1992–93 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1992–93 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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)
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 .
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
Source[ 1] [ 2]
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 movementLegend: ██ 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
Source. [ 4]
References
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics