1992–93 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1992–93 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
1992–93 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
SEC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 2
Record	30–4 (13–3 SEC)
Head coach	Rick Pitino (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Herb Sendek; Billy Donovan; Bernadette Locke-Mattox;
Home arena	Rupp Arena
	Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Rick Pitino^[2] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 30–4. Kentucky was invited as a #1 seed in the 1993 NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats advanced all the way to the Final Four before losing in the semifinals to Michigan 81–78.^[3]

ConferenceSoutheastern Conference

CoachesNo. 3

APNo. 2

Record30–4 (13–3 SEC)

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1992–93 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 8 Vanderbilt	14	–	2	.875	28	–	6	.824
No. 2 Kentucky †	13	–	3	.813	30	–	4	.882
Florida	9	–	7	.563	16	–	12	.571
Georgia	8	–	8	.500	15	–	14	.517
South Carolina	5	–	11	.313	9	–	18	.333
Tennessee	4	–	12	.250	13	–	17	.433
West
No. 12 Arkansas	10	–	6	.625	22	–	9	.710
LSU	9	–	7	.563	22	–	11	.667
Auburn	8	–	8	.500	15	–	12	.556
Alabama	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
Mississippi State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	16	.448
Ole Miss	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357

† 1993 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 2, 1992* UKTV	No. 5	Wright State	W 81–65	1–0	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 5, 1992* 7:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 5	No. 13 Georgia Tech	W 96–87	2–0	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 8, 1992* UKTV	No. 3	Eastern Kentucky	W 82–73	3–0	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 12, 1992* 8:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 3	at No. 9 Louisville Rivalry	W 88–68	4–0	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
December 19, 1992*	No. 3	Morehead State	W 108–65	5–0	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 22, 1992*	No. 3	Miami (OH)	W 65–49	6–0	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 28, 1992*	No. 3	vs. Rutgers ECAC Holiday Festival	W 89–67	7–0	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
December 30, 1992*	No. 3	at St. John's ECAC Holiday Festival	W 86–77	8–0	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
January 3, 1993* 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 3	vs. No. 4 Indiana Rivalry	W 81–78	9–0	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
January 5, 1993 9:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 2	at Georgia	W 74–59	10–0 (1–0)	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia
January 9, 1993 UKTV	No. 2	Tennessee	W 84–70	11–0 (2–0)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
January 13, 1993 UKTV	No. 1	at Vanderbilt	L 86–101	11–1 (2–1)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 19, 1993 9:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 4	at Alabama	W 73–59	12–1 (3–1)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 23, 1993 2:00 p.m., JP	No. 4	at South Carolina	W 108–82	13–1 (4–1)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina
January 26, 1993 9:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 4	LSU	W 105–67	14–1 (5–1)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
January 30, 1993	No. 4	Florida Rivalry	W 71–48	15–1 (6–1)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
February 3, 1993 8:00 p.m., JP	No. 2	Mississippi State	W 87–63	16–1 (7–1)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
February 6, 1993 3:30 p.m., JP	No. 2	No. 11 Vanderbilt	W 82–67	17–1 (8–1)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
February 10, 1993 8:00 p.m., JP	No. 2	at Arkansas			Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 13, 1993 2:00 p.m., NBC	No. 2	at Notre Dame			South Bend, Indiana
March 7, 1993	No. 5	at Florida	W 85–77	23–3 (13–3)	Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
SEC Tournament
March 12, 1993* JP	(E2) No. 4	(E6) Tennessee SEC Tournament Quarterfinal	W 101–40	24–3	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
March 13, 1993* JP	(E2) No. 4	(W1) No. 14 Arkansas SEC Tournament Semifinal	W 92–81	25–3	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
March 14, 1993* JP	(E2) No. 4	(W2) LSU SEC tournament championship	W 82–65	26–3	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
NCAA Tournament
March 19, 1993*	(1 SE) No. 4	vs. (16 SE) Rider First round	W 96–52^[4]	27–3	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
March 21, 1993*	(1 SE) No. 4	vs. (8 SE) No. 19 Utah Second Round	W 83–62^[5]	28–3	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
March 25, 1993* CBS	(1 SE) No. 4	vs. (5 SE) No. 16 Wake Forest Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 103–69^[6]	29–3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
March 27, 1993* CBS	(1 SE) No. 4	vs. (3 SE) No. 11 Florida State Southeast Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 106–81^[7]	30–3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
April 3, 1993* CBS	(1 SE) No. 4	vs. No. 3 Michigan National semifinal – Final Four	L 78–81 ^{OT^[8]}	30–4	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

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