1991–92 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1991–92 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They ended the season 19–11 overall and 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #9 seed in the East Region. After defeating Texas 98–92 in the first round, the Hawkeyes lost to #1 seed Duke 75–62 in the Round of 32. It was the second consecutive season Iowa lost to the eventual National Champion Blue Devils.

1991–92 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Amana-Hawkeye Classic Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	19–11 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Bruce Pearl Gary Close
MVP	Acie Earl
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)
Seasons ← 1990–91 1992–93 →

1991–92 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Ohio State	15	–	3		.833			26	–	6		.813
No. 5 Indiana	14	–	4		.778			27	–	7		.794
No. 15 Michigan	11	–	7		.611			24	–	9		.727
No. 14 Michigan State	11	–	7		.611			22	–	8		.733
Iowa	10	–	8		.556			19	–	11		.633
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Minnesota	8	–	10		.444			16	–	16		.500
Illinois	7	–	11		.389			13	–	15		.464
Wisconsin	4	–	14		.222			13	–	18		.419
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			9	–	19		.321
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1991–92 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 10 Kevin Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — So Fort Worth, Texas G 11 Troy Skinner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Sr Palmer, Iowa G 13 Paul Lusk — — So New Baden, Illinois G/F 15 Rodell Davis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr Chicago, Illinois G 20 Val Barnes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr Wichita, Kansas F 23 James Winters 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — So Joliet, Illinois F 24 James Moses 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Sr Carson, California F 32 Jim Bartels 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — So Freedom, Wisconsin F 34 Wade Lookingbill 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr Fort Dodge, Iowa F 40 Chris Street 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Indianola, Iowa F 42 Jay Webb 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Jr San Jose, California F 43 Brig Tubbs 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Sr DeWitt, Iowa F/C 55 Acie Earl 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Moline, Illinois	Head coach Tom Davis (UW–Platteville) Assistant coach(es) Bruce Pearl Gary Close Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule/results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/23/1991*	No. 21	Maryland Eastern Shore	W 101–45[1]	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
11/26/1991*	No. 21	Western Illinois	W 95–58	2–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/3/1991*	No. 21	Drake Iowa Big Four	W 83–56[2]	3–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/6/1991*	No. 21	Army Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 74–39	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,523) Iowa City, IA
12/7/1991*	No. 21	Louisiana Tech Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 84–65[3]	5–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/10/1991*	No. 16	at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 108–85[4]	6–0	UNI-Dome (19,042) Cedar Falls, IA
12/14/1991*	No. 16	at Iowa State Rivalry	L 84–98	6–1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
12/27/1991*	No. 23	vs. Butler Tampa Tribune Holiday Invitational	W 114–92[5]	7–1	Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
12/28/1991*	No. 23	at South Florida Tampa Tribune Holiday Invitational	L 78–85	7–2	Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
1/4/1992*		Centenary	W 121–76	8–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
1/9/1992	No. 16	No. 11 Michigan	L 77-80 OT[6]	8–3 (0–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
1/11/1992		at Purdue	L 69-77	8–4 (0–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
1/15/1992		Illinois	W 74-69	9–4 (1–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/19/1992		at No. 4 Ohio State	L 81-85[7]	9–5 (1–3)	St. John Arena (13,276) Columbus, OH
1/22/1992		at Northwestern	W 78-71[8]	10–5 (2–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,014) Evanston, IL
1/29/1992		Wisconsin	W 73-66	11–5 (3–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/1/1992		Minnesota	W 87-70	12–5 (4–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/6/1992		No. 11 Michigan State	W 77-63[9]	13–5 (5–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/9/1992		at No. 6 Indiana	L 66-81[10]	13–6 (5–4)	Assembly Hall (16,489) Bloomington, IN
2/12/1992		at No. 17 Michigan	L 74-79	13–7 (5–5)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
2/15/1992		Purdue	W 80-68[11]	14–7 (6–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/18/1992		No. 6 Ohio State	W 92-86[12]	15–7 (7–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/23/1992		at Illinois	L 72-77 OT[13]	15–8 (7–6)	Assembly Hall (16,281) Champaign, IL
2/25/1992		at Minnesota	W 79-64[14]	16–8 (8–6)	Williams Arena (15,937) Minneapolis, MN
3/4/1992		No. 2 Indiana	L 60-64[15]	16–9 (8–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/7/1992		Wisconsin	W 70-65[16]	17–9 (9–7)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
3/11/1992		Northwestern	W 69-66[17]	18–9 (10–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/15/1992		No. 16 Michigan State	L 53-64[18]	18–10 (10–8)	Breslin Center (15,138) East Lansing, MI
NCAA tournament
3/19/1992*  CBS	(9 E)	vs. (8 E) Texas First Round	W 98-92[19]	19–10	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
3/21/1992*  CBS	(9 E)	vs. (1 E) No. 1 Duke Second Round	L 62-75[20][21]	19–11	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

Rankings

Main article: 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

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2. "Another game, another blowout" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 4, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
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17. "Hawks wake up to narrow win, 69-66" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 12, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
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21. "Duke bedevils Hawkeyes again" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 30, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.