2002–03 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

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2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	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 Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 2002–03 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished 8th in the conference and lost in the second round of the Pac-10 tournament to the Oregon Ducks. The Bruins did not play in a post-season tournament. This was the final season for head coach Steve Lavin. This season was also notable as it was UCLA's first losing season since the 1947–48 season. The Bruins 54 years of consecutive winning seasons had set an NCAA record.

Roster

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No. Position Player 1 G Dijon Thompson 2 G Janou Rubin 4 F Marcedes Lewis 5 G Jon Crispin 10 G Ryan Walcott 13 G Gene Barnes 15 C Ryan Hollins 21 G Cedric Bozeman 22 G Ike Williams

No. Position Player 23 F Andre Patterson 24 F Jason Kapono 25 F Matthew Mckinney 34 F/SG Ray Young 43 F T. J. Cummings 45 C Michael Fey 52 C John Hoffart 54 F Josiah Johnson 55 G Quinn Hawking

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Overall	Conf.
Exhibition Games
November 13, 2002	Branch West	Pauley Pavilion	L 92–67	0–0	0–0
November 19, 2002	EA Sports	Pauley Pavilion	L 70–64	0–0	0–0
Regular season
November 26, 2002 (FSNW2)	San Diego	Pauley Pavilion	L 86–81	0–1	0–0
November 30, 2002 (CBS)	#6 Duke	Conseco Fieldhouse1	L 84–73	0–2	0–0
December 8, 2002 (FSNW2)	Cal State Long Beach	Pauley Pavilion	W 81–58	1–2	0–0
December 14, 2002 (FSNW2)	Portland	Pauley Pavilion	W 105–67	2–2	0–0
December 17, 2002	Northern Arizona	Pauley Pavilion	L 67–63	2–3	0–0
December 21, 2002 (CBS)	#19 Kansas	Allen Fieldhouse	L 87–70	2–4	0–0
December 28, 2002 (CBS)	Michigan	Pauley Pavilion	L 81–76	2–5	0–0
January 2, 2003	Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	W 77–67	3–5	1–0
January 4, 2003 (FSN)	Washington State	Beasley Coliseum	W 98–83	4–5	2–0
January 8, 2003 (FSNW)	USC	Pauley Pavilion	L 80–75	4–6	2–1
January 11, 2003 (FSN)	St. John's	Pauley Pavilion	L 80–65	4–7	2–1
January 16, 2003	Arizona State	Pauley Pavilion	L 75–64	4–8	2–2
January 18, 2003 (ABC)	#2 Arizona	Pauley Pavilion	L 87–52	4–9	2–3
January 23, 2003	Stanford	Maples Pavilion	L 52–51	4–10	2–4
January 25, 2003 (FSN)	California	Haas Pavilion	L 80–69	4–11	2–5
January 30, 2003 (FSN)	#22 Oregon	Pauley Pavilion	L 96–91 (OT)	4–12	2–6
February 1, 2003 (FSNW2)	Oregon State	Pauley Pavilion	L 83–79	4–13	2–7
February 5, 2003 (FSNW2)	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	L 86–85	4–14	2–8
February 8, 2003 (CBS)	Georgetown	MCI Center	W 71–70	5–14	2–8
February 13, 2003 (FSN)	#1 Arizona	McKale Center	L 106–70	5–15	2–9
February 15, 2003 (ABC)	Arizona State	Wells Fargo Arena	L 85–69	5–16	2–10
February 20, 2003 (FSN)	#18 California	Pauley Pavilion	W 76–75	6–16	3–10
February 22, 2003 (FSN)	#21 Stanford	Pauley Pavilion	L 93–84	6–17	3–11
February 27, 2003	Oregon State	Gill Coliseum	W 69–66	7–17	4–11
March 1, 2003 (CBS)	Oregon	McArthur Court	L 79–48	7–18	4–12
March 6, 2003	Washington State	Pauley Pavilion	W 86–71	8–18	5–12
March 8, 2003 (FSNW2)	Washington	Pauley Pavilion	W 83–72	9–18	6–12
Pacific-10 Conference Tournament
March 13, 2003 (FSN)	#1 Arizona	Staples Center	W 96–89	10–18	6–12
March 14, 2003 (FSN)	Oregon	Staples Center	L 75–74	10–19	6–12
*Conference games in green. Opponent rankings from Coaches' Poll. 1Wooden Tradition

Notes

• In the first round of the Pac-10 Tournament, UCLA beat Arizona who was then ranked #1 in the nation (AP poll). The Bruins had defeated a #1 team, four years in a row (along with the victory of #1 Kansas in the previous season and #1 Stanford the two years before that).
• In spite of the losing season UCLA beat two AP Top-20 teams in 2002-03 (the other being #18 Cal). UCLA's losing season was the first in 55 years, snapping an NCAA record of consecutive winning seasons.
• The 6 wins in regular season conference play was also the lowest since the 1952-53 season (when UCLA went 6-6).
• ASU swept UCLA for the first time in 23 years (1979-80 season) and for only the second time since they joined the Pac-8.