1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
A blue block M with maize-colored borders and the word Michigan across the middle.
Southeast Regional Champions (Vacated)
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
AP No. 15
1991–92 record 24-8 (25-9 unadjusted) (11-7, 3rd-t Big Ten)
Head coach Steve Fisher
Assistant coach Brian Dutcher
Assistant coach Jay Smith
Assistant coach Perry Watson
MVP Jalen Rose
Captain Freddie Hunter
Home arena Crisler Arena
1991–92 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Ohio State 15 3   .833     26 6   .813
#5 Indiana 14 4   .778     27 7   .794
#15 Michigan 11 7   .611     24 9   .727
#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

The 1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1991–92 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Steve Fisher, the team finished tied for third in the Big Ten Conference.[1] The team earned an invitation to the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where it was national runner up.[2] Although the team compiled a 25-9 record during the season, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has adjusted the team's record to 24-8 due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal.[3] The team was ranked for the entire eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, starting the season ranked twentieth, rising as high as number eleven and ending ranked fifteenth,[4] and it ended the season ranked seventeenth in the final USA Today/CNN Poll.[5] The team had a 66 record against ranked opponents, including the following victories: January 9, 1992, against the number sixteen ranked Iowa Hawkeyes 80-77 (overtime) at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, January 29 against the number thirteen ranked Michigan State Spartans 89-79 (overtime) at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing, Michigan, March 8 against the number two ranked Indiana Hoosiers 68-60 at Crisler Arena, March 27 the number eleven ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys 75-72 in the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena, March 29 the number three ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 75-71 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, and April 4 against the number twelve ranked Cincinnati Bearcats 76-72 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.[6]

The team had rotating captains on a game-by-game basis, and Chris Webber earned team MVP.[7] The team's leading scorers were Jalen Rose (597 points), Chris Webber (528 points), and Juwan Howard (377 points). The leading rebounders were Webber (340), Howard (212), and Rose (146).[8]

During the season, the team won the Big Ten Conference statistical championships in rebounding and rebounding margin with at 38.2 average and 5.8 average margin in conference games, respectively.[9] Chris Webber became the first freshman to lead the Big Ten in rebounds with a 9.8 average in 18 conference games and 10.0 average in 34 overall games.[10][11] However, his 340 rebounds in 34 games fell short of Phil Hubbard's school freshman single-season record of 352 rebounds set as a member of the 1975–76 team that still stands as the school record as of 2010.[12]

Jalen Rose set the current school record for points scored by a freshman 597.[13] Rose also set the school single-season record for minutes played with 1132 minutes. The following season, four players surpassed this total.[14]

The team set the school record for single-season team blocks with 182 in 34 games, surpassing the 1986 teams total of 146 in 33 games. The following season the team would rebreak the record.[15]

The Wolverines 25-9 record was an improvement on the previous years record of 14-15.[16] Due to the success of the Fab Five, athletic royalties increased from 2 million dollars in 1990 ($3.7 million today) to 4.4 million dollars ($7.5 million) in 1992.[17]

The team, coached by Steve Fisher, is best remembered for the entry of a remarkably talented freshman class, known as the Fab Five, that would become the starting lineup:

Reserve point guard Rob Pelinka would go on to greater fame as an agent for numerous NBA stars, most notably Kobe Bryant.

Although the Wolverines would make the NCAA title game that season, losing to defending national champion Duke, they vacated their Final Four appearance in the wake of a major scandal involving many years of improper payments from a major booster to several former players, among them Webber.

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state

December 2*
No. 25 at Detroit W 10074  1-0
 
Detroit

December 7*
No. 25 at Cleveland State W 8061  2-0
Wolstein Center 
Cleveland

December 9*
No. 18 Chicago State W 11262  3-0
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

December 12*
No. 18 Eastern Michigan W 9177  4-0
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

December 14*
No. 18 No. 1 Duke
Duke–Michigan rivalry
L 8588 OT 4-1
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

December 16*
No. 15 Central Michigan W 8670  5-1
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

December 21*
No. 15 Rice W 8770  6-1
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

December 28*
No. 11 vs. BYU
Red Lobster Classic
W 8683  7-1
Orlando Arena 
Orlando, Florida

December 30*
No. 11 vs. Virginia Tech
Red Lobster Classic
W 6351  8-1
Orlando Arena 
Orlando, Florida

January 9
No. 11 at No. 16 Iowa W 8077 OT 9-1
(1-0)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, Iowa

January 11
No. 11 at Minnesota L 6473  9-2
(1-1)
 
Minneapolis

January 15
No. 15 Purdue L 6065  9-3
(1-2)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

January 18
No. 15 at Illinois W 6861  10-3
(2-2)
Assembly Hall 
Champaign, Illinois

January 21
No. 16 at No. 21 Indiana L 7489  10-4
(2-3)
 
Bloomington, Indiana

January 25
No. 16 Wisconsin W 9883  11-4
(3-3)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

January 29
No. 15 at No. 13 Michigan State
Michigan–Michigan State rivalry
W 8979 OT 12-4
(4-3)
 
East Lansing, Michigan

February 2
No. 15 No. 10 Ohio State L 5868  12-5
(4-4)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

February 5
No. 15 Northwestern W 8158  13-5
(5-4)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

February 9*
No. 15 at Notre Dame W 7465  14-5
 
South Bend, Indiana

February 12
No. 17 Iowa W 7974  15-5
(6-4)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

February 15
No. 17 No. 12 Michigan State
Michigan–Michigan State Rivalry
L 5970  15-6
(6-5)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

February 19
No. 20 Minnesota W 9570  16-6
(7-5)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

February 22
No. 20 at Northwestern W 7663  17-6
(8-5)
 
Evanston, Illinois

February 26
No. 17 at Wisconsin L 7896  17-7
(8-6)
 
Madison, Wisconsin

March 3
No. 18 at No. 5 Ohio State L 6677  17-8
(8-7)
 
Columbus, Ohio

March 8
No. 18 No. 2 Indiana W 6860  18-8
(9-7)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

March 11
No. 14 at Purdue W 7061  19-8
(10-7)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, Indiana

March 14
No. 14 Illinois W 6859  20-8
(11-7)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

March 20*
No. 15 vs. Temple
NCAA Tournament • First Round
W 7366  21-8
The Omni 
Atlanta

March 22*
No. 15 vs. East Tennessee State
NCAA Tournament • Second Round
W 10290  22-8
The Omni 
Atlanta

March 27*
vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State
NCAA Tournament • Regional Semifinals
W 7572  23-8
Rupp Arena 
Lexington, Kentucky

March 29*
vs. No. 3 Ohio State
NCAA Tournament • Regional Final
W 7571 OT 24-8
Rupp Arena 
Lexington, Kentucky

April 4*
 CBS
vs. No. 12 Cincinnati
NCAA Tournament • National Semifinals
W 7672  25-8
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 
Minneapolis

April 6*
 CBS
vs. No. 1 Duke
NCAA Tournament • National Final
L 5171  25-9
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 
Minneapolis
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

[18]

Regular season

As Michigan celebrated Midnight Madness on October 15, 1991, there was already talk that at least four of the five freshmen would be starting before the season ended.[19] (The five eventually started in a combined 304 of a possible 350 man-games among them during their first two seasons.)[20] In the Elite Eight round of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Michigan earned a rematch against a Jimmy Jackson-led Ohio State Buckeyes team that had beaten them twice during the regular season by double digits.[21] Michigan won the rematch, during which the Fab Five scored all but two Wolverines points.[22] When the 24–8 Wolverines reached the Final Four round of the tournament, they found themselves matched against a 29–4 Bob Huggins-coached Cincinnati Bearcats team that averaged 83.6 points per game and had lost to only three teams, two of which had beaten Michigan.[23] Nick Van Exel, who became the starter in the middle of the season, led Cincinnati in postseason scoring.[24] Howard, King and Riley shaved their heads for the game.[25] Michigan won and earned a rematch with the Duke Blue Devils team that had beaten them by three points in overtime in December.[26][27] Duke scored in its final 12 possessions of the championship game, going on a 23–6 run to win by a final margin of 71–51.[28]

Statistics

The team posted the following statistics:[29]

Name GP GS Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% OR DR RB Avg Ast Avg PF DQ TO Stl Blk Pts Avg
Jalen Rose3433113233.32064240.486361110.3241491970.75652941464.31354.075011438859717.6
Chris Webber*3434109032.12294120.55614540.259561130.49612821234010.0762.299595548452815.5
Juwan Howard343195628.11503330.450020.000771120.688661462126.2621.8107399142137711.1
Jimmy King342195528.11282580.49628600.46753720.73633791123.3782.3530722893379.9
Eric Riley32349715.5821390.59000 37640.57854851394.3210.7844507192016.3
Ray Jackson341559217.4661210.5452100.20021460.45747561033.0581.77935224111554.6
Michael Talley291452718.2511320.38611380.28939530.736721281.0551.9491502341525.2
James Voskuil311445314.6501040.48116460.34821360.5831744612.0321.06422912101374.4
Rob Pelinka2802549.121520.4048250.32027310.8711827451.6190.72401930772.8
Freddie Hunter2952789.69170.52900 7120.5832532572.0210.737014127250.9
Richmond McIver110666.0690.66700 8200.400413171.620.2110715201.8
Kirk Taylor100414.15130.385150.200120.5002350.520.250221121.2
Samuel Mitchell40246.05140.357020.000250.40065112.830.820302123.0
Jason Bossard70121.73100.300270.28600 0000.000.01010081.1
Christopher Seter60132.2130.33300 340.7504481.320.31000050.8
Chip Armer60101.7230.66700 020.0000000.000.02010140.7
TEAM34 3255872.6 2
Season Total34 101420440.4961183600.3285017690.651495876137140.356616.669318610218182264777.9
Opponents34 84620410.4141604670.3435748140.705447671111832.945513.47072152922557242671.3
* Denotes players whose individual records, awards and other honors have been vacated due to NCAA and U-M sanctions

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final 
AP Poll[4] 20 23 25 18 15 11 11 11 15 16 15 15 17 20 17 18 14 15

NCAA tournament

On March 20 as the number six seed in the first round of the southeast region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in Atlanta at the Omni Coliseum, the team defeated number eleven seed Temple 7366. On March 22, the team defeated number fourteen seed East Tennessee State 10290 in Atlanta. Then in the sweet sixteen, in Lexington, Kentucky, at Rupp Arena on March 27, the team defeated number two seeded Oklahoma State 7572. On March 29 in the elite eight round in Lexington, the team defeated number one seed Ohio State 7571 in overtime. In the national semifinal round of the final four on April 4 in Minneapolis at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the team defeated number four seed Cincinnati 7672. However, in the championship game at the Metrodome on April 6, the team lost to number one seed Duke 5171.[2][6]

The team established the NCAA record for fewest single-game three-point field goals made in a final four (1 vs. Duke on April 6, 1992), a record the team would surpass the following year. It also established the record for lowest single-game three-point field goal percentage with a 1-for-11 performance (9.1%) that stood until 2006.[30] Although these final four records have been surpassed, both of these marks continue to stand as NCAA records for the championship game.[31]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Five players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.[32][33][34]

Year Round Pick Overall Player NBA Club
1993 1 1 1 Chris Webber Orlando Magic
1993 2 6 33 Eric Riley Dallas Mavericks
1994 1 5 5 Juwan Howard Washington Bullets
1994 1 13 13 Jalen Rose Denver Nuggets
1995 2 6 35 Jimmy King Toronto Raptors

See also

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