Serie A (basketball) 2002-03

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

Contents 1 Regular Season 2002/03 2 Playoffs 3 Individual leaders 3.1 Scoring 3.2 Assists 3.3 Rebounds 4 See also

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• Serie A (basketball)