1992–93_Florida_State_Seminoles_men's_basketball_team

1992–93 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball
1992–93 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 11
Record	25–10 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach	Pat Kennedy (7th season);
Home arena	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
	Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1992–93 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Pat Kennedy, and future NBA players Sam Cassell, Doug Edwards, Bob Sura, and Charlie Ward, the Seminoles reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament. The team finished the season 25–10, 12–4 in ACC play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament to Clemson. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament at the No. 3 seed in the South East region. They defeated Evansville and Tulane to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they defeated Western Kentucky before losing to No. 2-ranked Kentucky in the Elite Eight.

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Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 18, 1992*	No. 9	Siena Preseason NIT	W 89–80	1–0	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center (7,113) Tallahassee, FL
Nov 19, 1992*	No. 9	No. 19 Iowa State Preseason NIT	W 109–86^[3]	2–0	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center (7,919) Tallahassee, FL
Nov 25, 1992*	No. 7	vs. No. 4 Indiana Preseason NIT Semifinal	L 78–81 ^OT	2–1	Madison Square Garden (12,641) New York, NY
Nov 21, 1992*	No. 7	vs. No. 24 UCLA Preseason NIT 3rd Place Game	L 83–86	2–2	Madison Square Garden (14,338) New York, NY
Dec 2, 1992*	No. 11	No. 19 UMass	W 67–64	3–2	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center (7,111) Tallahassee, FL
Dec 15, 1992*	No. 10	at Duquesne	L 84–91^[4]	3–3	A.J. Palumbo Center (5,115) Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 19, 1992*	No. 10	vs. UNC Charlotte Milk Classic	W 63–59	4–3	(6,873) Orlando, FL
Dec 20, 1992*	No. 10	vs. Temple Milk Classic	W 91–80 ^{OT^[5]}	5–3	(6,937) Orlando, FL
Dec 22, 1992*	No. 18	Arkansas-Little Rock	W 95–64	6–3	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Dec 28, 1992*	No. 18	Maryland-Baltimore County	W 109–80	7–3	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Dec 30, 1992*	No. 18	South Florida	W 94–73	8–3	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Jan 2, 1993*	No. 18	Florida	L 86–89	8–4	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Jan 6, 1993	No. 23	at No. 25 Virginia	L 76–80	8–5 (0–1)	University Hall (University of Virginia) Charlottesville, VA
Jan 9, 1993	No. 23	at Wake Forest	W 74–72	9–5 (1–1)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 13, 1993		Maryland	W 105–85	10–5 (2–1)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Jan 16, 1993		NC State	W 70–54	11–5 (3–1)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Jan 20, 1993		at Clemson	W 89–71	12–5 (4–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
Jan 24, 1993		No. 6 Duke	W 89–88 ^OT	13–5 (5–1)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Jan 27, 1993	No. 19	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 77–82	13–6 (5–2)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 31, 1993	No. 19	No. 18 Georgia Tech	W 96–77	14–6 (6–2)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Feb 2, 1993*	No. 12	at Jacksonville	W 92–77	15–6	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, FL
Feb 6, 1993*	No. 12	at Connecticut	W 86–74	16–6	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
Feb 8, 1993	No. 10	No. 24 Virginia	W 99–84	17–6 (7–2)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Feb 10, 1993	No. 10	No. 9 Wake Forest	W 111–94	18–6 (8–2)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Feb 13, 1993	No. 10	at Maryland	W 87–84	19–6 (9–2)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD
Feb 17, 1993	No. 9	at NC State	W 72–71	20–6 (10–2)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
Feb 20, 1993	No. 9	Clemson	W 102–92	21–6 (11–2)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Feb 24, 1993	No. 6	at No. 9 Duke	L 75–98	21–7 (11–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
Feb 27, 1993	No. 6	No. 3 North Carolina	L 76–86	21–8 (11–4)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
Mar 4, 1993	No. 11	at Georgia Tech	W 83–82	22–8 (12–4)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
ACC Tournament
Mar 12, 1993*	No. 10	vs. Clemson ACC Tournament Quarterfinal	L 75–87^[6]	22–9	Charlotte Coliseum (23,532) Charlotte, NC
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 1993*	(3 SE) No. 11	vs. (14 SE) Evansville First Round	W 82–70^[7]	23–9	Amway Arena (14,410) Orlando, FL
Mar 20, 1993*	(3 SE) No. 11	vs. (11 SE) Tulane Second Round	W 94–63^[8]	24–9	Amway Arena (14,410) Orlando, FL
Mar 25, 1993*	(3 SE) No. 11	vs. (7 SE) No. 20 Western Kentucky	W 81–78 ^{OT^[9]}	25–9	Charlotte Coliseum (22,876) Charlotte, NC
Mar 27, 1993*	(3 SE) No. 11	vs. (1 SE) No. 2 Kentucky Southeast Regional Final	L 81–106^[10]	25–10	Charlotte Coliseum (22,876) Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern.

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1992–93_Florida_State_Seminoles_men's_basketball_team

1992–93 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

Awards and honors

Team Players in the 1993 NBA draft

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 North Carolina	14	–	2	.875	34	–	4	.895
No. 11 Florida State	12	–	4	.750	25	–	10	.714
No. 10 Duke	10	–	6	.625	24	–	8	.750
No. 16 Wake Forest	10	–	6	.625	21	–	9	.700
Virginia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
No. 18 Georgia Tech †	8	–	8	.500	19	–	11	.633
Clemson	5	–	11	.313	17	–	13	.567
Maryland	2	–	14	.125	12	–	16	.429
NC State	2	–	14	.125	8	–	19	.296

† 1993 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	15	Doug Edwards	Atlanta Hawks
1	24	Sam Cassell	Houston Rockets