1991–92 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 1991–92 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 16th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 22–8, 11–7 to finish in third place in Big Ten play. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest region, the school's third consecutive trip to the tournament. There they beat Southwest Missouri State before losing to Cincinnati in the second round in a rematch of an earlier Spartan win.

1991–92 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Maui Invitational champions Oldsmobile Spartan Classic champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 14
Record	22–8 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Tom Izzo Jim Boylen Stan Joplin
Captains	Mark Montgomery Matt Steigenga
Home arena	Breslin Center

1991–92 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	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

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1990–91 season with an overall record of 19–11, 11–7 to finish in third place in the Big Ten. Michigan State received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest region. They beat Green Bay in the first round and lost to Utah in the second round.

Roster

1991–92 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No	Name	Pos	Year	Height	Pts	Reb	Ast
20	Mark Bluem	F	FR	6–6	0.6	0.3	0.0
34	Anthony Miller	F	SO	6–9	7.2	5.2	0.8
11	Mark Montgomery	G	SR	6–2	7.0	3.7	6.3
54	Mike Peplowski	C	JR	6–10	13.3	8.3	1.1
24	Shawn Respert	G	FR	6–3	15.8	2.1	2.1
13	Eric Snow	G	FR	6–3	1.1	0.6	1.0
35	Matt Steigenga	F	SR	6–7	10.2	4.5	2.0
31	Dwayne Stephens	F	JR	6–7	11.1	5.0	2.8
3	Kris Weshinskey	G	SO	6–3	6.4	1.5	1.5
25	Jon Zulauf	F	JR	6–6	3.1	1.6	0.5

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 25, 1991*		vs. Lamar Maui Invitational quarterfinals	W 81–68	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
Nov 26, 1991*		vs. Rice Maui Invitational semifinals	W 75–67	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
Nov 27, 1991*		vs. No. 2 Arkansas Maui Invitational championship	W 78–59	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
Dec 4, 1991*	No. 22	Nebraska	W 101–78	4–0	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 7, 1991*	No. 22	at Dayton	W 83–74	5–0	University of Dayton Arena  Dayton, OH
Dec 14, 1991*	No. 13	Detroit	W 91–75	6–0	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 17, 1991*	No. 12	UIC	W 75–51	7–0	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 21, 1991*	No. 12	Cincinnati	W 90–89	8–0	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 27, 1991*	No. 9	Austin Peay Oldsmobile Spartan Classic semifinals	W 82–71	9–0	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 28, 1991*	No. 9	Stanford Oldsmobile Spartan Classic championship	W 72–62	10–0	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
Jan 7, 1992	No. 9	at No. 7 Ohio State	L 46–62	10–1 (0–1)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
Jan 11, 1992	No. 9	Illinois	W 77–75	11–1 (1–1)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Jan 15, 1992	No. 11	Northwestern	W 78–61	12–1 (2–1)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Jan 18, 1992	No. 11	at Minnesota	W 86–70	12–2 (2–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Jan 22, 1992	No. 14	at Purdue	W 66–61	13–2 (3–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
Jan 29, 1992	No. 13	No. 15 Michigan Rivalry	L 79–89	13–3 (3–3)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 1, 1992	No. 13	No. 4 Indiana	W 72–64	14–3 (4–3)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 6, 1992	No. 11	at Iowa	L 63–77	14–4 (4–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Feb 8, 1992	No. 11	at Wisconsin	W 79–64	15–4 (5–4)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
Feb 12, 1992	No. 12	Wisconsin	W 76–61	16–4 (6–4)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 15, 1992	No. 12	at No. 17 Michigan Rivalry	W 70–59	17–4 (7–4)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 19, 1992	No. 11	at No. 7 Indiana	L 73–103	17–5 (7–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
Feb 22, 1992	No. 11	Purdue	L 62–65	18–5 (8–5)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 29, 1992	No. 12	No. 8 Ohio State	L 65–78	18–6 (8–6)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Mar 5, 1992	No. 13	at Northwestern	W 72–65	19–6 (9–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Mar 7, 1992	No. 13	at Illinois	L 71–80	19–7 (9–7)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
Mar 11, 1992	No. 16	No. 2 Minnesota	W 66–57	20–7 (10–7)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Mar 15, 1992	No. 16	Iowa	W 64–53	21–7 (11–7)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
NCAA tournament
Mar 20, 1992*	(5 MW) No. 14	vs. (12 MW) Southwest Missouri State First Round	W 61–54	22–7	University of Dayton Arena  Dayton, OH
Mar 22, 1992*	(5 MW) No. 14	vs. (4 MW) No. 12 Cincinnati Second Round	L 65–77	22–8	University of Dayton Arena  Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source.

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18
AP	NR	NR	22	13	12	9	9	9	11	14	13	11	12	11	12	13	16	14

Source.

Awards and honors

• Mike Peplowski – All-Big Ten First Team
• Mark Montgomery – All-Big Ten Third Team
• Shawn Respert – All-Big Ten Third Team