1991–92 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1991–92 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Great Midwest Co-Champions
Great Midwest Tournament Champions
Conference Great Midwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 11
AP No. 12
1991–92 record 29–5 (8–2 Great Midwest)
Head coach Bob Huggins
Home arena Myrl Shoemaker Center
1991–92 Great Midwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#12 Cincinnati82 .800  295  .853
#24 DePaul82 .800  209  .690
Memphis State55 .500  2311  .676
Marquette55 .500  1613  .552
UAB46 .400  209  .690
Saint Louis010 .000  523  .179
1992 GMC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1991–92 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati in NCAA Division I competition in the 1991–92 season. The Bearcats, coached by Bob Huggins, won the first title of the Great Midwest Conference, created that season by a split from the Metro Conference (the two would reunite in 1995 to form Conference USA).

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
November 22*
Austin Peay W 108-77  1–0
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
November 23*
American W 72-69  2–0
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
November 25*
Fairleigh Dickinson W 75–58  3–0
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
November 30*
Miami (OH) W 82-62  4–0
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
December 3*
Cleveland State W 91-56  5–0
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
December 6*
East Carolina W 105-69  6–0
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
December 16*
at UMKC W 91-56  7–0
Municipal Auditorium 
Kansas City, MO
December 21*
at No. 12 Michigan State L 89-90  7-1
Breslin Student Events Center 
East Lansing, MI
December 31*
South Florida W 80-60  8–1
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
January 4*
No. 10 Indiana L 60-81  8–2
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
January 6*
Middle Tennessee W 79-70  9-2
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
January 8
at Tennessee W 62-51  10-2
Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, TN
January 11
St. Louis W 79-66  11-2
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
January 15
at DePaul L 66-75  11-3
Allstate Arena 
Chicago, IL
January 18
Memphis W 75-66  12-3
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
January 22*
Eastern Kentucky W 81-41  13-3
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
January 25
UAB W 76-52  14-3
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
January 6*
at Xavier
Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout
W 93-75  15-3
Cincinnati Gardens 
Cincinnati, OH
February 1
at Marquette W 71-57  16-3
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, WI
February 5*
Dayton W 77-48  17-3
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
February 12*
No. 24 Brooklyn W 104-54  18-3
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
February 15
No. 24 at St. Louis W 89-60  19-3
St. Louis Arena 
St. Louis, MO
February 20
No. 19 DePaul L 69-71  19-4
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
February 22*
No. 19 at South Alabama W 104-78  20-4
Jaguar Gym 
Mobile, AL
February 22
No. 19 Marquette W 70-59  21-4
Myrl Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, OH
February 29
No. 19 at UAB W 63-58  22-4
Bartow Arena 
Birmingham, AL
March 7
No. 14 at Memphis W 69-59  23-4
Memphis Pyramid 
Memphis, TN
Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 13
No. 12 vs. Marquette
Semifinals
W 62-49  24-4
Chicago Stadium 
Chicago, IL
March 14
No. 12 vs. Memphis
Finals
W 75-63  25-4
Chicago Stadium 
Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
March 20*
(4) vs. (13) Delaware
Round of 64
W 85-47  26-4
University of Dayton Arena 
Dayton, OH
March 22*
(4) vs. (5) Michigan State
Round of 32
W 77-65  27-4
University of Dayton Arena 
Dayton, OH
March 27*
(4) vs. (9) UTEP
Sweet Sixteen
W 69-67  28-4
Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, MO
March 29
(4) vs. (6) Memphis
Elite Eight
W 88-57  29-4
Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, MO
April 4*
(4) vs. (6) Michigan
Final Four
L 72-76  29-5
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 
Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

YearRoundPickPlayerNBA Club
1993125Corie BlountChicago Bulls
1993237Nick Van ExelLos Angeles Lakers

[2]

References

  1. "1991-92 Great Midwest Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.