1991–92 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1991–92 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
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

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.

Roster[edit]

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)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule/results[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Hawkeyes pound UMES" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 25, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Another game, another blowout" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 4, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Second half propels Iowa over La. Tech" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 9, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Hawks crush intrastate rival UNI, 108-85" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 11, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Iowa burns Butler for a 114-92 victory". Des Moines Register. December 28, 1991. p. 9. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Michigan tips Iowa in overtime". Decatur Herald & Review. January 10, 1992. p. 14. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Davis aging quicker after third close loss" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 20, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Moses' 21 points help claw Wildcats, 78-71" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 23, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "COLLEGE BASKETBALL : NATIONAL ROUNDUP : Iowa Upsets No. 11 Michigan State". Los Angeles Times. February 7, 1992. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^ "Hawks rally comes up short at Indiana" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 10, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Hawkeyes get 'A' for effort" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 17, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Hawks punish Jackson, OSU" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 19, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Road woes continue for Hawks in OT loss" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 24, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Hawkeyes victorious at Gophers' home" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 26, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Hawks stay close but fall to Indiana" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 5, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Hawkeyes feel good after win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 9, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Hawks wake up to narrow win, 69-66" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 12, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Miller leads MSU over cold-shooting Hawks" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 16, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Iowa turns back Texas, 98-92". Des Moines Register. March 20, 1992. Retrieved March 25, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Duke stops Iowa in 1991 rerun, 75-62 Defense paces No. 1 Blue Devils". The Baltimore Sun. March 22, 1992. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^ "Duke bedevils Hawkeyes again" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 30, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[1] "Hawkeyes pound UMES" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 25, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[2] "Another game, another blowout" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 4, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[3] "Second half propels Iowa over La. Tech" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 9, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[4] "Hawks crush intrastate rival UNI, 108-85" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 11, 1991. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[5] "Iowa burns Butler for a 114-92 victory". Des Moines Register. December 28, 1991. p. 9. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[6] "Michigan tips Iowa in overtime". Decatur Herald & Review. January 10, 1992. p. 14. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[7] "Davis aging quicker after third close loss" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 20, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[8] "Moses' 21 points help claw Wildcats, 78-71" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 23, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[9] "COLLEGE BASKETBALL : NATIONAL ROUNDUP : Iowa Upsets No. 11 Michigan State". Los Angeles Times. February 7, 1992. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

[10] "Hawks rally comes up short at Indiana" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 10, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[11] "Hawkeyes get 'A' for effort" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 17, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[12] "Hawks punish Jackson, OSU" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 19, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[13] "Road woes continue for Hawks in OT loss" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 24, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[14] "Hawkeyes victorious at Gophers' home" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 26, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[15] "Hawks stay close but fall to Indiana" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 5, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[16] "Hawkeyes feel good after win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 9, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[17] "Hawks wake up to narrow win, 69-66" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 12, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[18] "Miller leads MSU over cold-shooting Hawks" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 16, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[19] "Iowa turns back Texas, 98-92". Des Moines Register. March 20, 1992. Retrieved March 25, 2017 – via newspapers.com.

[20] "Duke stops Iowa in 1991 rerun, 75-62 Defense paces No. 1 Blue Devils". The Baltimore Sun. March 22, 1992. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

[21] "Duke bedevils Hawkeyes again" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 30, 1992. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

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v t e Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 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 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics