1991–92 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team

1991–92 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball
1991–92 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball
MVC tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	23–8 (13–5 MVC)
Head coach	Charlie Spoonhour (9th season);
Home arena	Hammons Student Center
	Seasons ← 1990–91 1992–93 →

1991–92 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Southern Illinois	14	–	4	.778	22	–	8	.733
Illinois State	14	–	4	.778	18	–	11	.621
Southwest Missouri State †	13	–	5	.722	23	–	8	.742
Indiana State	12	–	6	.667	13	–	15	.464
Tulsa	12	–	6	.667	17	–	13	.567
Creighton	7	–	11	.389	9	–	19	.321
Northern Iowa	6	–	12	.333	10	–	18	.357
Wichita State	6	–	12	.333	8	–	20	.286
Drake	3	–	15	.167	6	–	21	.222
Bradley	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233

† 1992 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991–92 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Southwest Missouri State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball during the 1991–92 season. Playing in the Missouri Valley Conference and led by head coach Charlie Spoonhour, the Bears finished the season with a 23–8 overall record and finished third in the MVC regular season standings.^[1] After winning the MVC tournament to gain an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, Southwest Missouri State lost to Michigan State in the opening round.

Roster

1991–92 Missouri State Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
G	Jackie Crawford	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	—	Jr
F	Tony Graves	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr
G	Johnny Murdock	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Fr

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
Nov 16, 1991*		Arkansas Express	W 66–61	–	Hammons Student Center (7,627) Springfield, Missouri
Nov 19, 1991*		TTL Bamberg	W 69–45	–	Hammons Student Center (6,584) Springfield, Missouri
Regular season
Nov 23, 1991*		Augustana (IL)	W 81–55	1–0	Hammons Student Center (7,935) Springfield, Missouri
Nov 26, 1991*		Arkansas State	W 70–69 ^OT	2–0	Hammons Student Center (8,331) Springfield, Missouri
Dec 6, 1991*		Morgan State Pizza Hut Classic	W 97–51	3–0	Hammons Student Center (7,298) Springfield, Missouri
Dec 7, 1991*		San Diego Pizza Hut Classic	W 70–63	4–0	Hammons Student Center (7,557) Springfield, Missouri
Dec 11, 1991*		UMKC	W 77–64	5–0	Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
Missouri Valley Conference tournament
Mar 7, 1992*		vs. Creighton Quarterfinals	W 75–69	21–7	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 8, 1992*		vs. Illinois State Semifinals	W 61–58 ^OT	22–7	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 9, 1992*		at Tulsa Championship Game	W 71–68	23–7	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
NCAA tournament
Mar 20, 1992*	(12 MW)	vs. (5 MW) No. 14 Michigan State First Round	L 54–61^[3]	23–8	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time.

v t e Missouri State Bears basketball
Venues	Hammons Student Center (1976–2008) Great Southern Bank Arena (2008–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–13 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 1943–45 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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NAIA national championships in bold