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1992-93 Men's Basketball Team Photo

Men's Basketball 1992-93 Team

  • Class
  • Induction
    2017
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
Jersey No. Name Pos.
00 Andy Karich '93 F
3 Claude Jones '95 G
11 Steve Nash '96 G
12 Adam Anderson '96 G/F
13 Kevin Fitzwilson '94 F
15 John Woolery '94 G
20 Mark Schmitz '93 G
23 DeWayne Lewis '94 F
30 Jason Sedlock '97 F
31 Drew Zurek '97 F
33 Phil Von Buchwaldt '96 C
34 Kevin Dunne '96 F
41 Pete Eisenrich '94 F
42 Randy Winn '96 G
44 Carl Anderson '93 C
45 Lyman Casey '93 F

The 1992-93 men's basketball team (19-12, 9-5 WCC), led by first-year head coach Dick Davey, returned just one starter from the previous year and featured seven freshmen on the 16-man roster. Forwards Pete Eisenrich and DeWayne Lewis, and guard Mark Schmitz led the offense, with each averaging 12 or more points per game. Eisenrich and Lewis earned first-team All-WCC honors. Santa Clara was selected eighth in the WCC preseason poll, but ended up third in the final standings and won the conference tournament.

The Broncos closed that season with a flourish to earn the school's ninth trip to the NCAA Tournament, including first since 1987. They won six of their final seven regular-season games and knocked off the top two seeds in the WCC Tournament, including No. 1 Pepperdine, 73-63, in the final behind a barrage of nine second-half 3-pointers. Nash became the first freshman to be named MVP of the WCC Tournament.

Santa Clara then proceeded to pull off one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history.  The 15th-seeded Broncos knocked off No. 2 seed and fifth-ranked Arizona, 64-61, in Salt Lake City, Utah. It marked only the second time a No. 15 seed had defeated a No. 2 in the NCAAs. The Broncos were eliminated two days later in the second round by seventh-seeded Temple, which advanced to the West Regional final, but they had already etched their name in NCAA history.
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