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2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Fighting Illini logo.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
AP No. 11
2002–03 record 25–7 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Bill Self
Assistant coach Billy Gillispie
Assistant coach Wayne McClain
Assistant coach Norm Roberts
MVP Brian Cook
Captain Brian Cook
Sean Harrington
Jerrance Howard
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
← 2001–02
2003–04 →
2002–03 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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

The 2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 2002-03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bill Self's third season at Illinois.

The 2003 squad started three freshmen, a sophomore and one senior, and still finished with a 25-7 record and second-place finish in the Big Ten. Brian Cook earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors and the Illini won the Big Ten Tournament championship for the first time.

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