1991–92 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

1991–92 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1992 Big Eight Tournament winner ; As of April 6, 1992; Rankings from AP Poll

1991–92 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
1991–92 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
NCAA Tournament Second Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1991–92 record	21-13 (5-9 Big Eight)
Head coach	Johnny Orr (12th season);
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Johnny Orr, who was in his 12th season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

They finished the season 21–13, 5–9 in Big Eight play to finish tied for seventh place. They upset third-seeded Missouri in the 1992 Big Eight conference tournament quarterfinals before falling to Oklahoma State in the semifinals. Despite a 5–9 conference record, the Cyclones qualified for the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, upsetting seventh seed UNC Charlotte, 76–74 in the East Regional first round before falling to second seeded Kentucky.

Games were televised by ESPN, CBS, Raycom, Prime Sports, the Cyclone Television Network and Heritage Cablevision (Drake Television Network).^[1]

Previous season[]

The previous season the Cyclones finished the season 12–19, 6–8 in Big Eight play to finish in fifth place. They lost to Missouri in the 1991 Big Eight conference tournament quarterfinals.

Roster[]

Roster
Name	Position
Fred Hoiberg	Guard
Loren Meyer	Center
	Forward
Hurl Beechum	Forward
Justus Thigpen	Guard
Ron Bayless	Guard
Howard Eaton	Forward
Norman Brown	Forward
Skip McCoy	Guard
Donnell Bivens	Forward
Mike Bergman	Forward
Brad Pippett	Forward
Brian Pearson	Guard
Saun Jackson	Forward
Greg Hester	Guard
Reference:^[2]

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 7, 1991* 7:00 pm		Fort Sill Exhibition	W 126-58		Hilton Coliseum (10,052) Ames, IA
November 14, 1991* 7:00 pm		Ukraine National Exhibition	W 91-72		Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Regular Season
November 24, 1991* 6:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Maryland-Eastern Shore	W 114-59	1-0	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
November 26, 1991* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Creighton	W 92-75	2-0	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
November 29, 1991* 2:00 pm CT		vs. TCU San Juan Shootout Quarterfinals	L 52-53	2-1	Eugenio Guerra Sports Complex Bayamon, PR
November 30, 1991* 2:00 pm CT		at American University - Puerto Rico San Juan Shootout Consolation Semifinals	W 108-74	3-1	Eugenio Guerra Sports Complex Bayamon, PR
December 1, 1991* 2:00 pm CT		vs. Maine San Juan Shootout Third Place	W 70-63	4-1	Eugenio Guerra Sports Complex Bayamon, PR
December 7, 1991* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 84-66	5-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 7, 1991* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Texas-Arlington	W 96-82	6-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 14, 1991* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		No. 16 Iowa Cy-Hawk Rivalry	W 98-84	7-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 27, 1991* 7:30 pm, Cyclone Television Network		vs. Fairfield Adbow's Naismith Holiday Classic Semifinals	W 92-59	8-1	Springfield Civic Center Springfield, MA
December 28, 1991* 7:30 pm, Cyclone Television Network		vs. UMass Adbow's Naismith Holiday Classic Championship	L 53-73	8-2	Springfield Civic Center Springfield, MA
December 31, 1991* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Nebraska-Omaha	W 114-57	9-2	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 4, 1992* 1:30 pm, Cyclone Television Network		at Minnesota	W 76-73	10-2	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 7, 1992* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Loyola-Chicago	W 92-69	11-2	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 11, 1992 1:00 pm, Raycom		No. 21 Oklahoma	W 73-71	12-2 (1-0)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 15, 1992* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 24	Morningside	W 92-55	13-2	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 18, 1992 1:00 pm, Raycom	No. 24	at No. 3 Oklahoma State	L 67-85	13-3 (1-1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 21, 1992* 7:00 pm, Heritage Cablevision		at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 92-61	14-3	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA
January 25, 1992 1:00 pm, Raycom		Kansas State	W 85-59	15-3 (2-1)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 27, 1992* 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Chicago State	W 114-76	16-3	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 1, 1992 7:00 pm, Prime Sports Network		at Nebraska	L 63-68	16-4 (2-2)	Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
February 5, 1992 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		at No. 12 Missouri	L 71-81	16-5 (2-3)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
February 10, 1992 8:30 pm, ESPN		Colorado	W 96-82 ^OT	17-5 (3-3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 12, 1992 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		at No. 4 Kansas	L 61-90	17-6 (3-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 15, 1992 3:00 pm, Raycom		No. 2 Oklahoma State	W 84-83 ^OT	18-6 (4-4)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 19, 1992 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 23	at Kansas State	L 55-64	18-7 (4-5)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 22, 1992 1:00 pm, Raycom	No. 23	Nebraska	L 70-80	18-8 (4-6)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 26, 1992 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		No. 6 Missouri	L 71-75	18-9 (4-7)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 29, 1992 3:00 pm, Raycom		Oklahoma	L 70-96	18-10 (4-8)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
March 4, 1992 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		No. 3 Kansas	W 70-66	19-10 (5-8)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
March 7, 1992 3:00 pm, Raycom		at Colorado	L 83-87	19-11 (5-9)	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Big Eight Tournament
March 13, 1992 8:20 pm, Raycom		vs. No. 13 Missouri Big Eight Tournament Quarterfinals	W 80-75	20-11	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
March 14, 1992 3:20 pm, Raycom		vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State Big Eight Tournament Semifinals	L 60-69	20-12	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 1992* 1:30 pm, CBS		vs. No. (7 seed) UNC Charlotte NCAA East Regional First Round	W 76-74	21-12	Centrum in Worcester Worcester, MA
March 22, 1992* 2:00 pm, CBS		vs. No. 6 (2 seed) Kentucky NCAA East Regional Second Round	L 98-106	22-13	Centrum in Worcester Worcester, MA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Awards and honors[]

All-Big Eight Selections^[3]

Justus Thigpen (2nd)

Julius Michalik (HM)

Ron Bayless (HM)

Fred Hoiberg (HM)

Big Eight Freshman of the Year

Fred Hoiberg

Academic All-Big Eight

Mike Bergman

Greg Hester

Ralph Olsen Award

Justus Thigpen

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References[]

^ November 6, 1991 (Page 16 of 34). Des Moines, Iowa: , Nov 06, 1991 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.
^ "1991-92 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
^ "MBB Tradition (PDF)" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
^ "Iowa State Men's Basketball Tradition" (PDF). Tradition. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

[1] November 6, 1991 (Page 16 of 34). Des Moines, Iowa: , Nov 06, 1991 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

[2] "1991-92 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-02.

[3] "MBB Tradition (PDF)" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-31.

[4] "Iowa State Men's Basketball Tradition" (PDF). Tradition. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

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v t Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	(1907–1912) State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band ISU Holiday Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 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 1941–42 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
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1991–92 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Kansas †	11	–	3	.786	27	–	5	.844
No. 11 Oklahoma State	8	–	6	.571	28	–	8	.778
No. 16 Missouri	8	–	6	.571	21	–	9	.700
No. 23 Oklahoma	8	–	6	.571	21	–	9	.700
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	19	–	10	.655
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	21	–	13	.618
Kansas State	5	–	9	.357	16	–	14	.533
Colorado	4	–	10	.286	13	–	15	.464

† 1992 Big Eight Tournament winner As of April 6, 1992; Rankings from AP Poll