2002–03 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

2002–03 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
2002–03 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–14 (7–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Jones; Greg Lansing;
MVP	Chauncey Leslie
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena; (Capacity: 15,500)
	Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 17–14 overall and 7–9 in Big Ten play.

Record17–14 (7–9 Big Ten)

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2002–03 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 21 Wisconsin	12	–	4	.750	24	–	8	.750
No. 11 Illinois †	11	–	5	.688	25	–	7	.781
Purdue	10	–	6	.625	19	–	11	.633
Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	13	.629
Michigan	10	–	6	.625	18	–	12	.600
Indiana	8	–	8	.500	21	–	13	.618
Minnesota	8	–	8	.500	19	–	14	.576
Iowa	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Ohio State	7	–	9	.438	17	–	15	.531
Northwestern	3	–	13	.188	12	–	17	.414
Penn State	2	–	14	.125	7	–	21	.250

† 2003 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/24/2002*	Florida Atlantic	W 79–52	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
11/26/2002*	at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 50–49^[1]	2–0	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
12/13/2002*	Iowa State Rivalry	L 69–73^[2]	6–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
1/15/2003	No. 8 Illinois	W 68–61	11–3 (3–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
3/8/2003	Northwestern	W 77–61	15–12 (7–9)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten tournament
3/13/2003	vs. Ohio State	L 64–66	15–13	United Center Chicago, IL
National Invitation Tournament
3/17/2003*	Valparaiso First Round	W 62–60	16–13	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
3/21/2003*	at Iowa State Second Round (Rivalry)	W 54–53	17–13	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
3/24/2003*	Georgia Tech Third Round	L 78–79^[3]	17–14	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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