1992–93 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 49ers, led by third year head coach Seth Greenberg, played their home games at Walter Pyramid and are members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 11–7 in Big West play to finish in fourth place. They were champions of the Big West Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 1993 NCAA tournament where they lost in the opening round to No. 6 seed Illinois, 75–72.^[1][2]

1992–93 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball
Big West tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	22–10 (11–7 Big West)
Head coach	Seth Greenberg (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	David Spencer Clyde Vaughan Matt Hart
Home arena	Walter Pyramid
Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 New Mexico State	15	–	3		.833			26	–	8		.765
No. 25 UNLV	13	–	5		.722			21	–	8		.724
Pacific	12	–	6		.667			16	–	11		.593
Long Beach State †	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	8		.556			18	–	11		.621
Cal State Fullerton	10	–	8		.556			15	–	12		.556
Utah State	7	–	11		.389			10	–	17		.370
Nevada	4	–	14		.222			9	–	17		.346
San Jose State	4	–	14		.222			7	–	19		.269
UC Irvine	4	–	14		.222			6	–	21		.222
† 1993 Big West tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

1992–93 Long Beach State Beach men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 3 Tim Caviezel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr Mount Vernon, Washington G 4 Jeff Rogers 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Jr Compton, California G 22 Juaquin Hawkins 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Fr Lynwood, California G 23 Rod Hannibal 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr Long Beach, California G 30 Lucious Harris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Sr Los Angeles, California F 32 Bryon Russell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr San Bernardino, California F 34 Mike Atkinson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So San Jose, California C 40 Chris Jones 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Sr Chicago, Illinois G 44 Eric Brown 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr City of Industry, California F 55 Terrance O'Kelley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So Chattanooga, Tennessee	Head coach Seth Greenberg Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
Dec 4, 1992*		vs. Tulsa Hawaii Tip-Off	W 72–69	1–0	Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 5, 1992*		vs. San Diego Hawaii Tip-Off	W 80–74	2–0	Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 11, 1992*		So. Cal College	W 92–62	3–0	The Gold Mine  Long Beach, California
Dec 18, 1992*		Point Loma	W 112–71	4–0	The Gold Mine  Long Beach, California
Dec 23, 1992*		Howard	W 95–62	5–0	The Gold Mine  Long Beach, California
Dec 29, 1992*		vs. Eastern Washington	W 76–59	6–0	Selland Arena  Fresno, California
Dec 30, 1992*		at Fresno State	W 82–61	7–0	Selland Arena  Fresno, California
Big West Regular season
Jan 2, 1993		at San Jose State	W 88–73	8–0 (1–0)	The Event Center  San Jose, California
Jan 4, 1993		at Pacific	L 56–68	8–1 (1–1)	Alex G. Spanos Center  Stockton, California
Jan 7, 1993		No. 12 UNLV	W 101–94	9–1 (2–1)	The Gold Mine  Long Beach, California
Jan 9, 1993		New Mexico State	W 97–71	10–1 (3–1)	The Gold Mine  Long Beach, California
Jan 14, 1993		at Nevada	W 94–75	11–1 (4–1)	Lawlor Events Center  Reno, Nevada
Jan 16, 1993		at Utah State	W 75–69	12–1 (5–1)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum  Logan, Utah
Jan 18, 1993		at UC Santa Barbara	L 60–61	12–2 (6–1)	The Thunderdome  Santa Barbara, California
Jan 21, 1993		Cal State Fullerton	W 72–58	13–2 (7–1)	The Gold Mine  Long Beach, California
Jan 23, 1993*		at VCU	L 61–95	13–3	Richmond Coliseum  Richmond, Virginia
1993 Big West tournament
Mar 12, 1993*		Cal State Fullerton Quarterfinals	W 80–68	20–9	Long Beach Arena  Long Beach, California
Mar 13, 1993*		No. 19 UNLV Semifinals	W 79–77	21–9	Long Beach Arena  Long Beach, California
Mar 14, 1993*		No. 24 New Mexico State Championship game	W 70–62	22–9	Long Beach Arena  Long Beach, California
1993 NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 1993*	(11 W)	vs. (6 W) Illinois First Round	L 72–75	22–10	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

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References

1. "49ers' Dreams Stolen". The Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1993. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
2. "NO TIME FOR TIMEOUT: CLEMONS SAVES ILLINI". The Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1993. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
3. "1992-93 Men's Basketball Schedule". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
4. "Long Beach State Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved May 15, 2022.