The 1992–93 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 14th in conference history, and involved its ten full-time member schools.
was the regular-season champion with a record of Seton Hall also won the Big East tournament championship.
Season summary & highlights finished as the regular-season champion with a record of It was the second regular-season championship or co-championship and first outright championship for Seton Hall. Seton Hall won its second Big East tournament championship.
Head coaches SchoolCoachSeasonNotes Boston College Jim O'Brien 7th Connecticut Jim Calhoun 7th Georgetown John Thompson, Jr. 21st Miami Leonard Hamilton 3rd Pittsburgh Paul Evans 7th Providence Rick Barnes 5th St. John's Brian Mahoney 1st Big East Coach of the Year Seton Hall P. J. Carlesimo 11th Syracuse Jim Boeheim 17th Villanova Steve Lappas 1st
Rankings Seton Hall spent the entire season in the Associated Press poll Top 25, both starting and finishing the season as No. 6. Boston College, Connecticut, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, St. John's, and Syracuse also spent time in the Top 25.
+ 1992–93 Big East Conference Weekly RankingsKey: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. AP Poll Pre 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/14 12/21 12/28 1/4 1/11 1/18 1/25 2/1 2/8 2/15 2/22 3/1 3/8 FinalBoston College 22 21 Connecticut 16 16 25 24 22 23 19 15 17 22 Georgetown 12 13 14 11 11 11 10 17 20 18 21 23 Miami Pittsburgh 24 20 13 15 17 17 25 Providence St. John's 25 25 Seton Hall 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 9 14 19 16 14 10 9 6 Syracuse 18 17 17 15 14 13 12 21 24 Villanova
Regular-season statistical leaders
ScoringNameSchoolPPG Terry Dehere SHU 22.0 Lawrence Moten Syr 17.9 Donyell Marshall Conn 17.0 GU 16.8 Scott Burrell Conn 16.1
ReboundingNameSchoolRPG Michael Smith Prov 11.4 Othella Harrington GU 8.8 Shawnelle Scott SJU 8.8 Chris McNeal Pitt 8.5 Donyell Marshall Conn 7.8
AssistsNameSchoolAPG David Cain SJU 7.1 Joey Brown GU 6.2 Michael Gardner Miami 5.7 Abdul Abdullah Prov 5.7 Kevin Ollie Conn 5.6
StealsNameSchoolSPG Jonathan Haynes Vill 2.7 Joey Brown GU 2.5 Scott Burrell Conn 2.4 David Cain SJU 2.4 Jerry McCullough Pitt 2.3
BlocksNameSchoolBPG Constantin Popa Mia 3.1 Conrad McRae Syr 2.7 Luther Wright SHU 2.2 Donyell Marshall Conn 2.1 Eric Mobley Pitt 1.9
Field GoalsNameSchoolFG% Shawnelle Scott SJU .585 Bill Curley BC .580 GU .573 Constantin Popa Mia .527 Donyell Marshall Conn .500
3-Pt Field GoalsNameSchool3FG% Steven Edwards Mia .382(no other qualifiers)
Free ThrowsNameSchoolFT% Bill Curley BC .849 Howard Eisley BC .834 SHU .832 Donyell Marshall Conn .829 Terry Dehere SHU .818
Postseason
Big East tournament
Seeding Seeding in the Big East tournament was based on conference record, with tiebreakers applied as necessary. Teams seeded seventh through tenth played a first-round game, and the other six teams received a bye into the quarterfinals.
The tournament's seeding was as follows:
Bracket
NCAA tournament
Three Big East teams received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Pittsburgh lost in the first round and St. John's and Seton Hall in the second round.
School Region Seed Round 1 Round 2 Seton Hall Southeast 2 15 7 St. John's East 5 12 4 Arkansas, Pittsburgh Southeast 9 8 Utah,
National Invitation Tournament
Four Big East teams received bids to the National Invitation Tournament, which did not yet have seeding. They played in three different unnamed brackets. Connecticut lost in the first round. Providence defeated Boston College in the quarterfinals, then lost in the semifinals. Georgetown advanced to the NIT championship game for the first time in school history but lost to Minnesota and finished as the tournament runner-up.
School Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Georgetown UTEP, Miami (OH), UAB, Minnesota, Providence Minnesota, Boston College Niagara, Rice, Providence, Connecticut ,
Awards and honors Big East Conference Player of the Year: * Terry Dehere, Seton Hall, G, Sr. Defensive Player of the Year: Jerry Walker, Seton Hall, F, Sr. Rookie of the Year: Othella Harrington, Georgetown, C, Fr. Coach of the Year: Brian Mahoney, St. John's (1st season)
All-Big East First Team Bill Curley, Boston College, F Jr., , , Boston, Mass. Donyell Marshall, Connecticut, F, So., , , Reading, Pa. Terry Dehere, Seton Hall, G Sr., , , Jersey City, N.J. David Cain, St. John's, G Sr., , , The Bronx, N.Y. Lawrence Moten, Syracuse, G, So., , , Washington, D.C.
All-Big East Second Team: Howard Eisley, Boston College, G Jr., , , Detroit, Mich. Jerry McCullough, Pittsburgh, G, So., , , New York, N.Y. Michael Smith, Providence, F Jr., , , Washington, D.C. Artūras Karnišovas, Seton Hall, F Jr., , , Klaipėda, Lithuania Shawnelle Scott, St. John's, C Jr., , , New York, N.Y.
All-Big East Third Team: Scott Burrell, Connecticut, G Sr., , , New Haven, Conn. Constantin Popa, Miami, C, So., , , Bucharest, Romania Jerry Walker, Seton Hall, F Sr., Lamont Middleton, St. John's, F Sr., , , The Bronx, N.Y. Adrian Autry, Syracuse, G Jr., , , Monroe, N.C.
Big East All-Rookie Team: Othella Harrington, Georgetown, C, Fr., , , Jackson, Miss. Steven Edwards, Miami, F, Fr., , , Miami, Fla. Michael Brown, Providence, G, Fr., , , North Syracuse, N.Y. John Wallace, Syracuse, F, Fr., , , Rochester, N.Y. Kerry Kittles, Villanova, G, Fr., , , Dayton, Ohio
All-Americans The following players were selected to the 1993 Associated Press All-America teams.
Consensus All-America Second Team: Terry Dehere, Seton Hall, Key Stats: 22.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.7 apg, 46.1 FG%, 39.6 3P%, 770 points
Second Team All-America: Terry Dehere, Seton Hall, Key Stats: 22.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.7 apg, 46.1 FG%, 39.6 3P%, 770 points
AP Honorable Mention Bill Curley, Boston College Lawrence Moten, Syracuse
See also 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 1992–93 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team 1992–93 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team 1992–93 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team 1992–93 St. John's Redmen basketball team 1992–93 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team
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