1992–93 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1992–93 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1992–93 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 22
Record	18–10 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Bruce Weber (10th season); Tom Reiter (4th season); Steve Lavin (2nd season);
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Indiana	17	–	1	.944	31	–	4	.886
No. 13 Iowa	11	–	7	.611	23	–	9	.719
Illinois	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	22	–	10	.688
No. 22 Purdue	9	–	9	.500	18	–	10	.643
Ohio State	8	–	10	.444	15	–	13	.536
Michigan State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	13	.536
Wisconsin	7	–	11	.389	14	–	14	.500
Northwestern	3	–	15	.167	8	–	19	.296
Penn State	2	–	16	.111	7	–	20	.259
No. 3 Michigan	0	–	3	.000	0	–	4	.000

Rankings from AP Poll *Michigan vacated all games due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (15-3, 31-5)

The 1992–93 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1992–93 college basketball season. Led by head coach Gene Keady, the Boilermakers were selected as the No. 9 seed in the Southeast Region of the NCAA tournament, but were defeated in the first round by Rhode Island,^[1] finishing the season with a 18–10 record (9–9 Big Ten).

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	11	Matt Waddell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So
G	12	Matt Painter	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr	Delta	Muncie, Indiana
F	13	Glenn Robinson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Roosevelt	Gary, Indiana
F	21	Herb Dove	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
F	22	Cuonzo Martin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So	East St. Louis	East St. Louis, Illinois
G	30	Linc Darner	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr	Highland
G		Porter Roberts	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Fr
F		Brandon Brantley	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr
F		Ian Stanback	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr
F		Justin Jennings	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr
G		Todd Foster	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Fr
C		Cornelius McNary	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr
C		Kenny Williams	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr
G		Tim Spiker	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	So

Head coach

Gene Keady (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 28, 1992* ESPN		vs. No. 16 Connecticut Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic	W 73–69^[2]	1–0	Springfield Civic Center (8,999) Springfield, Massachusetts
Dec 4, 1992*	No. 24	Weber State	W 85–64	2–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 5, 1992*	No. 24	East Tennessee State	W 88–74	3–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 12, 1992*	No. 18	Loyola–Chicago	W 84–70	4–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 19, 1992*	No. 16	Indiana State	W 92–63	5–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 22, 1992*	No. 15	at SW Missouri State	W 48–45	6–0	Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
Dec 28, 1992*	No. 13	vs. Florida Sun Bowl Invitational semifinals	W 67–63	7–0	Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas
Dec 29, 1992*	No. 13	at UTEP Sun Bowl Invitational championship	W 63–61	8–0	Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas
Jan 2, 1993*	No. 13	Butler	W 80–54	9–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 7, 1993	No. 9	No. 3 Michigan	L 70–80	9–1 (0–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 9, 1993	No. 9	at Minnesota	L 60–81	9–2 (0–2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 13, 1993	No. 17	Wisconsin	W 76–60	10–2 (1–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 16, 1993	No. 17	at Penn State	W 61–54	11–2 (2–2)	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
Jan 19, 1993	No. 13	No. 2 Indiana	L 79–83	11–3 (2–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 28, 1993	No. 14	at Northwestern	W 83–73	12–3 (3–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Jan 30, 1993	No. 14	Michigan State	L 64–72	12–4 (3–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 3, 1993	No. 19	at Ohio State	W 62–57	13–4 (4–4)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Feb 7, 1993	No. 19	at No. 7 Michigan	L 76–84	13–5 (4–5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 10, 1993	No. 18	Minnesota	W 75–69	14–5 (5–5)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 13, 1993	No. 18	at Wisconsin	W 90–87	15–5 (6–5)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 21, 1993	No. 14	at No. 1 Indiana	L 78–93	15–6 (6–6)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 25, 1993	No. 17	at Illinois	L 70–78	15–7 (6–7)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Feb 27, 1993	No. 17	Northwestern	L 59–62	15–8 (6–8)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 3, 1993	No. 24	at Michigan State	W 61–58	16–8 (7–8)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan
Mar 6, 1993	No. 24	No. 15 Iowa	W 69–58	17–8 (8–8)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 11, 1993	No. 18	Penn State	W 57–49	18–8 (9–8)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 14, 1993	No. 18	Ohio State	L 62–72	18–9 (9–9)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 1993*	(9 SE) No. 22	vs. (8 SE) Rhode Island First Round	L 68–74	18–10	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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Rankings

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References

^ "Rhode Island uses balancing act to stop Purdue". The Baltimore Sun. March 19, 1993. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
^ "Robinson Superb in Debut as Boilermakers Triumph". The New York Times. November 29, 1992. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
^ "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 998–999. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.

[ncaa-purdue-1] "Rhode Island uses balancing act to stop Purdue". The Baltimore Sun. March 19, 1993. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

[2] "Robinson Superb in Debut as Boilermakers Triumph". The New York Times. November 29, 1992. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

[3] "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

[ESPN-4] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 998–999. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics