleveland, Ohio
December 3, 2002*		Howard	W 80-70	3–0	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
December 7, 2002*		vs. Georgia Wooden Classic	L 73-78 ^OT	3–1	Arrowhead Pond Anaheim, CA
December 10, 2002*		UC Santa Barbara	W 67-60	4–1	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
December 20, 2002*		Grambling EA Sports Golden Bear Classic	W 84-65	5–1	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
December 21, 2002*		Louisiana-Lafayette EA Sports Golden Bear Classic	W 77-61	6–1	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
December 28, 2002*		vs. No. 19 Kansas Pete Newell Challenge	L 67–80	6–2	Oakland Arena (14,170) Oakland, California
December 30, 2002*		San Francisco	W 77-70	7–2	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 4, 2003		Stanford	W 72-59	8–2 (1–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 9, 2003		Oregon	W 88-72	9–2 (2–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 11, 2003		Oregon State	W 78-73	10–2 (3–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 16, 2003		at Washington	W 73-66	11–2 (4–0)	Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington
January 18, 2003		at Washington State	W 76-63	12–2 (5–0)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
January 23, 2003	No. 25	USC	W 73-68	13–2 (6–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 25, 2003	No. 25	UCLA	W 80–69	14–2 (7–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 30, 2003	No. 20	at Arizona State	L 70-75	14–3 (7–1)	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona
February 1, 2003	No. 20	at No. 1 Arizona	L 80-95	14–4 (7–2)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
February 6, 2003		at Oregon State	W 84-71	15–4 (8–2)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
February 8, 2003		at Oregon	W 86-75	16–4 (9–2)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
February 13, 2003	No. 22	Washington State	W 63-53	17–4 (10–2)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
February 15, 2003	No. 22	Washington	W 58-53	18–4 (11–2)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
February 20, 2003	No. 18	at UCLA	L 75-76	18–5 (11–3)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
February 22, 2003	No. 18	USC	W 84-82	19–5 (12–3)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
February 27, 2003	No. 23	No. 1 Arizona	L 75-88	19–6 (12–4)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
March 2, 2003	No. 23	Arizona State	W 80-72	20–6 (13–4)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
March 8, 2003	No. 22	at No. 17 Stanford	L 60–72	20–7 (13–5)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Pac-10 Tournament
March 13, 2003*	(3) No. 24	vs. (6) Oregon State Quarterfinals	W 69–46	21–7	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
March 14, 2003*	(3) No. 24	vs. (7) USC Semifinals	L 62–79	21–8	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 2003*	(8 E)	vs. (9 E) NC State First Round	W 76–74 ^OT	22–8	Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March 22, 2003*	(8 E)	vs. (1 E) No. 3 Oklahoma Second Round	L 65–74	22–9	Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Pacific.

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