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2002-03 Season

The 2002-03 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts. The Head Coach was Steve Lappas. The team played its home games primarily in the Mullins Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The season represented the 94th season of basketball in the school's history.

Final Record: 11-18
Conference Record: 6-10¹⁾ (Fourth place, East Division)
A-10 Tournament: 0-1 (Lost in First Round)
Postseason: None
PS/G: 61.7 (306th of 327)²⁾
PA/G: 66.5 (90th of 327)³⁾
SRS: -1.98 (179th of 325)⁴⁾
SOS: 3.52 (95th of 325)⁵⁾

Record	Overall	A-10
All games	11-18	6-10⁶⁾
Home	8-7⁷⁾	4-4⁸⁾
Away	2-7	2-6
Neutral	1-4	–
Overtime	–	–

Home game attendance average: 3,504⁹⁾

Previous Season	Next Season
2001-02	2003-04

Scoreboard

Game					Record		Notes	Attd.
Date	Opponent	Game Results	UM High Scorer	UM High Rebounder	Overall	A10	Notes	Attd.
11/7	Nike All-Stars	W 61-49	Rogers (14)	Rogers (8)	–	–	Exhibition	2678
11/16	Coaches vs. Cancer All-Stars	W 90-60	Anderson (17)	Anderson (6)	–	–	Exhibition. Shannon Crooks 14 pts for All-Stars.	2436
11/25	vs Indiana	L 84-71	Lamb (17)	Lamb (12)	0-1	–	Maui Invitational. IU #19. Cox 14 pts, Brand 13, Rogers 12. UM -15 on glass.	2500
11/26	vs Utah	L 69-53	Rogers (17)	Rogers (6)	0-2	–	Maui Invitational. UM 7 FTAs versus Utah's 27.	2500
11/27	vs Chaminade	W 69-55	Anderson (20)	Viggiano (7)	1-2	–	Maui Invitational. Lasme 14 pts. UM -1 on the glass.	2500
12/2	vs Central CT State	L 46-45	Rogers (13)	Brand (10)	1-3	–	At Mohegan Sun Arena. UM only takes two FTs, shoots 2-17 from 3.	2583
12/7	Boston College	L 80-62	Lasme (13)	Rogers (8)	1-4	–	Commonwealth Classic. Troy Bell 21 pts, Craig Smith 12 & 6. Al Skinner's 4th straight win over his alma mater.	6392
12/10	UConn	L 59-48	Anderson (13)	Brand (13)	1-5	–	U-Game, at Hartford Civic Center. UConn #9. UM gets a 30-9 lead at the half, then extends to 34-9, then UConn wakes up, 50-14 after that. First time UM held an opponent below 10 in a half since 1958.¹⁰⁾ Ben Gordon 18 pts, Emeka Okafor 13 boards & 5 blocks.	14962
12/14	Florida Int'l	W 67-62	Anderson (22)	Lee (8)	2-5	–	Lee 12 pts.	3273
12/21	Lafayette	L 54-52	Brand (17)	Brand (13)	2-6	–	At Springfield Civic Center. Another loss to a low-tier D1. Rogers 15 pts.	1738
12/23	Rider	W 76-54	Rogers & Viggiano (17 each)	Rogers (10)	3-6	–	Brand 13 & 9, Anderson 12 pts. New low for a Mullins Center crowd.	2317
12/28	Marshall	W 81-58	Brand (17)	Anderson (9)	4-6	–	Rogers 15 pts, Lasme & Viggiano 13 each, Anderson 9-9-3. Former Temple player Ronald Blackshear held to 1-12 shooting.	3474
1/2	NC State	W 68-56	Anderson (25)	Anderson (9)	5-6	–	Impressive win over previously 7-1 Wolfpack, from the ACC. Rogers 17 pts, Viggiano 14. State: Julius Hodge 18 pts, Josh Powell 6.	3909
1/5	at Fordham	L 80-67	Rogers (20)	Lasme (6)	5-7	0-1	Setback, giving Fordham just their second win of the season. Lasme 18 pts.	1746
1/9	Columbia	W 66-47	Rogers (18)	Lasme (9)	6-7		Lasme just misses a triple-double, with 13-9-10.	3017
1/11	at Saint Joseph's	L 76-47	Brand (10)	Brand & Rogers (4 each)	6-8	0-2	UM atrocious with 26 turnovers. SJU improves to 11-1. Delonte West 19 & 4, Jameer Nelson 12-2-8.	3200
1/15	Rhode Island	L 60-53	Rogers (15)	Viggiano (7)	6-9	0-3	UM -13 on the glass. Lamb & Viggiano 10 pts each. Brand out with ankle injury.	3125
1/18	Xavier	L 86-73	Rogers (23)	Rogers (6)	6-10	0-4	Lee 13 pts, Viggiano 10. UM just 1-15 from 3. Brand (ankle) limited to 10 minutes. David West 21 & 11 for X.	4067
1/22	at La Salle	L 78-57	Anderson (13)	Rogers (8)	6-11	0-5	UM -11 on the glass, 2-12 from 3. Rogers 12 pts, Cox 11. Gary Neal 19 & 5 for Explorers.	3201
1/25	at George Washington	W 75-70	Lasme (24)	Lee (9)	7-11	1-5	UM survives -7 rebounding and 23 turnovers. Lee 15 pts, Viggiano 13, Anderson 10. Chris Monroe 28 for GW.	3698
1/29	at Dayton	L 83-55	Lee (12)	Lee (9)	7-12	1-6	UM -8 on the glass, and makes 7 FTs versus 26 for Flyers.	12533
2/1	Fordham	W 76-66	Rogers (18)	Cox (11)	8-12	2-6	Anderson 15-4-4, Lee 14-8-4 (blk), Cox 12 pts.	4074
2/5	at Tennessee	L 71-45	Brand (14)	Anderson & Lee (7 each)	8-13		Brand & Cox shoot 9-14 combined, rest of team 9-38 (24%). UM starters score just 19.	12834
2/8	Temple	L 61-50	Anderson (18)	Anderson (7)	8-14	2-7	Viggiano 16-5-6. UM relies on the 3 (9-30) but gets destroyed on the glass (-18). Gene Steratore one of the refs.	4787
2/12	Richmond	W 54-53	Anderson (16)	Rogers (11)	9-14	3-7	UM gets lucky: 19 turnovers, but Richmond shoots just 27%. Rogers 11 pts.	2582
2/15	at St. Bonaventure	W 82-76	Rogers (26)	Rogers (10)	10-14	4-7	Things go right as UM shoots 51%, wins glass by 5. Anderson 19-3-7. Martin 10 pts. SBU's Jamil Terrell: 4 fouls, 0 pts, 10 min.¹¹⁾	6000
2/23	Duquesne	W 70-55	Anderson (25)	Lee (10)	11-14	5-7	UM shoots 58%, Anderson 10-13. Rogers 18 & 7, Viggiano 14 pts.	3828
2/26	at Temple	L 88-46	Viggiano (14)	Brand & Rogers (5 each)	11-15	5-8	UM humbled in all facets, as the result sets many new negative records.	4011
3/2	at Rhode Island	L 65-58	Brand (18)	Brand (7)	11-16	5-9	UM's first visit to the new Ryan Center. Good game for Brand (10-10 FTs), Lasme 15 pts. Rhody +12 on glass.	7747
3/5	St. Bonaventure	W 2-0	N/A	N/A		6-9	Bonaventure forfeits day before. Recorded as an A-10 win, but not in the overall season numbers.	0
3/8	Saint Joseph's	L 52-49	Anderson (18)	Rogers (6)	11-17	6-10	Both teams struggle shooting. UM 19 turnovers and 9 missed FTs prove costly to upset bid. Jameer Nelson 28 pts, Delonte West out with stress fracture.	3563
3/10	vs George Washington	L 85-74	Anderson (20)	Brand (6)	11-18		A-10 Tourney, Opening Round, at the Mullins Center. Seeds: UM East 4, GW West 5. GW hits 30 FTs to UM's 11. Last game for Rogers (19 & 5), Brand (8 & 6).	2420

Statistics

Category leaders highlighted. Clear leaders in yellow.

Player	G	GS	MP	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	PTS	PPG	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
Jackie Rogers	29	28	769	26.5	148	247	.599	148	247	.599	0	0	–	79	107	.738	375	12.9	72	88	160	5.5	27	23	11	71	104
Anthony Anderson	29	28	1047	36.1	106	254	.417	32	65	.492	74	189	.392	56	74	.757	342	11.8	12	113	125	4.3	107	38	3	67	67
Michael Lasme	28	16	770	27.5	73	226	.323	41	109	.376	32	117	.274	32	51	.627	210	7.5	12	75	87	3.1	74	19	2	67	63
Micah Brand	27	15	571	21.1	80	179	.447	72	155	.465	8	24	.333	38	52	.731	206	7.6	36	75	111	4.1	29	19	15	39	48
Jeff Viggiano	29	21	738	25.4	67	188	.356	41	75	.547	26	113	.230	42	72	.583	202	7.0	28	57	85	2.9	67	27	21	53	70
Gabe Lee	28	13	640	22.9	62	123	.504	62	119	.521	0	4	.000	32	74	.432	156	5.6	49	63	112	4.0	23	12	46	34	40
Marcus Cox	28	10	527	18.8	54	127	.425	51	99	.515	3	28	.107	24	47	.511	135	4.8	31	40	71	2.5	41	19	0	62	84
Raheim Lamb	24	7	361	15.0	34	80	.425	34	75	.453	0	5	.000	14	21	.667	82	3.4	31	33	64	2.7	17	14	8	28	47
Brennan Martin	23	6	279	12.1	21	65	.323	2	7	.286	19	58	.328	9	12	.750	70	3.0	6	24	30	1.3	19	8	1	18	28
Kyle Wilson	4	0	16	4.0	2	3	.667	0	0	–	2	3	.667	0	0	–	6	1.5	0	1	1	0.3	2	0	0	4	3
Paco Kotaridis	13	0	17	1.3	0	3	.000	0	2	.000	0	1	.000	2	2	1.000	2	0.2	3	1	4	0.3	2	0	0	2	1
Alassane Kouyate	14	1	54	3.9	1	6	.167	1	6	.167	0	0	–	0	2	.000	2	0.1	1	8	9	0.6	2	0	0	3	11
Arthur Onuora	8	0	11	1.4	0	2	.000	0	0	–	0	2	.000	1	2	.500	1	0.1	0	1	1	0.1	0	0	1	1	1
TOTALS	29		5800		648	1503	.431	484	959	.505	164	544	.301	329	516	.638	1789	61.7	313	620	933	32.2	410	179	108	454	567

No Minuteman ranked within the Atlantic 10's top 10 in scoring or rebounding, or top 5 in assists average.

	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	PTS	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
Team Avgs	29	22.3	51.8	.431	16.7	33.1	.505	5.7	18.8	.301	11.3	17.8	.638	61.7	10.8	21.4	32.2	14.1	6.2	3.7	15.7	19.6
Nat'l Rank		288th	290th	205th	252nd	295th	77th	228th	123rd	306th	300th	279th	305th	306th	245th	274th	278th	134th	245th	99th	114th	129th

More stats: Sports-Reference.com

A-10 Honors

Post-Season

No Minuteman made any of the post-season teams.

Player of the Week

Anthony Anderson, week ending 1/4¹²⁾

Rookie of the Week

Jeff Viggiano, week ending 12/28¹³⁾

Roster

No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Pos.	Hometown / HS / Prep / Transfer
12	Anderson, Anthony	5-11	164	Jr.*	G	Lynn, MA / Lynn English
40	Brand, Micah	6-11	262	Sr.	C	Middletown, NY / Milford (CT) Academy
50	Cox, Marcus	6-4	200	Jr.	G / F	Bridgeport, CT / Kolbe Cathedral / Connecticut
14	Kotaridis, Evangelos "Paco"	6-1	186	Jr.	G	Athens, Greece / Athens College
21	Kouyate, Alassane	6-8	196	Fr.	F	Bamako, Mali / Walsh (OH) Jesuit
34	Lamb, Raheim	6-6	198	Jr.	F	Boston, MA / Boston English
1	Lasme, Michael	6-1	183	Fr.	G	Abidjan, Ivory Coast / Burlington (NJ) Life Center Academy
4	Lee, Gabe	6-9	202	So.	C	Camilla, Ga. / Northfield (MA) Mount Hermon
0	Martin, Brennan	6-6	185	So.	F	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA / Hargrave (VA) Military Academy
20	Onuora, Arthur	6-5	200	Fr.	F	Baldwin, NY / Long Island Lutheran
2	Rogers, Jackie	6-8	217	Sr.	F	Syracuse, NY / Corcoran / West Virginia
22	Viggiano, Jeff	6-6	210	Fr.	F	Suffield, CT / Suffield
11	Wilson, Kyle	6-1	177	So.	G	White Rock, BC, Canada / White Rock Christian Academy

* Eligibility difference

Anthony Anderson can regain his fourth year of eligibility (2004-05 season) if he completes academic requirements by the end of the 2003-04 academic year.

This year's roster was a mix of some remaining Bruiser players, and new Lappas players:

Bruiser	Lappas
Anderson	Cox
Brand	Kotaridis
Lamb	Kouyate
Rogers	Lasme
	Lee
	Martin
	Onuora
	Viggiano
	Wilson

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Steve Lappas
Assistant Coaches: John Leonard¹⁴⁾, Andrew Theokas, Christopher Walker

2002-03 season

¹⁾

Atlantic 10 Conference record includes a forfeit victory over St. Bonaventure, which is not included in the overall record.

²⁾

Points Scored per Game, per Sports-Reference.com

³⁾

Points Allowed per Game, per Sports-Reference.com

⁴⁾

Simple Rating System, per Sports-Reference.com

⁵⁾

Strength of Schedule, per Sports-Reference.com

⁶⁾ , ⁸⁾

Does count SBU forfeit

⁷⁾

Does not count SBU forfeit

⁹⁾

Excludes the exhibition games. Includes the Lafayette game in Springfield. Excludes the SBU forfeit.

¹⁰⁾

8 points by Trinity, 2/8/1958 in Amherst.

¹¹⁾

Terrell turned out to be the ineligible player that caused SBU to be sanctioned.

¹²⁾ , ¹³⁾

Per A-10 Media Guide

¹⁴⁾

Father of UMass hockey player John Leonard

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