1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1992 and ended with the Final Four at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The North Carolina Tar Heels earned their third national championship by defeating the Michigan Wolverines 77–71 on April 5, 1993.

Season headlines

 * With its membership reduced to three schools, the East Coast Conference lost its official conference status under NCAA bylaws. It regained official conference status the following season.
 * The NCAA established a minimum seating capacity of 12,000 for facilities hosting first-round, seond-round, regional semifinal, or regional final games of the NCAA tournament.
 * Three No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament ( Kentucky, Michigan, and North Carolina) advanced to the Final Four for the first time.
 * Michigan's "Fab Five" played in the national championship game for the second straight season.
 * North Carolina head coach Dean Smith won his second national championship and North Carolina's third overall.
 * Doug Day of Radford completed his career (1989–1993) with 401 three-point field goals, the first player to make 400 or three-point pointers in his career.

Major rule changes
Beginning in 1992–93, the following rules changes were implemented.

Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.

Conference membership changes
These schools joined new conferences for the 1992–93 season.

Statistical leaders
Source for additional stats categories

Final Four - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
* 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. 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.

Major player of the year awards

 * Wooden Award: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 * Naismith Award: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 * Associated Press Player of the Year: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 * UPI Player of the Year: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 * NABC Player of the Year: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 * Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 * Adolph Rupp Trophy: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 * Sporting News Player of the Year: Calbert Cheaney, Indiana

Major freshman of the year awards

 * USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Jason Kidd, California

Major coach of the year awards

 * Associated Press Coach of the Year: Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt
 * UPI Coach of the Year: Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt
 * Henry Iba Award (USBWA): Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt
 * NABC Coach of the Year: Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt
 * Naismith College Coach of the Year: Dean Smith, North Carolina
 * CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year: Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt
 * Sporting News Coach of the Year: Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt

Other major awards

 * Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player under 6'0): Sam Crawford, New Mexico State
 * Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Aaron McKie, Temple
 * NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Terry Dehere, Seton Hall