| Date | Game | Result | Notes |
| 11/18/2002 | UNC vs. Penn State | W 85-55 | Pre-Season NIT Tournament |
| 11/20/2002 | UNC vs. Rutgers | W 71-67 | Pre-Season NIT Tournament |
| 11/24/2002 | UNC @ Old Dominion | W 67-59 | |
| 11/27/2002 | UNC vs. Kansas | W 67-56 | Pre-Season NIT: Madison Square Garden, NY |
| 11/29/2002 | UNC vs. Stanford | W 74-57 | Pre-Season NIT: Madison Square Garden, NY |
| 12/3/2002 | UNC @ Illinois | L 65-92 | |
| 12/7/2002 | UNC vs. Kentucky | L 81-98 | |
| 12/19/2002 | UNC vs. Vermont | W 80-54 | |
| 12/22/2002 | UNC @ Florida State | W 69-48 | |
| 12/27/2002 | UNC vs. Iona | L 56-65 | Madison Square Garden, NYC |
| 12/28/2002 | UNC vs. St. John's | W 63-59 | Madison Square Garden, NYC |
| 1/4/2003 | UNC @ Miami | L 61-64 (OT) | |
| 1/8/2003 | UNC vs. Davidson | W 79-64 | |
| 1/11/2003 | UNC @ Virginia | L 72-79 | |
| 1/14/2003 | UNC vs. Clemson | W 68-66 | |
| 1/18/2003 | UNC vs. Connecticut | W 68-65 | |
| 1/22/2003 | UNC vs. Maryland | L 66-81 | |
| 1/26/2003 | UNC @ N.C. State | L 77-86 | |
| 1/29/2003 | UNC @ Georgia Tech | L 68-88 | |
| 2/2/2003 | UNC vs. Wake Forest | L 75-79 | |
| 2/5/2003 | UNC @ Duke | L 74-83 | |
| 2/8/2003 | UNC vs. Florida State | W 61-60 | |
| 2/12/2003 | UNC vs. Virginia | W 81-67 | |
| 2/15/2003 | UNC @ Clemson | L 77-80 | |
| 2/18/2003 | UNC vs. North Carolina A&T | W 93-57 | |
| 2/22/2003 | UNC @ Maryland | L 56-96 | |
| 2/25/2003 | UNC vs. N.C. State | L 67-75 (OT) | |
| 3/1/2003 | UNC vs. Georgia Tech | W 67-66 | |
| 3/5/2003 | UNC @ Wake Forest | L 60-75 | |
| 3/9/2003 | UNC vs. Duke | W 82-79 | |
| 3/14/2003 | UNC vs. Maryland | W 84-72 | ACC Tournament: Greensboro, NC |
| 3/15/2003 | UNC vs. Duke | L 63-75 | ACC Tournament: Greensboro, NC |
| 3/18/2003 | UNC vs. DePaul | W 83-72 | NIT Tournament |
| 3/24/2003 | UNC vs. Wyoming | W 90-74 | NIT Tournament |
| 3/26/2003 | UNC vs. Georgetown | L 74-79 | NIT Tournament |
| | | Record: 19-16 | |