# 1992–93 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 1992–93 college basketball season. This was head coach Russ Bergman's fifth season at Coastal Carolina. The Chanticleers competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Kimbel Arena. They finished the season 22–10, 12–4 (adjusted to 11–5) in Big South play to finish in second place. The Chanticleers won the 1993 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament to advance to the 1993 NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 16 seed in the West Region, the team was beaten in the opening round by No. 1 seed and eventual National runner-up Michigan and the famed Fab Five.
Senior forward Tony Dunkin ended his career as the school's career scoring leader. Dunkin was also named the Big South Conference Men's Player of the Year for an unprecedented fourth straight season.

## Schedule and results

Source
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Dec 1, 1992* | | Methodist | W 101–51 | 1–0 | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Dec 5, 1992* | | Bryan (TN) | W 112–88 | 2–0 | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Dec 10, 1992* | | at Boston University | W 85–78 $^{OT}$ | 3–0 | Case Gym Boston, Massachusetts |
| Dec 12, 1992* | | at Boston College | L 65–69 | 3–1 | Silvio O. Conte Forum Boston, Massachusetts |
| Dec 18, 1992* | | vs. Northeast Louisiana | W 77–68 | 4–1 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Dec 19, 1992* | | at Hawaii | L 62–66 | 4–2 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Dec 28, 1992* | | vs. No. 9 Arkansas | L 74–93 | 4–3 | Barton Coliseum (7,386) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Jan 2, 1993* | | South Carolina State | W 90–75 | 5–3 | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Jan 6, 1993* | | at Charleston | L 60–65 | 5–4 | John Kresse Arena Charleston, South Carolina |
| Jan 9, 1993 | | at Liberty | W 66–65 $^{OT}$ | 6–4 (1–0) | Vines Center Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Jan 11, 1993 | | at Radford | L 83–84 | 6–5 (1–1) | Dedmon Center Radford, Virginia |
| Jan 14, 1993 | | UMBC | W 115–98 | 7–5 (2–1) | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Jan 16, 1993 | | Towson State | L 74–77 | 7–6 (2–2) | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Jan 18, 1993* | | at Missouri | L 69–94 | 7–7 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Jan 23, 1993 | | Liberty | L 74–81 $^{OT}$ | 7–8 (2–3) | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Jan 25, 1993 | | at UNC Asheville | W 65–59 | 8–8 (3–3) | Justice Center Asheville, North Carolina |
| Jan 28, 1993* | | Charleston | W 58–57 | 9–8 | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Jan 30, 1993 | | Radford | W 96–95 $^{OT}$ | 10–8 (4–3) | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Feb 3, 1993 | | Charleston Southern | W 84–63 | 11–8 (5–3) | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Feb 6, 1993 | | at Towson State | L 69–74 | 11–9 (5–4) | Towson Center Towson, Maryland |
| Feb 8, 1993 | | at UMBC | W 84–63 | 12–9 (6–4) | Retriever Activities Center Baltimore, Maryland |
| Feb 11, 1993* | | Belmont Abbey | W 93–62 | 13–9 | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Feb 13, 1993 | | at Winthrop | W 74–70 | 14–9 (7–4) | Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Feb 15, 1993 | | UNC Asheville | W 100–68 | 15–9 (8–4) | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Feb 18, 1993 | | at Campbell | W 74–70 | 16–9 (9–4) | Carter Gymnasium Buies Creek, North Carolina |
| Feb 22, 1993 | | at Charleston Southern | W 45–37 | 17–9 (10–4) | Buccaneer Field House North Charleston, South Carolina |
| Feb 24, 1993 | | Winthrop | W 79–64 | 18–9 (11–4) | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Feb 27, 1993 | | Campbell | W 80–50 | 19–9 (12–4) | Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina |
| Big South tournament ||||||
| Mar 4, 1993* | (2) | at (7) Charleston Southern Quarterfinals | W 79–66 | 20–9 | North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, South Carolina |
| Mar 5, 1993* | (2) | vs. (6) UMBC Semifinals | W 66–59 | 21–9 | North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, South Carolina |
| Mar 6, 1993* | (2) | vs. (8) Winthrop Championship game | W 78–65 | 22–9 | North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, South Carolina |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 19, 1993* | (16 W) | vs. (1 W) No. 3 Michigan First Round | L 53–84 | 22–10 | McKale Center (13,532) Tucson, Arizona |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time Zone. ||||||

## Awards and honors

* Tony Dunkin – Big South Conference Men's Player of the Year (4th)