# 1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They ended the season 23–9 overall and 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish tied for third place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #4 seed in the Southeast Region. After defeating Northeast Louisiana 82-69 in the first round, the Hawkeyes lost to Wake Forest 84-78 in the Round of 32.

## Schedule/results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 12/1/1992* | No. 10 | Mississippi Valley State | W 100–69 | 1–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,810) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/4/1992* | No. 10 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley Amana-Hawkeye Classic | W 85–29 | 2–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 12/5/1992* | No. 10 | Mississippi State Amana-Hawkeye Classic | W 69–54 | 3–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 12/8/1992* | No. 8 | Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four | W 64–44 | 4–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,213) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/12/1992* | No. 8 | Iowa State Rivalry | W 78–51 | 5–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/20/1992* | No. 8 | vs. American-Puerto Rico San Juan Shootout | W 101–47 | 6–0 | San Juan, PR |
| 12/21/1992* | No. 8 | vs. Eastern Michigan San Juan Shootout | W 103–66 | 7–0 | San Juan, PR |
| 12/22/1992* | No. 8 | Southern Illinois San Juan Shootout | W 90–70 | 8–0 | San Juan, PR |
| 12/28/1992* | No. 8 | Texas Southern | W 91–70 | 9–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 1/2/1993* | No. 8 | Central Connecticut State | W 104–58 | 10–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 1/4/1993* | No. 8 | at Drake Iowa Big Four | W 80–65 | 11–0 | Knapp Center Des Moines, IA |
| Big Ten Regular Season ||||||
| 1/6/1993 | No. 8 | at No. 5 Indiana | L 67–75 | 11–1 (0–1) | Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN |
| 1/9/1993 | No. 8 | at Ohio State | L 81-92 | 11-2 (0-2) | St. John Arena Columbus, OH |
| 1/13/1993 | No. 13 | No. 19 Minnesota | W 84-77 | 12-2 (1-2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 1/16/1993 | No. 13 | at No. 3 Duke | L 56-65 | 12-3 (1-2) | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC |
| 1/28/1993 | No. 11 | at Michigan State | W 96-90 | 13-3 (2-2) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| 1/31/1993 | No. 11 | No. 5 Michigan | W 88-80 | 14-3 (3-2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/4/1993 | No. 9 | at Illinois | L 77-78 | 14-4 (3-3) | Assembly Hall (14,985) Champaign, IL |
| 2/6/1993 | No. 9 | No. 1 Indiana | L 66-73 | 14-5 (3-4) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/13/1993 | No. 13 | at Minnesota | L 85-91 | 14-6 (3-5) | Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN |
| 2/16/1993 | No. 20 | Ohio State | W 68-54 | 15-6 (4-5) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/20/1993 | No. 20 | at Northwestern | W 75-63 | 16-6 (5-5) | Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL |
| 2/22/1993 | No. 18 | at Penn State | W 74-58 | 17-6 (6-5) | Rec Hall University Park, PA |
| 2/24/1993 | No. 18 | Penn State | W 58-38 | 18-6 (7-5) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 2/27/1993 | No. 18 | Michigan State | W 66-64 | 19-6 (8-5) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 3/2/1993 | No. 15 | at No. 4 Michigan | L 73-82 | 19-7 (8-6) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI |
| 3/6/1993 | No. 15 | at No. 24 Purdue | L 58-69 | 19-8 (8-7) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN |
| 3/8/1993 | No. 17 | Northwestern | W 56-50 | 20-8 (9-7) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 3/10/1993 | No. 17 | Wisconsin | W 91-65 | 21-8 (10-7) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 3/13/1993 | No. 17 | Illinois | W 63–53 | 22–8 (11–7) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 3/19/1993* CBS | (4 SE) No. 13 | vs. (13 SE) Northeast Louisiana First Round | W 82–69 | 23–8 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN |
| 3/21/1993* CBS | (4 SE) No. 13 | vs. (5 SE) No. 16 Wake Forest Second Round | L 78–84 | 23–9 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| AP | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 13 | Not released |
| Coaches | 13 | | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 19 |
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

## Team players in the 1993 NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 19 | Acie Earl | Boston Celtics |