1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They ended the season 23–9 overall and 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish tied for third place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #4 seed in the Southeast Region. After defeating Northeast Louisiana 82-69 in the first round, the Hawkeyes lost to Wake Forest 84-78 in the Round of 32.

1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Amana-Hawkeye Classic Champions San Juan Shootout Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 13
1992–93 record	23–9 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (7th season)
Assistant coach	Gary Close
MVP	Acie Earl
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)

1992–93 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	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)

Roster

1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 3 Kenyon Murray 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr Battle Creek, Michigan G 10 Kevin Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Jr Forth Worth, Texas G 11 Kevin Skillet 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Silvis, Illinois G 13 Mon'ter Glasper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Fr Albion, Michigan G 20 Val Barnes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Sr Wichita, Kansas F 23 James Winters 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr Joliet, Illinois F 32 Jim Bartels 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr Freedom, Wisconsin F 34 Wade Lookingbill 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Sr Fort Dodge, Iowa F 40 Chris Street 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Indianola, Iowa F 42 Jay Webb 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Sr San Jose, California F/C 52 Russ Millard 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Fr Cedar Rapids, Iowa F/C 55 Acie Earl 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Moline, Illinois	Head coach Tom Davis (Wisconsin–Platteville) Assistant coach(es) Gary Close Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule/results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
12/1/1992*	No. 10	Mississippi Valley State	W 100–69[1]	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,810) Iowa City, IA
12/4/1992*	No. 10	Texas–Rio Grande Valley Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 85–29	2–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/5/1992*	No. 10	Mississippi State Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 69–54[2]	3–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/8/1992*	No. 8	Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 64–44[3]	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,213) Iowa City, IA
12/12/1992*	No. 8	Iowa State Rivalry	W 78–51[4]	5–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/20/1992*	No. 8	vs. American-Puerto Rico San Juan Shootout	W 101–47	6–0	San Juan, PR
12/21/1992*	No. 8	vs. Eastern Michigan San Juan Shootout	W 103–66	7–0	San Juan, PR
12/22/1992*	No. 8	Southern Illinois San Juan Shootout	W 90–70	8–0	San Juan, PR
12/28/1992*	No. 8	Texas Southern	W 91–70	9–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/2/1993*	No. 8	Central Connecticut State	W 104–58	10–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/4/1993*	No. 8	at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 80–65	11–0	Knapp Center  Des Moines, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
1/6/1993	No. 8	at No. 5 Indiana	L 67–75	11–1 (0–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/9/1993	No. 8	at Ohio State	L 81-92	11-2 (0-2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/13/1993	No. 13	No. 19 Minnesota	W 84-77	12-2 (1-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/16/1993	No. 13	at No. 3 Duke	L 56-65	12-3 (1-2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
1/28/1993	No. 11	at Michigan State	W 96-90[5]	13-3 (2-2)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
1/31/1993	No. 11	No. 5 Michigan	W 88-80[6][7]	14-3 (3-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/4/1993	No. 9	at Illinois	L 77-78[8]	14-4 (3-3)	Assembly Hall (14,985) Champaign, IL
2/6/1993	No. 9	No. 1 Indiana	L 66-73[9]	14-5 (3-4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/13/1993	No. 13	at Minnesota	L 85-91	14-6 (3-5)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/16/1993	No. 20	Ohio State	W 68-54	15-6 (4-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/20/1993	No. 20	at Northwestern	W 75-63	16-6 (5-5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/22/1993	No. 18	at Penn State	W 74-58[10]	17-6 (6-5)	Rec Hall  University Park, PA
2/24/1993	No. 18	Penn State	W 58-38[11]	18-6 (7-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/27/1993	No. 18	Michigan State	W 66-64	19-6 (8-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
3/2/1993	No. 15	at No. 4 Michigan	L 73-82	19-7 (8-6)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
3/6/1993	No. 15	at No. 24 Purdue	L 58-69	19-8 (8-7)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
3/8/1993	No. 17	Northwestern	W 56-50	20-8 (9-7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
3/10/1993	No. 17	Wisconsin	W 91-65	21-8 (10-7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
3/13/1993	No. 17	Illinois	W 63–53	22–8 (11–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
NCAA Tournament
3/19/1993*  CBS	(4 SE) No. 13	vs. (13 SE) Northeast Louisiana First Round	W 82–69[12]	23–8	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
3/21/1993*  CBS	(4 SE) No. 13	vs. (5 SE) No. 16 Wake Forest Second Round	L 78–84[13]	23–9	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	13	14	11	9	13	20	18	15	17	13	Not released
Coaches	13		14	10	8	8	8	8	13	13	11	8	9	16	16	15	17	13	19

^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Team players in the 1993 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	19	Acie Earl	Boston Celtics

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References

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