1991–92 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1991–92 Great Midwest Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1992 GMC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1991–92 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Great Midwest Co-Champions
Great Midwest Tournament Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
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

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).

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	44	Corie Blount	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Monrovia, California
G	23	Anthony Buford	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	Sr	Flint, Michigan
G	10	Tarrance Gibson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Dothan, Alabama
G	52	Allen Jackson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	Jr	South Bend, Indiana
G/F	34	Herb Jones	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Sr	Atlanta, Georgia
F	3	Erik Martin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Covina, California
F	33	Terry Nelson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	Jr	Long Beach, California
C	41	Mike Reicheneker	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	254 lb (115 kg)	Sr	Arlington, Texas
F/C	50	Jeff Scott	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	Sr	Cincinnati, Ohio
G	31	Nick Van Exel	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	Jr	Kenosha, Wisconsin
F	32	B. J. Ward	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Sr	Cincinnati, Ohio

Head coach

Bob Huggins (West Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Larry Harrison (Pittsburgh)
Steve Moeller (Otterbein)
John Loyer (Akron)
Chuck Machock (Cincinnati)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
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 (1-0)	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, OH
January 15		at DePaul	L 66-75	11-3 (1-1)	Allstate Arena Chicago, IL
January 18		Memphis State	W 75-66	12-3 (2-1)	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 (3-1)	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 (4-1)	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 (5-1)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
February 20	No. 19	DePaul	L 69-71	19-4 (5-2)	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 (6-2)	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, OH
February 29	No. 19	at UAB	W 63-58	22-4 (7-2)	Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
March 7	No. 14	at Memphis State	W 69-59	23-4 (8-2)	Memphis Pyramid Memphis, TN
Great Midwest Tournament
March 13	No. 12	vs. Marquette Semifinals	W 62-49	24-4	Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL
March 14	No. 12	vs. Memphis State 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 State 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.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP														24	19	19	14	12	12	Not released
Coaches														25	20	18	15	12	11

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1993	1	25	Corie Blount	Chicago Bulls
1993	2	37	Nick Van Exel	Los Angeles Lakers

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References

"1991-92 Great Midwest Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
"1992 NCAA Final Four program". March 1992. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-04-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "1991-92 Great Midwest Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[2] "1992 NCAA Final Four program". March 1992. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-04-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Venues	Schmidlapp Gymnasium (1901–1954) Cincinnati Gardens (1949–1954; 1987–1989) Armory Fieldhouse (1954–1976) Riverfront Coliseum (1976–1987) Fifth Third Arena (1989–2017; 2018–present) BB&T Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Louisville Memphis Xavier
Culture & lore	Bearcat "Cheer Cincinnati" 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl Longest game in Division I history UC Pep Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1991–92 Great Midwest Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Cincinnati †	8	–	2	.800	29	–	5	.853
No. 24 DePaul	8	–	2	.800	20	–	9	.690
Memphis State	5	–	5	.500	23	–	11	.676
Marquette	5	–	5	.500	16	–	13	.552
UAB	4	–	6	.400	20	–	9	.690
Saint Louis	0	–	10	.000	5	–	23	.179

† 1992 GMC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]