1993–94 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

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
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	Denny Crum (23rd season)
Home arena	Freedom Hall
Seasons ← 1992–93 1994–95 →

1993–94 Metro Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

1993–94 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G/F 23 Greg Minor 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Washington Co. Sandersville, Georgia F/C 44 Clifford Rozier 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Southeast Bradenton, Florida F 50 Dwayne Morton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Central Louisville, Kentucky	Head coach Denny Crum (UCLA) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
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. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
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

See also: 1994 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	16	Clifford Rozier	Golden State Warriors
1	25	Greg Minor	Los Angeles Clippers
2	45	Dwayne Morton	Golden State Warriors

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