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1991–92 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team

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The 1991–92 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team represented East Tennessee State University during the 1991-92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 2nd year coach Alan Leforce. The Bucs finished the season 24–7 and 12–2 in Southern Conference play to finish in 1st place. They won the Southern Conference tournament championship in Asheville to receive the automatic berth to the NCAA tournament as the No. 14 seed in the Southeast region. They upset No. 3 Arizona in the 1st round[1] and then lost to No.2 Michigan in the 2nd round.

1991–92 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball
SoCon regular season champions and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record24–7 (12–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home arenaETSU/Mountain States Health
Alliance Athletic Center
Seasons
← 1990–91
1992–93 →
1991–92 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East Tennessee State † 12 – 2   .857 24 – 7   .774
Chattanooga 12 – 2   .857 23 – 7   .767
Furman 9 – 5   .643 17 – 11   .607
Appalachian State 9 – 5   .643 15 – 14   .517
Western Carolina 5 – 9   .357 11 – 17   .393
Marshall 3 – 11   .214 7 – 22   .241
VMI 3 – 11   .214 10 – 18   .357
The Citadel 3 – 11   .214 10 – 18   .357
† 1992 SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1992
Rankings from AP poll

Roster edit

Player Class Pos Height Summary
Rodney English F 6-4 17.5 Pts 7.5 Reb 2.6 Ast
Greg Dennis C 6-11 16.2 Pts 6.5 Reb 1.6 Ast
Calvin Talford F 6-4 16.2 Pts 5.5 Reb 1.7 Ast
Jason Niblett G 5-11 10.2 Pts 2.6 Reb 3.7 Ast
Jerry Pelphrey F 6-5 6.1 Pts 3.1 Reb 1.2 Ast
Trazel Silvers F 6-5 5.7 Pts 4.5 Reb 0.6 Ast
Marty Story F 6-3 5.1 Pts 2.3 Reb 1.4 Ast
Eric Palmer G 5-7 4.6 Pts 1.1 Reb 1.8 Ast
Reese Dudley G 5-11 3.9 Pts 0.8 Reb 0.4 Ast
Leslie Brunn C 6-7 1.5 Pts 1.0 Reb 0.1 Ast
Damien Hodge G 5-10 0.8 Pts 0.2 Reb 0.5 Ast
Robert Spears C 6-9 1.0 Pts 1.1 Reb 0.0 Ast
Loren Riddick G 6-2 0.4 Pts 0.6 Reb 0.1 Ast

Source[2]

Schedule and results edit

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
1 Mon Nov 25 1991 REG Tennessee SEC W 87 70 1 0 W 1 Thompson-Boling Arena
2 Sat Nov 30 1991 REG Oral Roberts W 109 93 2 0 W 2 Memorial Center
3 Sat Dec 7 1991 REG Southern Mississippi Metro W 87 76 3 0 W 3 Memorial Center
4 Sat Dec 14 1991 REG N Louisiana-Monroe Southland W 86 77 4 0 W 4
5 Sun Dec 15 1991 REG N Oregon Pac-10 L 83 98 4 1 L 1
6 Sat Dec 21 1991 REG Austin Peay OVC L 85 89 4 2 L 2 Winfield Dunn Center
7 Mon Dec 23 1991 REG James Madison CAA W 110 90 5 2 W 1 Memorial Center
8 Fri Dec 27 1991 REG Xavier MW Coll W 82 79 6 2 W 2 Cincinnati Gardens
9 Sat Jan 4 1992 REG Oral Roberts L 83 85 6 3 L 1 Mabee Center
10 Tue Jan 7 1992 REG Southern Mississippi Metro L 63 79 6 4 L 2 Reed Green Coliseum
11 Sat Jan 11 1992 REG Furman Southern W 80 75 7 4 W 1 Memorial Auditorium
12 Mon Jan 13 1992 REG The Citadel Southern W 79 60 8 4 W 2 McAlister Field House
13 Sat Jan 18 1992 REG Western Carolina Southern W 102 66 9 4 W 3 Memorial Center
14 Mon Jan 20 1992 REG Chattanooga Southern L 82 88 9 5 L 1 Memorial Center
15 Sat Jan 25 1992 REG Virginia Military Institute Southern W 80 68 10 5 W 1 Cameron Hall
16 Mon Jan 27 1992 REG Marshall Southern W 72 66 11 5 W 2 Henderson Center
17 Sat Feb 1 1992 REG Appalachian State Southern W 81 75 12 5 W 3 Memorial Center
18 Thu Feb 6 1992 REG North Carolina State ACC W 72 66 13 5 W 4 Reynolds Coliseum
19 Sat Feb 8 1992 REG The Citadel Southern W 107 88 14 5 W 5 Memorial Center
20 Mon Feb 10 1992 REG Furman Southern L 94 103 14 6 L 1 Memorial Center
21 Sat Feb 15 1992 REG Chattanooga Southern W 83 67 15 6 W 1 The McKenzie Arena
22 Mon Feb 17 1992 REG Western Carolina Southern W 96 76 16 6 W 2 Ramsey Center
23 Sat Feb 22 1992 REG Marshall Southern W 99 80 17 6 W 3 Memorial Center
24 Mon Feb 24 1992 REG Virginia Military Institute Southern W 92 84 18 6 W 4 Memorial Center
25 Fri Feb 28 1992 REG Appalachian State Southern W 70 63 19 6 W 5 Varsity Gym
26 Fri Mar 6 1992 CTOURN N The Citadel Southern W 89 55 20 6 W 6 Asheville Civic Center
27 Sat Mar 7 1992 CTOURN N Appalachian State Southern W 77 69 21 6 W 7 Asheville Civic Center
28 Sun Mar 8 1992 CTOURN N Chattanooga Southern W 74 62 22 6 W 8 Asheville Civic Center
29 Fri Mar 20 1992 NCAA N Arizona(10) Pac-10 W 87 80 23 6 W 9 The Omni
30 Sun Mar 22 1992 NCAA N Michigan(15) Big Ten L 90 102 23 7 L 1

Source[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "SOUTHEAST REGIONAL: East Tennessee State Stuns Arizona, Extends Streak to 9". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1992. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "1991-92 ETSU Buccaneers Roster and Stats".
  3. ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/east-tennessee-state/men/1992-schedule.html
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