1992–93 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1992–93 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1992–93 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight regular season champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 9
Record	29–7 (11–3 Big Eight)
Head coach	Roy Williams (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Matt Doherty (1st season); Steve Robinson (5th season); Kevin Stallings (5th season);
Captains	Adonis Jordan; Eric Pauley; Rex Walters;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Kansas	11	–	3	.786	29	–	7	.806
No. 23 Oklahoma State	8	–	6	.571	20	–	9	.690
Iowa State	8	–	6	.571	20	–	11	.645
Nebraska	8	–	6	.571	20	–	11	.645
Kansas State	7	–	7	.500	19	–	11	.633
Oklahoma	7	–	7	.500	20	–	12	.625
Missouri †	5	–	9	.357	19	–	14	.576
Colorado	2	–	12	.143	10	–	17	.370

† 1993 Big Eight tournament winner As of April 5, 1993 Rankings from AP poll

The 1992–93 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 95th basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 5th year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. Kansas won the Big Eight regular season title and made the Final Four for the second time in three seasons.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	33	Greg Gurley	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Leawood, Kansas
G	32	Darrin Hancock	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Griffin, Georgia
G	30	Adonis Jordan	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Reseda, California
C	00	Greg Ostertag	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	So	Duncanville, Texas
C	51	Eric Pauley	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Buena Park, California
G/F	21	Sean Pearson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	LaGrange, Illinois
G	10	Calvin Rayford	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	So	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G/F	12	Patrick Richey	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Lee's Summit, Missouri
F	34	Richard Scott	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Little Rock, Arkansas
G	23	Rex Walters	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	San Jose, California
G	35	Blake Weichbrodt	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Norman, Oklahoma
G	14	T. J. Whatley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Benton, Arkansas
G/F	20	Steve Woodberry	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Wichita, Kansas

Head coach

Roy Williams

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
Regular Season
12/1/1992*	No. 3	Georgia	W 76-65	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/5/1992*	No. 3	vs. No. 2 Indiana	W 74-69	2–0	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN
12/7/1992*	No. 2	Emporia State	W 91-56	3–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/11/1992*	No. 2	vs. Mississippi Valley State	W 94-46	4–0	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
12/12/1992*	No. 2	vs. UMKC	W 108-62	5-0	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
12/14/1992*	No. 2	Oral Roberts	W 140-72	6-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/19/1992*	No. 2	East Tennessee State	W 86-83	7-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/21/1992*	No. 2	NC State	W 84-64	8-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/27/1992*	No. 2	vs. Jackson State Rainbow Classic First round	W 93-85	9-0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
12/28/1992*	No. 2	at Hawaii Rainbow Classic Semifinals	W 94-66	10-0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
12/29/1992*	No. 2	vs. No. 6 Michigan Rainbow Classic Championship Game	L 74-86	10-1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
1/6/1993*	No. 4	Wichita State	W 103-54	11-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/9/1993	No. 4	Iowa State	W 78-71	12-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/11/1993	No. 4	at No. 10 Oklahoma	W 96-85	13-1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
1/16/1993*	No. 4	at Louisville	W 98-77	14-1	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
1/18/1993	No. 1	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 71-65	15-1	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
1/23/1993	No. 1	at Colorado	W 82-51	16-1	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
1/25/1993*	No. 1	Long Beach State	L 49-64	16-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/30/1993	No. 1	Rollins College	W 103-56	17-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/1/1993	No. 3	Missouri Border War	W 86-69	18-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/7/1993	No. 3	at Nebraska	L 64-68	18-3	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
2/10/1993	No. 7	Oklahoma State	W 84-72	19-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/13/1993	No. 7	at Missouri Border War	W 67-63	20-3	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
2/17/1993	No. 6	Oklahoma	L 77-80	20-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/20/1993	No. 6	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 77-64	21-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/22/1993	No. 7	at Iowa State	L 71-75	21-5	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
2/27/1993	No. 7	Colorado	W 72-68	22-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
3/3/1993	No. 8	Nebraska	W 94-83	23-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
3/7/1993	No. 8	at No. 19 Oklahoma State	W 74-73	24–5 (11–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Big Eight Tournament
3/12/1993	(1) No. 7	vs. (8) Colorado First round	W 82–65	25–5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
3/13/1993	(1) No. 7	vs. (5) Kansas State Semifinals	L 67–74	25–6	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
3/18/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (15 MW) Ball State First round	W 94–72^[1]	26–6	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL
3/20/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (7 MW) BYU Second Round	W 90-76^[2]	27–6	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL
3/25/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (6 MW) California Regional semifinals	W 93–76^[3]	28–6	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
3/27/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (1 MW) No. 1 Indiana Regional Finals	W 83–77^[4]^[5]	29–6	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
4/3/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (1 E) No. 4 North Carolina National semifinals	L 68–78^[6]	29–7	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest, E=East. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17
AP	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	1	1	3	6	7	8	7	9	13
Coaches

*There was no coaches poll in week 1.

References

^ "Kansas, written off, erases Ball State in 94-72 win; Jayhawks to meet BYU in 2nd round Midwest Regional". Baltimore Sun. March 19, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
^ "Walters Gets Redemption, Kansas a Victory Over BYU". The Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
^ "Finishing Kick by Kansas Catches Cal Off Guard". The Los Angeles Times. March 26, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
^ "Kansas Pounds Indiana Out". The Chicago Tribune. March 27, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
^ "Balanced Jayhawks exploit weaknesses of top-ranked Indiana, 83-77, as Williams improves to 3-0 against Knight". The Los Angeles Times. March 28, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
^ "Inside Job: Tar Heels Power Past Kansas". The New York Times. April 4, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
^ "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 1992-93 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2013.

[1] "Kansas, written off, erases Ball State in 94-72 win; Jayhawks to meet BYU in 2nd round Midwest Regional". Baltimore Sun. March 19, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

[2] "Walters Gets Redemption, Kansas a Victory Over BYU". The Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

[3] "Finishing Kick by Kansas Catches Cal Off Guard". The Los Angeles Times. March 26, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

[4] "Kansas Pounds Indiana Out". The Chicago Tribune. March 27, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

[5] "Balanced Jayhawks exploit weaknesses of top-ranked Indiana, 83-77, as Williams improves to 3-0 against Knight". The Los Angeles Times. March 28, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

[6] "Inside Job: Tar Heels Power Past Kansas". The New York Times. April 4, 1993. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

[Schedule-7] "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 1992-93 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2013.

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Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References