Tide Men's Basketball Ranked High in 2002-03 Preseason
7/19/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Alabama has received two midsummer honors as the 2002-03 men's basketball season approaches. According to FOX Sports basketball analyst Frank Burlison, the Tide is the fourth-best team in the nation, and Bama forward Erwin Dudley is on the watch list for the John Wooden Award, which is given to the nation's top player.
The complete lists are below:
FOX Sports 2002-03 Preseason Top 25
- 1. Arizona
- 2. Kansas
- 3. Pittsburgh
- 4. Alabama
- 5. Oklahoma
- 6. Texas
- 7. Xavier
- 8. Western Kentucky
- 9. Duke
- 10. Missouri
- 11. Georgia
- 12. Maryland
- 13. Ohio State
- 14. Mississippi State
- 15. Michigan State
- 16. Kentucky
- 17. Marquette
- 18. Oregon
- 19. Wisconsin
- 20. Gonzaga
- 21. Syracuse
- 22. Illinois
- 23. Penn
- 24. Florida
- 25. Wyoming
Top 50 Wooden Award candidates
| Mario Austin | 6-9 | Jr. | Mississippi State |
| Troy Bell | 6-2 | Sr. | Boston College |
| Steve Blake | 6-2 | Sr. | Maryland |
| LaVell Blanchard | 6-7 | Sr. | Michigan |
| Keith Bogans | 6-5 | Sr. | Kentucky |
| Matt Bonner | 6-9 | Sr. | Florida |
| Nick Collison | 6-8 | Sr. | Kansas |
| Brian Cook | 6-10 | Sr. | Illinois |
| Tom Coverdale | 6-2 | Sr. | Indiana |
| Erwin Dudley | 6-8 | Sr. | Alabama |
| Chris Duhon | 6-1 | Jr. | Duke |
| Ronald Dupree | 6-6 | Sr. | LSU |
| Ebi Ere | 6-5 | Sr. | Oklahoma |
| T.J. Ford | 5-10 | So. | Texas |
| Reece Gaines | 6-4 | Sr. | Louisville |
| Jason Gardner | 5-10 | Sr. | Arizona |
| Antonio Gates | 6-4 | Sr. | Kent State |
| Jarvis Hayes | 6-6 | Jr. | Georgia |
| Kirk Hinrich | 6-3 | Sr. | Kansas |
| Julius Hodge | 6-6 | So. | N.C. State |
| Josh Howard | 6-6 | Sr. | Wake Forest |
| Brandon Hunter | 6-7 | Sr. | Ohio State |
| Luke Jackson | 6-6 | Jr. | Oregon |
| Britton Johnsen | 6-9 | Sr. | Utah |
| Arthur Johnson | 6-9 | Jr. | Missouri |
| Jason Kapono | 6-7 | Sr. | UCLA |
| Brandin Knight | 5-10 | Sr. | Pittsburgh |
| Chris Marcus | 7-0 | Sr. | Western Kentucky |
| Jason Maxiell | 6-6 | So. | Cincinnati |
| Chris Monroe | 6-3 | Sr. | George Washington |
| Ugonna Onyewkwe | 6-7 | Sr. | Penn |
| Emeka Okafor | 6-9 | So. | Connecticut |
| Rickey Paulding | 6-5 | Jr. | Missouri |
| Kirk Penney | 6-5 | Sr. | Wisconsin |
| Hollis Price | 6-2 | Sr. | Oklahoma |
| Justin Reed | 6-7 | Jr. | Mississippi |
| Darius Rice | 6-9 | Jr. | Miami (Fl.) |
| Rick Rickert | 6-10 | So. | Minnesota |
| Luke Ridnour | 6-2 | Jr. | Oregon |
| Lawrence Roberts | 6-7 | So. | Baylor |
| Romain Sato | 6-4 | Jr. | Xavier |
| Theron Smith | 6-7 | Sr. | Ball State |
| Mike Sweetney | 6-8 | Jr. | Georgetown |
| Chris Thomas | 6-1 | So. | Notre Dame |
| James Thomas | 6-8 | Jr. | Texas |
| Cory Violette | 6-8 | Jr. | Gonzaga |
| Dwyane Wade | 6-4 | Jr. | Marquette |
| Luke Walton | 6-8 | Sr. | Arizona |
| Travis Watson | 6-8 | Sr. | Virginia |
| David West | 6-8 | Sr. | Xavier |
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