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1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

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1993 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament
Season1992–93
Teams64
Finals siteLouisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
ChampionsNorth Carolina Tar Heels (3rd title, 7th title game,
11th Final Four)
Runner-upMichigan Wolverines (vacated) (5th title game,
6th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDean Smith (2nd title)
MOPDonald Williams (North Carolina)
Attendance715,246
Top scorerDonald Williams (North Carolina)
(118 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1992 1994»

The 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 1993, and ended with the championship game on April 5 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A total of 63 games were played.

North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith, won the national title with a 77–71 victory in the final game over Michigan, coached by Steve Fisher.[1] Donald Williams of North Carolina was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The most memorable play in the championship game came in the last seconds as Michigan's Chris Webber tried to call a timeout with his team down by 2 points when double-teamed by North Carolina.[2] Michigan had already used all of its timeouts, so Webber's gaffe resulted in a technical foul. Michigan subsequently vacated its entire 1992–93 schedule, including its six NCAA Tournament games, after it emerged that Webber had received under-the-table payments from a booster.

In a game that featured two great individual battles (one between Bobby Hurley and Jason Kidd, and the other between Grant Hill and Lamond Murray), two-time defending champion Duke was upset in the second round by California.

This year's Final Four was the closest the tournament came to having all four top seeds advance to the semifinals until all four did advance in the 2008 tournament. Indiana was the only top seed not to make it out of its regional; it was defeated by the 2-seed Kansas, in the Midwest regional finals. This tournament is also notable for the uneven distribution of first-round upsets. While there were no upsets in the East, one 'minor' upset in the Midwest (9th seed Xavier defeated 8th seed New Orleans; Xavier was the betting favorite at all sports books in Las Vegas), and one 'medium' upset in the Southeast (11th seed Tulane beat 6th seed Kansas State), the West featured three remarkable upsets amongst the top 5 seeds, with a 12, a 13, and a 15-seed advancing to the second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2023 tournament, is one of only eleven times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (In 2018, UMBC became one of only two 16-seeds to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54, with Fairleigh Dickinson's upset of Purdue occurring five years later.).

In this tournament, the Louisiana Superdome was the only site in which the game clock counted down in whole seconds, not tenths of seconds, in the final minute of each period.

Schedule and venues

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1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is located in the United States
Syracuse
Syracuse
Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem
Orlando
Orlando
Nashville
Nashville
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Rosemont
Rosemont
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City
Tucson
Tucson
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1993 first and second rounds
1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is located in the United States
Seattle
Seattle
St. Louis
St. Louis
Charlotte
Charlotte
E. Rutherford
E. Rutherford
New Orleans
New Orleans
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1993 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1993 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

Teams

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There were 30 automatic bids awarded to the tournament - of these, 27 were given to the winners of their conference's tournament, while three were awarded to the team with the best regular-season record in their conference (Big Ten, Ivy League and Pac-10).

Two conferences, the Great Midwest Conference and Trans America Athletic Conference,[3] did not receive automatic bids to the tournament.

Two conference champions made their first NCAA tournament appearances: Tennessee State (Ohio Valley) and Wright State (Mid-Continent).

Automatic qualifiers

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Automatic qualifiers
Conference Team Appearance Last bid
ACC Georgia Tech 10th 1992
Atlantic 10 UMass 3rd 1992
Big East Seton Hall 5th 1992
Big Eight Missouri 14th 1992
Big Sky Boise State 3rd 1988
Big South Coastal Carolina 2nd 1991
Big Ten Indiana 22nd 1992
Big West Long Beach State 3rd 1977
CAA East Carolina 2nd 1972
Ivy League Penn 14th 1987
MAAC Manhattan 3rd 1958
MAC Ball State 5th 1988
MCC Evansville 4th 1992
MEAC Coppin State 2nd 1990
Metro Louisville 23rd 1992
Mid-Continent Wright State 1st Never
Missouri Valley Southern Illinois 2nd 1977
NAC Delaware 2nd 1992
NEC Rider 2nd 1984
Ohio Valley Tennessee State 1st Never
Pac-10 Arizona 12th 1992
Patriot Holy Cross 3rd 1980
SEC Kentucky 34th 1992
Southern Chattanooga 5th 1988
Southland Northeast Louisiana 6th 1992
Sun Belt Western Kentucky 13th 1987
SWAC Southern 6th 1989
SWC Texas Tech 9th 1986
WAC New Mexico 5th 1991
West Coast Santa Clara 9th 1987

Tournament seeds

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East Regional – Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 North Carolina ACC 28–4 At-Large
2 Cincinnati Great Midwest 24–4 At-Large
3 UMass Atlantic 10 23–6 Automatic
4 Arkansas SEC 20–8 At-Large
5 St. John's Big East 18–10 At-Large
6 Virginia ACC 19–9 At-Large
7 New Mexico State (vacated) Big West 25–7 At-Large
8 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 18–10 At-Large
9 Purdue Big Ten 18–9 At-Large
10 Nebraska Big Eight 20–10 At-Large
11 Manhattan MAAC 23–6 Automatic
12 Texas Tech Southwest 18–11 Automatic
13 Holy Cross Patriot 23–6 Automatic
14 Penn Ivy League 22–4 Automatic
15 Coppin State MEAC 22–7 Automatic
16 East Carolina CAA 13–16 Automatic
Southeast Regional – Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Kentucky SEC 26–3 Automatic
2 Seton Hall Big East 27–6 Automatic
3 Florida State ACC 22–9 At-Large
4 Iowa Big Ten 22–8 At-Large
5 Wake Forest ACC 19–8 At-Large
6 Kansas State Big Eight 19–10 At-Large
7 Western Kentucky Sun Belt 24–5 Automatic
8 Utah WAC 23–6 At-Large
9 Pittsburgh Big East 17–10 At-Large
10 Memphis State Great Midwest 20–11 At-Large
11 Tulane Metro 21–8 At-Large
12 Chattanooga Southern 26–6 Automatic
13 Northeast Louisiana Southland 26–4 Automatic
14 Evansville MCC 23–6 Automatic
15 Tennessee State Ohio Valley 19–9 Automatic
16 Rider Northeast 19–10 Automatic
Midwest Regional – St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Indiana Big Ten 28–3 Automatic
2 Kansas Big Eight 25–6 At-Large
3 Duke ACC 23–7 At-Large
4 Louisville Metro 20–8 Automatic
5 Oklahoma State Big Eight 19–8 At-Large
6 California Pac-10 19–8 At-Large
7 BYU WAC 24–8 At-Large
8 New Orleans Sun Belt 26–3 At-Large
9 Xavier MCC 23–5 At-Large
10 SMU Southwest 20–7 At-Large
11 LSU SEC 22–10 At-Large
12 Marquette Great Midwest 20–7 At-Large
13 Delaware NAC 22–7 Automatic
14 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 23–9 Automatic
15 Ball State MAC 26–7 Automatic
16 Wright State Mid-Continent 20–9 Automatic
West Regional – Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Michigan (vacated) Big Ten 26–4 At-Large
2 Arizona Pac-10 24–3 Automatic
3 Vanderbilt SEC 26–5 At-Large
4 Georgia Tech ACC 19–10 Automatic
5 New Mexico WAC 24–6 Automatic
6 Illinois Big Ten 18–12 At-Large
7 Temple Atlantic 10 17–12 At-Large
8 Iowa State Big Eight 20–10 At-Large
9 UCLA Pac-10 21–10 At-Large
10 Missouri Big Eight 19–13 Automatic
11 Long Beach State Big West 22–9 Automatic
12 George Washington Atlantic 10 21–9 At-Large
13 Southern SWAC 20–9 Automatic
14 Boise State Big Sky 21–7 Automatic
15 Santa Clara West Coast 18–11 Automatic
16 Coastal Carolina Big South 22–9 Automatic

Bracket

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East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

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First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 North Carolina 85
16 East Carolina 65
1 North Carolina 112
Winston-Salem
8 Rhode Island 67
8 Rhode Island 74
9 Purdue 68
1 North Carolina 80
4 Arkansas 74
5 St. John's 85
12 Texas Tech 67
5 St. John's 74
Winston-Salem
4 Arkansas 80
4 Arkansas 94
13 Holy Cross 64
1 North Carolina 75OT
2 Cincinnati 68
6 Virginia 78
11 Manhattan 66
6 Virginia 71
Syracuse
3 Massachusetts 56
3 Massachusetts 54
14 Pennsylvania 50
6 Virginia 54
2 Cincinnati 71
7 New Mexico State 93
10 Nebraska 79
7 New Mexico State 55
Syracuse
2 Cincinnati 92
2 Cincinnati 93
15 Coppin State 66

Midwest Regional – St. Louis, Missouri

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First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Indiana 97
16 Wright State 54
1 Indiana 73
Indianapolis
9 Xavier 70
8 New Orleans 55
9 Xavier 73
1 Indiana 82
4 Louisville 69
5 Oklahoma State 74
12 Marquette 62
5 Oklahoma State 63
Indianapolis
4 Louisville 78
4 Louisville 76
13 Delaware 70
1 Indiana 77
2 Kansas 83
6 California 66
11 LSU 64
6 California 82
Rosemont
3 Duke 77
3 Duke 105
14 Southern Illinois 70
6 California 76
2 Kansas 93
7 BYU 80
10 SMU 71
7 BYU 76
Rosemont
2 Kansas 90
2 Kansas 94
15 Ball State 72

Southeast Regional – Charlotte, North Carolina

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First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Kentucky 96
16 Rider 52
1 Kentucky 83
Nashville
8 Utah 62
8 Utah 86
9 Pittsburgh 65
1 Kentucky 103
5 Wake Forest 69
5 Wake Forest 81
12 Chattanooga 58
5 Wake Forest 84
Nashville
4 Iowa 78
4 Iowa 82
13 Northeast Louisiana 69
1 Kentucky 106
3 Florida State 81
6 Kansas State 53
11 Tulane 55
11 Tulane 63
Orlando
3 Florida State 94
3 Florida State 82
14 Evansville 70
3 Florida State 81OT
7 Western Kentucky 78
7 Western Kentucky 55
10 Memphis State 52
7 Western Kentucky 72
Orlando
2 Seton Hall 68
2 Seton Hall 81
15 Tennessee State 59

West Regional – Seattle, Washington

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First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Michigan# 84
16 Coastal Carolina 53
1 Michigan# 86OT
Tucson
9 UCLA 84
8 Iowa State 70
9 UCLA 81
1 Michigan# 72
12 George Washington 64
5 New Mexico 68
12 George Washington 82
12 George Washington 90
Tucson
13 Southern 80
4 Georgia Tech 78
13 Southern 93
1 Michigan# 77
7 Temple 72
6 Illinois 75
11 Long Beach State 72
6 Illinois 68
Salt Lake City
3 Vanderbilt 85
3 Vanderbilt 92
14 Boise State 72
3 Vanderbilt 59
7 Temple 67
7 Temple 75
10 Missouri 61
7 Temple 68
Salt Lake City
15 Santa Clara 57
2 Arizona 61
15 Santa Clara 64

Final Four – New Orleans, Louisiana

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National semifinals National Championship Game
      
E1 North Carolina 78
MW2 Kansas 68
E1 North Carolina 77
W1 Michigan# 71
SE1 Kentucky 78
W1 Michigan# 81OT

Game summaries

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National semifinals

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National Championship

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Main article: 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game

# — 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.

Announcers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 1993 National Championship Game on YouTube
  2. ^ Video on YouTube
  3. ^ "TAAC LOSES BID TO MARCH MADNESS". Orlando Sentinel. September 2, 1992. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
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