High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2002–03 NCAA Division I men`s basketball season began on November 10, 2002, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 7, 2003 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Syracuse Orange and coach Jim Boeheim won their first NCAA national championship with a 81–78 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.