1991–92 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

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Great Midwest Tournament Champions
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 12

1991–92 Great Midwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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
Marquette	5	–	5	.500	16	–	13	.552
Memphis State	5	–	5	.500	23	–	11	.676
UAB	4	–	6	.400	20	–	9	.690
Saint Louis	0	–	10	.000	5	–	23	.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

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.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-04-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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