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1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament

Field	Value
Year	1993
Image	1993 Final Four logo.png
ImageSize	120px
Teams	64
FinalFourArena	Louisiana Superdome
FinalFourCity	New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	[North Carolina Tar Heels](1992-93-north-carolina-tar-heels-men-s-basketball-team)
TitleCount	3rd
ChampGameCount	7th
ChampFFCount	11th
RunnerUp	[Michigan Wolverines](1992-93-michigan-wolverines-men-s-basketball-team) (vacated)
GameCount	5th
RunnerFFCount	6th
Semifinal1	[Kansas Jayhawks](1992-93-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team)
FinalFourCount	10th
Semifinal2	[Kentucky Wildcats](1992-93-kentucky-wildcats-men-s-basketball-team)
FinalFourCount2	10th
Coach	Dean Smith
CoachCount	2nd
MOP	Donald Williams
MOPTeam	North Carolina
Attendance	715,246
TopScorer	Donald Williams
TopScorerTeam	North Carolina
Points	118

The 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 55th annual edition of the tournament began on March 18, 1993, and ended with the championship game on April 5 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. A total of 63 games were played.

North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith, won the national title with a 77–71 victory in the final game over Michigan, coached by Steve Fisher. Donald Williams of North Carolina was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The most memorable play in the championship game came in the last seconds as Michigan's Chris Webber tried to call a timeout with his team down by 2 points when double-teamed by North Carolina. Michigan had already used all of its timeouts, so Webber's gaffe resulted in a technical foul. Michigan subsequently vacated its entire 1992–93 schedule, including its six NCAA Tournament games, after it emerged that Webber had received under-the-table payments from a booster.

In a game that featured two great individual battles (one between Bobby Hurley and Jason Kidd, and the other between Grant Hill and Lamond Murray), two-time defending champion Duke was upset in the second round by California.

This year's Final Four was the closest the tournament came to having all four top seeds advance to the semifinals until all four did advance in the 2008 tournament. Indiana was the only top seed not to make it out of its regional; it was defeated by the 2-seed Kansas, in the Midwest regional finals. This tournament is also notable for the uneven distribution of first-round upsets. While there were no upsets in the East, one 'minor' upset in the Midwest (9th seed Xavier defeated 8th seed New Orleans; Xavier was the betting favorite at all sports books in Las Vegas), and one 'medium' upset in the Southeast (11th seed Tulane beat 6th seed Kansas State), the West featured three remarkable upsets amongst the top 5 seeds, with a 12, a 13, and a 15-seed advancing to the second round in that region. At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2024 tournament, is one of only eleven times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (In 2018, UMBC became one of only two 16-seeds to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74–54, with Fairleigh Dickinson's upset of Purdue occurring five years later.).

In this tournament, the Louisiana Superdome was the only site in which the game clock counted down in whole seconds, not tenths of seconds, in the final minute of each period.

Schedule and venues

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1993 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

March 18 and 20
- East Region
  - Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Host: Wake Forest University)
- Midwest Region
  - Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois (Hosts: DePaul University, Great Midwest Conference)
- Southeast Region
  - Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida (Host: Stetson University)
- West Region
  - Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah)
March 19 and 21
- East Region
  - Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York (Host: Syracuse University)
- Midwest Region
  - Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana (Hosts: Butler University, Midwestern Collegiate Conference)
- Southeast Region
  - Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Vanderbilt University)
- West Region
  - McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 25 and 27
- Midwest Regional, St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
- Southeast Regional, Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
March 26 and 28
- East Regional, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey (Hosts: Seton Hall University, Big East Conference)
- West Regional, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 3 and 5
- Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana (Hosts: Tulane University, University of New Orleans)

Teams

There were 30 automatic bids awarded to the tournament - of these, 27 were given to the winners of their conference's tournament, while three were awarded to the team with the best regular-season record in their conference (Big Ten, Ivy League and Pac-10).

Two conferences, the Great Midwest Conference and Trans America Athletic Conference, did not receive automatic bids to the tournament.

Two conference champions made their first NCAA tournament appearances: Tennessee State (Ohio Valley) and Wright State (Mid-Continent).

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	Team	Appearance
[ACC](1993-acc-men-s-basketball-tournament)	10th	1992
[Atlantic 10](1993-atlantic-10-men-s-basketball-tournament)	3rd	1992
[Big East](1993-big-east-men-s-basketball-tournament)	5th	1992
[Big Eight](1993-big-eight-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	14th	1992
[Big Sky](1993-big-sky-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	3rd	1988
[Big South](1993-big-south-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	2nd	1991
Big Ten	22nd	1992
[Big West](1993-big-west-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	3rd	1977
[CAA](1993-caa-men-s-basketball-tournament)	2nd	1972
Ivy League	14th	1987
[MAAC](1993-maac-men-s-basketball-tournament)	3rd	1958
[MAC](1993-mac-men-s-basketball-tournament)	5th	1988
[MCC](1993-midwestern-collegiate-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	4th	1992
[MEAC](1993-meac-men-s-basketball-tournament)	2nd	1990
[Metro](1993-metro-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	23rd	1992
[Mid-Continent](1993-mid-continent-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	1st
[Missouri Valley](1993-missouri-valley-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	2nd	1977
[NAC](1993-north-atlantic-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	2nd	1992
[NEC](1993-northeast-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	2nd	1984
[Ohio Valley](1993-ohio-valley-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	1st
Pac-10	12th	1992
[Patriot](1993-patriot-league-men-s-basketball-tournament)	3rd	1980
[SEC](1993-sec-men-s-basketball-tournament)	34th	1992
[Southern](1993-southern-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	5th	1988
[Southland](1993-southland-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	6th	1992
[Sun Belt](1993-sun-belt-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	13th	1987
[SWAC](1993-swac-men-s-basketball-tournament)	6th	1989
[SWC](1993-southwest-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	9th	1986
[WAC](1993-wac-men-s-basketball-tournament)	5th	1991
[West Coast](1993-west-coast-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)	9th	1987

Tournament seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Record
1	ACC	28–4	At-Large
2	Great Midwest	24–4	At-Large
3	Atlantic 10	23–6	Automatic
4	SEC	20–8	At-Large
5	Big East	18–10	At-Large
6	ACC	19–9	At-Large
7	Big West	25–7	At-Large
8	Atlantic 10	18–10	At-Large
9	Big Ten	18–9	At-Large
10	Big Eight	20–10	At-Large
11	MAAC	23–6	Automatic
12	Southwest	18–11	Automatic
13	Patriot	23–6	Automatic
14	Ivy League	22–4	Automatic
15	MEAC	22–7	Automatic
16	CAA	13–16	Automatic

Seed	School	Conference	Record
1	SEC	26–3	Automatic
2	Big East	27–6	Automatic
3	ACC	22–9	At-Large
4	Big Ten	22–8	At-Large
5	ACC	19–8	At-Large
6	Big Eight	19–10	At-Large
7	Sun Belt	24–5	Automatic
8	WAC	23–6	At-Large
9	Big East	17–10	At-Large
10	Great Midwest	20–11	At-Large
11	Metro	21–8	At-Large
12	Southern	26–6	Automatic
13	Southland	26–4	Automatic
14	MCC	23–6	Automatic
15	Ohio Valley	19–9	Automatic
16	Northeast	19–10	Automatic

Seed	School	Conference	Record
1	Big Ten	28–3	Automatic
2	Big Eight	25–6	At-Large
3	ACC	23–7	At-Large
4	Metro	20–8	Automatic
5	Big Eight	19–8	At-Large
6	Pac-10	19–8	At-Large
7	WAC	24–8	At-Large
8	Sun Belt	26–3	At-Large
9	MCC	23–5	At-Large
10	Southwest	20–7	At-Large
11	SEC	22–10	At-Large
12	Great Midwest	20–7	At-Large
13	NAC	22–7	Automatic
14	Missouri Valley	23–9	Automatic
15	MAC	26–7	Automatic
16	Mid-Continent	20–9	Automatic

Seed	School	Conference	Record
1	Big Ten	26–4	At-Large
2	Pac-10	24–3	Automatic
3	SEC	26–5	At-Large
4	ACC	19–10	Automatic
5	WAC	24–6	Automatic
6	Big Ten	18–12	At-Large
7	Atlantic 10	17–12	At-Large
8	Big Eight	20–10	At-Large
9	Pac-10	21–10	At-Large
10	Big Eight	19–13	Automatic
11	Big West	22–9	Automatic
12	Atlantic 10	21–9	At-Large
13	SWAC	20–9	Automatic
14	Big Sky	21–7	Automatic
15	West Coast	18–11	Automatic
16	Big South	22–9	Automatic

Bracket

East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

Midwest Regional – St. Louis, Missouri

Southeast Regional – Charlotte, North Carolina

West Regional – Seattle, Washington

Final Four – New Orleans, Louisiana

Game summaries

National semifinals

National Championship

Main article: 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game

Michigan's entire 1992–93 schedule results were vacated, on November 7, 2002, as part of the settlement of the University of Michigan basketball scandal due to Chris Webber’s ineligibility. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Michigan removing the wins from its own record.

Announcers

James Brown/Jim Nantz and Billy Packer – Brown/Packer, First & Second Round at Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Nantz/Packer, West Regional at Seattle; Final Four at New Orleans, Louisiana
Dick Stockton and Al McGuire – First & Second Round at Indianapolis, Indiana; Southeast Regional at Charlotte, North Carolina
Verne Lundquist and Clark Kellogg – First & Second Round at Rosemont, Illinois; East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey
James Brown/Bill Raftery/Lesley Visser – Midwest Regional at St. Louis, Missouri
Greg Gumbel and Digger Phelps – First & Second Round at Tucson, Arizona
Sean McDonough and Derrek Dickey – First & Second Round at Orlando, Florida
Mike Gorman and Larry Farmer – First & Second Round at Salt Lake City, Utah
Mel Proctor and Dan Bonner – First & Second Round at Syracuse, New York
Tim Ryan and Ann Meyers – First & Second Round at Nashville, Tennessee

References

{{YouTube. 7HhZBaCAa80. 1993 National Championship Game
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(September 2, 1992). "TAAC LOSES BID TO MARCH MADNESS". [[Orlando Sentinel]].

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