1992–93 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1992–93 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Mike Krzyzewski[1] in his 13th season with the Blue Devils. The team played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team finished the season 24–8, 10–6 in ACC play to finish a tie for third place.[2] They lost to Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament.[3] They received an at large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region. There they defeated Southern Illinois in the first round before being upset by California in the second round.
1992–93 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball | |
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Maui Invitational champions | |
NCAA tournament, round of 32 | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 9 |
AP | No. 10 |
Record | 24–8 (10–6 ACC) |
Head coach |
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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 |
The Blue Devils entered the season looking to win their third consecutive national championship and entered the season as the No. 3 team in preseason polling. They reached No. 1 in the polls on December 7, 1992, and stayed there for five consecutive weeks as the Blue Devils won their first 10 games. A loss to Georgia Tech on January 10, 1993, ended their streak and knocked them from No. 1.
The season was the last for guard Duke great Bobby Hurley.
Schedule
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
December 1, 1992* 7:30 pm |
No. 4 | Canisius | W 110–62 | 1–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
December 5, 1992* 9:00 pm |
No. 4 | No. 1 Michigan | W 79–68 | 2–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
December 7, 1992* 7:30 pm |
No. 1 | Northeastern | W 103–72 | 3–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
December 12, 1992* 7:30 pm |
No. 1 | vs. Rutgers | W 88–79 | 4–0 |
Izod Center (19,099) East Rutherford, New Jersey | ||||||
December 21, 1992* 9:30 pm |
No. 1 | vs. DePaul Maui Invitational Tournament |
W 89–73 | 5–0 |
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Lahaina, Hawaii | ||||||
December 22, 1992* 9:30 pm |
No. 1 | vs. LSU Maui Invitational Tournament |
W 96–67 | 6–0 |
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Lahaina, Hawaii | ||||||
December 23, 1992* 9:30 pm |
No. 1 | vs. BYU Maui Invitational Tournament |
W 89–66 | 7–0 |
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Lahaina, Hawaii | ||||||
December 30, 1992* 7:30 pm |
No. 1 | Boston University | W 106–62 | 8–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
January 4, 1993* 9:00 pm |
No. 1 | No. 11 Oklahoma | W 88–84 OT | 9–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
January 6, 1993 7:30 pm |
No. 1 | Clemson | W 110–67 | 10–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
January 10, 1993 3:45 pm |
No. 1 | at No. 10 Georgia Tech | L 79–80 | 10–1 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum (10,125) Atlanta | ||||||
January 13, 1993 7:00 pm |
No. 3 | at Wake Forest | W 86–59 | 11–1 |
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,526) Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
January 16, 1993* 4:00 pm |
No. 3 | No. 13 Iowa | W 65–56 | 12–1 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
January 17, 1993 5:00 pm |
No. 3 | No. 14 Virginia | L 69–77 | 12–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
January 21, 1993 7:30 pm |
No. 6 | NC State | W 92–56 | 13–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
January 24, 1993 3:45 pm |
No. 6 | at Florida State | L 88–89 OT | 13–3 |
Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center (13,333) Tallahassee, Florida | ||||||
January 26, 1993* 7:30 pm |
No. 7 | San Francisco | W 117–73 | 14–3 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
January 30, 1993 1:30 pm |
No. 7 | at Maryland Rivalry |
W 78–62 | 15–3 |
Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland | ||||||
February 3, 1993 9:00 pm |
No. 5 | No. 6 North Carolina Rivalry |
W 81–67 | 16–3 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
February 6, 1993* 1:00 pm |
No. 5 | at Notre Dame | W 67–50 | 17–3 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) South Bend, Indiana | ||||||
February 8, 1993 7:30 pm |
No. 3 | at Clemson | W 93–84 | 18–3 |
Littlejohn Coliseum (11,000) Clemson, South Carolina | ||||||
February 10, 1993 8:00 pm |
No. 3 | Georgia Tech | W 73–63 | 19–3 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
February 13, 1993 4:00 pm |
No. 3 | No. 9 Wake Forest | L 86–98 | 19–4 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
February 18, 1993 9:00 pm |
No. 7 | at No. 23 Virginia | L 55–58 | 19–5 |
University Hall (8,864) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
February 21, 1993 3:45 pm |
No. 7 | at NC State | W 91–82 | 20–5 |
Reynolds Coliseum (12,400) Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
February 24, 1993 9:00 pm |
No. 9 | No. 6 Florida State | W 98–75 | 21–5 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
February 28, 1993* 4:00 pm |
No. 9 | UCLA | W 78–67 | 22–5 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
March 3, 1993 9:00 pm |
No. 6 | Maryland Homecoming/Rivalry |
W 95–79 | 23–5 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
March 7, 1993 1:30 pm |
No. 6 | No. 1 North Carolina | L 69–83 | 23–6 |
Dean Smith Center (21,572) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 12, 1993 |
No. 8 | vs. Georgia Tech ACC tournament Quarterfinals |
L 66–69 | 23–7 |
Charlotte Coliseum (23,532) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 18, 1993* CBS |
No. 10 | vs. Southern Illinois NCAA Midwest First Round |
W 105–70 | 24–7 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,463) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
March 20, 1993* 6:00 pm, CBS |
No. 10 | vs. California NCAA Midwest Second Round |
L 77–82 | 24–8 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,463) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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References
edit- ^ "1992–93 Duke Blue Devils Roster and Stats". Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ^ "1992–93 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "1992–93 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results".