1992–93 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

1992–93 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
1992–93 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
Record	21–10 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Jones (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Ellerbe (3rd season); Tom Perrin (6th season); Dennis Wolff (3rd season);
Home arena	University Hall
	Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 North Carolina	14	–	2	.875	34	–	4	.895
No. 11 Florida State	12	–	4	.750	25	–	10	.714
No. 10 Duke	10	–	6	.625	24	–	8	.750
No. 16 Wake Forest	10	–	6	.625	21	–	9	.700
Virginia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
No. 18 Georgia Tech †	8	–	8	.500	19	–	11	.633
Clemson	5	–	11	.313	17	–	13	.567
Maryland	2	–	14	.125	12	–	16	.429
NC State	2	–	14	.125	8	–	19	.296

† 1993 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1992–93 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented University of Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Jeff Jones. The Cavaliers earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 6 seed in the East region. They defeated Manhattan in the opening round and No. 3 seed UMass to reach the Sweet Sixteen before falling to No. 2 seed Cincinnati. The Cavaliers finished with a record of 21–10 (9–7 ACC).

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
PF	4	Junior Burrough	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Charlotte, North Carolina
G/F	5	Cornel Parker	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Norfolk, Virginia
G	11	Doug Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Sr	Fayetteville, Tennessee
PG	12	Cory Alexander	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	So	Waynesboro, Virginia
G	15	Chris Havlicek	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Weston, Massachusetts
F	22	Jason Williford	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Richmond, Virginia
G	23	Rock Mitchell	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	Sr	Richmond, Virginia
F/C	24	Yuri Barnes	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Richmond, Virginia
F/C	30	Chris Alexander	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	Fr	Long Branch, New Jersey
G	31	Bobby Graves	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	So	Herndon, Virginia
F/C	42	Ted Jeffries	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	Sr	Bowie, Maryland
G/F	44	Maurice Watkins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Fr	Petersburg, Virginia
C	53	Shawn Wilson	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	241 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Franklin, Tennessee

Head coach

Jeff Jones

Assistant coach(es)

Brian Ellerbe
Tom Perrin
Dennis Wolff

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Source^[1]^[2]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 1, 1992*		at Penn	W 74–68	1–0	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 5, 1992*		Stanford	W 72–48	2–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 9, 1992*		Old Dominion	W 90–68	3–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 12, 1992*		Howard	W 100–64	4–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 22, 1992*		Alabama	W 86–83	5–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 29, 1992*		Radford	W 82–63	6–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 2, 1993*		Winthrop	W 92–68	7–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 6, 1993	No. 25	No. 23 Florida State	W 80–76	8–0 (1–0)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 9, 1993	No. 25	at NC State	W 73–56	9–0 (2–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 13, 1993	No. 14	Clemson	W 100–82	10–0 (3–0)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 17, 1993	No. 14	at No. 3 Duke	W 77–69	11–0 (4–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Jan 20, 1993	No. 7	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 58–80	11–1 (4–1)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 23, 1993	No. 7	No. 16 Georgia Tech	L 71–75	11–2 (4–2)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 25, 1993*	No. 15	at William & Mary	W 93–84	12–2	Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Pennsylvania
Jan 27, 1993	No. 15	Wake Forest	L 73–75	12–3 (4–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 30, 1993*	No. 15	vs. Virginia Tech	L 53–59	12–4
Feb 4, 1993	No. 24	at Maryland	W 70–68	13–4 (5–3)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Feb 8, 1993	No. 24	at No. 10 Florida State	L 84–99	13–5 (5–4)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, Florida
Feb 11, 1993	No. 24	NC State	W 75–66	14–5 (6–4)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 13, 1993	No. 24	at Clemson	W 83–78	15–5 (7–4)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Feb 18, 1993*	No. 23	No. 7 Duke	W 58–55	16–5 (8–4)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 21, 1993	No. 23	No. 3 North Carolina	L 58–78	16–6 (8–5)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 23, 1993	No. 22	at Georgia Tech	L 61–73	16–7 (8–6)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 27, 1993	No. 22	at No. 12 Wake Forest	L 56–58	16–8 (8–7)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mar 3, 1993*		College of Charleston	W 72–58	17–8	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Mar 6, 1993		Maryland	W 88–74	18–8 (9–7)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
ACC Tournament
Mar 12, 1993*		vs. No. 12 Wake Forest ACC Tournament quarterfinals	W 61–57	19–8	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 13, 1993*		vs. No. 1 North Carolina ACC Tournament semifinals	L 56–74	19–9	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
NCAA tournament
Mar 19, 1993*	(6 E)	vs. (11 E) Manhattan First round	W 78–66^[3]	20–9	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Mar 21, 1993*	(6 E)	vs. (3 E) No. 14 UMass Second Round	W 71–56^[4]	21–9	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Mar 26, 1993*	(6 E)	vs. (2 E) No. 7 Cincinnati East Regional semifinals – Sweet Sixteen	L 54–71^[5]	21–10	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern time.

Source:^[6]

Rankings

References

^ Morris, Ron (1988). ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Four Corners Press. p. 306.
^ "1992–93 Virginia Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "ALEXANDER'S 27 POINTS PUSH VIRGINIA BY MANHATTAN, 78-66". The Washington Post. March 20, 1993. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
^ "CAVALIERS OVERWHELM UMASS, 71-56". The Washington Post. March 22, 1993. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "Van Exel Reloads on Bench, Sparks Bearcats' Victory". The Los Angeles Times. March 27, 1993. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
^ "YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

[roster-1] Morris, Ron (1988). ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Four Corners Press. p. 306.

[2] "1992–93 Virginia Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

[3] "ALEXANDER'S 27 POINTS PUSH VIRGINIA BY MANHATTAN, 78-66". The Washington Post. March 20, 1993. Retrieved May 18, 2022.

[4] "CAVALIERS OVERWHELM UMASS, 71-56". The Washington Post. March 22, 1993. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

[5] "Van Exel Reloads on Bench, Sparks Bearcats' Victory". The Los Angeles Times. March 27, 1993. Retrieved June 17, 2021.

[boxscores-6] "YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

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