Serie A (basketball) 2002-03

This article is AbOUT the Italian 2002-2003 club basketball season.

Regular Season 2002/03

Rank

Team

GP

W

L

PF

PA

Coach

1

Benetton Treviso

34

30

4

3,093

2,691

Ettore Messina

2

Lottomatica Roma

34

25

9

2,670

2,507

Piero Bucchi

3

Oregon Scientific Cantù

34

25

9

2,718

2,601

Stefano Sacripanti

4

Montepaschi Siena

34

22

12

2,813

2,603

Ergin Ataman

5

Pippo Milano

34

20

14

2,743

2,645

Attilio Caja

6

Skipper Bologna

34

18

16

2,796

2,704

Matteo Boniciolli (first 10 games, 6-4)
Jasmin Repeša (last 24 games, 12-12)

7

Pompea Napoli

34

18

16

2,735

2,737

Andrea Mazzon

8

Euro Roseto

34

17

17

2,682

2,657

Phil Melillo

9

Viola Reggio Calabria

34

17

17

2,607

2,559

Lino Lardo

10

Lauretana Biella

34

15

19

2,746

2,685

Alessandro Ramagli

11

Acegas Trieste

34

15

19

2,680

2,820

Cesare Pancotto

12

Metis Varese

34

14

20

2,695

2,733

Gregor Beugnot (first 27 games, 10-17)
Edoardo Rusconi (last 7 games, 4-3)

13

Scavolini Pesaro

34

14

20

2,736

2,892

Marco Crespi (first 29 games, 12-17)
Stefano Cioppi (last 5 games, 2-3)

14

Virtus Bologna

34

13

21

2,659

2,749

Bogdan Tanjević (first 14 games, 7-7)
Valerio Bianchini (last 20 games, 6-14)

15

Air Avellino

34

13

21

2,728

2,854

Zare Markovski

16

Mabo Prefabbricati Livorno

34

13

21

2,637

2,791

Luca Banchi

17

Snaidero Udine

34

13

21

2,656

2,698

Fabrizio Frates (first 10 games, 1-9)
Stefano Pillastrini (last 24 games, 12-12)

18

Carifac Fabriano

34

4

30

2,460

2,928

Roberto Carmenati

Teams marked in green qualified for the playoffs. Teams marked in red were relegated to Serie A2. Virtus Bologna went bankrupt after the season and was sent to Serie B1 (3rd level), sparing Snaidero relegation.

Playoffs

1/8 Finals

  • Metis Varese - Pippo Milano 2-1 (66-65, 79-55, 60-59)
  • Skipper Bologna - Acegas Trieste 2-0 (89-67, 85-68)
  • Pompea Napoli - Lauretana Biella 2-1 (84-60, 92-107, 95-92)
  • Viola Reggio Calabria - Euro Roseto 2-1 (76-90, 86-82, 75-71)

Bye: Benetton Treviso, Lottomatica Roma, Oregon Scientific Cantù, Montepaschi Siena

Quarterfinals

  • Benetton Treviso - Viola Reggio Calabria 3-2 (73-74, 58-65, 97-70, 71-69, 79-59)
  • Lottomatica Roma - Pompea Napoli 3-1 (77-72, 84-70, 75-97, 105-92)
  • Skipper Bologna - Oregon Scientific Cantù 3-1 (74-77, 95-93, 102-87, 86-77)
  • Montepaschi Siena - Metis Varese 3-0 (73-65, 76-73, 72-60)

Semifinals

  • Benetton Treviso - Montepaschi Siena 3-1 (91-89, 81-78, 74-86, 73-66)
  • Skipper Bologna - Lottomatica Roma 3-2 (62-71, 83-80, 89-96, 88-81, 77-75)

Finals

  • Benetton Treviso - Skipper Bologna 3-1 (90-86, 67-73, 87-62, 84-80)

Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

Rank

Name

Nation

Team

PPG

1.

Boris Gorenc

Metis Varese

22.4

2.

J.J. Eubanks

Viola Reggio Calabria

19.6

3.

Jamel Thomas

Lauretana Biella

19.4

4.

Alphonso Ford

Montepaschi Siena

18.8

5.

Carlton Myers

Lottomatica Roma

18.5

6.

Ira Clark

Carifac Fabriano

17.9

7.

David Vanterpool

Air Avellino

17.8

8.

Robert Conley

Mabo Prefabbricati Livorno

17.5

9.

Samuel Hines

Oregon Scientific Cantù

17.4

10.

Bootsy Thornton

Oregon Scientific Cantù

17.0

Assists

Rank

Name

Nation

Team

APG

1.

Gianmarco Pozzecco

Skipper Bologna

4.8

2.

Tyus Edney

Benetton Treviso

4.2

3.

Jerry McCullough

Oregon Scientific Cantù

3.8

4.

Petar Naumoski

Pippo Milano

3.6

5.

Riccardo Pittis

Benetton Treviso

3.4

6.

Cookie Belcher

Lauretana Biella

3.2

7.

Ivica Marić

Acegas Trieste

3.0

8.

Vrbica Stefanov

Montepaschi Siena

2.9

9.

LaMarr Greer

Pompea Napoli

2.9

10.

Massimo Gattoni

Carifac Fabriano

2.8

Rebounds

Rank

Name

Nation

Team

RPG

1.

Mirsad Türkcan

Montepaschi Siena

10.7

2.

Ante Grgurević

Air Avellino

9.7

3.

Warren Kidd

Pippo Milano

9.2

4.

Roberto Chiacig

Montepaschi Siena

8.5

5.

Ira Clark

Carifac Fabriano

8.4

6.

Daniel Santiago

Lottomatica Roma

8.4

7.

Siniša Kelečević

Acegas Trieste

7.7

8.

Brooks Sales

Lauretana Biella

7.4

9.

Shaun Stonerook

Oregon Scientific Cantù

7.4

10.

Denis Marconato

Benetton Treviso

7.3

See also

  • Serie A (basketball)