1993–94 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

^[1] The 1993–94 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 1993–94 season.

1993–94 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 16
Record	22–8 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Todd Bozeman (2nd season)
Home arena	Harmon Gym
Seasons ← 1992–93 1994–95 →

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

Led by head coach Todd Bozeman, the Bears finished the regular season with a record of 22–7, and a record of 13–5 in the Pac-10, placing them second. The Bears received an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament where they fell in the first round to Green Bay. Following the season, Sophomore guard Jason Kidd declared eligibility for the NBA draft, and began a career in which he played for the Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Phoenix Suns, and New York Knicks. In his NBA career, Kidd became a consistent all-star and won one NBA Championship, in 2011. In 2018, Kidd was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. ^[2]

Roster

1993–94 California Golden Bears men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 5 Jason Kidd 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So St. Joseph Notre Dame San Francisco, CA F 21 Lamond Murray 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) Jr John F. Kennedy Pasadena, CA G 23 Randy Duck 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Fr F 44 Michael Stewart 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr John F. Kennedy Sacramento, CA	Head coach Todd Bozeman 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
Regular Season
Nov 17, 1993*	No. 6	vs. Santa Clara Preseason NIT First Round	W 81–74	1–0	Oakland Arena  Oakland, California
Nov 18, 1993*	No. 6	at No. 9 Kansas Preseason NIT Second Round	L 56–73	1–1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Dec 1, 1993*	No. 13	at Texas Southern	W 82–70	2–1	Health and Physical Education Arena  Houston, Texas
Dec 4, 1993*	No. 13	Santa Clara	L 67–80	2–2	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Dec 10, 1993*	No. 25	UMBC	W 80–48	3–2	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Dec 11, 1993*	No. 25	Tulane	W 83–70	4–2	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Dec 23, 1993*		Richmond	W 85–78	5–2	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Dec 30, 1993*		at Wake Forest	L 72–73	6–2	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 2, 1994*		Saint Mary's	W 94–77	7–2	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 6, 1994	No. 24	Washington State	W 70–54	8–2 (1–0)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 8, 1994	No. 24	Washington	W 79–64	9–2 (2–0)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 13, 1994	No. 19	at No. 6 Arizona	W 98–93	10–2 (3–0)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 15, 1994	No. 19	at Arizona State	L 60–63	10–3 (3–1)	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
Jan 20, 1994	No. 21	at Stanford	L 79–88	10–4 (3–2)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Jan 27, 1994		USC	W 77–68	11–4 (4–2)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Jan 30, 1994		No. 1 UCLA	W 85–70	12–4 (5–2)	Harmon Gym (15,039) Berkeley, California
Feb 3, 1994	No. 19	at Oregon State	W 67–61	13–4 (6–2)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 5, 1994	No. 19	at Oregon	W 81–61	14–4 (7–2)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
Feb 7, 1994*	No. 18	Cal State Northridge	W 93–63	15–4	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Feb 10, 1994	No. 18	Arizona State	L 78–95	16–4 (8–2)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Feb 13, 1994	No. 18	No. 16 Arizona	L 77–96	16–5 (8–3)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Feb 17, 1994	No. 19	Stanford	W 80–62	17–5 (9–3)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Feb 20, 1994*	No. 23	vs. No. 19 Cincinnati 7-Up Shootout	W 70–67	18–5	Orlando Arena  Orlando, Florida
Feb 24, 1994	No. 17	at No. 15 UCLA	W 85–70	19–5 (10–3)	Pauley Pavilion (12,761) Los Angeles, California
Feb 26, 1994	No. 17	at USC	L 78–86 OT	19–6 (10–4)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Mar 3, 1994	No. 20	Oregon	W 82–73	20–6 (11–4)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Mar 5, 1994	No. 20	at Oregon State	W 74–44	21–6 (12–4)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Mar 10, 1994	No. 16	at Washington	W 62–56	22–6 (13–4)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion  Seattle, Washington
Mar 12, 1994	No. 16	at Washington State	L 82–94	22–7 (13–5)	Friel Court  Pullman, Washington
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1994*	(5 W) No. 16	vs. (12 W) Wisconsin-Green Bay First round	L 57–61	22–8	Dee Events Center  Ogden, Utah
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 1994 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
1	2	Jason Kidd	Dallas Mavericks
1	7	Lamond Murray	Los Angeles Clippers