The 1992–93 Rider Broncs men's basketball team represented

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in the

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 t ...

. The Broncs, led by head coach

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, played their home games at the Alumni Gymnasium in

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 19–11, 14–4 in NEC play to finish atop the conference standings. In the NEC tournament, they defeated No. 9 seed , No. 5 seed , and No. 2 seed to win the tournament and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 16 seed in the Southeast region of the

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, the Broncs were defeated by No. 1 seed and eventual Final Four participant

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, 96–52, in the opening round.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Rider Broncs The Rider Broncs are the athletic teams of Rider University, a private nonsectarian university in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States. The school is a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and its athlet ...

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Rider Broncs men's basketball The Rider Broncs men's basketball team is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's college basketball, basketball program that represents Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Met ...