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
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 Wisconsin124 .750248  .750
No. 11 Illinois115 .688257  .781
Purdue106 .6251911  .633
Michigan State106 .6252213  .629
Michigan106 .6251812  .600
Indiana88 .5002113  .618
Minnesota88 .5001914  .576
Iowa79 .4381714  .548
Ohio State79 .4381715  .531
Northwestern313 .1881217  .414
Penn State214 .125721  .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.