# 1992–93 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 1992–93 college basketball season. This was head coach Al Skinner's fifth of nine seasons at Rhode Island. The Rams competed in the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at Keaney Gymnasium. They finished the season 19–11, 8–6 in A-10 play and lost in the semifinals of the 1993 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament. Rhode Island was invited to the 1993 NCAA tournament as No. 8 seed in the East region. In the opening round, they defeated No. 9 seed Purdue, but fell to No. 1 seed and eventual National champion North Carolina in the round of 32.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Dec 1, 1992* | | at Fordham | W 85–59 | 1–0 | Rose Hill Gym Bronx, New York |
| Dec 5, 1992* | | at Eastern Michigan | W 68–60 | 2–0 | Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| Dec 8, 1992* | | at Providence | W 81–79 | 3–0 | Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island |
| Dec 15, 1992* | | at Wake Forest | L 65–69 | 3–1 | Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Dec 23, 1992* | | Hartford | W 98–67 | 4–1 | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Dec 29, 1992* | | vs. Alabama | L 78–79 | 4–2 | |
| Dec 30, 1992* | | vs. Harvard | W 80–67 | 5–2 | |
| Jan 2, 1993* | | at No. 22 Arizona | L 79–87 | 5–3 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Jan 6, 1993* | | Iona | W 87–80 | 6–3 | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Jan 9, 1993* | | at Northeastern | W 80–72 | 7–3 | Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts |
| Jan 11, 1993 | | at West Virginia | W 86–82 | 8–3 (1–0) | WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia |
| Jan 14, 1993 | | St. Bonaventure | W 96–82 | 9–3 (2–0) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Jan 16, 1993* | | Hofstra | W 80–68 | 10–3 | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Jan 19, 1993 | | at UMass | L 72–84 | 10–4 (2–1) | Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Jan 23, 1993 | | at George Washington | L 75–88 | 10–5 (2–2) | Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 25, 1993* | | Brown | W 90–50 | 11–5 | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Jan 28, 1993 | | at Temple | L 67–69 | 11–6 (2–3) | McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 30, 1993 | | Rutgers | W 100–81 | 12–6 (3–3) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Feb 3, 1993 | | Saint Joseph's | L 65–74 | 12–7 (3–4) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Feb 7, 1993 | | West Virginia | W 69–59 | 13–7 (4–4) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Feb 13, 1993 | | at St. Bonaventure | W 83–81 | 14–7 (5–4) | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Feb 15, 1993 | | Temple | W 67–65 | 15–7 (6–4) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Feb 20, 1993 | | vs. No. 19 UMass | W 71–68 | 16–7 (7–4) | |
| Feb 23, 1993 | | at Rutgers | L 63–67 | 16–8 (7–5) | Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey |
| Feb 27, 1993 | | at Saint Joseph's | L 80–84 | 16–9 (7–6) | Hagan Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 4, 1993 | | George Washington | W 75–72 | 17–9 (8–6) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Atlantic 10 tournament ||||||
| Mar 7, 1993* | | vs. George Washington Quarterfinals | W 86–75 | 18–9 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 8, 1993* | | vs. No. 20 UMass Semifinals | L 50–76 | 18–10 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 18, 1993* | (8 E) | vs. (9 E) No. 22 Purdue First round | W 74–68 | 19–10 | Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Mar 20, 1993* | (8 E) | vs. (1 E) No. 4 North Carolina Second round | L 67–112 | 19–11 | Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in EST. ||||||