1992 College Basketball

Christian Laettner: Was named Player of the Year by and won the Wooden and Nasmith awards. He was a consensus All-American. He was the ACC Player of the Year.

During he senior year he put up 21.1 points 7.9 rebounds 57.5 % field goals, 81.5 % on free throws. He shot the nations second best 55.7% on three (54-97) in 35 games. Laetneer amassed these totals in just over 32 minutes per game.

In the ACC Tournament, he scored 25 points and had 10 rebounds and seven steals in the final, 94-74 rout of North Carolina. He was named tournament MVP.

In the NCAAs, he had one of the m ost memorable performance in touranment history. In perhaps the greatest college basketball game ever Laettner was front and center. He made all 20 shots he took, including 10-10 from the field (one three pointer) and all 10 of his free throws. His final shot is the most memorable of all, which put Duke back into the Final Four.

In title game against Michigan he added 19 points in route to being named All-Final Four. Duke went 34-2 and was ranked #1 from start to finish. Their wins included over then #7 St. Johns, #14 Georgia Tech, at #4 UCLA, and over #6 Kentucky and #5 Indiana in NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils went on to win their 2nd straight national championship.

Jimmy Jackson: Was a consensus All-American in 1992. He was named Player of the Year by UPI. He was also named Big 10 Player of the Year.

He put up 22.4 points (led the Big Ten), 6.8 rebounds and four assists per game. He connected on 49% of his shots and 40 percent from three.

He was named to the All- Southeast Region Team in the NCAA tournament. In a 2^nd round win over UConn, Jackson put in 23 points with 11 rebounds and six assists. In the sweet sixteen against UNC he had 18-7-5. He finished his college career with 20 points in regional final.

Ohio St. won the Big Ten and finished with a 26-6 and 15-3 in conference. They were #5 in the final poll. The Buckeyes, led by Jackson advanced to the Elite Eight before losing in overtime to Michigan.

Chris Webber: He was the face of the “fab five” which had a large impact on style of play, fashion and basketball culture.

Averaged 15.5 points and became the first freshman to lead the Bug Ten in rebounds (10.0). He averaged 2.47 blocks per game and shot 55% from the field.

Webber was named Big 10 Freshman of the Year.

In the NCAA Tournament Webber put up four double doubles. He had 11-12 in round vs Temple. He had 30-9 after hitting on 12 of 15 shots in round two vs. E. Tennessee St.

He carried the Wolverines to an upset of to seed Ohio St in the regional final with 23 points 11 rebounds and five blocks in 43 minutes. He was named Southeast Region MVP.

Webber was named All-Final Four with a 15 point 11 rebound and 2.5 block average in the two games.

Michigan finished the season 25-9 and #15 in the final poll.