The 1993–94 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Denny Crum[2] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 28–6.[3]
1993–94 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball | |
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Rainbow Classic champions Metro Conference tournament champions Metro Conference regular season champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Metro Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 10 |
AP | No. 10 |
Record | 28–6 (10–2 Metro) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Freedom Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Louisville † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VCU | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1994 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
Roster
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Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 27, 1993* |
No. 7 | at No. 2 Kentucky | L 70–78 | 0–1 |
Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky | ||||||
Dec 4, 1993* |
No. 11 | Michigan State | W 77–68 | 1–1 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Dec 8, 1993* |
No. 10 | Morehead State | W 107–81 | 2–1 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Dec 11, 1993* |
No. 10 | Eastern Kentucky | W 90–66 | 3–1 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Dec 18, 1993* |
No. 10 | at Wyoming | W 72–55 | 4–1 |
Arena-Auditorium Laramie, Wyoming | ||||||
Dec 22, 1993* |
No. 11 | No. 25 Western Kentucky | W 78–73 OT | 5–1 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Dec 27, 1993* |
No. 11 | vs. UC Santa Barbara Rainbow Classic |
W 76–53 | 6–1 |
Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||
Dec 28, 1993* |
No. 11 | vs. Florida Rainbow Classic |
W 83–68 | 7–1 |
Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||
Dec 29, 1993* |
No. 11 | at Hawaii Rainbow Classic |
W 85–79 | 8–1 |
Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||
Jan 4, 1994* |
No. 11 | George Mason | W 132–87 | 9–1 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Jan 6, 1994 |
No. 11 | South Florida | W 80–56 | 10–1 (1–0) |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Jan 8, 1994 |
No. 11 | VCU | L 89–93 OT | 10–2 (1–1) |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Jan 13, 1994 |
No. 15 | Virginia Tech | W 95–76 | 11–2 (2–1) |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Jan 15, 1994* |
No. 15 | No. 17 Georgia Tech | W 88–68 | 12–2 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Jan 20, 1994 |
No. 13 | at Tulane | W 83–76 | 13–2 (3–1) |
Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||
Jan 22, 1994 |
No. 13 | Southern Miss | W 70–69 | 14–2 (4–1) |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Jan 27, 1994 |
No. 12 | at Virginia Tech | W 74–63 | 15–2 (5–1) |
Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia | ||||||
Jan 29, 1994 |
No. 12 | at VCU | W 94–74 | 16–2 (6–1) |
Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia | ||||||
Feb 3, 1994 |
No. 9 | Charlotte | W 76–55 | 17–2 (7–1) |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Feb 6, 1994* |
No. 9 | Vanderbilt | W 78–62 | 18–2 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Feb 10, 1994 |
No. 7 | at South Florida | W 65–50 | 19–2 (8–1) |
Sun Dome Tampa, Florida | ||||||
Feb 12, 1994 |
No. 7 | Tulane | W 77–73 | 20–2 (9–1) |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Feb 17, 1994 |
No. 5 | at Charlotte | L 62–64 | 20–3 (9–2) |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Feb 20, 1994* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 13 Temple | L 53–68 | 20–4 |
Orlando Arena Orlando, Florida | ||||||
Feb 23, 1994* |
No. 13 | LSU | W 82–64 | 21–4 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Feb 26, 1994* |
No. 13 | at Notre Dame | W 85–82 OT | 22–4 |
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
Feb 28, 1994* |
No. 10 | at Howard | W 108–65 | 23–4 |
Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C. | ||||||
Mar 2, 1994 |
No. 10 | at Southern Miss | W 82–75 | 24–4 (10–2) |
Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi | ||||||
Mar 6, 1994* |
No. 10 | at No. 15 UCLA | L 72–75 | 24–5 |
Pauley Pavilion (12,243) Los Angeles, California | ||||||
Metro Conference tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 12, 1994* |
No. 14 | vs. Virginia Tech Championship game |
W 76–67 | 25–5 |
Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi | ||||||
Mar 13, 1994* |
No. 14 | vs. Southern Miss Championship game |
W 69–61 | 26–5 |
Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 18, 1994* |
(3 W) No. 10 | vs. (14 W) Boise State Second Round |
W 67–58 | 27–5 |
ARCO Arena (16,477) Sacramento, California | ||||||
Mar 20, 1994* |
(3 W) No. 10 | vs. (6 W) No. 23 Minnesota Second Round |
W 60–55 | 28–5 |
ARCO Arena Sacramento, California | ||||||
Mar 24, 1994* |
(3 W) No. 10 | vs. (2 W) No. 9 Arizona West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen |
L 70–82 | 28–6 |
L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West. |
Rankings
editWeek | |||||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
AP | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 10 | Not released |
Coaches | 6 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
*AP did not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
NBA draft
editRound | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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1 | 16 | Clifford Rozier | Golden State Warriors |
1 | 25 | Greg Minor | Los Angeles Clippers |
2 | 45 | Dwayne Morton | Golden State Warriors |
References
edit- ^ sports-reference.com 1993-94 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1993-1994 Louisville Cardinals Roster and Stats". Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "1993-1994 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results". Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "1993-94 Louisville Cardinals". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "1994 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved November 7, 2021.