1992–93 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 1992–93 college basketball season. This was head coach Al Skinner's fifth of nine seasons at Rhode Island. The Rams competed in the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at Keaney Gymnasium. They finished the season 19–11, 8–6 in A-10 play and lost in the semifinals of the 1993 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament. Rhode Island was invited to the 1993 NCAA tournament as No. 8 seed in the East region. In the opening round, they defeated No. 9 seed Purdue,^[1] but fell to No. 1 seed and eventual National champion North Carolina in the round of 32.^[2]

1992–93 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	19–11 (8–6 A-10)
Head coach	Al Skinner (5th season)
Home arena	Keaney Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 UMass †	11	–	3		.786			24	–	7		.774
George Washington	8	–	6		.571			21	–	9		.700
Rhode Island	8	–	6		.571			19	–	11		.633
Saint Joseph's	8	–	6		.571			18	–	11		.621
Temple	8	–	6		.571			20	–	13		.606
West Virginia	7	–	7		.500			17	–	12		.586
Rutgers	6	–	8		.429			13	–	15		.464
St. Bonaventure	0	–	14		.000			10	–	17		.370
† 1993 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1992–93 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G Carlos Easterling 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Sr G 25 Abdul Fox 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr F Andre Samuel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr	Head coach Jim Harrick 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 (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 1, 1992*		at Fordham	W 85–59	1–0	Rose Hill Gym  Bronx, New York
Dec 5, 1992*		at Eastern Michigan	W 68–60	2–0	Bowen Field House  Ypsilanti, Michigan
Dec 8, 1992*		at Providence	W 81–79	3–0	Providence Civic Center  Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 15, 1992*		at Wake Forest	L 65–69	3–1	Lawrence Joel Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 23, 1992*		Hartford	W 98–67	4–1	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Dec 29, 1992*		vs. Alabama	L 78–79	4–2
Dec 30, 1992*		vs. Harvard	W 80–67	5–2
Jan 2, 1993*		at No. 22 Arizona	L 79–87	5–3	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 6, 1993*		Iona	W 87–80	6–3	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Jan 9, 1993*		at Northeastern	W 80–72	7–3	Matthews Arena  Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 11, 1993		at West Virginia	W 86–82	8–3 (1–0)	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, West Virginia
Jan 14, 1993		St. Bonaventure	W 96–82	9–3 (2–0)	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Jan 16, 1993*		Hofstra	W 80–68	10–3	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Jan 19, 1993		at UMass	L 72–84	10–4 (2–1)	Curry Hicks Cage  Amherst, Massachusetts
Jan 23, 1993		at George Washington	L 75–88	10–5 (2–2)	Charles E. Smith Center  Washington, D.C.
Jan 25, 1993*		Brown	W 90–50	11–5	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Jan 28, 1993		at Temple	L 67–69	11–6 (2–3)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 30, 1993		Rutgers	W 100–81	12–6 (3–3)	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Feb 3, 1993		Saint Joseph's	L 65–74	12–7 (3–4)	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Feb 7, 1993		West Virginia	W 69–59	13–7 (4–4)	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Feb 13, 1993		at St. Bonaventure	W 83–81	14–7 (5–4)	Reilly Center  St. Bonaventure, New York
Feb 15, 1993		Temple	W 67–65	15–7 (6–4)	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Feb 20, 1993		vs. No. 19 UMass	W 71–68	16–7 (7–4)
Feb 23, 1993		at Rutgers	L 63–67	16–8 (7–5)	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, New Jersey
Feb 27, 1993		at Saint Joseph's	L 80–84	16–9 (7–6)	Hagan Arena  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 4, 1993		George Washington	W 75–72	17–9 (8–6)	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, Rhode Island
Atlantic 10 tournament
Mar 7, 1993*		vs. George Washington Quarterfinals	W 86–75	18–9	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 8, 1993*		vs. No. 20 UMass Semifinals	L 50–76	18–10	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 1993*	(8 E)	vs. (9 E) No. 22 Purdue First round	W 74–68	19–10	Lawrence Joel Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mar 20, 1993*	(8 E)	vs. (1 E) No. 4 North Carolina Second round	L 67–112	19–11	Lawrence Joel Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in EST.

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