1993–94 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

1993–94 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
1993–94 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Pac-10 Regular-Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 9
Record	29–6 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Jim Rosborough (5th season); Jessie Evans (6th season); Phil Johnson (1st season);
Home arena	McKale Center
	Seasons ← 1992–93 1994–95 →

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.

1993–94 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Arizona	14	–	4	.778	29	–	6	.829
No. 17 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	21	–	7	.750
No. 16 California	13	–	5	.722	22	–	8	.733
Washington State	10	–	8	.556	20	–	11	.645
Stanford	10	–	8	.556	17	–	11	.607
Arizona State	10	–	8	.556	15	–	13	.536
USC	9	–	9	.500	16	–	12	.571
Oregon	6	–	12	.333	10	–	17	.370
Washington	3	–	15	.167	5	–	22	.185
Oregon State	2	–	16	.111	6	–	21	.222

Rankings from AP Poll

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
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

Lute Olsen

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site 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 Stanford	W 77–60	18–4 (7–3)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Feb 13, 1994	No. 16	at No. 18 California	W 96–77	19–4 (8–3)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Feb 17, 1994	No. 15	USC	W 94–61	20–4 (9–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb 19, 1994	No. 15	No. 8 UCLA	W 98–74	21–4 (10–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb 24, 1994	No. 9	at Oregon State	W 96–69	22–4 (11–3)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 26, 1994	No. 9	at Oregon	W 75–71	23–4 (12–3)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
Mar 3, 1994	No. 8	Washington	W 95–62	24–4 (13–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 5, 1994	No. 8	Washington State	W 85–69	25–4 (14–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 12, 1994	No. 7	at Arizona State	L 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

Mideast
- Arizona (#2 seed) 81, Loyola (#15 Seed) 55
- Arizona 71, Virginia (#7 Seed) 58
- Arizona 82, Louisville (#3 seed) 70
- Arizona 92, Missouri (#1 seed) 72

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