The 1992–93 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented

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during 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 Hilltoppers were led by coach

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and future

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player

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. The team was

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runners-up and won Sun Belt Basketball tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the

1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 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. It began on March 18, 1993, and ended with the champi ...

where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. Mee and Mark Bell made the All-Conference and SBC Tournament team; Mee was also tournament MVP.

Schedule

1992-93 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 1 May 2020
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1993 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament The 1993 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–9 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Western Kentucky defeated top-seeded New Orleans in the championship game, 72–63, to win their first Sun Be ...

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References

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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons

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