The 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1991 and ended with the Final Four at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 6, 1992.
Season headlines
Michigan became the first program to land four McDonald's All-Americans – Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, and Jimmy King – in a single recruiting class. Joined by Ray Jackson, the group of freshmen was known as the Fab Five. The Great Midwest Conference began play, with six original members. The 1992 East Regional Final, a 104–103 Duke win over Kentucky in overtime, is considered by many to be the greatest NCAA tournament game (or college basketball game overall) of all time. Duke held the #1 ranking in both polls for the entire season, played in its fifth consecutive Final Four, and became the first repeat national champion since the 1972–73 UCLA Bruins.
Season outlook
Pre-season polls The top 25 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.* Associated PressRankingTeam1 Duke2 Indiana3 Arkansas4 Kentucky5 Arizona6 LSU7 Ohio State8 North Carolina9 Seton Hall10 St. John's11 UCLA12 Kansas13 14 15 Connecticut16 Georgetown17 Alabama18 DePaul19 Oklahoma20 Michigan21 Iowa22 Wake Forest23 Georgia Tech24 25 Louisville UPI CoachesRankingTeam1 Duke2 Indiana3 Arkansas4 North Carolina5 Ohio State6 LSU7 Arizona8 Kentucky9 Seton Hall 10 St. John's 11 UCLA12 13 Kansas 14 Georgetown15 Connecticut16 Alabama17 18 Wake Forest19 Michigan20 Iowa21 Oklahoma22 23 DePaul24 Georgia Tech25 Texas
Conference membership changes SchoolFormer conferenceNew conference Sun Belt Conference Great Midwest Conference Southwest Conference Southeastern Conference Trans America Athletic Conference Sun Belt Conference American South Conference Sun Belt Conference Big South Conference Peach Belt Conference (D-II) NCAA Division I independent East Coast Conference NCAA Division III independent East Coast Conference American South Conference Sun Belt Conference NAIA independent NCAA Division I independent Sun Belt Conference Metro Conference Metro Conference Great Midwest Conference East Coast Conference North Atlantic Conference NCAA Division I independent Great Midwest Conference East Coast Conference North Atlantic Conference NCAA Division I independent Trans America Athletic Conference Metro Conference Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA Division II independent NCAA Division I independent American South Conference Sun Belt Conference NCAA Division I independent Big South Conference American South Conference Sun Belt Conference Midwestern Collegiate Conference Great Midwest Conference Metro Conference Great Midwest Conference NCAA Division I independent Big East Conference Colonial Athletic Association Patriot League American South Conference Sun Belt Conference NCAA Division I independent Southland Conference Mid-Continent Conference Missouri Valley Conference Sun Belt Conference Colonial Athletic Association Atlantic 10 Conference NCAA Division I independent NCAA Division II independent NCAA Division I independent Midwestern Collegiate Conference Great Midwest Conference Metro Conference Southeastern Conference Sun Belt Conference Metro Conference MIAA (D-II) Ohio Valley Conference NCAA Division I independent Trans America Athletic Conference American South Conference Sun Belt Conference American South Conference Sun Belt Conference Trans America Athletic Conference Southland Conference NCAA Division I independent Discontinued athletic programs Sun Belt Conference Metro Conference NCAA Division I independent Mid-Continent Conference
Regular season Conferences Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular season first placeConference player of the yearConference Coach of the YearConference tournamentTournament venue (city)Tournament winner Atlantic 10 Conference UMass Harper Williams, UMass Al Skinner, Rhode Island 1992 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament McGonigle Hall & The PalestraPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania;Curry Hicks CageAmherst, Massachusetts UMass Atlantic Coast Conference Duke Christian Laettner, Duke Pat Kennedy, Florida State 1992 ACC men's basketball tournament Charlotte ColiseumCharlotte, North Carolina Duke Big East Conference Georgetown, St. John's, & Seton Hall Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown John Thompson, Georgetown 1992 Big East men's basketball tournament Madison Square GardenNew York, New York Syracuse Big Eight Conference Kansas Anthony Peeler, Missouri Roy Williams, Kansas 1992 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Kemper ArenaKansas City, Missouri Kansas Big Sky Conference Montana Kevin Soares, Nevada, & Montana Blaine Taylor, Montana 1992 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament Dahlberg ArenaMissoula, Montana Montana Big South Conference Radford Tony Dunkin, Coastal Carolina Ron Bradley, Radford 1992 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament Civic Center of AndersonAnderson, South Carolina Campbell Big Ten Conference Ohio State Jim Jackson, Ohio State Randy Ayers, Ohio StateNo Tournament Big West Conference UNLV Lucius Davis, Jerry Pimm, & UNLV 1992 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Long Beach ArenaLong Beach, California New Mexico State Colonial Athletic Association James Madison & Richmond Curtis Blair, Richmond Lefty Driesell, James Madison 1992 CAA men's basketball tournament Richmond ColiseumRichmond, Virginia Old Dominion East Coast Conference Hofstra Terrance Jacobs, Towson State 1992 East Coast Conference men's basketball tournament RAC ArenaCatonsville, Maryland Towson State Great Midwest Conference Cincinnati & DePaul Penny Hardaway, Memphis State 1992 Great Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament Chicago StadiumChicago, Illinois Cincinnati Ivy League Princeton Sean Jackson, Princeton Not namedNo Tournament Metro Conference Tulane Clarence Weatherspoon, Southern Miss Perry Clark, Tulane 1992 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament Freedom HallLouisville, Kentucky UNC Charlotte Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Manhattan Randy Woods, La Salle Steve Lappas, Manhattan 1992 MAAC men's basketball tournament Knickerbocker ArenaAlbany, New York La Salle Mid-American Conference Miami (OH) Lewis Geter, Ohio Bob Donewald, Western Michigan 1992 MAC men's basketball tournament Cobo ArenaDetroit, Michigan Miami (OH) Mid-Continent Conference Wisconsin–Green Bay Tony Bennett, Wisconsin–Green Bay Dick Bennett, Wisconsin–Green Bay 1992 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament CSU Convocation CenterCleveland, Ohio Eastern Illinois Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Howard & DeLon Turner, Butch Beard, Howard 1992 MEAC men's basketball tournament Norfolk ScopeNorfolk, Virginia Howard Midwestern Collegiate Conference Evansville Parrish Casebier, Evansville Jim Crews, Evansville 1992 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament Riverfront ColiseumCincinnati, Ohio Evansville Missouri Valley Conference Illinois State & Southern Illinois Ashraf Amaya, Southern Illinois Bob Bender, Illinois State 1992 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament St. Louis ArenaSt. Louis, Missouri Southwest Missouri State North Atlantic Conference Delaware Kevin Roberson, Vermont Steve Steinwedel, Delaware 1992 North Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament Delaware Field House, Newark, Delaware Delaware Northeast Conference Robert Morris Myron Walker, Robert Morris Tim Capstraw, Wagner 1992 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Charles L. Sewall CenterMoon Township, Pennsylvania Robert Morris Ohio Valley Conference Murray State Brett Roberts, Morehead State Scott Edgar, Murray State 1992 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Rupp ArenaLexington, Kentucky Murray State Pacific-10 Conference UCLA Harold Miner, USC George Raveling, USCNo Tournament Patriot League Bucknell & Fordham Patrick King, Bucknell Jack Bruen, Colgate 1992 Patriot League men's basketball tournament Stabler ArenaBethlehem, Pennsylvania Fordham Southeastern Conference Kentucky (East)Arkansas (West) Shaquille O'Neal, LSU Lon Kruger, Florida 1992 SEC men's basketball tournament Birmingham-Jefferson Convention ComplexBirmingham, Alabama Kentucky Southern Conference Chattanooga & East Tennessee State Terry Boyd, Western Carolina, & Chattanooga Mack McCarthy, Chattanooga 1992 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Asheville Civic CenterAsheville, North Carolina East Tennessee State Southland Conference Texas–San Antonio Ryan Stuart, Northeast Louisiana Rickey Broussard, Nicholls State 1992 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Convocation CenterSan Antonio, Texas Northeast Louisiana Southwest Conference Houston & Texas Will Flemons, Texas Tech James Dickey, Texas Tech, & , Houston 1992 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament Reunion ArenaDallas, Texas Houston Southwestern Athletic Conference & Texas Southern Steve Rogers, Alabama State Lafayette Stribling, Mississippi Valley State 1992 SWAC men's basketball tournament Riverside CentroplexBaton Rouge, Louisiana Mississippi Valley State Sun Belt Conference Louisiana Tech & Southwestern Louisiana Ron Ellis, Louisiana Tech Marty Fletcher, Louisiana Tech 1992 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Mississippi Coast ColiseumBiloxi, Mississippi Southwestern Louisiana Trans America Athletic Conference Georgia Southern Tony Windless, Georgia Southern Frank Kerns, Georgia Southern 1992 TAAC men's basketball tournament Hanner FieldhouseStatesboro, Georgia Georgia Southern West Coast Athletic Conference Pepperdine Doug Christie, Pepperdine Tom Asbury, Pepperdine 1992 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament Chiles CenterPortland, Oregon Pepperdine Western Athletic Conference BYU & UTEP Reggie Slater, Wyoming Roger Reid, BYU 1992 WAC men's basketball tournament Moby ArenaFort Collins, Colorado BYU
Conference standings
Division I independents A total of 12 college teams played as Division I independents. Among them, UMKC (21–7) had the best winning percentage (.750), and UMKC and Penn State (21–8) had the most wins.
Informal championships ConferenceRegular season winnerMost Valuable PlayerPhiladelphia Big 5 La Salle, Penn, Saint Joseph's, Temple, & Villanova Randy Woods, La Salle For the first time since its first season of competition in the 1955–56 season, the Philadelphia Big 5 did not play a full round-robin schedule in which each team met each other team once. Instead, each team played only two games against other Big 5 members, and all five teams finished with 1–1 records in head-to-head competition among the Big 5. The Big 5 did not revive its full round-robin schedule until the 1999–2000 season.
Statistical leaders
Player School PPG Player School RPG Player School APG Player School BPG Brett Roberts Morehead State 28.1 Popeye Jones Murray State 14.4 Van Usher Tennessee Tech 8.8 Shaquille O'Neal LSU 5.2 Vin Baker Hartford 27.6 Shaquille O'Neal LSU 14.0 Sam Crawford New Mexico State 8.5 Alonzo Mourning Georgetown 5.0 Alphonso Ford Mississippi Valley State 27.5 Tim Burroughs Jacksonville 13.2 Orlando Smart San Francisco 8.3 Kevin Roberson Vermont 5.0 Randy Woods La Salle 27.3 Adam Keefe Stanford 12.2 Kevin Soares Nevada 7.8 Acie Earl Iowa 4.0 Steve Rogers Alabama State 27.3 Leonard White Southern 12.2 Chuck Evans Mississippi State 7.8 Vin Baker Hartford 3.7
Postseason tournaments
NCAA Tournament
Final Four - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
# signifies Michigan's final two games, in the 1992 Final Four, were vacated on November 7, 2002, as part of the settlement of the University of Michigan basketball scandal. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with the removal of any Michigan wins from all records.
National Invitation Tournament
NIT Semifinals and Final
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams