2002–03 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2002–03 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Lute Olson led the team in his 20th season at Arizona. The team played their home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

The team earned the program's 10th Pacific-10 Conference championship with a record of 17–1 in conference play and 28–4 overall.

Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#;"| Pacific-10 tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#;"| NCAA tournament



NCAA Division I tournament

 * West
 * Arizona (#1 seed) 80, Vermont 51
 * Arizona 96, Gonzaga 95 (2OT)
 * Arizona 88, Notre Dame 71
 * Kansas 78, Arizona 75

2003 NCAA Tournament
Arizona was invited to the NCAA tournament for the 19th-straight season, receiving the top seed in the West Region. The team advanced to the Elite Eight by defeating (16-seed) Vermont, (9) Gonzaga, and (5) Notre Dame before falling 78-75 to (2) Kansas.

Awards

 * Jason Gardner
 * Consensus NCAA All-America Second Team
 * Pac-10 All-Conference Team
 * Luke Walton
 * Pac-10 All-Conference Team
 * Hassan Adams
 * Pac-10 All-Freshman Team
 * Andre Iguodala
 * Pac-10 All-Freshman Team
 * Lute Olson
 * Pac-10 Coach of the Year
 * Induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (September 27, 2002)