1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

See also: 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

The 1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 19, 1992, and ended with the championship game on April 6 in Minneapolis. A total of 63 games were played.

1992 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament

Season	1991–92
Teams	64
Finals site	H.H.H. Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions	Duke Blue Devils (2nd title, 6th title game, 10th Final Four)
Runner-up	Michigan Wolverines (Vacated) (4th title game, 5th Final Four)
Semifinalists	Cincinnati Bearcats (6th Final Four) Indiana Hoosiers (7th Final Four)
Winning coach	Mike Krzyzewski (2nd title)
MOP	Bobby Hurley (Duke)
Attendance	580,462
Top scorer	Christian Laettner Duke (115 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «1991 1993»

Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, coached by Steve Fisher, 71–51 to claim their second consecutive national championship.^[1] Bobby Hurley of Duke was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Michigan subsequently vacated its final two tournament games as part of the University of Michigan basketball scandal.

This tournament is best remembered for the East regional final pitting Duke and Kentucky at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. With 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime, Duke trailed 103–102. Grant Hill threw a pass the length of the court to Christian Laettner, who dribbled once, turned, and hit a jumper as time expired for the 104–103 win. Sports Illustrated deemed it the greatest college basketball game of all time,^[2] and ESPN ranked it No. 17 among the top 100 sports moments of the past 25 years (see ESPN25). In 2002, USA Today ranked it the greatest NCAA tournament game of all time.^[3]

The tournament also saw dark horse Cincinnati crash the Final Four and return to national prominence.

Schedule and venues

 

 

Atlanta

 

Boise

 

Cincinnati

 

Dayton

 

Greensboro

 

Milwaukee

 

Tempe

 

Worcester

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1992 first and second rounds

 

 

Albuquerque

 

Kansas City

 

Lexington

 

Philadelphia

 

Minneapolis

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1992 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1992 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

• March 19 and 21
  • East Region
    • Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)
  • Midwest Region
    • Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Host: Marquette University)
  • Southeast Region
    • Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio (Hosts: Cincinnati/Xavier)
  • West Region
    • BSU Pavilion, Boise, Idaho (Host: Boise State University)
• March 20 and 22
  • East Region
    • Centrum in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: College of Holy Cross)
  • Midwest Region
    • University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
  • Southeast Region
    • Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • West Region
    • ASU Activity Center, Tempe, Arizona (Host: Arizona State University)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

• March 26 and 28
  • East Regional, Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Hosts: Temple University/Villanova University)
  • West Regional, University Arena ("The Pit"), Albuquerque, New Mexico (Host: University of New Mexico)
• March 27 and 29
  • Midwest Regional, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Big Eight Conference)
  • Southeast Regional, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

• April 4 and 6
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)

For the first time since 1951, Minneapolis was the site of the Final Four, held at the Metrodome, the 28th venue used for the Final Four. Once again, all four arenas used for the regional rounds were former Final Four sites. For the first time, the tournament held games in Massachusetts, at the Centrum in Worcester. Additionally, the tournament came to the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, which replaced the MECCA Arena. This tournament would mark the final appearances of Atlanta's Omni Coliseum and the Spectrum in Philadelphia; both have since been replaced. To date, this was the most recent game played in Cincinnati; the tournament is slated to return to the Queen City in 2022. Any future tournament games to be held in Milwaukee would be played at the Fiserv Forum; if in Minneapolis, Target Center, U.S. Bank Stadium (which hosted 2019 Final 4) or the Xcel Energy Center (which is located in St. Paul).

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final opponent	Score
East
East	1	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Atlantic Coast	Champion	6 Michigan	W 71–51
East	2	Kentucky	Rick Pitino	Southeastern	Regional Runner-up	1 Duke	L 104–103
East	3	Massachusetts	John Calipari	Atlantic 10	Sweet Sixteen	2 Kentucky	L 87–77
East	4	Seton Hall	P.J. Carlesimo	Big East	Sweet Sixteen	1 Duke	L 81–69
East	5	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Big Eight	Round of 32	4 Seton Hall	L 88–71
East	6	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Big East	Round of 32	3 Massachusetts	L 77–71
East	7	UNC Charlotte	Jeff Mullins	Metro	Round of 64	10 Iowa State	L 76–74
East	8	Texas	Tom Penders	Southwest	Round of 64	9 Iowa	L 98–92
East	9	Iowa	Tom Davis	Big Ten	Round of 32	1 Duke	L 75–62
East	10	Iowa State	Johnny Orr	Big Eight	Round of 32	2 Kentucky	L 106–98
East	11	Princeton	Pete Carril	Ivy League	Round of 64	6 Syracuse	L 51–43
East	12	West Virginia	Gale Catlett	Atlantic 10	Round of 64	5 Missouri	L 89–78
East	13	La Salle	Speedy Morris	Metro Atlantic	Round of 64	4 Seton Hall	L 78–76
East	14	Fordham	Nick Macarchuk	Patriot	Round of 64	3 Massachusetts	L 85–58
East	15	Old Dominion	Oliver Purnell	Colonial	Round of 64	2 Kentucky	L 88–69
East	16	Campbell	Billy Lee	Big South	Round of 64	1 Duke	L 82–56
Midwest
Midwest	1	Kansas	Roy Williams	Big Eight	Round of 32	9 UTEP	L 66–60
Midwest	2	USC	George Raveling	Pacific-10	Round of 32	7 Georgia Tech	L 79–78
Midwest	3	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	Southeastern	Round of 32	6 Memphis State	L 82–80
Midwest	4	Cincinnati	Bob Huggins	Great Midwest	National semifinals	6 Michigan	L 76–72
Midwest	5	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	Big Ten	Round of 32	4 Cincinnati	L 77–65
Midwest	6	Memphis State	Larry Finch	Great Midwest	Regional Runner-up	4 Cincinnati	L 88–57
Midwest	7	Georgia Tech	Bobby Cremins	Atlantic Coast	Sweet Sixteen	6 Memphis State	L 83–79
Midwest	8	Evansville	Jim Crews	Midwestern	Round of 64	9 UTEP	L 55–50
Midwest	9	UTEP	Don Haskins	Western Athletic	Sweet Sixteen	4 Cincinnati	L 69–67
Midwest	10	Houston	Pat Foster	Southwest	Round of 64	7 Georgia Tech	L 65–60
Midwest	11	Pepperdine	Tom Asbury	West Coast	Round of 64	6 Memphis State	L 80–70
Midwest	12	Southwest Missouri State	Charlie Spoonhour	Missouri Valley	Round of 64	5 Michigan State	L 61–54
Midwest	13	Delaware	Steve Steinwedel	North Atlantic	Round of 64	4 Cincinnati	L 85–47
Midwest	14	Murray State	Scott Edgar	Ohio Valley	Round of 64	3 Arkansas	L 80–69
Midwest	15	Northeast Louisiana	Mike Vining	Southland	Round of 64	2 USC	L 84–54
Midwest	16	Howard	Butch Beard	Mid-Eastern	Round of 64	1 Kansas	L 100–67
Southeast
Southeast	1	Ohio State	Randy Ayers	Big Ten	Regional Runner-up	6 Michigan	L 75–71
Southeast	2	Oklahoma State	Eddie Sutton	Big Eight	Sweet Sixteen	6 Michigan	L 75–72
Southeast	3	Arizona	Lute Olson	Pacific-10	Round of 64	14 East Tennessee State	L 87–80
Southeast	4	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Atlantic Coast	Sweet Sixteen	1 Ohio State	L 80–73
Southeast	5	Alabama	Wimp Sanderson	Southeastern	Round of 32	4 North Carolina	L 64–55
Southeast	6	Michigan	Steve Fisher	Big Ten	Runner Up	1 Duke	L 71–51
Southeast	7	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Big East	Round of 64	10 Tulane	L 61–57
Southeast	8	Nebraska	Danny Nee	Big Eight	Round of 64	9 Connecticut	L 86–65
Southeast	9	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	Big East	Round of 32	1 Ohio State	L 78–55
Southeast	10	Tulane	Perry Clark	Metro	Round of 32	2 Oklahoma State	L 87–71
Southeast	11	Temple	John Chaney	Atlantic 10	Round of 64	6 Michigan	L 73–66
Southeast	12	Stanford	Mike Montgomery	Pacific-10	Round of 64	5 Alabama	L 80–75
Southeast	13	Miami (OH)	Joby Wright	Mid-American	Round of 64	4 North Carolina	L 68–63
Southeast	14	East Tennessee State	Alan LeForce	Southern	Round of 32	6 Michigan	L 102–90
Southeast	15	Georgia Southern	Frank Kerns	Trans America	Round of 64	2 Oklahoma State	L 100–73
Southeast	16	Mississippi Valley State	Lafayette Stribling	Southwest Athletic	Round of 64	1 Ohio State	L 83–56
West
West	1	UCLA	Jim Harrick	Pacific-10	Regional Runner-up	2 Indiana	L 106–79
West	2	Indiana	Bob Knight	Big Ten	National semifinals	1 Duke	L 81-78
West	3	Florida State	Pat Kennedy	Atlantic Coast	Sweet Sixteen	2 Indiana	L 85–74
West	4	Oklahoma	Billy Tubbs	Big Eight	Round of 64	13 Southwestern Louisiana	L 87–83
West	5	DePaul	Joey Meyer	Great Midwest	Round of 64	12 New Mexico State	L 81–73
West	6	Georgetown	John Thompson	Big East	Round of 32	3 Florida State	L 78–68
West	7	LSU	Dale Brown	Southeastern	Round of 32	2 Indiana	L 89–79
West	8	Louisville	Denny Crum	Metro	Round of 32	1 UCLA	L 85–69
West	9	Wake Forest	Dave Odom	Atlantic Coast	Round of 64	8 Louisville	L 81–58
West	10	BYU	Roger Reid	Western Athletic	Round of 64	7 LSU	L 94–83
West	11	South Florida	Bobby Paschal	Metro	Round of 64	6 Georgetown	L 75–60
West	12	New Mexico State	Neil McCarthy	Big West	Sweet Sixteen	1 UCLA	L 85–78
West	13	Southwestern Louisiana	Marty Fletcher	Sun Belt	Round of 32	12 New Mexico State	L 81–73
West	14	Montana	Blaine Taylor	Big Sky	Round of 64	3 Florida State	L 78–68
West	15	Eastern Illinois	Rick Samuels	Mid-Continent	Round of 64	2 Indiana	L 94–55
West	16	Robert Morris	Jarrett Durham	Northeast	Round of 64	1 UCLA	L 73–53

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East Regional – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Duke	82
	16	Campbell	56
						1	Duke	75
	Greensboro
						9	Iowa	62
	8	Texas	92
	9	Iowa	98
											1	Duke	81
											4	Seton Hall	69
	5	Missouri	89
	12	West Virginia	78
						5	Missouri	71
	Greensboro
						4	Seton Hall	88
	4	Seton Hall	78
	13	La Salle	76
																1	Duke	104
																2	Kentucky	103*
	6	Syracuse	51
	11	Princeton	43
						6	Syracuse	71
	Worcester
						3	Massachusetts	77*
	3	Massachusetts	85
	14	Fordham	58
											3	Massachusetts	77
											2	Kentucky	87
	7	Charlotte	74
	10	Iowa State	76
						10	Iowa State	98
	Worcester
						2	Kentucky	106
	2	Kentucky	88
	15	Old Dominion	69

West Regional – Albuquerque, New Mexico

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	UCLA	73
	16	Robert Morris	53
						1	UCLA	85
	Tempe
						8	Louisville	69
	8	Louisville	81
	9	Wake Forest	58
											1	UCLA	85
											12	New Mexico State	78
	5	DePaul	73
	12	New Mexico State	81
						12	New Mexico State	81
	Tempe
						13	Southwest Louisiana	73
	4	Oklahoma	83
	13	Southwest Louisiana	87
																1	UCLA	79
																2	Indiana	106
	6	Georgetown	75
	11	South Florida	60
						6	Georgetown	68
	Boise
						3	Florida State	78
	3	Florida State	78
	14	Montana	68
											3	Florida State	74
											2	Indiana	85
	7	LSU	94
	10	BYU	83
						7	LSU	79
	Boise
						2	Indiana	89
	2	Indiana	94
	15	Eastern Illinois	55

Southeast Regional – Lexington, Kentucky

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Ohio St	83
	16	Mississippi Valley State	56
						1	Ohio State	78
	Cincinnati
						9	Connecticut	55
	8	Nebraska	65
	9	Connecticut	86
											1	Ohio State	80
											4	North Carolina	73
	5	Alabama	80
	12	Stanford	75
						5	Alabama	55
	Cincinnati
						4	North Carolina	64
	4	North Carolina	68
	13	Miami (OH)	63
																1	Ohio State	71*
																6	Michigan	75
	6	Michigan	73
	11	Temple	66
						6	Michigan	102
	Atlanta
						14	East Tennessee State	90
	3	Arizona	80
	14	East Tennessee State	87
											6	Michigan	75
											2	Oklahoma State	72
	7	St. John's	57
	10	Tulane	61
						10	Tulane	71
	Atlanta
						2	Oklahoma State	87
	2	Oklahoma State	100
	15	Georgia Southern	73

Midwest Regional – Kansas City, Missouri

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Kansas	100
	16	Howard	67
						1	Kansas	60
	Dayton
						9	UTEP	66
	8	Evansville	50
	9	UTEP	55
											9	UTEP	67
											4	Cincinnati	69
	5	Michigan State	61
	12	Southwest Missouri State	54
						5	Michigan State	65
	Dayton
						4	Cincinnati	77
	4	Cincinnati	85
	13	Delaware	47
																4	Cincinnati	88
																6	Memphis State	57
	6	Memphis State	80
	11	Pepperdine	70
						6	Memphis State	82
	Milwaukee
						3	Arkansas	80
	3	Arkansas	80
	14	Murray State	69
											6	Memphis State	83
											7	Georgia Tech	79*
	7	Georgia Tech	65
	10	Houston	60
						7	Georgia Tech	79
	Milwaukee
						2	USC	78
	2	USC	84
	15	Northeast Louisiana	54

Final Four – Minneapolis, Minnesota

	National semifinals					National Championship Game
	E1	Duke	81
	W2	Indiana	78
						E1	Duke	71
						S6	Michigan#	51
	S6	Michigan#	76
	M4	Cincinnati	72

# 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.

Announcers

• Jim Nantz and Billy Packer – Southeast Regional at Lexington, Kentucky; Final Four at Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Dick Stockton and Al McGuire/Greg Kelser (afternoon session of first round only) – First & Second Round at Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Midwest Regional at Kansas City, Missouri
• Verne Lundquist and Len Elmore – First & Second Round at Cincinnati; East Regional at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Greg Gumbel and Quinn Buckner – First & Second Round at Atlanta, Georgia; West Regional at Albuquerque, New Mexico
• James Brown and Bill Raftery – First & Second Round at Worcester, Massachusetts
• Tim Ryan and Digger Phelps – First & Second Round at Dayton, Ohio
• Sean McDonough and Bill Walton – First & Second Round at Boise, Idaho
• Brad Nessler and Ann Meyers – First & Second Round at Tempe, Arizona
• Mel Proctor and Dan Bonner – First & Second Round at Greensboro, North Carolina

See also

• 1992 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1992 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1992 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1992 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1992 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1992 National Invitation Tournament
• 1992 National Women's Invitation Tournament
• 1992 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1992 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1992 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1992 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament

References

1. 1992 NCAA Basketball National Championship Game on YouTube
2. Matthew Waxman = 16 Greatest Games Sports Illustrated (On Campus), March 10, 2004
3. Mike Douchant – Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002