# 1992–93 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 17th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 15–13, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma.

## Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1991–92 season with a record of 22–8, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. Michigan State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest region. They beat Missouri State in the First Round before losing to Cincinnati in the Second Round.

## Roster

1992–93 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team :
| No | Name | Pos | Year | Height | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| 23 | Daimon Beathea | F | FR | 6–7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| 20 | Mark Bluem | F | SO | 6–6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Quinton Brooks | F | FR | 6–7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| 30 | Jamie Feick | F | FR | 6–8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| 4 | David Hart | G | FR | 6–4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| 34 | Anthony Miller | F | JR | 6–9 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 0.4 |
| 22 | Steve Nicodemus | G | FR | 6–4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 5 | Andy Penick | G | SO | 6–2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 54 | Mike Peplowski | C | SR | 6–11 | 14.5 | 10.0 | 1.4 |
| 24 | Shawn Respert | G | SO | 6–3 | 20.1 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
| 13 | Eric Snow | G | SO | 6–3 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 5.2 |
| 31 | Dwayne Stephens | F | SR | 6–7 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Kris Weshinskey | G | JR | 6–4 | 10.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| 25 | Jon Zulauf | F | SR | 6–6 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 0.4 |
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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Dec 1, 1992* | No. 18 | Morehead State | W 121–53 | 1–0 | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Dec 5, 1992* | No. 18 | vs. No. 12 Louisville | L 69–73 | 1–1 | |
| Dec 11, 1992* | No. 24 | vs. Stetson Los Angeles Classic semifinals | W 78–59 | 2–1 | Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA |
| Dec 12, 1992* | No. 24 | vs. Loyola Marymount Los Angeles Classic championship | W 73–70 | 3–1 | Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA |
| Dec 15, 1992* | No. 23 | UIC | W 79–75 | 4–1 | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Dec 19, 1992* | No. 23 | Dayton | W 65–60 | 5–1 | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Dec 29, 1992* | No. 17 | New Hampshire Oldsmobile Spartan Classic semifinals | W 81–51 | 6–1 | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Dec 30, 1992* | No. 17 | Washington State Oldsmobile Spartan Classic championship | W 77–61 | 7–1 | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Jan 2, 1993* | No. 17 | at East Tennessee State | W 80–69 | 8–1 | Memorial Center Johnson City, TN |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| Jan 6, 1993 | No. 14 | at Minnesota | L 57–64 | 8–2 (0–1) | Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN |
| Jan 9, 1993 | No. 14 | Illinois | L 39–52 | 8–3 (0–2) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Jan 13, 1993 | No. 23 | at No. 21 Ohio State | W 77–60 | 9–3 (1–2) | St. John Arena Columbus, OH |
| Jan 15, 1993 | No. 23 | at Northwestern | W 80–75 | 10–3 (2–2) | Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL |
| Jan 23, 1993 | No. 21 | Wisconsin | L 66–67 | 10–4 (2–3) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Jan 28, 1993 | | No. 11 Iowa | L 90–96 | 10–5 (2–4) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Jan 30, 1993 | | at No. 14 Purdue | W 72–64 | 11–5 (3–4) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN |
| Feb 2, 1993 | No. 25 | No. 7 Michigan Rivalry | L 69–73 | 11–6 (3–5) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Feb 6, 1993 | No. 25 | Minnesota | W 75–63 | 12–6 (4–5) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Feb 10, 1993 | | at Illinois | L 80–83 | 12–7 (4–6) | Assembly Hall Champaign, IL |
| Feb 13, 1993 | | Ohio State | W 81–66 | 13–7 (5–6) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Feb 17, 1993 | | Northwestern | W 81–55 | 14–8 (6–6) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Feb 24, 1993 | | at Wisconsin | L 62–65 | 14–9 (6–7) | Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI |
| Feb 27, 1993 | | at No. 18 Iowa | L 64–66 | 14–9 (6–8) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| Mar 3, 1993 | | No. 24 Purdue | L 58–61 | 14–10 (6–9) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| Mar 7, 1993 | | at No. 4 Michigan Rivalry | L 81–87 | 14–11 (6–10) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI |
| Mar 10, 1993 | | at No. 2 Indiana | L 68–99 | 14–12 (6–11) | Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN |
| Mar 13, 1993 | | Penn State | W 70–63 | 15–12 (7–11) | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI |
| NIT ||||||
| Mar 17, 1993* | | at Oklahoma first round | L 86–88 | 15–13 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 |
| AP | 20 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 21 | | 25 | NR | | | | | | |
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