1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1991 and ended with the Final Four at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 6, 1992.
Season headlines
- Michigan became the first program to land four McDonald's All-Americans - Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, and Jimmy King - in a single recruiting class. Joined by Ray Jackson, the group of freshmen was known as the Fab Five.
- The 1992 East Regional Final, a 104-103 Duke win over Kentucky in overtime, is considered by many to be the greatest NCAA tournament game of all-time.
- Duke held the #1 ranking in both polls the entire season, played in its fifth consecutive Final Four, and became the first repeat national champion since the 1972–73 UCLA Bruins.
Major rule changes
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.Conference membership changes
These schools joined new conferences for the 1991–92 season.| School | Former conference | New conference |
| Arkansas | Southwest Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Arkansas-Little Rock | Trans America Athletic Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Arkansas State | American South Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Brooklyn | East Coast Conference | |
| Buffalo | East Coast Conference | |
| Cincinnati | Metro Conference | Great Midwest Conference |
| College of Charleston | NCAA Division I Independent | |
| Delaware | East Coast Conference | North Atlantic Conference |
| DePaul | NCAA Division I Independent | Great Midwest Conference |
| Drexel | East Coast Conference | North Atlantic Conference |
| Florida International | NCAA Division I Independent | Trans America Athletic Conference |
| Lamar | American South Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Louisiana Tech | American South Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Marquette | Midwestern Collegiate Conference | Great Midwest Conference |
| Memphis State | Metro Conference | Great Midwest Conference |
| Miami | NCAA Division I Independent | Big East Conference |
| Navy | Colonial Athletic Association | Patriot League |
| New Orleans | American South Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Northern Iowa | Mid-Continent Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Old Dominion | Sun Belt Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Saint Louis | Midwestern Collegiate Conference | Great Midwest Conference |
| South Carolina | Metro Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Southeast Missouri State | Ohio Valley Conference | |
| SE Louisiana | NCAA Division I Independent | Trans America Athletic Conference |
| SW Louisiana | American South Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Nicholls State | NCAA Division I Independent | Southland Conference |
| Texas-Rio Grande Valley | American South Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| UAB | Sun Belt Conference | Great Midwest Conference |
| UCF | American South Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| UNC Charlotte | Sun Belt Conference | Metro Conference |
| UTSA | Trans America Athletic Conference | Southland Conference |
| VCU | Sun Belt Conference | Metro Conference |
| Wright State | NCAA Division I Independent | Mid-Continent Conference |
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
Statistical leaders
Conference standings
Postseason tournaments
NCAA Tournament
Final Four - [Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome], [Minneapolis, Minnesota]
# 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.National Invitation Tournament
NIT Semifinals and Final
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
Major player of the year awards
- Wooden Award: Christian Laettner, Duke
- Naismith Award: Christian Laettner, Duke
- Associated Press Player of the Year: Christian Laettner, Duke
- UPI Player of the Year: Jim Jackson, Ohio State
- NABC Player of the Year: Christian Laettner, Duke
- Oscar Robertson Trophy : Christian Laettner, Duke
- Adolph Rupp Trophy: Christian Laettner, Duke
- Sporting News Player of the Year: Christian Laettner, Duke
Major coach of the year awards
- Associated Press Coach of the Year: Roy Williams, Kansas
- UPI Coach of the Year: Perry Clark,
- Henry Iba Award : Perry Clark, Tulane
- NABC Coach of the Year: George Raveling, USC
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
- CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year: George Raveling, USC
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
Other major awards
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award : Tony Bennett, Wisconsin-Green Bay
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy : Randy Woods, La Salle
- NIT/Haggerty Award : Malik Sealy, St. John's
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Chris Webber, Michigan