2002–03 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2002–03 California Golden Bears men's basketball
2002–03 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	22–9 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Braun (7th season);
Assistant coach	Joe Pasternack (2nd season)
Home arena	Harmon Gym
	Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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^[1] Rankings from Coaches Poll^[2]

^[3] The 2002–03 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2002–03 season.

Led by head coach Ben Braun, the Bears finished the regular season with a 13–5 record in the Pac-10, placing them in third. The Bears would receive an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament where they defeated NC State^[4] before falling to Oklahoma^[5] in the second round. The team finished the season with an overall record of 22–9.

Roster

2002–03 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	0	Rod Benson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	San Diego, California
G	1	Tashaan Forehan-Kelly (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Irvine, California
G	2	A.J. Diggs	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Long Beach, California
G	3	Donte Smith	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	Washington, D.C.
F	10	Jordi Geli Vilardell	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Girona, Spain
G	15	Richard Midgley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Burgess Hill, England
G	20	Martin Smith (W)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Fr	Escondido, California
F	22	Mark Thompson (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Santa Rosa, California
F	24	Amit Tamir	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	So	Jerusalem
G	25	Brian Wethers	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Murietta, California
F	30	Erik Bond	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	Seattle, Washington
C	33	Gabriel Hughes	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Carson, California
F	34	Joe Shipp	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Los Angeles, California
F	35	Steve Panawek (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Moraga, California
F	40	Conor Famulener	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Walnut Creek, California
F	55	David Paris	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Fr	Modesto, California

Head coach

Ben Braun

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Pasternack

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 13 March 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 23, 2002*		at New Mexico	W 76-68	1–0	The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico
November 30, 2002*		at Cleveland State	W 73-64	2–0	Goodman Arena Cleveland, Ohio
December 3, 2002*		Howard	W 80-70	3–0	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
December 7, 2002*		vs. Georgia Wooden Classic	L 73-78 ^OT	3–1	Arrowhead Pond Anaheim, CA
December 10, 2002*		UC Santa Barbara	W 67-60	4–1	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
December 20, 2002*		Grambling EA Sports Golden Bear Classic	W 84-65	5–1	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
December 21, 2002*		Louisiana-Lafayette EA Sports Golden Bear Classic	W 77-61	6–1	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
December 28, 2002*		vs. No. 19 Kansas Pete Newell Challenge	L 67–80	6–2	Oakland Arena (14,170) Oakland, California
December 30, 2002*		San Francisco	W 77-70	7–2	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 4, 2003		Stanford	W 72-59	8–2 (1–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 9, 2003		Oregon	W 88-72	9–2 (2–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 11, 2003		Oregon State	W 78-73	10–2 (3–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 16, 2003		at Washington	W 73-66	11–2 (4–0)	Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington
January 18, 2003		at Washington State	W 76-63	12–2 (5–0)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
January 23, 2003	No. 25	USC	W 73-68	13–2 (6–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 25, 2003	No. 25	UCLA	W 80–69	14–2 (7–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
January 30, 2003	No. 20	at Arizona State	L 70-75	14–3 (7–1)	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona
February 1, 2003	No. 20	at No. 1 Arizona	L 80-95	14–4 (7–2)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
February 6, 2003		at Oregon State	W 84-71	15–4 (8–2)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
February 8, 2003		at Oregon	W 86-75	16–4 (9–2)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
February 13, 2003	No. 22	Washington State	W 63-53	17–4 (10–2)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
February 15, 2003	No. 22	Washington	W 58-53	18–4 (11–2)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
February 20, 2003	No. 18	at UCLA	L 75-76	18–5 (11–3)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
February 22, 2003	No. 18	USC	W 84-82	19–5 (12–3)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
February 27, 2003	No. 23	No. 1 Arizona	L 75-88	19–6 (12–4)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
March 2, 2003	No. 23	Arizona State	W 80-72	20–6 (13–4)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
March 8, 2003	No. 22	at No. 17 Stanford	L 60–72	20–7 (13–5)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Pac-10 Tournament
March 13, 2003*	(3) No. 24	vs. (6) Oregon State Quarterfinals	W 69–46	21–7	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
March 14, 2003*	(3) No. 24	vs. (7) USC Semifinals	L 62–79	21–8	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 2003*	(8 E)	vs. (9 E) NC State First Round	W 76–74 ^OT	22–8	Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March 22, 2003*	(8 E)	vs. (1 E) No. 3 Oklahoma Second Round	L 65–74	22–9	Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Pacific.

Rankings

References

^ "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "2002-03 University of California Golden Bears Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "California just escapes N.C. State with three-pointer in OT, 76-74". The Baltimore Sun. March 20, 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
^ "Sooners Bounce Bears". The Washington Post. March 23, 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2022.

[1] "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[2] "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[3] "2002-03 University of California Golden Bears Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[ncaa-ncstate-4] "California just escapes N.C. State with three-pointer in OT, 76-74". The Baltimore Sun. March 20, 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2022.

[ncaa-ou-5] "Sooners Bounce Bears". The Washington Post. March 23, 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2022.

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v t e California Golden Bears men's basketball
Venues	Original Harmon Gym (1907–1933) Oakland Civic Auditorium (alternate, 1914–1933) Oakland Coliseum-Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1933–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	The Bench Oski "Fight for California" "Big C"
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
Premo-Poretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics