2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 11
Record25–7 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPBrian Cook
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
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 (and final) season at Illinois.