The 1992
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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involved 64 schools playing in
single-elimination
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play to determine the national champion of men's
NCAA Division I
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college basketball
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. It began on March 19, 1992, and ended with the
championship game
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Title match sy ...
on April 6 in
Minneapolis
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. A total of 63 games were played.
Duke
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, coached by
Mike Krzyzewski
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, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, coached by
Steve Fisher, 71–51 to claim their second consecutive national championship.
Bobby Hurley
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As a college ...
of Duke was named the tournament's
Most Outstanding Player. Michigan subsequently vacated its final two tournament games as part of the
University of Michigan basketball scandal
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.
This tournament is best remembered for the
East regional final pitting Duke and
Kentucky
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at
The Spectrum in Philadelphia. With 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime, Duke trailed 103–102.
Grant Hill threw a pass the length of the court to
Christian Laettner
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, who dribbled once, turned, and hit a jumper as time expired for the 104–103 win. ''
Sports Illustrated
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'' deemed it the greatest college basketball game of all time, and ESPN ranked it No. 17 among the top 100 sports moments of the past 25 years (see
ESPN25
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During the run-up to the anniversary date of September 7, 2004, the network counted down the top sports moments of the last 25 years (the "ESPN era"). Each Tuesday, a new ...
). In 2002, ''USA Today'' ranked it the greatest NCAA tournament game of all time.
[Mike Douchant â€]
Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history
The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002
The tournament also saw dark horse
Cincinnati
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crash the Final Four and return to national prominence.
Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1992 tournament:
First and Second Rounds
*March 19 and 21
**East Region
***
Greensboro Coliseum
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,
Greensboro, North Carolina
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(Host:
Atlantic Coast Conference
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)
**Midwest Region
***
Bradley Center,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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(Host:
Marquette University
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)
**Southeast Region
***
Riverfront Coliseum
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,
Cincinnati, Ohio
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(Hosts:
Cincinnati
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/
Xavier)
**West Region
***
BSU Pavilion
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,
Boise, Idaho
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(Host:
Boise State University
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)
*March 20 and 22
**East Region
***
Centrum in Worcester,
Worcester, Massachusetts
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(Host:
College of Holy Cross
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)
**Midwest Region
***
University of Dayton Arena
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,
Dayton, Ohio
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(Host:
University of Dayton
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)
**Southeast Region
***
Omni Coliseum,
Atlanta, Georgia
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(Host:
Georgia Institute of Technology
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)
**West Region
***
ASU Activity Center,
Tempe, Arizona
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(Host:
Arizona State University
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)
Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)
*March 26 and 28
**East Regional,
Spectrum
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,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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(Hosts:
Temple University
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/
Villanova University
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)
**West Regional,
University Arena ("The Pit"),
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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(Host:
University of New Mexico
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)
*March 27 and 29
**Midwest Regional,
Kemper Arena
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,
Kansas City, Missouri
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(Host:
Big Eight Conference
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)
**Southeast Regional,
Rupp Arena
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,
Lexington, Kentucky
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(Host:
University of Kentucky
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)
National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)
*April 4 and 6
**
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
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,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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(Host:
University of Minnesota
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)
For the first time since 1951, Minneapolis was the site of the Final Four, held at the Metrodome, the 28th venue used for the Final Four. Once again, all four arenas used for the regional rounds were former Final Four sites. For the first time, the tournament held games in Massachusetts, at the Centrum in Worcester. Additionally, the tournament came to the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, which replaced the MECCA Arena. This tournament would mark the final appearances of Atlanta's Omni Coliseum and the Spectrum in Philadelphia; both have since been replaced. To date, this was the most recent game played in Cincinnati; the tournament is slated to return to the Queen City in 2022. Any future tournament games to be held in Milwaukee would be played at the
Fiserv Forum
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; if in Minneapolis,
Target Center
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,
U.S. Bank Stadium
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(which hosted
2019 Final 4) or the
Xcel Energy Center
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(which is located in St. Paul).
Teams
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
East Regional – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
West Regional – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Southeast Regional – Lexington, Kentucky
Midwest Regional – Kansas City, Missouri
Final Four – Minneapolis, Minnesota
# signifies Michigan's final two games, in the 1992 Final Four, were vacated on November 7, 2002, as part of the settlement of the
University of Michigan basketball scandal
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. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with the removal of any Michigan wins from all records.
Announcers
*
Jim Nantz
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and
Billy Packer
Anthony William Packer (born Anthony William Paczkowski,
Retr ...
– Southeast Regional at Lexington, Kentucky; Final Four at Minneapolis, Minnesota
*
Dick Stockton and
Al McGuire
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/
Greg Kelser
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(afternoon session of first round only) – First & Second Round at Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Midwest Regional at Kansas City, Missouri
*
Verne Lundquist
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Biography
Early life and career
Lundquist was born in Duluth, Minnesota. He graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas, before attending Texas Lutheran U ...
and
Len Elmore
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*Le ...
– First & Second Round at Cincinnati; East Regional at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Greg Gumbel
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and
Quinn Buckner
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– First & Second Round at Atlanta, Georgia; West Regional at Albuquerque, New Mexico
*
James Brown
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and
Bill Raftery
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High school and college years
Raftery attended Saint Cecilia High School in Kearny, New Jersey, where he starred in basketball an ...
– First & Second Round at Worcester, Massachusetts
*
Tim Ryan and
Digger Phelps
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– First & Second Round at Dayton, Ohio
*
Sean McDonough
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The son of ''Boston Globe'' sportswriter Will McDonough, McDonough graduated from the S. I. Newhouse Sch ...
and
Bill Walton
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– First & Second Round at Boise, Idaho
*
Brad Nessler
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Career
Early assignments
Nessler began his professional broadcasting career sharing play†...
and
Ann Meyers
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– First & Second Round at Tempe, Arizona
*
Mel Proctor
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Biography
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and
Dan Bonner
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– First & Second Round at Greensboro, North Carolina
See also
*
1992 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
*
1992 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
*
1992 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
*
1992 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
*
1992 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
*
1992 National Invitation Tournament
*
1992 National Women's Invitation Tournament
*
1992 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1992 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 55th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Awards and honors
*Leading sc ...
*
1992 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
*
1992 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
*
1992 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
References
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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from ...
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from ...