====== 1992-93 Season ======
The 1992-93 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts.  The Head Coach was [[calipari_john|John Calipari]].  The team played its home games primarily at the [[curry_hicks_cage|Curry Hicks Cage]], and then at the [[Mullins Center]] in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was a member of the [[atlantic_10|Atlantic 10 Conference]].

The season represented the 84th season of basketball in the school's history.

  * **Final Record:** 24-7
  * **Conference Record:** 11-3 (First place)
  * **A-10 Tournament:** 3-0 (Won Championship)
  * **Postseason:** NCAA Tournament automatic bid, lost in the Second Round((Round of 32))

^Record^Overall^A-10^
|All games|24-7|11-3|
|Home|11-0|7-0|
|Away|7-5|4-3|
|Neutral|6-2|0-0|

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|  [[season_1991-92|1991-92]]  |  [[season_1993-94|1993-94]]  |

===== Notes =====
  * First [[Atlantic 10]] repeat champion since [[opponent_temple|Temple]] in 1986-87 and 1987-88, in both the regular season and tournaments.

===== UMass records and firsts =====
  * First time UM was ranked in the Top 25 in the pre-season poll.((http://collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/teams/by_season.cfm?teamid=182&seasonid=1993#.YRp2HYhKiUk))
  * First time UM repeated as A-10 regular season champion.
  * First time UM repeated as A-10 tournament champion.
  * First time UM went to consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
  * [[calipari_john|John Calipari]] became the first UM coach to win the A-10 Coach of the Year award.
  * New high for Largest Home Crowd: 9,493 (sellouts at all [[Mullins Center]] games)

===== Scoreboard =====
^   Game   ^^^^^   Record   ^^   Rank   ^^   Notes   ^ 
^   Date   ^   Opponent   ^   Game Results   ^   UM High Scorer   ^   UM High Rebounder   ^   Overall   ^   A-10   ^   UM   ^   Opp   ^   :::   ^
|  12/2  |  at [[opponent_florida_state|Florida State]]  |  @#ffdddd:[[game19921202_florida_state|L 67-64]]  |  [[roe_lou|Roe]] (19)  |  Roe (14)  |  0-1  | |  19  |  11  | |
|  12/5  |  [[opponent_central_connecticut|Central CT State]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 78-52  |  ?  |  ?  |  1-1  | |  19  |  --  | |
|  12/8  |  at [[opponent_siena|Siena]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 70-58  |  ?  |  ?  |  2-1  | |  23  |  --  |At [[wp>Times Union Center|Knickerbocker Arena]], Albany NY|
|  12/12  |  at [[opponent_oklahoma|Oklahoma]]  |  @#ffdddd:L 93-83  |  ?  |  ?  |  2-2  | |  23  |  11  | |
|  12/28  |  [[opponent_holy_cross|Holy Cross]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 81-66  |  [[tony_barbee|Barbee]] (24)  |  ?  |  3-2  | |  --  |  --  |Abdow's Hall of Fame Classic, at the [[Springfield Civic Center]]|
|  12/29  |  [[opponent_south_carolina|South Carolina]]  |  @#ddffdd:[[game19921229_south_carolina|W 84-66]]  |  ?  |  ?  |  4-2  | |  --  |  --  |Abdow's Hall of Fame Classic Championship, at the [[Springfield Civic Center]]|
|  1/2  |  at [[opponent_new_hampshire|New Hampshire]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 75-61  |  ?  |  ?  |  5-2  | |  --  |  --  | |
|  1/5  |  [[opponent_boston_university|Boston University]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 90-42  |  ?  |  ?  |  6-2  | |  22  |  --  | |
|  1/7  |  [[opponent_cincinnati|Cincinnati]]  |  @#ffdddd:[[game19930107_cincinnati|L 64-53]]  |  ?  |  ?  |  6-3  | |  22  |  16  |At the [[Springfield Civic Center]].  [[wp>Nick Van Exel]] 27 points for Cincy.|
|  1/9  |  at [[opponent_temple|Temple]]  |  @#ffdddd:L 52-44  |  ?  |  ?  |  6-4  |  0-1  |  22  |  --  | |
|  1/12  |  at [[opponent_rutgers|Rutgers]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 82-78  |  ?  |  ?  |  7-4  |  1-1  |  --  |  --  | |
|  1/16  |  [[opponent_george_washington|George Washington]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 76-68  |  ?  |  ?  |  8-4  |  2-1  |  --  |  --  | |
|  1/19  |  [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 84-72  |  ?  |  ?  |  9-4  |  3-1  |  --  |  --  | |
|  1/21  |  [[opponent_temple|Temple]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 52-50  |  ?  |  ?  |  10-4  |  4-1  |  --  |  --  | |
|  1/24  |  [[opponent_depaul|DePaul]]  |  @#ddffdd:[[game19930124_depaul|W 79-69]]  |  ?  |  ?  |  11-4  | |  --  |  --  |At the [[wp>DCU Center|Worcester Centrum]], Worcester MA|
|  1/29  |  [[opponent_sw_louisiana|SW Louisiana]]  |  @#ddffdd:[[game19930129_sw_louisiana|W 84-74]]  |  [[williams_harper|H. Williams]] (23)  |  ?  |  12-4  | |  --  |  --  |Final game in [[curry_hicks_cage|The Cage]] prior to the [[Mullins Center]] opening. “The Final Rage” became the game's nickname.|
|  1/31  |  at [[opponent_st_bonaventure|St. Bonaventure]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 93-78  |  ?  |  ?  |  13-4  |  5-1  |  --  |  --  | |
|  2/4  |  [[opponent_west_virginia|West Virginia]]  |  @#ddffdd:[[game19930204_west_virginia|W 64-59 (OT)]]  |  ?  |  ?  |  14-4  |  6-1  |  --  |  --  |First game in [[Mullins Center]]|
|  2/6  |  [[opponent_rutgers|Rutgers]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 82-67  |  ?  |  ?  |  15-4  |  7-1  |  --  |  --  | |
|  2/11  |  at [[opponent_saint_josephs_pa|St. Joseph's]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 81-69  |  ?  |  ?  |  16-4  |  8-1  |  22  |  --  | |
|  2/13  |  at [[opponent_george_washington|George Washington]]  |  @#ddffdd:[[game19930213_george_washington|W 68-65]]  |  ?  |  ?  |  17-4  |  9-1  |  22  |  --  | |
|  2/18  |  at [[opponent_buffalo|Buffalo]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 96-67  |  ?  |  ?  |  18-4  | |  19  |  --  | |
|  2/20  |  at [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]]  |  @#ffdddd:L 71-68  |  ?  |  ?  |  18-5  |  9-2  |  19  |  --  |At the [[wp>Dunkin' Donuts Center|Providence Civic Center]], Providence RI|
|  2/27  |  at [[opponent_west_virginia|West Virginia]]  |  @#ffdddd:L 79-54  |  ?  |  ?  |  18-6  |  9-3  |  21  |  --  | |
|  3/1  |  [[opponent_st_bonaventure|St. Bonaventure]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 86-62  |  ?  |  ?  |  19-6  |  10-3  |  23  |  --  | |
|  3/4  |  [[opponent_saint_josephs_pa|St. Joseph's]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 61-43  |  ?  |  ?  |  20-6  |  **11-3**  |  23  |  --  | |
|  3/7  |  [[opponent_st_bonaventure|St. Bonaventure]]  |  @#ddffdd:W 75-62  |  ?  |  ?  |  21-6  | |  23  |  --  |[[conference_tournaments|A-10 Tournament]] Quarter-Final, Philadelphia PA|
|  3/8  |  [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]]  |  @#ddffdd:[[game19930308_rhode_island|W 76-50]]  |  ?  |  ?  |  22-6  | |  20  |  --  |[[conference_tournaments|A-10 Tournament]] Semi-Final, Philadelphia PA|
|  3/11  |  [[opponent_temple|Temple]]  |  @#ddffdd:[[game19930311_temple|W 69-61]]  |  ?  |  ?  |  23-6  | |  20  |  --  |[[conference_tournaments|A-10 Tournament]] Finals, Amherst MA.  [[calipari_john|Calipari's]] 100th career victory.|
|  3/19  |  [[opponent_pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]  |  @#ddffdd:[[game19930319_pennsylvania|W 54-50]]  |  [[williams_mike|M. Williams]] (13)  |  Roe (11)  |  24-6  | |  14  |  --  |NCAA Tournament First Round, Syracuse NY|
|  3/21  |  [[opponent_virginia|Virginia]]  |  @#ffdddd:[[game19930321_virginia|L 71-56]]  |  Barbee (19)  |  H. Williams (11)  |  **24-7**  | |  14  |  --  |NCAA Tournament Second Round, Syracuse NY|

===== Statistics =====
<sortable>
^Player^G^GS^MP^MPG^FG^FGA^FG%^2P^2PA^2P%^3P^3PA^3P%^FT^FTA^FT%^PTS^PPG^TRB^RPG^AST^STL^BLK^TOV^PF^
|[[williams_harper|Harper Williams]]|22|21|625|28.4|123|249|.494|123|246|.500|0|3|.000|91|140|.650|337|15.3|185|8.4|29|21|46|42|74|
|[[roe_lou|Lou Roe]]|31|30|938|30.3|154|273|.564|154|273|.564|0|0|--|121|167|.725|429|13.8|285|9.2|40|24|32|81|104|
|[[Tony Barbee]]|31|31|941|30.4|129|320|.403|90|212|.425|39|108|.361|122|160|.763|419|13.5|172|5.5|73|27|15|84|77|
|Jerome Malloy|31|23|869|28.0|128|314|.408|66|153|.431|62|161|.385|53|74|.716|371|12.0|96|3.1|39|16|8|45|47|
|[[williams_mike|Mike Williams]]|25|1|637|25.5|97|232|.418|67|132|.508|30|100|.300|67|96|.698|291|11.6|68|2.7|48|33|4|56|53|
|[[kellogg_derek|Derek Kellogg]]|31|31|907|29.3|39|106|.368|20|49|.408|19|57|.333|58|72|.806|155|5.0|87|2.8|162|33|2|55|73|
|[[dingle_dana|Dana Dingle]]|31|7|586|18.9|50|116|.431|47|103|.456|3|13|.231|50|83|.602|153|4.9|116|3.7|33|16|2|34|54|
|Craig Berry|5|0|20|4.0|3|7|.429|2|6|.333|1|1|1.000|3|4|.750|10|2.0|3|0.6|2|1|0|5|2|
|Jeff Meyer|10|0|55|5.5|5|17|.294|5|17|.294|0|0|--|8|15|.533|18|1.8|15|1.5|2|1|8|1|12|
|[[padilla_giddel|Giddel Padilla]]|3|0|9|3.0|2|3|.667|2|2|1.000|0|1|.000|1|2|.500|5|1.7|1|0.3|2|0|0|2|3|
|Kennard Robinson|30|11|378|12.6|15|49|.306|15|49|.306|0|0|--|6|10|.600|36|1.2|49|1.6|14|11|20|22|75|
|[[cottrell_ted|Ted Cottrell]]|15|0|82|5.5|5|13|.385|5|13|.385|0|0|--|7|9|.778|17|1.1|22|1.5|2|2|8|9|21|
|Chris Robinson|24|0|144|6.0|5|17|.294|4|13|.308|1|4|.250|5|13|.385|16|0.7|14|0.6|17|6|2|12|11|
|[[nunez_rigoberto|Rigoberto Nuñez]]|9|0|34|3.8|1|4|.250|1|4|.250|0|0|--|3|7|.429|5|0.6|14|1.6|1|1|2|2|4|
|TOTALS|31||6225||756|1720|.440|601|1272|.472|155|448|.346|595|852|.698|2262|73.0|1232|39.7|464|192|149|450|610|
</sortable>

  * [[roe_lou|Lou Roe]] was tenth in the [[Atlantic 10]] in scoring average, at 13.8 points per game.
  * [[williams_harper|Harper Williams]] (15.3 ppg) would have ranked sixth, but missing games due to injury didn't place him officially on the A-10's leaders list.  In rebounding, his 8.4 would have ranked fifth.
  * Roe was second in the A-10 in rebounding, at 9.2 per game.
  * [[kellogg_derek|Derek Kellogg]] was third in the A-10 in assists, at 5.0 per game.

===== A-10 Lists & Honors =====
**Post-Season**\\
[[williams_harper|Harper Williams]] - First Team\\
[[roe_lou|Lou Roe]] - First Team\\
[[Tony Barbee]] - Second Team\\
[[dingle_dana|Dana Dingle]] - Freshman Team\\
[[calipari_john|John Calipari]] - Coach of the Year\\
[[kellogg_derek|Derek Kellogg]] - Academic Team

**Player of the Week**\\
Tony Barbee - 1/2\\
Lou Roe - 12/5 (co-POTW), 2/6 (co-POTW)\\
Harper Williams - 1/30

**Rookie of the Week**\\
None.\\
Three players dominated the ROTW honors: [[wp>Yinka Dare]] ([[opponent_george_washington|GW]]) with 9, Derrick Battie ([[opponent_temple|Temple]]) and Mark Bass ([[opponent_saint_josephs_pa|SJU]]) each with 2.  Dana Dingle and GW's Vaughn Jones made the year-end Rookie Team, but neither got a ROTW nod.

===== Roster =====
[[http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/011010acg.html|UMass master roster]].

This table is sortable.  Click on any column header to sort.

<sortable 2>
^#^Name^Height^Weight^Class^Pos.^Hometown / HS / Prep / College Transfer^
|22|[[tony_barbee|Barbee, Tony]]|6-6|210|Sr.|F/G|Indianapolis IN / N.Central|
|11|Berry, Craig|6-1|185|Jr.|G|Cambridge MA / Latin School|
|40|[[cottrell_ted|Cottrell, Ted]]|6-9|210|Fr.|C/F|Annapolis MD / Annapolis|
|3|[[Dingle, Dana]]|6-6|200|Fr.|F|Bronx NY / St. Raymond's|
|14|[[Kellogg, Derek]]|6-3|185|So.|G|Springfield MA / Cathedral|
|24|Malloy, Jerome|6-4|180|So.|G|Waterbury CT / Kennedy|
|33|Meyer, Jeff|7-2|225|So.|C|Wausau WI / Wausau|
|23|[[Nuñez, Rigoberto]]|6-7|182|Fr.|G/F|Lawrence MA / Lawrence|
|5|[[Padilla, Giddel]]|6-4|170|So.|G|Springfield MA / Central|
|12|Robinson, Chris|6-2|195|Jr.|G|New York NY / LaSalle Academy|
|42|Robinson, Kennard|6-10|215|Sr.|F/C|Bronx NY / Long Island Lutheran|
|15|[[Roe, Lou]]|6-7|210|So.|F|Atlantic City NJ / Atlantic City|
|31|[[Williams, Harper]]|6-7|215|Sr.|F|Bridgeport CT / Bassick|
|10|[[Williams, Mike]]|6-2|175|So.|G|Hartford CT / Weaver|
</sortable>

Head Coach: [[calipari_john|John Calipari]]\\
Assistant Coaches: Bill Bayno, [[flint_bruiser|James "Bruiser" Flint]], John Robic

==== Team photo ====
{{::1992-93_team_photo.jpg?nolink|}}\\
Standing: Lou Roe, Derek Kellogg, Craig Berry, Chris Robinson, Mike Williams, Jerome Malloy, Dana Dingle\\
Sitting: Kennard Robinson, Rigo Nuñez, Tony Barbee, Harper Williams, Ted Cottrell, Jeff Meyer

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