1992–93 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 17th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 15–13, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma.

1992–93 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Los Angeles Classic champions Oldsmobile Spartan Classic champions
NIT, first round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–13 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Tom Izzo Stan Joplin Brian Gregory
Captains	Mike Peplowski Dwayne Stephens
Home arena	Breslin Center
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)

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1991–92 season with a record of 22–8, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. Michigan State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest region. They beat Missouri State in the First Round before losing to Cincinnati in the Second Round.

Roster

1992–93 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No	Name	Pos	Year	Height	Pts	Reb	Ast
23	Daimon Beathea	F	FR	6–7	2.2	1.4	0.1
20	Mark Bluem	F	SO	6–6	0.0	0.2	0.0
40	Quinton Brooks	F	FR	6–7	4.2	2.7	0.3
30	Jamie Feick	F	FR	6–8	0.4	1.4	0.1
4	David Hart	G	FR	6–4	0.3	0.3	0.6
34	Anthony Miller	F	JR	6–9	6.6	5.1	0.4
22	Steve Nicodemus	G	FR	6–4	1.1	0.5	0.3
5	Andy Penick	G	SO	6–2	1.5	1.0	3.5
54	Mike Peplowski	C	SR	6–11	14.5	10.0	1.4
24	Shawn Respert	G	SO	6–3	20.1	4.0	2.6
13	Eric Snow	G	SO	6–3	4.3	2.6	5.2
31	Dwayne Stephens	F	SR	6–7	9.1	5.6	3.5
3	Kris Weshinskey	G	JR	6–4	10.4	3.4	2.4
25	Jon Zulauf	F	SR	6–6	4.4	2.7	0.4

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Dec 1, 1992*	No. 18	Morehead State	W 121–53	1–0	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 5, 1992*	No. 18	vs. No. 12 Louisville	L 69–73	1–1
Dec 11, 1992*	No. 24	vs. Stetson Los Angeles Classic semifinals	W 78–59	2–1	Gersten Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
Dec 12, 1992*	No. 24	vs. Loyola Marymount Los Angeles Classic championship	W 73–70	3–1	Gersten Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
Dec 15, 1992*	No. 23	UIC	W 79–75	4–1	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 19, 1992*	No. 23	Dayton	W 65–60	5–1	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1992*	No. 17	New Hampshire Oldsmobile Spartan Classic semifinals	W 81–51	6–1	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 30, 1992*	No. 17	Washington State Oldsmobile Spartan Classic championship	W 77–61	7–1	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Jan 2, 1993*	No. 17	at East Tennessee State	W 80–69	8–1	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
Big Ten regular season
Jan 6, 1993	No. 14	at Minnesota	L 57–64	8–2 (0–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Jan 9, 1993	No. 14	Illinois	L 39–52	8–3 (0–2)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Jan 13, 1993	No. 23	at No. 21 Ohio State	W 77–60	9–3 (1–2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
Jan 15, 1993	No. 23	at Northwestern	W 80–75	10–3 (2–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Jan 23, 1993	No. 21	Wisconsin	L 66–67	10–4 (2–3)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Jan 28, 1993		No. 11 Iowa	L 90–96	10–5 (2–4)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Jan 30, 1993		at No. 14 Purdue	W 72–64	11–5 (3–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
Feb 2, 1993	No. 25	No. 7 Michigan Rivalry	L 69–73	11–6 (3–5)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 6, 1993	No. 25	Minnesota	W 75–63	12–6 (4–5)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 10, 1993		at Illinois	L 80–83	12–7 (4–6)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
Feb 13, 1993		Ohio State	W 81–66	13–7 (5–6)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 17, 1993		Northwestern	W 81–55	14–8 (6–6)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 24, 1993		at Wisconsin	L 62–65	14–9 (6–7)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
Feb 27, 1993		at No. 18 Iowa	L 64–66	14–9 (6–8)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Mar 3, 1993		No. 24 Purdue	L 58–61	14–10 (6–9)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Mar 7, 1993		at No. 4 Michigan Rivalry	L 81–87	14–11 (6–10)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
Mar 10, 1993		at No. 2 Indiana	L 68–99	14–12 (6–11)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
Mar 13, 1993		Penn State	W 70–63	15–12 (7–11)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
NIT
Mar 17, 1993*		at Oklahoma first round	L 86–88	15–13	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source[3].

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.

Poll	Pre	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	Wk 18	Wk 19
AP	20	18	18	24	23	20	17	14	23	21		25	NR

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