1991β92 Southwest Missouri State Lady Bears basketball | |
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Gateway regular season and
tournament champions | |
Conference | Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 10 |
Record | 31β3 (17β1 GCAC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Hammons Student Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 SW Missouri State β | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 31 | – | 3 | .912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 4 | – | 23 | .148 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1992 GCAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll [1] |
The 1991β92 Southwest Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Southwest Missouri State University during the 1991β92 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by fifth-year head coach Cheryl Burnett, played their home games at Hammons Student Center and were members of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference.
They finished the season 31β3 and 17β1 in conference play to win the regular season title. As the top seed in the conference tournament, they defeated Bradley in the semifinals Southern Illinois in the championship game. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and, despite being the No. 10 ranked team in the country, were assigned the No. 8 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated No. 9 seed Kansas, No. 1 seed Iowa, No. 5 seed UCLA, and No. 2 seed Ole Miss to reach the first Final Four in program history. The Lady Bears were defeated by Western Kentucky in the National semifinals. [2]
As part of their 21-game winning streak (part of 31 wins in a 32-game span), Southwest Missouri State spent the final thirteen weeks of the season ranked in both major polls. The team was ranked in the top 10 for the final month, and had a final ranking in the Coaches poll of No. 4.
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 11, 1991* |
German National | W 78β68 | β |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | |||||||
November 15, 1991* |
Athletes in Action | L 75β82 | β |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 23, 1991* |
at No. 12 Texas | L 64β76 | 0β1 |
Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas | |||||||
November 29, 1991* |
Idaho State St. Johnβs/Quality Inn Classic |
W 92β45 | 1β1 |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | |||||||
November 30, 1991* |
Texas A&M St. Johnβs/Quality Inn Classic |
W 83β78 | 2β1 |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | |||||||
December 3, 1991* |
Iowa State | W 77β43 | 3β1 |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | |||||||
December 11, 1991* |
at Kansas State | W 66β49 | 4β1 |
Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas | |||||||
December 13, 1991* |
Idaho | W 97β46 | 5β1 |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | |||||||
December 20, 1991* |
No. 25 | at
UNLV UNLV Showboat Shootout |
W 80β77 | 6β1 |
Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
December 21, 1991* |
No. 25 | vs.
Pepperdine UNLV Showboat Shootout |
W 75β58 | 7β1 |
Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
December 30, 1991* |
No. 24 | at No. 25 Arkansas | W 67β52 | 8β1 |
Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas | ||||||
Conference regular season | |||||||||||
January 2, 1992 |
No. 24 | Eastern Illinois | W 80β32 | 9β1 (1β0) |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
January 4, 1992 |
No. 24 | Southern Illinois | W 90β63 | 10β1 (2β0) |
Hammons Student Center (9,108) Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
January 9, 1992 |
No. 20 | at Illinois State | L 73β79 | 10β2 (2β1) |
Redbird Arena Normal, Illinois | ||||||
January 11, 1992 |
No. 20 | at Indiana State | W 77β53 | 11β2 (3β1) |
Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | ||||||
January 15, 1992 |
No. 23 | Bradley | W 65β33 | 12β2 (4β1) |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
January 18, 1992 |
No. 23 | Western Illinois | W 97β74 | 13β2 (5β1) |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
January 25, 1992 |
No. 19 | Wichita State | W 98β64 | 14β2 (6β1) |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
January 30, 1992 |
No. 18 | at Drake | W 64β60 | 15β2 (7β1) |
Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | ||||||
February 1, 1992 |
No. 18 | at Northern Iowa | W 89β44 | 16β2 (8β1) |
UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa | ||||||
February 6, 1992 |
No. 16 | Indiana State | W 91β57 | 17β2 (9β1) |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
February 8, 1992 |
No. 16 | Illinois State | W 67β47 | 18β2 (10β1) |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
February 13, 1992 |
No. 12 | at Western Illinois | W 109β45 | 19β2 (11β1) |
Western Hall Macomb, Illinois | ||||||
February 15, 1992 |
No. 12 | at Bradley | W 92β63 | 20β2 (12β1) |
Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, Illinois | ||||||
February 22, 1992 |
No. 12 | Wichita State | W 84β53 | 21β2 (13β1) |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
February 27, 1992 |
No. 10 | Northern Iowa | W 86β45 | 22β2 (14β1) |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
February 29, 1992 |
No. 10 | Drake | W 77β60 | 23β2 (15β1) |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
March 5, 1992 |
No. 10 | at Southern Illinois | W 73β63 | 24β2 (16β1) |
SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois | ||||||
March 7, 1992 |
No. 10 | at Eastern Illinois | W 73β61 | 25β2 (17β1) |
Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois | ||||||
GCAC tournament | |||||||||||
March 11, 1992* |
(1) No. 10 | (4) Bradley Semifinal |
W 88β59 | 26β2 |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
March 14, 1992* |
(1) No. 10 | (2) Southern Illinois Championship game |
W 86β69 | 27β2 |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 18, 1992* |
(8 MW) No. 10 | (9 NW) No. 17 Kansas First round |
W 75β59 | 28β2 |
Hammons Student Center (7,652) Springfield, Missouri | ||||||
Mar 22, 1992* |
(8 MW) No. 10 | at (1 MW) No. 7
Iowa Second round |
W 61β60 OT [5] | 29β2 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,693) Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Mar 26, 1992* |
(8 MW) No. 10 | vs. (5 MW) UCLA Regional Semifinal β Elite Eight |
W 83β57 | 30β2 |
Coors Events/Conference Center (3,532) Boulder, Colorado | ||||||
Mar 28, 1992* |
(8 MW) No. 10 | vs. (2 MW) No. 5 Ole Miss Regional final β Elite Eight |
W 94β71 | 31β2 |
Coors Events/Conference Center (3,566) Boulder, Colorado | ||||||
April 4, 1992* |
(8 MW) No. 10 | vs. (4 ME) No. 15
Western Kentucky National semifinal β Final Four |
L 72β84 [2] | 31β3 |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (12,421) Los Angeles California | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time. |