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


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 and then lost to No.2 Michigan in the 2nd round.

Roster

PlayerClassPosHeightSummary
Rodney EnglishF6-417.5 Pts 7.5 Reb 2.6 Ast
Greg DennisC6-1116.2 Pts 6.5 Reb 1.6 Ast
Calvin TalfordF6-416.2 Pts 5.5 Reb 1.7 Ast
Jason NiblettG5-1110.2 Pts 2.6 Reb 3.7 Ast
Jerry PelphreyF6-56.1 Pts 3.1 Reb 1.2 Ast
Trazel SilversF6-55.7 Pts 4.5 Reb 0.6 Ast
Marty StoryF6-35.1 Pts 2.3 Reb 1.4 Ast
Eric PalmerG5-74.6 Pts 1.1 Reb 1.8 Ast
Reese DudleyG5-113.9 Pts 0.8 Reb 0.4 Ast
Leslie BrunnC6-71.5 Pts 1.0 Reb 0.1 Ast
Damien HodgeG5-100.8 Pts 0.2 Reb 0.5 Ast
Robert SpearsC6-91.0 Pts 1.1 Reb 0.0 Ast
Loren RiddickG6-20.4 Pts 0.6 Reb 0.1 Ast

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Schedule and results

GDateTypeOpponentConfTmOppOTWLStreakArena
1Mon Nov 25 1991REGTennesseeSECW877010W 1Thompson-Boling Arena
2Sat Nov 30 1991REGOral RobertsW1099320W 2Memorial Center
3Sat Dec 7 1991REGSouthern MississippiMetroW877630W 3Memorial Center
4Sat Dec 14 1991REGNLouisiana-MonroeSouthlandW867740W 4
5Sun Dec 15 1991REGNOregonPac-10L839841L 1
6Sat Dec 21 1991REGAustin PeayOVCL858942L 2Winfield Dunn Center
7Mon Dec 23 1991REGJames MadisonCAAW1109052W 1Memorial Center
8Fri Dec 27 1991REGXavierMW CollW827962W 2Cincinnati Gardens
9Sat Jan 4 1992REGOral RobertsL838563L 1Mabee Center
10Tue Jan 7 1992REGSouthern MississippiMetroL637964L 2Reed Green Coliseum
11Sat Jan 11 1992REGFurmanSouthernW807574W 1Memorial Auditorium
12Mon Jan 13 1992REGThe CitadelSouthernW796084W 2McAlister Field House
13Sat Jan 18 1992REGWestern CarolinaSouthernW1026694W 3Memorial Center
14Mon Jan 20 1992REGChattanoogaSouthernL828895L 1Memorial Center
15Sat Jan 25 1992REGVirginia Military InstituteSouthernW8068105W 1Cameron Hall
16Mon Jan 27 1992REGMarshallSouthernW7266115W 2Henderson Center
17Sat Feb 1 1992REGAppalachian StateSouthernW8175125W 3Memorial Center
18Thu Feb 6 1992REGNorth Carolina StateACCW7266135W 4Reynolds Coliseum
19Sat Feb 8 1992REGThe CitadelSouthernW10788145W 5Memorial Center
20Mon Feb 10 1992REGFurmanSouthernL94103146L 1Memorial Center
21Sat Feb 15 1992REGChattanoogaSouthernW8367156W 1The McKenzie Arena
22Mon Feb 17 1992REGWestern CarolinaSouthernW9676166W 2Ramsey Center
23Sat Feb 22 1992REGMarshallSouthernW9980176W 3Memorial Center
24Mon Feb 24 1992REGVirginia Military InstituteSouthernW9284186W 4Memorial Center
25Fri Feb 28 1992REGAppalachian StateSouthernW7063196W 5Varsity Gym
26Fri Mar 6 1992CTOURNNThe CitadelSouthernW8955206W 6Asheville Civic Center
27Sat Mar 7 1992CTOURNNAppalachian StateSouthernW7769216W 7Asheville Civic Center
28Sun Mar 8 1992CTOURNNChattanoogaSouthernW7462226W 8Asheville Civic Center
29Fri Mar 20 1992NCAANArizonaPac-10W8780236W 9The Omni
30Sun Mar 22 1992NCAANMichiganBig TenL90102237L 1

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