1992–93 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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).

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)

Roster

1992–93 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
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) Bruce Weber (Milwaukee) Tom Reiter (Wisconsin) Steve Lavin 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

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

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