1991–92 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1991–92 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 4 UCLA
16
–
2
.889
28
–
5
.848
No. 8 USC
15
–
3
.833
24
–
6
.800
No. 10 Arizona
13
–
5
.722
24
–
7
.774
Stanford
10
–
8
.556
18
–
11
.621
Washington State
9
–
9
.500
22
–
11
.667
Arizona State
9
–
9
.500
19
–
14
.576
Oregon State
7
–
11
.389
15
–
16
.484
Washington
5
–
13
.278
12
–
17
.414
California
4
–
14
.222
10
–
18
.357
Oregon
2
–
16
.111
6
–
21
.222
As of April 15, 1991[ 1] Rankings from AP Poll
The 1991–92 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . Jim Harrick coached his fourth year for the Bruins. The Bruins started the season ranked 11th in the AP Poll and beat the #2 Indiana Hoosiers, 87–72, in their season opener at the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic (Springfield, Massachusetts).[ 2] This UCLA squad won their first 14 games, which was their best start since John Wooden 's 1972–73 team . For the first time since the 1986–87 season , the Bruins were Pac-10 conference champions with a 16–2 conference record (there was no Pac-10 tournament that year). The Bruins were given a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament that year, but lost to Indiana in the Elite Eight, 79–106.[ 3] UCLA finished ranked 3rd and 4th in the UPI and AP Polls respectively.[ 4]
Starting lineup
Roster
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site city, state
Regular Season
November 15, 1991
No. 11
vs. No. 2 Indiana
W 87–72
1–0
Springfield Civic Center (8,500)Springfield, MA
November 30, 1991
No. 4
Long Beach State
W 68–57
2–0
Pauley Pavilion (8,384)Los Angeles, CA
December 7, 1991
No. 2
Pepperdine
W 98–58
3–0
Pauley Pavilion (10,413)Los Angeles, CA
December 14, 1991
No. 3
at San Diego State
W 84–64
4–0
San Diego Sports Arena (6,656)San Diego, CA
December 20, 1991
No. 3
Loyola Marymount
W 106–80
5–0
Pauley Pavilion (8,217)Los Angeles, CA
December 23, 1991
No. 2
Cal State Fullerton
W 86–80
6–0
Pauley Pavilion (7,569)Los Angeles, CA
December 28, 1991
No. 2
Oral Roberts
W 113–62
7–0
Pauley Pavilion (6,289)Los Angeles, CA
January 4, 1992
No. 2
Georgia
W 87–80
8–0
Pauley Pavilion (12,618)Los Angeles, CA
January 9, 1992
No. 2
at Arizona State
W 83–62
9–0 (1–0)
ASU Activity Center (11,598)Tempe, AZ
January 11, 1992
No. 2
at No. 6 Arizona
W 89–87
10–0 (2–0)
McKale Center (13,965)Tucson, AZ
January 16, 1992
No. 2
Oregon
W 99–71
11–0 (3–0)
Pauley Pavilion (12,102)Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 1992
No. 2
Oregon State
W 87–81 OT
12–0 (4–0)
Pauley Pavilion (11,921)Los Angeles, CA
January 23, 1992
No. 2
at California
W 86–66
13–0 (5–0)
Harmon Gym (15,039)Berkeley, CA
January 25, 1992
No. 2
at No. 24 Stanford
W 83–77
14–0 (6–0)
Maples Pavilion (7,500)Stanford, CA
January 29, 1992
No. 2
No. 25 USC
L 82–86
15–0 (6–1)
Pauley Pavilion (12,842)Los Angeles, CA
February 2, 1992
No. 2
at No. 24 Louisville
W 78–64
15–1
Freedom Hall (19,466)Louisville, KY
February 6, 1992
No. 4
Washington
W 74–61
16–1 (7–1)
Pauley Pavilion (11,686)Los Angeles, CA
February 8, 1992
No. 4
Washington State
W 82–61
17–1 (8–1)
Pauley Pavilion (12,041)Los Angeles, CA
February 13, 1992
No. 3
at Oregon State
W 72–62
18–1 (9–1)
Gill Coliseum (9,374)Corvallis, OR
February 15, 1992
No. 3
at Oregon
W 84–65
19–1 (10–1)
McArthur Court (7,061)Eugene, OR
February 18, 1992
No. 2
California
W 82–76
20–1 (11–1)
Pauley Pavilion (12,151)Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 1992
No. 2
Stanford
W 96–70
21–1 (12–1)
Pauley Pavilion (12,532)Los Angeles, CA
February 22, 1992
No. 2
at Notre Dame
L 71–84
21–2
Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418)Notre Dame, IN
February 27, 1992
No. 4
at No. 13 USC
L 79–83
21–3 (12–2)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (15,517)Los Angeles, CA
March 1, 1992
No. 4
No. 1 Duke
L 65–75
21–4
Pauley Pavilion (13,023)Los Angeles, CA
March 5, 1992
No. 9
at Washington State
W 89–85
22–4 (13–2)
Beasley Coliseum (7,121)Pullman, WA
March 8, 1992
No. 9
at Washington
W 80–79
23–4 (14–2)
Hec Edmundson Pavilion (4,853)Seattle, WA
March 12, 1992
No. 8
No. 2 Arizona
W 89–81
24–4 (15–2)
Pauley Pavilion (12,898)Los Angeles, CA
March 14, 1992
No. 8
Arizona State
W 85–77
25–4 (16–2)
Pauley Pavilion (12,317)Los Angeles, CA
NCAA tournament
March 20, 1992
No. 4
vs. Robert Morris First Round
W 73–53
26–4
ASU Activity Center (7,639)Tempe, AZ
March 22, 1992
No. 4
vs. Louisville Second Round
W 85–69
27–4
ASU Activity Center (10,125)Tempe, AZ
March 26, 1992
No. 4
vs. New Mexico State Sweet Sixteen
W 85–78
28–4
The Pit (15,914)Albuquerque, NM
March 28, 1992
No. 4
vs. No. 5 Indiana Elite Eight
L 79–106
28–5
The Pit (16,106)Albuquerque, NM
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Pacific Time .
Source[ 5]
[ 6]
Notes
The 27-point loss to the Hoosiers in the tournament would go down as the worst loss (by margin of defeat) in UCLA's NCAA Tournament history. UCLA had beaten this Indiana Hoosiers squad in the first game of the season.
References
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics