1992–93 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team
{{short description|Intercollegiate basketball season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
|sport= Women's Basketball
|year= 1992–93
|team= Texas Tech Lady Raiders
|image= Double T Original.png
|image_size= 150
|record= 31–3
|conf_record= 13–1
|conference= Southwest Conference
|short_conf= SWC
|CoachRank=1
|APRank=5
|head_coach= Marsha Sharp
|hc_year=11th
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|stadium= Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
|champion=SWC Regular Season Co-Champions
SWC tournament champions
|tourney=NCAA women's Division I tournament
|tourney_result= Champions
}}
{{1992–93 Southwest Conference women's basketball standings}}
The 1992–93 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 1992–93 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Raiders were led by head coach Marsha Sharp. The team won the 1993 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, the program's first NCAA title, and Texas Tech University's first NCAA team title.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/text/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/WBB-0910-History.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025214016/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/text/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/WBB-0910-History.pdf |date=2012-10-25 }} Pg. 161
Roster
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Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Tech Lady Raiders}}"| Regular season
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!colspan=9 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Tech Lady Raiders}}"| SWC tournament
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!colspan=9 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Tech Lady Raiders}}"| NCAA tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 20, 1993
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 5
| seed = 2 W
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1992|sex=women|team=Washington Huskies|title=Washington}}
| opprank =
| oppseed = 7 W
| site_stadium = Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
| site_cityst = Lubbock, Texas
| gamename = Regional Second Round
| score = 70–64
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 27–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 25, 1993
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 5
| seed = 2 W
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1992|sex=women|team=USC Trojans|title=USC}}
| opprank = 15
| oppseed = 3 W
| site_stadium = Harry Adams Field House
| site_cityst = Missoula, Montana
| gamename = Regional Semifinal {{ndash}} Sweet Sixteen
| score = 87–67
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 28–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 27, 1993
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 5
| seed = 2 W
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1992|sex=women|team=Colorado Buffaloes|title=Colorado}}
| opprank = 10
| oppseed = 4 W
| site_stadium = Harry Adams Field House
| site_cityst = Missoula, Montana
| gamename = Regional Final {{ndash}} Elite Eight
| score = 79–54
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 29–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Apr 3, 1993
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 5
| seed = 2 W
| opponent = Vanderbilt
| opprank = 1
| oppseed = 1 MW
| site_stadium = Omni Coliseum
| site_cityst = Atlanta, Georgia
| gamename = National Semifinal {{ndash}} Final Four
| score = 60–46{{cite news |title=Texas Tech Reaches Final with Ohio State |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/04/sports/college-basketball-texas-tech-reaches-final-with-ohio-state.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 4, 1993 |access-date=June 16, 2024}}
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 30–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Apr 5, 1993
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 5
| seed = 2 W
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 3
| oppseed = 1 MW
| site_stadium = Omni Coliseum
| site_cityst = Atlanta, Georgia
| gamename = National Championship
| score = 84–82{{cite news |title=Texas Tech's Swoopes Pounces on Ohio State |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1993/04/05/texas-techs-swoopes-pounces-on-ohio-state/95a36797-3e21-4bd5-bc79-028f1fad630a/ | date=April 5, 1993 |access-date=May 27, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 31–3
}}
{{CBB schedule end
| rank =
| poll = AP Poll
| timezone = Central
| region = W
| regionname = West
| notes =
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=1993 NCAA Tournament=
The Lady Raiders advanced through the NCAA tournament, from the West Regional in Missoula, MT. After defeating the Colorado Buffaloes in the regional finals, went on to defeat the Vanderbilt Commodores in the final four. In the national championship game, the Lady Raiders defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes, 84-82. Sheryl Swoopes, whose 47 points set a single-game championship scoring performance, was named the Most Outstanding Player.{{cite book|last=Grundy|first=Pamela| year=2005|title=Shattering the glass|url=https://archive.org/details/shatteringglassr0000grun|url-access=registration|publisher=New Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/shatteringglassr0000grun/page/217 217] |isbn=978-1-56584-822-1}}
Rankings
{{main|1992–93 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.texastech.com/sports/w-baskbl/text-w-baskbl-body.html Official Texas Tech Lady Raiders website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720094601/http://www.texastech.com/sports/w-baskbl/text-w-baskbl-body.html |date=2011-07-20 }}
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