The 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1992 and ended with the Final Four at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The North Carolina Tar Heels earned their third national championship by defeating the Michigan Wolverines 77–71 on April 5, 1993.
Season headlines With its membership reduced to three schools, the East Coast Conference lost its official conference status under NCAA bylaws, and its remaining members played as independents during the season. It regained official conference status the following season. The NCAA established a minimum seating capacity of 12,000 for facilities hosting first-round, second-round, regional semifinal, or regional final games of the NCAA tournament. Three No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament (Kentucky, Michigan, and North Carolina) advanced to the Final Four for the first time. Michigan's "Fab Five" played in the national championship game for the second straight season. North Carolina head coach Dean Smith won his second national championship and North Carolina's third overall. Doug Day of Radford completed his career (1989–1993) with 401 three-point field goals, the first player to make 400 or three-point pointers in his career.
Season outlook
Pre-season polls The top 25 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.*
Associated PressRankingTeam1 Michigan2 Kansas3 Duke4 Indiana5 Kentucky6 Seton Hall7 North Carolina8 9 Florida State10 Arizona11 Iowa12 Georgetown13 Louisville14 Georgia Tech15 16 Connecticut17 Tulane18 19 Iowa State20 Michigan State21 Cincinnati22 23 UMass24 UCLA25 Nebraska CoachesRankingTeam1 Michigan2 Duke3 Indiana4 Kansas5 Kentucky6 Seton Hall7 North Carolina8 Florida State9 10 Arizona 11 Georgetown12 Louisville13 Iowa 14 Tulane15 Georgia Tech16 17 UCLA 18 Cincinnati 20 Connecticut21 Michigan State22 Nebraska23 24 Iowa State25 New Mexico State
Conference membership changes
These schools joined new conferences for the 1992–93 season.
SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Mid-Continent Conference Mid-American Conference East Coast Conference Discontinued athletic programs East Coast Conference NCAA Division I Independent East Coast Conference NCAA Division I Independent Sun Belt Conference Trans America Athletic Conference NCAA Division I Independent Trans America Athletic Conference Big South Conference Southern Conference Atlantic 10 Conference Midwestern Collegiate Conference Big West Conference Western Athletic Conference Trans America Athletic Conference Southern Conference NCAA Division I Independent Big South Conference East Coast Conference NCAA Division I Independent Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Midwestern Collegiate Conference East Coast ConferenceBig South Conference Big Sky Conference Big West Conference NCAA Division I Independent Big Ten Conference East Coast Conference Northeast Conference Gulf South Conference (D-II) Ohio Valley Conference East Coast Conference Big South Conference NCAA Division I Independent Mid-Continent Conference
Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular season first placeConference player of the yearConference Coach of the YearConference tournamentTournament venue (city)Tournament winner Atlantic 10 Conference UMass Aaron McKie, Temple John Calipari, UMass 1993 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament The PalestraPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania;Mullins CenterAmherst, Massachusetts UMass Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina Rodney Rogers, Wake Forest Dean Smith, North Carolina 1993 ACC men's basketball tournament Charlotte ColiseumCharlotte, North Carolina Georgia Tech Big East Conference Seton Hall Terry Dehere, Seton Hall Brian Mahoney, St. John's 1993 Big East men's basketball tournament Madison Square GardenNew York, New York Seton Hall Big Eight Conference Kansas Bryant Reeves, Oklahoma State Dana Altman, Kansas State 1993 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Kemper ArenaKansas City, Missouri Missouri Big Sky Conference Idaho Orlando Lightfoot, Idaho Bobby Dye, Boise State 1993 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament Kibbie DomeMoscow, Idaho Boise State Big South Conference Towson State Tony Dunkin, Coastal Carolina Terry Truax, Towson State 1993 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, South Carolina Coastal Carolina Big Ten Conference Indiana Calbert Cheaney, Indiana Lou Henson, IllinoisNo Tournament Big West Conference New Mexico State Isaiah Rider, UNLV Bob Thomason, Pacific 1993 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Long Beach ArenaLong Beach, California Long Beach State Colonial Athletic Association James Madison & Old Dominion Brian Gilgeous, American Oliver Purnell, Old Dominion 1993 CAA men's basketball tournament Richmond ColiseumRichmond, Virginia East Carolina Great Midwest Conference Cincinnati Penny Hardaway, Memphis State 1993 Great Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament The PyramidMemphis, Tennessee Cincinnati Ivy League Penn Buck Jenkins, Columbia, & Penn Not namedNo Tournament Metro Conference Louisville Clifford Rozier, Louisville Sonny Smith, VCU 1993 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament Freedom HallLouisville, Kentucky Louisville Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Manhattan Keith Bullock, Manhattan Jack Armstrong, Niagara 1993 MAAC men's basketball tournament Knickerbocker ArenaAlbany, New York Manhattan Mid-American Conference Ball State & Miami (OH) Gary Trent, Miami (OH) Joby Wright, Miami (OH) 1993 MAC men's basketball tournament Battelle HallColumbus, Ohio Ball State Mid-Continent Conference Cleveland State Bill Edwards, Wright State Mike Boyd, Cleveland State 1993 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament Nutter CenterDayton, Ohio Wright State Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Coppin State Jackie Robinson, Ron Mitchell, Coppin State 1993 MEAC men's basketball tournament Norfolk ScopeNorfolk, Virginia Coppin State Midwestern Collegiate Conference Xavier Brian Grant, Xavier Pete Gillen, Xavier 1993 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament Market Square ArenaIndianapolis, Indiana Evansville Missouri Valley Conference Illinois State Curt Smith, Drake Rudy Washington, Drake 1993 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament St. Louis ArenaSt. Louis, Missouri Southern Illinois North Atlantic Conference Drexel & Northeastern Vin Baker, Hartford Bill Herrion, Drexel 1993 North Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament Daskalakis Athletic CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Delaware Northeast Conference Rider Darrick Suber, Rider Jim Phelan, & Rider 1993 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Alumni GymnasiumLawrenceville, New Jersey Rider Ohio Valley Conference Tennessee State Carlos Rogers, Tennessee State Frankie Allen, Tennessee State 1993 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Rupp ArenaLexington, Kentucky Tennessee State Pacific-10 Conference Arizona Chris Mills, Arizona Lute Olson, ArizonaNo Tournament Patriot League Bucknell Mike Bright, Bucknell Charlie Woollum, Bucknell 1993 Patriot League men's basketball tournament Davis GymLewisburg, Pennsylvania Holy Cross Southeastern Conference Vanderbilt (East)Arkansas (West) Jamal Mashburn, Kentucky, & Vanderbilt Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt 1993 SEC men's basketball tournament Rupp ArenaLexington, Kentucky Kentucky Southern Conference Chattanooga Tim Brooks, Chattanooga Mack McCarthy, Chattanooga 1993 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Asheville Civic CenterAsheville, North Carolina Chattanooga Southland Conference Northeast Louisiana Ryan Stuart, Northeast Louisiana Mike Vining, Northeast Louisiana 1993 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Fant-Ewing ColiseumMonroe, Louisiana Northeast Louisiana Southwest Conference SMU Mike Wilson, SMU John Shumate, SMU 1993 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament Reunion ArenaDallas, Texas Texas Tech Southwestern Athletic Conference Jackson State Lindsey Hunter, Jackson State Andy Stoglin, Jackson State 1993 SWAC men's basketball tournament Riverside CentroplexBaton Rouge, Louisiana Southern Sun Belt Conference New Orleans Ervin Johnson, New Orleans Tim Floyd, New Orleans 1993 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Mississippi Coast ColiseumBiloxi, Mississippi Western Kentucky Trans America Athletic Conference Florida International Kenny Brown, Mercer Bob Weltlich, Florida InternationalNo Tournament West Coast Athletic Conference Pepperdine Dana Jones, Pepperdine Dick Davey, Santa Clara 1993 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament War Memorial GymnasiumSan Francisco, California Santa Clara Western Athletic Conference BYU & Utah Josh Grant, Utah Rick Majerus, Utah 1993 WAC men's basketball tournament Delta CenterSalt Lake City, Utah New Mexico
Conference standings
Division I independents Eleven college teams played as Division I independents. Among them, (23–4) had both the best winning percentage (.852) and the most wins.
Informal championships ConferenceRegular season winnerMost Valuable PlayerPhiladelphia Big 5 Temple Aaron McKie, Temple For the second consecutive season, the Philadelphia Big 5 did not play a full round-robin schedule in which each team met each other team once, a format it had used from its first season of competition in 1955–56 through the 1990–91 season. Instead, each team played only two games against other Big 5 members, and Temple finished with a 2–0 record in head-to-head competition among the Big 5. The Big 5 did not revive its full round-robin schedule until the 1999–2000 season.
Statistical leaders Source for additional stats categories Player School PPG Player School RPG Player School APG Player School BPG Greg Guy TX–Pan American 29.3 Warren Kidd Middle Tennessee St. 14.8 Sam Crawford New Mexico St. 9.1 Theo Ratliff Wyoming 4.4 Isaiah Rider UNLV 29.1 Jervaughn Scales Southern 12.7 Dedan Thomas UNLV 8.6 Sharone Wright Clemson 4.1 John Best Tennessee Tech 28.5 Reggie Jackson Nicholls St. 12.5 Mark Woods Wright St. 8.4 Bo Outlaw Houston 3.8 Vin Baker Hartford 28.3 Spencer Dunkley Delaware 12.2 Bobby Hurley Duke 8.2 Carlos Rogers Tennessee St. 3.2 Lindsey Hunter Jackson St. 26.7 Dan Callahan Northeastern 12.1 Chuck Evans Mississippi St. 8.1 Spencer Dunkley Delaware 3.2 Theron Wilson E. Michigan 3.2
Player School BPG Player School FG% Player School 3FG% Player School FT% Jason Kidd Cal Berkeley 3.8 Bo Outlaw Houston .658 Roosevelt Moore Sam Houston .533 Josh Grant Utah .920 Jay Goodman Utah State 3.8 Brian Grant Xavier .654 Travis Ford Kentucky .529 Roger Breslin Holy Cross .901 Mark Woods Wright State 3.6 Harry Hart Iona .654 Casey Schmidt Valparaiso .477 Jeremy Lake Montana .899 Mike Bright Bucknell 3.2 Cherokee Parks Duke .652 Demetrius Dudley Hofstra .474 Casey Schmidt Valparaiso .897 Darnell Mee Western Kentucky 3.1 Gary Trent Ohio .651 Keith Adkins UNC Wilmington .467 Scott Hartzell UNC Greensboro .889 Postseason tournaments ==
NCAA Tournament
Final Four - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
* Michigan's entire 1992–93 schedule results were vacated, on November 7, 2002, as part of the settlement of the University of Michigan basketball scandal. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Michigan removing the wins from its own record.
National Invitation Tournament
NIT Semifinals and Final
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Calbert Cheaney F Senior Indiana Penny Hardaway G Junior Memphis State Bobby Hurley G Senior Duke Jamal Mashburn F Junior Kentucky Chris Webber F/C Sophomore Michigan