1992–93 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represented the Eastern Illinois University during the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Panthers led by 13th year head coach Rick Samuels and they finished the season with the record of 10-17, 7-9.

1992–93 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
Conference	Mid-Continent Conference
Record	10–17 (7–9 Mid-Cont)
Head coach	Rick Samuels
Home arena	Lantz Arena

1992–93 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Cleveland State	15	–	1		.938			22	–	6		.786
Northern Illinois	10	–	6		.625			15	–	12		.556
Wright State †	10	–	6		.625			20	–	10		.667
Illinois-Chicago	9	–	7		.563			17	–	15		.531
Wisconsin–Green Bay	9	–	7		.563			13	–	14		.481
Eastern Illinois	7	–	9		.438			10	–	17		.370
Valparaiso	7	–	9		.438			12	–	16		.429
Western Illinois	4	–	12		.250			7	–	20		.259
Youngstown State	1	–	15		.063			3	–	23		.115
† 1993 Mid-Con Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Forward Louis Jordan was the team's leading scorer with 14.7 points and Center Darrell Young with 9.2 rebounds. Other statistical leaders included guard Derrick Landrus with 3.3 assists.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*		Maine	W 71–63	1–0	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
December 4*		vs. East Tennessee State	L 49–72	1–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
December 5*		vs. Weber State	L 51–61	1–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
December 7*		at Indiana State	L 54–74	1–3	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 10*		Southern Illinois	L 72–85	1–4	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
December 21*		at Cal State Fullerton	L 60–86	1–5	Titan Gym  Fullerton, California
January 2*		at Nebraska	L 54–70	1–6	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
January 7*		Creighton	W 49–45	2–6	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
January 9		at Cleveland State	L 66–74	2–7 (0–1)	Wolstein Center  Cleveland, Ohio
January 11		at Youngstown State	W 76–75	3–7 (1–1)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, Ohio
January 13*		Benedictine	W 79–55	4–7 (1–1)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
January 16		at Valparaiso	L 76–94	4–8 (1–2)	Athletics-Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
January 18		UIC	W 71–57	5–8 (2–2)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
January 23		at Wright State	L 80–104	5–9 (2–3)	Nutter Center  Fairborn, Ohio
January 25		Northern Illinois	W 65–63	6–9 (3–3)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
January 28		at Western Illinois	L 73–75	6–10 (3–4)	Western Hall  Macomb, Illinois
January 30*		Northeastern Illinois	L 67–70	6–11 (3–4)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 1		at Wisconsin-Green Bay	L 47–68	6–12 (3–5)	Brown County Arena  Green Bay, WI
February 6		at Northern Illinois	L 56–65	6–13 (3–6)	Chick Evans Field House  DeKalb, Illinois
February 8		Western Illinois	L 73–75	6–14 (3–7)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 13		Cleveland State	L 75–76	6–15 (3–8)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 13		Cleveland State	L 75–76	6–15 (3–8)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 15		Youngstown State	W 82–76	7–15 (4–8)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 22		Wright State	W 87–80	8–15 (5–8)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 25		Wisconsin-Green Bay	W 60–52	9–15 (6–8)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
February 27		Valparaiso	W 77–76	10–15 (7–8)	Lantz Arena  Charleston, Illinois
March 3		at Illinois-Chicago	L 77–87	10–16 (7–9)	UIC Pavilion  Chicago, Illinois
Mid-Con Tournament
March 7		at Wright State	L 58–94	10–17 (7–9)	Nutter Center  Fairborn, Ohio
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.