1991–92 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1991–92 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
1991–92 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
NIT
Conference	Independent
Record	21-8
Head coach	Bruce Parkhill (9th season);
Home arena	Rec Hall
	Seasons ← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Last updated August 20, 2023

1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UMKC	-	–	-	–	21	–	7	.750
Penn State	-	–	-	–	21	–	8	.724
UW-Milwaukee	-	–	-	–	20	–	8	.714
Southern Utah	-	–	-	–	20	–	8	.714
College of Charleston	-	–	-	–	19	–	8	.704
Notre Dame	-	–	-	–	18	–	15	.545
Cal State Northridge	-	–	-	–	11	–	17	.393
Northeastern Illinois	-	–	-	–	8	–	20	.286
Chicago State	-	–	-	–	7	–	21	.250
UNC Greensboro	-	–	-	–	7	–	21	.250
Youngstown State	-	–	-	–	6	–	22	.214
Sacramento State	-	–	-	–	4	–	24	.143

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991-92 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team represented the Pennsylvania State University during the 1991-92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 9th-year head coach Bruce Parkhill, and played their home games at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 25	at Illinois	W 65–60	1–0	Assembly Hall (12,183) Champaign, Illinois
November 27	Buffalo	W 82–62	2–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 2	at American	W 77–65	3–0	Bender Arena Washington, D.C.
December 6	vs. St. Francis (NY) First Bank Classic	W 61–51	4–0	Bradley Center (600) Milwaukee, WI
December 7	at Marquette First Bank Classic	W 60–56	5–0	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
December 14	Bowling Green State	W 51–48	6–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 18	vs. Drexel	W 80–65	7–0	Palestra (3,113) Philadelphia, PA
December 21	vs. Georgia	L 54–70	7–1
December 27	vs. George Washington	L 57–71	7–2
December 28	vs. Marshall	W 78–64	8–2
January 2	at No. 7 Ohio State	L 63–73	8–3	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
January 8	at James Madison	L 69–82	8–4	JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, Virginia
January 11	Morgan State	W 102–51	9–4	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 13	Brown	W 81–59	10–4	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 16	at Marshall	W 67–60	11–4	Henderson Center
January 18	Miami (OH)	W 87–73	12–4	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 21	at Butler	L 74–79	12–5	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
January 25	vs. Penn	L 86–87	12–6
January 27	Toledo	W 70–52	13–6	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 1	Maryland-Baltimore County	W 93–59	14–6	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 3	Duquesne	W 69–59	15–6	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 5	at Old Dominion	W 84–79	16–6	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
February 9	vs. Temple	L 72–73 ^2OT	16–7
February 12	Butler	W 67–64	17–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 17	at Maryland-Baltimore County	W 81–77	18–7	RAC Arena
February 20	Lafayette	W 77–59	19–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 24	Old Dominion	W 71–51	20–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
March 3	American	W 79–73	21–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
March 18	Pittsburgh NIT First round	L 65-67	21–8	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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