2002–03 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

2002–03 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
2002–03 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
Record	14–16 (8–10 MAC)
Head coach	Tim O'Shea;
Assistant coach	John Rhodes
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

2002–03 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Kent State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	10	.677
Miami (OH)	11	–	7	.611	13	–	15	.464
Akron	9	–	9	.500	14	–	14	.500
Marshall	9	–	9	.500	14	–	15	.483
Ohio	8	–	10	.444	14	–	16	.467
Buffalo	2	–	16	.111	5	–	23	.179
West
Central Michigan †	14	–	4	.778	25	–	7	.781
Northern Illinois	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
Western Michigan	10	–	8	.556	20	–	11	.645
Eastern Michigan	8	–	10	.444	14	–	14	.500
Bowling Green	8	–	10	.444	13	–	16	.448
Ball State	8	–	10	.444	13	–	17	.433
Toledo	7	–	11	.389	14	–	15	.483

† 2003 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002–03 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2002–03. The team was coached by Tim O'Shea and played their home games at the Convocation Center.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	55	Delvar Barrett	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Jr	Detroit, Michigan
C	11	Marin Bota	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	274 lb (124 kg)	So	Tijarica, Croatia
G	15	James Bridgewater	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Ann Arbor, Michigan
F	23	Jeff Halbert	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	White Bear Lake, Minnesota
G	40	Jaivon Harris	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Alliance, Ohio
F	32	Sonny Johnson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Sr	Garfield Heights, Ohio
G	25	Steve Esterkamp	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Cincinnati, OH
G	33	Hugh Grant	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	Fr	Gastonia, NC
F	34	Brandon Hunter	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Sr	Cincinnati, OH
G	10	Zach Kiekow	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Osseo, Minnesota
G	22	Thomas Stephens	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Springfield, OH
G	14	Stephen King	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	Fr	Richfield, Minnesota

Head coach

Tim O'Shea

Assistant coach(es)

Gary Manchel
John Rhodes
Kevin Kuwik
Bryan Cornn

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	56	Brandon Hunter	Boston Celtics

Schedule and results

Source: [1]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/30/02* 7:30 pm	at Providence	L 68–91	0–1	Dunkin Donuts Center (6,643) Providence, Rhode Island
12/02/02* 7:00 pm	at Brown	W 75–71	1–1	Paul Bailey Pizzitola Sports Center (1,035) Providence, Rhode Island
12/07/02 7:00 pm	at Toledo	L 71–78	1–2 (0–1)	Savage Arena (3,761) Toledo, Ohio
12/10/02* 8:30 pm	at DePaul	L 65–73	1–3 (0–1)	Allstate Arena (4,197) Rosemont, Illinois
12/13/02* 7:00 pm	at Boston University	L 57–78	1–4 (0–1)	Case Gym (838) Boston, Massachusetts
12/20/02* 7:00 pm	Navy	W 54–52	2–4 (0–1)	Convocation Center (4,534) Athens, Ohio
12/23/02* 8:00 pm	at Wisconsin	L 51–75	2–5 (0–1)	Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, Wisconsin
12/31/02* 4:00 pm	St. Bonaventure	W 104–101	3–5 (0–1)	Convocation Center (4,023) Athens, OH
1/04/03* 4:00 pm	vs. No. 20 Kentucky	L 75–83	3–6 (0–1)	U.S. Bank Arena (14,506) Cincinnati, Ohio
1/08/03 7:00 pm	Akron	W 112–104 ^4OT	4–6 (1–1)	Convocation Center (6,812) Athens, Ohio
1/11/03 3:00 pm	at Central Michigan	L 84–87	4–7 (1–2)	McGuirk Arena (2,585) Mount Pleasant, Michigan
1/15/03 7:00 pm	Northern Illinois	L 61–68	4–8 (1–3)	Convocation Center (5,905) Athens, Ohio
1/18/03 2:00 pm	Miami (OH)	L 65–77	4–9 (1–4)	Convocation Center (11,827) Athens, Ohio
1/21/03 7:00 pm	at Buffalo	W 72–66	5–9 (2–4)	Alumni Arena (1,108) Buffalo, New York
1/28/03 7:00 pm	Bowling Green	L 60–66 ^OT	5–10 (2–5)	Convocation Center (5,816) Athens, Ohio
2/01/03 7:00 pm	at Marshall	W 87–85 ^2OT	6–10 (3–5)	Henderson Center (6,123) Huntington, West Virginia
2/06/03 7:00 pm	at Ball State	L 68–82	6–11 (3–6)	John E. Worthen Arena (4,791) Muncie, Indiana
2/08/03 3:30 pm	Buffalo	W 61–49	7–11 (4–6)	Convocation Center (5,532) Athens, Ohio
2/11/03 8:05 pm	at Northern Illinois	L 53–80	7–12 (4–7)	Convocation Center (3,002) Dekalb, Illinois
2/15/03 2:00 pm	Kent State	W 74–71	8–12 (5–7)	Convocation Center (4,352) Athens, Ohio
2/19/03 7:00 pm	Eastern Michigan	L 73–76 ^OT	8–13 (5–8)	Convocation Center (4,102) Athens, Ohio
2/22/03 1:00 pm	Western Mighigan	W 79–72 ^2OT	9–13 (6–8)	Convocation Center (4,918) Athens, Ohio
2/23/03 7:00 pm	at Akron	L 82–84 ^OT	9–14 (6–9)	James A. Rhodes Arena (2,143) Akron, Ohio
2/26/03* 7:00 pm	Virginia	W 78–72	10–14 (6–9)	Convocation Center (7,281) Athens, Ohio
3/01/03 1:00 pm	Marshall	W 70–65	11–14 (7–9)	Convocation Center (8,994) Athens, Ohio
3/05/03 7:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	W 64–56	12–14 (8–9)	Millett Hall (5,830) Oxford, Ohio
3/08/03 12:00 pm	at Kent State	L 62–73	12–15 (8–10)	Memorial A & C Center (4,615) Kent, Ohio
MAC Tournament
3/10/03 7:30 pm	at Akron First Round	W 79–77	13–15	James A. Rhodes Arena (2,174) Akron, Ohio
3/13/03 2:00 pm	vs. Miami (OH) Quarterfinals	W 65–55 ^OT	14–15	Quicken Loans Arena (4,319) Cleveland, Ohio
3/14/03 8:30 pm	vs. Kent State Semifinals	L 70–73	14–16	Quicken Loans Arena (9,265) Cleveland, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

References

v t e Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Venues	Ewing Hall (1907–1908) Ohio Gymnasium (1908–1923) Men's Gymnasium (1924–1960) Grover Center (1960–1968) Convocation Center (1968–present)
Culture & lore	Rufus the Bobcat
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25