1991–92 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team

1991–92 Great Midwest Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1992 GMC tournament winner; Rankings from AP Poll

Memphis State Tigers men's basketball
1991–92 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Great Midwest Conference
1991–92 record	23–11 (5–5 Great Midwest)
Head coach	Larry Finch (6th year)
Home stadium	Pyramid Arena
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The 1991–92 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team represented Memphis State University as a member of the Great Midwest Conference during the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.^[2] The Tigers were led by head coach Larry Finch and played their home games at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Tigers received an at-large bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament as No. 6 seed in the Midwest region. After defeating No. 11 seed Pepperdine, No. 3 seed Arkansas,^[3] and No. 7 seed Georgia Tech,^[4] Memphis State fell to No. 4 seed Cincinnati for the fourth time in the Midwest Regional final.^[5] The team finished with a 23–11 record (5–5 Great Midwest).

Roster

1991–92 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
G	12	Leon Mitchell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Overton	Memphis, Tennessee
F	13	Tim Duncan	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Melrose	Memphis, Tennessee
G	14	Chris Haynes	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	Fr	Briarcrest	Memphis, Tennessee
G	15	Marcus Nolan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	Fr	Hamilton	Memphis, Tennessee
G	20	Tony Madlock	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Melrose	Memphis, Tennessee
F	23	Ernest Smith	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Whitehaven	Memphis, Tennessee
G	25	Penny Hardaway	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	So	Treadwell	Memphis, Tennessee
F	31	Kelvin Allen	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Bolivar Central	Bolivar, Tennessee
F	32	Russell Young	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)		Marianna Lee	LaGrange, Arkansas
G	35	Billy Smith	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	East	Memphis, Tennessee
F	42	Ben Spiva	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Christian Brothers	Memphis, Tennessee
F	50	David Vaughn	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Fr	Whites Creek	Whites Creek, Tennessee
C	51	Todd Mundt	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Central Merry	Jackson, Tennessee
F	55	Anthony Douglas	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Jr	East	Memphis, Tennessee

Head coach

Larry Finch (Memphis)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 16, 2020

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular season
Nov 29, 1991		#20 DePaul	89–92 ^OT	0–1 (0–1)	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 3, 1991*		Murray State	78–54	1–1	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 14, 1991*		Tennessee	64–65	1–2	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 16, 1991*		Southwestern Louisiana	105–97	2–2	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 19, 1991*		Minnesota	65–62	3–2	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 23, 1991*		Jackson State	87–73	4–2	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 27, 1991*		vs. Saint Joseph's ECAC Holiday Festival	77–60	5–2	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Dec 28, 1991*		at #18 St. John's ECAC Holiday Festival	54–75	5–3	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Jan 4, 1992*		at UAB	67–63	6–3 (1–1)	UAB Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Jan 8, 1992*		#12 Missouri	89–78	7–3	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Jan 11, 1992		at DePaul	80–88	7–4 (1–2)	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois
Jan 15, 1992*		Texas Southern	71–53	8–4	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Jan 18, 1992		at Cincinnati Rivalry	66–75	8–5 (1–3)	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 20, 1992*		at Southern Miss	59–67	8–6	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 25, 1992		Marquette	59–55	9–6 (2–3)	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Jan 29, 1992*		at Vanderbilt	72–70 ^OT	10–6	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 1, 1992		Saint Louis	77–64	11–6 (3–3)	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 4, 1992*		at Southwestern Louisiana	77–76	12–6	Cajundome Lafayette, Louisiana
Feb 8, 1992*		#5 Arkansas	92–88	13–6	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 13, 1992*		Temple	63–65	13–7	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 16, 1992*		Southern Miss	80–61	14–7	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 20, 1992		at Saint Louis	75–73 ^OT	15–7 (4–3)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 22, 1992		UAB	63–58	16–7 (5–3)	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 25, 1992*		VCU	85–58	17–7	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 29, 1992		at Marquette	67–82	17–8 (5–4)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 4, 1992*		at #21 Tulane	68–67	18–8	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Mar 7, 1992		#14 Cincinnati Rivalry	59–69	18–9 (5–5)	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Great Midwest Conference Tournament
Mar 12, 1992*		vs. UAB Quarterfinal	79–67	19–9	Chicago Stadium Chicago, Illinois
Mar 13, 1992*		vs. #19 DePaul Semifinal	95–75	20–9	Chicago Stadium Chicago, Illinois
Mar 14, 1992*		vs. #12 Cincinnati Championship	63–75	20–10	Chicago Stadium Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 19, 1992*	(6 MW)	vs. (11 MW) Pepperdine First round	80–70^[6]	21–10	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 21, 1992*	(6 MW)	vs. (3 MW) #9 Arkansas Second Round	82–80^[3]	22–10	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 27, 1992*	(6 MW)	vs. (7 MW) Georgia Tech Midwest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	83–79 ^{OT^[4]}	23–10	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 29, 1992*	(6 MW)	vs. (4 MW) #12 Cincinnati Midwest Regional final – Elite Eight	57–88^[5]	23–11	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

Awards and honors

Penny Hardaway – GMC Player of the Year

References

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v t e Memphis Tigers men's basketball
Venues	Various locations (1920–1929) Memorial Fieldhouse (1929–1966) Mid-South Coliseum (1966–1991) Pyramid Arena (1991–2004) FedExForum (2004–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati Louisville UAB
Culture & lore	Pouncer Newby's TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	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 1942–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 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
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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
Memphis State	5	–	5	.500	23	–	11	.676
Marquette	5	–	5	.500	16	–	13	.552
UAB	4	–	6	.400	20	–	9	.690
Saint Louis	0	–	10	.000	5	–	23	.179

† 1992 GMC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]