1991–92 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1991–92 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-10 champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferencePacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 4
Record28–5 (16–2, 1st Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Jim Harrick (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Mark Gottfried
  • Steve Lavin
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
Seasons
1991–92 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 UCLA 16 – 2   .889 28 – 5   .848
No. 8 USC 15 – 3   .833 24 – 6   .800
No. 10 Arizona 13 – 5   .722 24 – 7   .774
Stanford 10 – 8   .556 18 – 11   .621
Washington State 9 – 9   .500 22 – 11   .667
Arizona State 9 – 9   .500 19 – 14   .576
Oregon State 7 – 11   .389 15 – 16   .484
Washington 5 – 13   .278 12 – 17   .414
California 4 – 14   .222 10 – 18   .357
Oregon 2 – 16   .111 6 – 21   .222
As of April 15, 1991[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991–92 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Jim Harrick coached his fourth year for the Bruins. The Bruins started the season ranked 11th in the AP Poll and beat the #2 Indiana Hoosiers, 87–72, in their season opener at the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic (Springfield, Massachusetts).[2] This UCLA squad won their first 14 games, which was their best start since John Wooden's 1972–73 team. For the first time since the 1986–87 season, the Bruins were Pac-10 conference champions with a 16–2 conference record (there was no Pac-10 tournament that year). The Bruins were given a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament that year, but lost to Indiana in the Elite Eight, 79–106.[3] UCLA finished ranked 3rd and 4th in the UPI and AP Polls respectively.[4]

Starting lineup

Position Player Class
F Don MacLean Sr.
F Tracy Murray Jr.
F Mitchell Butler Jr.
G Gerald Madkins Jr.
G Shon Tarver So.

Roster

1991–92 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 23 Mitchell Butler 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
 Jr Los Angeles, California
G 11 Tyus Edney 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
—
 Fr Gardena, California
G 22 Steve Elkind 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
 Jr
C 21 Mike Lanier 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
—
 Jr
F 42 Don MacLean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
—
 Sr Palo Alto, California
G 12 Gerald Madkins (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
—
 Sr Merced, California
G 15 Darrick Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
—
 Sr Denver, Colorado
F 30 Tracy Murray 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
—
 Jr Los Angeles, California
F 31 Ed O'Bannon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
—
 Fr Los Angeles, California
G 21 Shon Tarver 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
 So
C 25 George Zidek 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
—
 Fr Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
C 14 Rodney Zimmerman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
—
 So
Head coach

Jim Harrick (Morris Harvey College)

Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
November 15, 1991
 No. 11 vs. No. 2 Indiana W 87–72  1–0
 Springfield Civic Center (8,500)
Springfield, MA
November 30, 1991
 No. 4 Long Beach State W 68–57  2–0
 Pauley Pavilion (8,384)
Los Angeles, CA
December 7, 1991
 No. 2 Pepperdine W 98–58  3–0
 Pauley Pavilion (10,413)
Los Angeles, CA
December 14, 1991
 No. 3 at San Diego State W 84–64  4–0
 San Diego Sports Arena (6,656)
San Diego, CA
December 20, 1991
 No. 3 Loyola Marymount W 106–80  5–0
 Pauley Pavilion (8,217)
Los Angeles, CA
December 23, 1991
 No. 2 Cal State Fullerton W 86–80  6–0
 Pauley Pavilion (7,569)
Los Angeles, CA
December 28, 1991
 No. 2 Oral Roberts W 113–62  7–0
 Pauley Pavilion (6,289)
Los Angeles, CA
January 4, 1992
 No. 2 Georgia W 87–80  8–0
 Pauley Pavilion (12,618)
Los Angeles, CA
January 9, 1992
 No. 2 at Arizona State W 83–62  9–0
(1–0) 		ASU Activity Center (11,598)
Tempe, AZ
January 11, 1992
 No. 2 at No. 6 Arizona W 89–87  10–0
(2–0) 		McKale Center (13,965)
Tucson, AZ
January 16, 1992
 No. 2 Oregon W 99–71  11–0
(3–0) 		Pauley Pavilion (12,102)
Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 1992
 No. 2 Oregon State W 87–81 OT 12–0
(4–0) 		Pauley Pavilion (11,921)
Los Angeles, CA
January 23, 1992
 No. 2 at California W 86–66  13–0
(5–0) 		Harmon Gym (15,039)
Berkeley, CA
January 25, 1992
 No. 2 at No. 24 Stanford W 83–77  14–0
(6–0) 		Maples Pavilion (7,500)
Stanford, CA
January 29, 1992
 No. 2 No. 25 USC L 82–86  15–0
(6–1) 		Pauley Pavilion (12,842)
Los Angeles, CA
February 2, 1992
 No. 2 at No. 24 Louisville W 78–64  15–1
 Freedom Hall (19,466)
Louisville, KY
February 6, 1992
 No. 4 Washington W 74–61  16–1
(7–1) 		Pauley Pavilion (11,686)
Los Angeles, CA
February 8, 1992
 No. 4 Washington State W 82–61  17–1
(8–1) 		Pauley Pavilion (12,041)
Los Angeles, CA
February 13, 1992
 No. 3 at Oregon State W 72–62  18–1
(9–1) 		Gill Coliseum (9,374)
Corvallis, OR
February 15, 1992
 No. 3 at Oregon W 84–65  19–1
(10–1) 		McArthur Court (7,061)
Eugene, OR
February 18, 1992
 No. 2 California W 82–76  20–1
(11–1) 		Pauley Pavilion (12,151)
Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 1992
 No. 2 Stanford W 96–70  21–1
(12–1) 		Pauley Pavilion (12,532)
Los Angeles, CA
February 22, 1992
 No. 2 at Notre Dame L 71–84  21–2
 Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418)
Notre Dame, IN
February 27, 1992
 No. 4 at No. 13 USC L 79–83  21–3
(12–2) 		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (15,517)
Los Angeles, CA
March 1, 1992
 No. 4 No. 1 Duke L 65–75  21–4
 Pauley Pavilion (13,023)
Los Angeles, CA
March 5, 1992
 No. 9 at Washington State W 89–85  22–4
(13–2) 		Beasley Coliseum (7,121)
Pullman, WA
March 8, 1992
 No. 9 at Washington W 80–79  23–4
(14–2) 		Hec Edmundson Pavilion (4,853)
Seattle, WA
March 12, 1992
 No. 8 No. 2 Arizona W 89–81  24–4
(15–2) 		Pauley Pavilion (12,898)
Los Angeles, CA
March 14, 1992
 No. 8 Arizona State W 85–77  25–4
(16–2) 		Pauley Pavilion (12,317)
Los Angeles, CA
NCAA tournament
March 20, 1992
 No. 4 vs. Robert Morris
First Round 		W 73–53  26–4
 ASU Activity Center (7,639)
Tempe, AZ
March 22, 1992
 No. 4 vs. Louisville
Second Round 		W 85–69  27–4
 ASU Activity Center (10,125)
Tempe, AZ
March 26, 1992
 No. 4 vs. New Mexico State
Sweet Sixteen 		W 85–78  28–4
 The Pit (15,914)
Albuquerque, NM
March 28, 1992
 No. 4 vs. No. 5 Indiana
Elite Eight 		L 79–106  28–5
 The Pit (16,106)
Albuquerque, NM
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Source[5] [6]

Notes

The 27-point loss to the Hoosiers in the tournament would go down as the worst loss (by margin of defeat) in UCLA's NCAA Tournament history. UCLA had beaten this Indiana Hoosiers squad in the first game of the season.

References

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Halloffametipoff.com
  3. ^ Databasesports.com
  4. ^ 2011–12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide
  5. ^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
  6. ^ "Final 1992 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF).
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