1902–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1902–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
1902–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	6–0
Head coach	George Denman (2nd season);
Captain	Joseph Hoftencamp
Home arena	Armory
	Seasons ← 1901–02 1903–04 →

1902–03 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Army		–		–	1	–	0	1.000
Bucknell		–		–	10	–	0	1.000
Michigan State		–		–	6	–	0	1.000
Vanderbilt		–		–	6	–	0	1.000
Grove City		–		–	13	–	1	.929
Colgate		–		–	7	–	1	.875
Allegheny		–		–	10	–	2	.833
Oregon State		–		–	5	–	1	.833
Hiram		–		–	4	–	1	.800
Wabash		–		–	12	–	3	.800
Bradley		–		–	5	–	2	.714
Connecticut		–		–	5	–	2	.714
Fordham		–		–	15	–	6	.714
Ohio State		–		–	5	–	2	.714
Lehigh		–		–	4	–	2	.667
Montana State		–		–	4	–	2	.667
North Dakota State		–		–	4	–	2	.667
Bloomsburg		–		–	6	–	4	.600
Nebraska		–		–	7	–	5	.583
Holy Cross		–		–	6	–	5	.545
Akron		–		–	4	–	4	.500
Cincinnati		–		–	4	–	4	.500
Illinois State		–		–	3	–	3	.500
Mount Union		–		–	7	–	7	.500
Washington State		–		–	2	–	2	.500
Kansas		–		–	7	–	8	.467
Temple		–		–	4	–	5	.444
Brigham Young		–		–	7	–	9	.438
Dartmouth		–		–	8	–	6	.571
Indiana State		–		–	5	–	7	.417
Brown		–		–	6	–	10	.375
Penn State		–		–	3	–	5	.375
Colorado		–		–	2	–	4	.333
Kentucky		–		–	1	–	2	.333
Washington		–		–	2	–	4	.333
Wisc.–Stevens Point		–		–	1	–	2	.333
Butler		–		–	1	–	3	.250
Syracuse		–		–	1	–	8	.111
Oregon		–		–	0	–	2	.000


Rankings from AP Poll

The 1902–03 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represents Michigan State University for the 1902–03 college men's basketball season. The school was known as State Agricultural College at this time. The head coach was George Denman coaching the team his second season. The team captain was Joseph Hoftencamp.^[1] The team finished the season 6–0.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Jan 26, 1903*	Detroit YMCA	W 43–8	1–0	Armory East Lansing, MI
Jan 29, 1903*	Hillsdale	W 49–2	2–0	Armory East Lansing, MI
Feb 13, 1903*	Eastern Michigan	W 23–7	3–0	Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI
Feb 18, 1903*	at Governor's Guard	W 19–7	4–0
Mar 7, 1903*	Eastern Michigan	W 49–5	5–0	Armory Lansing, MI
Mar 14, 1903*	at Grand Rapids YMCA	W 42–7	6–0
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References

^ "1902–03 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
^ "2016–17 Michigan State Spartans Basketball MG" (PDF). msuspartans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

[1] "1902–03 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

[2] "2016–17 Michigan State Spartans Basketball MG" (PDF). msuspartans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

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v t e Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Venues	Armory (1899–1918) IM Circle (1918–1930) Demonstration Hall (1930–1940) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
Culture & lore	Basketbowl Champions Classic "The Flintstones" Izzone Michigan State University student riots
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024-25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics