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]

Associated Press
Ranking Team
1 North Carolina
2 Kentucky
3 Arkansas
4 Duke
5 Michigan
6 California
7 Louisville
8 Temple
9 Kansas
10 Minnesota
11 Oklahoma State
12 Indiana
13 UCLA
14 Georgia Tech
15 Georgetown
16 Virginia
17 Illinois
18 Arizona
19 Cincinnati
20 Syracuse
21 Purdue
22 Massachusetts
23 Vanderbilt
24 George Washington
25 Florida State
Coaches
Ranking Team
1 North Carolina
2 Kentucky
3 Duke
4 Arkansas
5 Michigan
6 Louisville
7 Indiana
Temple
9 Kansas
10 California
11 Minnesota
12 Georgetown
13 Oklahoma State
14 UCLA
15 Georgia Tech
16 Illinois
17 Cincinnati
18 Virginia
19 Syracuse
20 Arizona
21 Massachusetts
22 Wisconsin
23 Marquette
24 Florida State
25 Purdue

Conference membership changes

These schools joined new conferences for the 1993–94 season.

School Former conference New conference
Buffalo NCAA Division I Independent East Coast Conference
Central Connecticut State NCAA Division I Independent East Coast Conference
Chicago State NCAA Division I Independent East Coast Conference
Dayton Midwestern Collegiate Conference Great Midwest Conference
Duquesne Midwestern Collegiate Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Hofstra NCAA Division I Independent East Coast Conference
Florida Atlantic NCAA Division II Trans America Athletic Conference
Milwaukee NCAA Division I Independent Mid-Continent Conference
Northeastern Illinois NCAA Division I Independent East Coast Conference
Troy State NCAA Division II East Coast Conference

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 ConferenceUMassEddie Jones, Temple1994 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournamentMullins Center
(Amherst, Massachusetts)
UMass
Atlantic Coast ConferenceDukeGrant Hill, Duke1994 ACC men's basketball tournamentCharlotte Coliseum
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
North Carolina
Big East ConferenceConnecticutDonyell Marshall, Connecticut1994 Big East men's basketball tournamentMadison Square Garden
(New York City, New York)
Providence
Big Eight ConferenceMissouriMelvin Booker, Missouri1994 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournamentKemper Arena
(Kansas City, Missouri)
Nebraska
Big Sky ConferenceIdaho State
Weber State
Ruben Nembhard, Weber State1994 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournamentBSU Pavilion
(Boise, Idaho)
Boise State
Big South ConferenceTowson StateJoe Spinks, Campbell1994 Big South Conference men's basketball tournamentNorth Charleston Coliseum
(North Charleston, South Carolina)
Liberty
Big Ten ConferencePurdueGlenn Robinson, PurdueNo Tournament
Big West ConferenceNew Mexico StateKebu Stewart, UNLV1994 Big West Conference men's basketball tournamentThomas & Mack Center
(Paradise, Nevada)
New Mexico State
Colonial Athletic AssociationJames Madison
Old Dominion
Odell Hodge, Old Dominion1994 CAA men's basketball tournamentRichmond Coliseum
(Richmond, Virginia)
James Madison
East Coast ConferenceTroy StateReggie Smith, Northeastern Illinois1994 East Coast Conference basketball tournamentAlumni Arena
(Amherst, New York)
Hofstra
Great Midwest ConferenceMarquetteJim McIlvaine, Marquette1994 Great Midwest men's basketball tournamentShoemaker Center
(Cincinnati, Ohio)
Cincinnati
Ivy LeaguePennJerome Allen, PennNo Tournament
Metro ConferenceLouisvilleClifford Rozier, Louisville1994 Metro Conference men's basketball tournamentMississippi Coast Coliseum
(Biloxi, Mississippi)
Louisville
Metro Atlantic Athletic ConferenceCanisiusDoremus Bennerman, Siena1994 MAAC men's basketball tournamentKnickerbocker Arena
(Albany, New York)
Loyola (MD)
Mid-American ConferenceOhioGary Trent, Ohio1994 MAC men's basketball tournamentBattelle Hall
(Columbus, Ohio)
Ohio
Mid-Continent ConferenceGreen BayKenny Williams, UIC1994 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournamentRosemont Horizon
(Rosemont, Illinois)
Green Bay
Mid-Eastern Athletic ConferenceCoppin StateStephen Stewart, Coppin State1994 MEAC men's basketball tournamentTalmadge L. Hill Field House
(Baltimore, Maryland)
North Carolina A&T
Midwestern Collegiate ConferenceXavierBrian Grant, Xavier1994 MCC men's basketball tournamentHinkle Fieldhouse
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
Detroit
Missouri Valley ConferenceSouthern Illinois
Tulsa
Gary Collier, Tulsa1994 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournamentSt. Louis Arena
(St. Louis, Missouri)
Southern Illinois
North Atlantic ConferenceDrexelScott Drapeau, New Hampshire1994 North Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournamentDaskalakis Athletic Center
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Drexel
Northeast ConferenceRiderIzett Buchanan, Marist1994 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournamentAlumni Gymnasium
(Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
Rider
Ohio Valley ConferenceMurray StateCarlos Rogers, Tennessee State1994 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournamentNashville Municipal Auditorium
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Tennessee State
Pacific-10 ConferenceArizonaJason Kidd, CaliforniaNo Tournament
Patriot LeagueColgate
Fordham
Holy Cross
Navy
Tucker Neale, Colgate1994 Patriot League men's basketball tournamentAlumni Hall
(Annapolis, Maryland)
Navy
Southeastern ConferenceFlorida (East)
Kentucky (East)
Arkansas (West)
Corliss Williamson, Arkansas1994 SEC men's basketball tournamentThe Pyramid
(Memphis, Tennessee)
Kentucky
Southern ConferenceChattanoogaChad Copeland, Chattanooga
Frankie King, Western Carolina
1994 Southern Conference men's basketball tournamentAsheville Civic Center
(Asheville, North Carolina)
Chattanooga
Southland ConferenceNortheast LouisianaEric Kubel, Northwestern State1994 Southland Conference men's basketball tournamentFant–Ewing Coliseum
(Monroe, Louisiana)
Southwest Texas State
Southwest ConferenceTexasB. J. Tyler, Texas1994 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournamentReunion Arena
(Dallas, Texas)
Texas
Southwestern Athletic ConferenceTexas SouthernJervaughn Scales, Southern1994 SWAC men's basketball tournamentTexas Southern
Sun Belt ConferenceWestern KentuckyMichael Allen, Southwestern Louisiana1994 Sun Belt men's basketball tournamentE. A. Diddle Arena
(Bowling Green, Kentucky)
Southwestern Louisiana
Trans America Athletic ConferenceCollege of CharlestonMarion Busby, College of Charleston1994 TAAC men's basketball tournamentUCF Arena
(Orlando, Florida)
UCF
West Coast ConferenceGonzagaJeff Brown, Gonzaga1994 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournamentToso Pavilion
(Santa Clara, California)
Pepperdine
Western Athletic ConferenceNew MexicoGreg Brown, New Mexico1994 WAC men's basketball tournamentDelta Center
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Hawaii

Statistical leaders

PlayerSchoolPPGPlayerSchoolRPGPlayerSchoolAPGPlayerSchoolSPG
Glenn RobinsonPurdue30.3Jerome LambertBaylor14.8Jason KiddCalifornia9.1Shawn GriggsLA-Lafayette4.0
Rob FeasterHoly Cross28.0Jervaughn ScalesSouthern14.2David EdwardsTexas A&M8.8Gerald WalkerSan Francisco3.9
Jervaughn ScalesSouthern27.1Eric KubelNorthwestern St.13.1Tony MillerMarquette8.3Andre CradleLong Island3.8
Frankie KingW. Carolina26.9Kendrick WarrenVCU12.4Eathan O'BryantNevada8.3Jason KiddCalifornia3.1
Tucker NealeColgate26.6Malik RoseDrexel12.4Abdul AbdullahProvidence8.0B. J. TylerTexas3.1
Field goal percentage
Three-point FG percentage
Free throw percentage
PlayerSchoolBPGPlayerSchoolFG%PlayerSchool3FG%PlayerSchoolFT%
Grady LivingstonHoward4.4Mike AtkinsonLong Beach St..695Howard EisleyBoston College.484Danny BaisleMarist.944
Jim McIlvaineMarquette4.3Lynwood WadeSW Texas St..671Brooks ThompsonOklahoma St..472Dandrea EvansTroy St..935
Theo RatliffWyoming4.1Anthony MillerMichigan St..651Scott NeelyCampbell.468Casey SchmidtValparaiso.926
David Vaughn IIIMemphis St.3.8Deon ThomasIllinois.633Landon HackimMiami (OH).463Matt HildebrandLiberty.925
Tim DuncanWake Forest3.8Aaron SwinsonAuburn.631Gary CollierTulsa.463Kent CulukoJames Madison.921

Post-season tournaments

NCAA tournament

Final Four – Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina

National semifinals National championship game
      
E3 Florida 65
SE2 Duke 70
SE2 Duke 72
M1 Arkansas 76
M1 Arkansas 91
W2 Arizona 82

National Invitation tournament

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
  Vanderbilt 82
  Kansas State 76
  Vanderbilt 73
  Villanova 80
  Villanova 66
  Siena 58
  • Third Place - Siena 92, Kansas State 79

Award winners

Consensus All-American teams

[3]

Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Grant Hill F Senior Duke
Jason Kidd G Sophomore California
Donyell Marshall F Junior Connecticut
Glenn Robinson F Junior Purdue
Clifford Rozier F/C Junior Louisville


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Melvin Booker G Senior Missouri
Eric Montross C Senior North Carolina
Lamond Murray F Junior California
Khalid Reeves G Senior Arizona
Jalen Rose G Junior Michigan
Corliss Williamson F Sophomore Arkansas

Major player of the year awards

Major freshman of the year awards

Major coach of the year awards

Other major awards

References

    • ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 1020. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  1. "2001 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2001. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
  2. NCAA Record Book - DIVISION I CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS p.6

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