1992–93 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

The 1992–93 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1992–93 season.

1992–93 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
Record	21–9 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lou Campanelli (10–7) (7th season) (1st season) Todd Bozeman (11–2)
Home arena	Harmon Gym
Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Arizona	17	–	1		.944			24	–	4		.857
California	12	–	6		.667			21	–	9		.700
UCLA	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Arizona State	11	–	7		.611			18	–	10		.643
USC	9	–	9		.500			18	–	12		.600
Oregon State	9	–	9		.500			13	–	14		.481
Washington	7	–	11		.389			13	–	14		.481
Washington State	9	–	9		.500			15	–	12		.556
Oregon	3	–	15		.167			10	–	20		.333
Stanford	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
Rankings from AP Poll

Led by acting head coach Todd Bozeman, the Bears finished the season with a record of 21–9, and a record of 12–6 in the Pac-10, placing them second. The Bears received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they made a run to the Sweet Sixteen before falling to Kansas in the Midwest regional semifinals.^[1]

Roster

1992–93 California Golden Bears men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 5 Jason Kidd 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr St. Joseph Notre Dame San Francisco, CA F 21 Lamond Murray 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) So John F. Kennedy Pasadena, CA	Head coach Todd Bozeman 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
Dec 1, 1992*		Sacramento State	W 89–65	1–0	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Dec 5, 1992*		Oklahoma State	W 80–65	2–0	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Dec 7, 1992*		at San Francisco	W 89–79	3–0	War Memorial Gymnasium  San Francisco, California
Dec 20, 1992*	No. 25	at Santa Clara	W 80–73	4–0	Toso Pavilion  Santa Clara, California
Dec 22, 1992*	No. 21	Wake Forest	W 81–65	5–0	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Dec 29, 1992*	No. 19	vs. James Madison Seton Hall Meadowlands Classic	L 75–90	5–1	Brendan Byrne Arena  East Rutherford, New Jersey
Dec 30, 1992*	No. 19	vs. Cornell Seton Hall Meadowlands Classic	L 54–74	5–2	Brendan Byrne Arena  East Rutherford, New Jersey
Jan 3, 1993*		Texas Southern	W 84–69	6–2	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 7, 1993		Oregon	W 82–65	7–2 (1–0)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 9, 1993		Oregon State	L 63–64	7–3 (1–1)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 14, 1993		Stanford	W 83–66	8–3 (2–1)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 21, 1993		at USC	L 65–67	8–4 (2–2)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 24, 1993		at No. 23 UCLA	W 104–82	9–4 (3–2)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Jan 28, 1993		Washington	W 79–65	10–4 (4–2)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 30, 1993		Washington State	L 75–83	10–5 (4–3)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Feb 4, 1993		at Arizona State	L 83–90	10–6 (4–4)	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
Feb 7, 1993		at No. 8 Arizona	L 81–93	10–7 (4–5)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Feb 10, 1993*		Cal State Northridge	W 92–68	11–7	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Feb 14, 1993		at Stanford	W 86–61	12–7 (5–5)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Feb 18, 1993		USC	W 86–83	13–7 (6–5)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Feb 20, 1993		UCLA	L 71–85	13–8 (6–6)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Feb 25, 1993		at Washington State	W 76–67	14–8 (7–6)	Friel Court  Pullman, Washington
Feb 27, 1993		at Washington	W 76–75	15–8 (8–6)	Bank of America Arena  Seattle, Washington
Mar 4, 1993		vs. No. 3 Arizona	W 74–71	16–8 (9–6)	Oakland Coliseum  Oakland, California
Mar 6, 1993		vs. Arizona State	W 91–67[2]	17–8 (10–6)	Oakland Coliseum  Oakland, California
Mar 11, 1993		at Oregon State	W 78–72	18–8 (11–6)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
Mar 13, 1993		at Oregon	W 79–76	19–8 (12–6)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 1993*	(6 MW)	vs. (11 MW) LSU First round	W 66–64[3]	20–8	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, Illinois
Mar 20, 1993*	(6 MW)	vs. (3 MW) No. 10 Duke Second Round	W 82–77[4][5]	21–8	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, Illinois
Mar 25, 1993*	(6 MW)	vs. (2 MW) No. 9 Kansas Midwest Regional semifinal	L 76–93[6]	21–9	St. Louis Arena  St. Louis, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern.

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Rankings

Main article: 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

1. "Cal Bears Basketball 1992-93". www.cs.cmu.edu.
2. "Cal Turns Things Around by Defeating Arizona State". Los Angeles Times. March 7, 1993. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
3. "Kidd, Cal Beat LSU in Final Second, 66-64". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1993. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
4. "Cal Puts an End to Duke's Reign With 82-77 Win". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1993. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
5. "Changing of the Guard". Sports Illustrated. March 29, 1993. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
6. "Finishing Kick by Kansas Catches Cal Off Guard". Los Angeles Times. March 26, 1993. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
7. "1992-93 University of California Golden Bears Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
8. "2019–20 California Golden Bears Record Book" (PDF). University of California Berkeley Athletic Dept. Retrieved March 21, 2020.