1992–93 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 95th basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 5th year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. Kansas won the Big Eight regular season title and made the Final Four for the second time in three seasons.

1992–93 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight regular season champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 9
Record	29–7 (11–3 Big Eight)
Head coach	Roy Williams (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Doherty (1st season) Steve Robinson (5th season) Kevin Stallings (5th season)
Captains	Adonis Jordan Eric Pauley Rex Walters
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Kansas	11	–	3		.786			29	–	7		.806
No. 23 Oklahoma State	8	–	6		.571			20	–	9		.690
Iowa State	8	–	6		.571			20	–	11		.645
Nebraska	8	–	6		.571			20	–	11		.645
Kansas State	7	–	7		.500			19	–	11		.633
Oklahoma	7	–	7		.500			20	–	12		.625
Missouri †	5	–	9		.357			19	–	14		.576
Colorado	2	–	12		.143			10	–	17		.370
† 1993 Big Eight tournament winner As of April 5, 1993 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

1992–93 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 33 Greg Gurley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Leawood, Kansas G 32 Darrin Hancock 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Griffin, Georgia G 30 Adonis Jordan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Reseda, California C 00 Greg Ostertag 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 270 lb (122 kg) So Duncanville, Texas C 51 Eric Pauley 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Buena Park, California G/F 21 Sean Pearson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr LaGrange, Illinois G 10 Calvin Rayford 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Milwaukee, Wisconsin G/F 12 Patrick Richey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Lee's Summit, Missouri F 34 Richard Scott 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Little Rock, Arkansas G 23 Rex Walters 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr San Jose, California G 35 Blake Weichbrodt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Norman, Oklahoma G 14 T. J. Whatley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Benton, Arkansas G/F 20 Steve Woodberry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Wichita, Kansas	Head coach Roy Williams Assistant coach(es) Matt Doherty Steve Robinson Kevin Stallings 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
12/1/1992*	No. 3	Georgia	W 76-65	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/5/1992*	No. 3	vs. No. 2 Indiana	W 74-69	2–0	Hoosier Dome  Indianapolis, IN
12/7/1992*	No. 2	Emporia State	W 91-56	3–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/11/1992*	No. 2	vs. Mississippi Valley State	W 94-46	4–0	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
12/12/1992*	No. 2	vs. UMKC	W 108-62	5-0	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
12/14/1992*	No. 2	Oral Roberts	W 140-72	6-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/19/1992*	No. 2	East Tennessee State	W 86-83	7-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/21/1992*	No. 2	NC State	W 84-64	8-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
12/27/1992*	No. 2	vs. Jackson State Rainbow Classic First round	W 93-85	9-0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, HI
12/28/1992*	No. 2	at Hawaii Rainbow Classic Semifinals	W 94-66	10-0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, HI
12/29/1992*	No. 2	vs. No. 6 Michigan Rainbow Classic Championship Game	L 74-86	10-1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, HI
1/6/1993*	No. 4	Wichita State	W 103-54	11-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/9/1993	No. 4	Iowa State	W 78-71	12-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/11/1993	No. 4	at No. 10 Oklahoma	W 96-85	13-1	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
1/16/1993*	No. 4	at Louisville	W 98-77	14-1	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
1/18/1993	No. 1	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 71-65	15-1	Bramlage Coliseum  Manhattan, KS
1/23/1993	No. 1	at Colorado	W 82-51	16-1	Coors Events Center  Boulder, CO
1/25/1993*	No. 1	Long Beach State	L 49-64	16-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
1/30/1993	No. 1	Rollins College	W 103-56	17-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/1/1993	No. 3	Missouri Border War	W 86-69	18-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/7/1993	No. 3	at Nebraska	L 64-68	18-3	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, NE
2/10/1993	No. 7	Oklahoma State	W 84-72	19-3	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/13/1993	No. 7	at Missouri Border War	W 67-63	20-3	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
2/17/1993	No. 6	Oklahoma	L 77-80	20-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/20/1993	No. 6	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 77-64	21-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
2/22/1993	No. 7	at Iowa State	L 71-75	21-5	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
2/27/1993	No. 7	Colorado	W 72-68	22-5	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
3/3/1993	No. 8	Nebraska	W 94-83	23-5	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
3/7/1993	No. 8	at No. 19 Oklahoma State	W 74-73	24–5 (11–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
Big Eight Tournament
3/12/1993	(1) No. 7	vs. (8) Colorado First round	W 82–65	25–5	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
3/13/1993	(1) No. 7	vs. (5) Kansas State Semifinals	L 67–74	25–6	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
3/18/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (15 MW) Ball State First round	W 94–72[1]	26–6	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, IL
3/20/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (7 MW) BYU Second Round	W 90-76[2]	27–6	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, IL
3/25/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (6 MW) California Regional semifinals	W 93–76[3]	28–6	St. Louis Arena  St. Louis, MO
3/27/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (1 MW) No. 1 Indiana Regional Finals	W 83–77[4][5]	29–6	St. Louis Arena  St. Louis, MO
4/3/1993*	(2 MW) No. 9	vs. (1 E) No. 4 North Carolina National semifinals	L 68–78[6]	29–7	Louisiana Superdome  New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest, E=East. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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Rankings

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

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17
AP	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	1	1	3	6	7	8	7	9	13
Coaches

*There was no coaches poll in week 1.

See also

• 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament