1993–94 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

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1993–94 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Arizona Wildcats logo.svg
Pac-10 Regular-Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 9
Record29–6 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arena McKale Center
Seasons
  1992–93
1994–95  
1993–94 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 9 Arizona 144 .778296  .829
No. 17 UCLA 135 .722217  .750
No. 16 California 135 .722228  .733
Washington State 108 .5562011  .645
Stanford 108 .5561711  .607
Arizona State 108 .5561513  .536
USC 99 .5001612  .571
Oregon 612 .3331017  .370
Washington 315 .167522  .185
Oregon State 216 .111621  .222
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993–94 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona. The team's head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in McKale Center as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Contents

After going 14–4 to win the Pac-10 regular-season title the team was seeded second in the West region of the NCAA tournament. They advanced to the Final Four with a 92–72 victory over top-seeded Missouri before falling 91–82 to Arkansas, who would go on to win the championship. The team finished with a record of 29–6.

Roster

1993–94 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
G 3 Khalid Reeves 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)195 lb(88 kg)Sr Queens, New York
G 20 Damon Stoudamire 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m)165 lb(75 kg)Jr Portland, Oregon
F 22 Ray Owes 6 ft 9 in(2.06 m)215 lb(98 kg)Jr San Bernardino, California
G 44 Reggie Geary 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)180 lb(82 kg)So Santa Ana, California
F/C 50 Joseph Blair 6 ft 11 in(2.11 m)260 lb(118 kg)So Houston, Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
Nov 29, 1993*
No. 19 Baylor W 106–79 1–0
McKale Center  
Tucson, Arizona
Dec 1, 1993*
No. 19 Saint Joseph's W 93–73 2–0
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec 5, 1993*
No. 19 vs. No. 8  Oklahoma State W 97–84 3–0
America West Arena  (9,817)
Phoenix, Arizona
Dec 9, 1993*
No. 14 at  Utah W 88–81 4–0
Jon M. Huntsman Center  
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 14, 1993*
No. 13 New Orleans W 80–62 5–0
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec 18, 1993*
No. 13 at  Santa Clara W 89–63 6–0
Leavey Center  
Santa Clara, California
Dec 21, 1993*
No. 12 vs.  Notre Dame
Maui Invitational Tournament
W 98–79 7–0
Lahaina Civic Center  
Lahaina, Hawaii
Dec 22, 1993*
No. 12 vs. No. 18  Boston College
Maui Invitational Tournament
W 70–65 8–0
Lahaina Civic Center 
Lahaina, Hawaii
Dec 23, 1993*
No. 12 vs. No. 5  Kentucky
Maui Invitational Tournament
L 92–93 8–1
Lahaina Civic Center 
Lahaina, Hawaii
Dec 28, 1993*
No. 12 Fordham W 111–84 9–1
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Dec 29, 1993*
No. 12 No. 7  Michigan W 119–95 10–1
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Pac-10 Regular season
Jan 5, 1994
No. 9 Arizona State W 98–81 11–1
(1–0)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan 8, 1994*
No. 9 No. 25  Marquette W 94–80 12–1
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan 13, 1994
No. 6 No. 19  California L 93–98 12–2
(1–1)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan 15, 1994
No. 6 Stanford W 89–72 13–2
(2–1)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan 20, 1994
No. 9 at No. 2  UCLA L 66–74 13–3
(2–2)
Pauley Pavilion  
Los Angeles, California
Jan 22, 1994
No. 9 at  USC W 83–74 14–3
(3–2)
L.A. Sports Arena  
Los Angeles, California
Jan 27, 1994
No. 13 Oregon W 98–86 15–3
(4–2)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Jan 29, 1994
No. 13 Oregon State W 100–56 16–3
(5–2)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 3, 1994
No. 12 at  Washington State W 80–68 17–3
(6–2)
Friel Court  
Pullman, Washington
Feb 5, 1994
No. 12 Washington L 69–74 17–4
(6–3)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 10, 1994
No. 16 at StanfordW 77–60 18–4
(7–3)
Maples Pavilion  
Stanford, California
Feb 13, 1994
No. 16 at No. 18 CaliforniaW 96–77 19–4
(8–3)
Harmon Gym  
Berkeley, California
Feb 17, 1994
No. 15 USCW 94–61 20–4
(9–3)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 19, 1994
No. 15 No. 8 UCLAW 98–74 21–4
(10–3)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Feb 24, 1994
No. 9 at Oregon StateW 96–69 22–4
(11–3)
Gill Coliseum  
Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 26, 1994
No. 9 at OregonW 75–71 23–4
(12–3)
McArthur Court  
Eugene, Oregon
Mar 3, 1994
No. 8 WashingtonW 95–62 24–4
(13–3)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Mar 5, 1994
No. 8 Washington StateW 85–69 25–4
(14–3)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Mar 12, 1994
No. 7 at Arizona StateL 87–94 25–5
(14–4)
Wells Fargo Arena  
Tempe, Arizona
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 1994*
(2 W) No. 9 vs. (15 W)  Loyola (MD)
First round
W 81–55 26–5
ARCO Arena  
Sacramento, California
Mar 20, 1994*
(2 W) No. 9 vs. (7 W)  Virginia
Second Round
W 71–58 27–5
ARCO Arena 
Sacramento, California
Mar 24, 1994*
(2 W) No. 9 vs. (3 W) No. 10  Louisville
West Regional semifinal Sweet Sixteen
W 82–70 28–5
L.A. Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, California
Mar 26, 1994*
(2 W) No. 9 vs. (1 W) No. 5  Missouri
West Regional Final Elite Eight
W 92–72 29–5
L.A. Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, California
Apr 2, 1994*
(2 W) No. 9 vs. (1 MW) No. 2  Arkansas
National semifinal Final Four
L 82–91 29–6
Charlotte Coliseum 
Charlotte, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.

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NCAA basketball tournament

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Rankings

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Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA Team
112 Khalid Reeves Miami Heat

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References

  1. "2019-20 Arizona Wildcats Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics . Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  3. "1994 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.