1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Basketball season
The 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season concluded in the 64-team 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament whose finals were held at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Arkansas Razorbacks earned their first national championship by defeating the Duke Blue Devils 76–72 on April 4, 1994. They were coached by Nolan Richardson and the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player was Arkansas' Corliss Williamson .
In the 32-team 1994 National Invitation Tournament, the Villanova Wildcats defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Following the season, the 1994 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American Consensus First team included Grant Hill , Jason Kidd , Donyell Marshall , Glenn Robinson , and Clifford Rozier .
Season headlines
Major rule changes
Beginning in 1993–94, the following rules changes were implemented:
The shot clock was shortened from 45 seconds to 35 seconds per possession
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the pre-season AP and Coaches Polls.[1]
Conference membership changes
These schools joined new conferences for the 1993–94 season.
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
30 conference seasons concluded with a single-elimination tournament, with only the Big Ten Conference , Ivy League and the Pac-10 Conference choosing not to conduct conference tournaments. Conference tournament winners, with the exception of the East Coast Conference , Great Midwest Conference , and Midwestern Collegiate Conference , received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament .
Conference
Regular season winner[2]
Conference player of the year
Conference tournament
Tournament venue (City)
Tournament winner
Atlantic 10 Conference
UMass
Eddie Jones , Temple
1994 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Mullins Center (Amherst, Massachusetts )
UMass
Atlantic Coast Conference
Duke
Grant Hill , Duke
1994 ACC men's basketball tournament
Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina )
North Carolina
Big East Conference
Connecticut
Donyell Marshall , Connecticut
1994 Big East men's basketball tournament
Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York )
Providence
Big Eight Conference
Missouri
Melvin Booker , Missouri
1994 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri )
Nebraska
Big Sky Conference
Idaho State Weber State
Ruben Nembhard , Weber State
1994 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
BSU Pavilion (Boise, Idaho )
Boise State
Big South Conference
Towson State
Joe Spinks , Campbell
1994 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
North Charleston Coliseum (North Charleston, South Carolina )
Liberty
Big Ten Conference
Purdue
Glenn Robinson , Purdue
No Tournament
Big West Conference
New Mexico State
Kebu Stewart , UNLV
1994 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada )
New Mexico State
Colonial Athletic Association
James Madison Old Dominion
Odell Hodge , Old Dominion
1994 CAA men's basketball tournament
Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia )
James Madison
East Coast Conference
Troy State
Reggie Smith , Northeastern Illinois
1994 East Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Alumni Arena (Amherst, New York )
Hofstra
Great Midwest Conference
Marquette
Jim McIlvaine , Marquette
1994 Great Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament
Shoemaker Center (Cincinnati, Ohio )
Cincinnati
Ivy League
Penn
Jerome Allen , Penn
No Tournament
Metro Conference
Louisville
Clifford Rozier , Louisville
1994 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament
Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Biloxi, Mississippi )
Louisville
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Canisius
Doremus Bennerman , Siena
1994 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York )
Loyola (MD)
Mid-American Conference
Ohio
Gary Trent , Ohio
1994 MAC men's basketball tournament
Battelle Hall (Columbus, Ohio )
Ohio
Mid-Continent Conference
Green Bay
Kenny Williams , UIC
1994 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament
Rosemont Horizon (Rosemont, Illinois )
Green Bay
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Coppin State
Stephen Stewart , Coppin State
1994 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Talmadge L. Hill Field House (Baltimore, Maryland )
North Carolina A&T
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
Xavier
Brian Grant , Xavier
1994 MCC men's basketball tournament
Hinkle Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana )
Detroit
Missouri Valley Conference
Southern Illinois Tulsa
Gary Collier , Tulsa
1994 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
St. Louis Arena (St. Louis, Missouri )
Southern Illinois
North Atlantic Conference
Drexel
Scott Drapeau , New Hampshire
1994 North Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament
Daskalakis Athletic Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania )
Drexel
Northeast Conference
Rider
Izett Buchanan , Marist
1994 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Alumni Gymnasium (Lawrenceville, New Jersey )
Rider
Ohio Valley Conference
Murray State
Carlos Rogers , Tennessee State
1994 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Nashville Municipal Auditorium (Nashville, Tennessee )
Tennessee State
Pacific-10 Conference
Arizona
Jason Kidd , California
No Tournament
Patriot League
Colgate Fordham Holy Cross Navy
Tucker Neale , Colgate
1994 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Alumni Hall (Annapolis, Maryland )
Navy
Southeastern Conference
Florida (East)Kentucky (East)Arkansas (West)
Corliss Williamson , Arkansas
1994 SEC men's basketball tournament
The Pyramid (Memphis, Tennessee )
Kentucky
Southern Conference
Chattanooga
Chad Copeland , Chattanooga Frankie King , Western Carolina
1994 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Asheville Civic Center (Asheville, North Carolina )
Chattanooga
Southland Conference
Northeast Louisiana
Eric Kubel , Northwestern State
1994 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, Louisiana )
Southwest Texas State
Southwest Conference
Texas
B. J. Tyler , Texas
1994 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
Reunion Arena (Dallas, Texas )
Texas
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Texas Southern
Jervaughn Scales , Southern
1994 SWAC men's basketball tournament
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Texas Southern
Sun Belt Conference
Western Kentucky
Michael Allen , Southwestern Louisiana
1994 Sun Belt men's basketball tournament
E. A. Diddle Arena (Bowling Green, Kentucky )
Southwestern Louisiana
Trans America Athletic Conference
College of Charleston
Marion Busby , College of Charleston
1994 TAAC men's basketball tournament
UCF Arena (Orlando, Florida )
UCF
West Coast Conference
Gonzaga
Jeff Brown , Gonzaga
1994 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Toso Pavilion (Santa Clara, California )
Pepperdine
Western Athletic Conference
New Mexico
Greg Brown , New Mexico
1994 WAC men's basketball tournament
Delta Center (Salt Lake City, Utah )
Hawaii
Statistical leaders
Source for additional stats categories
Conference standings
1993–94 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Penn
14
–
0
1.000
25
–
3
.893
Princeton
11
–
3
.786
18
–
8
.692
Yale
7
–
7
.500
10
–
16
.385
Brown
6
–
8
.429
12
–
14
.462
Dartmouth
6
–
8
.429
10
–
16
.385
Harvard
5
–
9
.357
9
–
17
.346
Columbia
4
–
10
.286
6
–
20
.231
Cornell
3
–
11
.214
8
–
18
.308
Rankings from AP Poll [8]
1993–94 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 20 Texas †
12
–
2
.857
26
–
8
.765
Texas A&M
10
–
4
.714
19
–
11
.633
Texas Tech
10
–
4
.714
17
–
11
.607
Baylor
7
–
7
.500
16
–
11
.593
Rice
6
–
8
.429
15
–
14
.517
Houston
5
–
9
.357
8
–
19
.296
SMU
3
–
11
.214
6
–
21
.222
TCU
3
–
11
.214
7
–
20
.259
† 1994 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll
Independents
Six schools played as independents . They had no postseason play.[16]
Post-season tournaments
NCAA tournament
National Invitation tournament
Semifinals & finals
Third Place - Siena 92, Kansas State 79
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
[17]
Major player of the year awards
Major freshman of the year awards
Major coach of the year awards
Other major awards
References