1993–94 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 1993–94 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.^[2]

1993–94 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 1
Record	28–7 (11–5 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (33rd season)
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (27th season)
Home arena	Dean Smith Center
Seasons ← 1992–93 1994–95 →

1993–94 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Duke	12	–	4		.750			28	–	6		.824
No. 1 North Carolina †	11	–	5		.688			28	–	7		.800
Wake Forest	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Virginia	8	–	8		.500			18	–	13		.581
Maryland	8	–	8		.500			18	–	12		.600
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			16	–	13		.552
Florida State	6	–	10		.375			13	–	14		.481
Clemson	6	–	10		.375			18	–	16		.529
NC State	5	–	11		.313			11	–	19		.367
† 1994 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1]

Led by head coach Dean Smith, the Tar Heels reached the second round of the NCAA tournament. Marking the first time since 1980 that the Tar Heels failed to reach the Sweet Sixteen. ^[3]

Roster

1993–94 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown C 00 Eric Montross 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Sr Indianapolis, IN F 3 Pat Sullivan  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Bogota, NJ G 4 Larry Davis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 184 lb (83 kg) So Denmark, SC G 5 Jeff McInnis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Charlotte, NC G 14 Derrick Phelps 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Pleasantville, NY G 21 Donald Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) Jr Garner, NC G 22 Pearce Landry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Greensboro, NC G 24 Dante Calabria 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Beaver Falls, PA F 30 Rasheed Wallace 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Philadelphia, PA F 31 Brian Reese 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr The Bronx, NY C 33 Kevin Salvadori 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Sr Pittsburgh, PA F 42 Jerry Stackhouse 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Kinston, NC C 45 Serge Zwikker 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 273 lb (124 kg) Fr Potomac, MD	Head coach Dean Smith (Kansas) Assistant coach(es) Bill Guthridge (Kansas State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 24, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 17, 1993*	No. 1	Western Kentucky Preseason NIT	W 101–87	1–0	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 18, 1993*	No. 1	No. 19 Cincinnati Preseason NIT	W 90–63	2–0	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 24, 1993*	No. 1	vs. No. 18 Massachusetts Preseason NIT	L 86–91 OT	2–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Nov 26, 1993*	No. 1	vs. No. 9 Minnesota Preseason NIT	W 90–76	3–1	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Dec 1, 1993*	No. 4	Hawaii	W 92–77	4–1	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 3, 1993*	No. 4	vs. No. 22 George Washington Tournament of Champions	W 87–62	5–1	Bojangles Coliseum  Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 4, 1993*	No. 4	vs. BYU Tournament of Champions	W 97–65	6–1	Bojangles Coliseum  Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 9, 1993*	No. 2	Colorado State	W 89–66	7–1	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 18, 1993*	No. 2	Ohio State	W 81–68	8–1	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 20, 1993*	No. 2	at Pittsburgh	W 106–93	9–1	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jan 2, 1994*	No. 2	Marshall	W 116–62	10–1	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 5, 1994	No. 2	NC State Rivalry	W 88–58	11–1 (1–0)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 8, 1994	No. 2	at Maryland	W 75–70	12–1 (2–0)	Cole Fieldhouse  College Park, Maryland
Jan 12, 1994	No. 1	at No. 17 Georgia Tech	L 69–89	12–2 (2–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 15, 1994	No. 1	Clemson	W 106–62	13–2 (3–1)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 19, 1994	No. 4	at Virginia	L 77–81	13–3 (3–2)	University Hall  Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 22, 1994*	No. 4	vs. LSU	W 88–65	14–3	Louisiana Superdome  New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 24, 1994*	No. 4	Butler	W 104–64	15–3	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 26, 1994	No. 4	at Florida State	W 90–77	16–3 (4–2)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
Jan 30, 1994	No. 4	Wake Forest Rivalry	W 85–61	17–3 (5–2)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 3, 1994	No. 2	No. 1 Duke Rivalry	W 89–78	18–3 (6–2)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 5, 1994	No. 2	at NC State Rivalry	W 77–64	19–3 (7–2)	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb 10, 1994	No. 1	Maryland	W 95–89	20–3 (8–2)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 12, 1994	No. 1	Georgia Tech	L 89–96	20–4 (8–3)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 17, 1994	No. 2	at Clemson	L 69–77	20–5 (8–4)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
Feb 19, 1994	No. 2	Virginia	W 69–56	21–5 (9–4)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 23, 1994*	No. 4	at Notre Dame	W 80–71	22–5	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 26, 1994	No. 4	Florida State	W 78–75	23–5 (9–5)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Mar 2, 1994	No. 5	at Wake Forest Rivalry	L 61–68 OT	23–6 (10–5)	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mar 5, 1994	No. 5	at No. 2 Duke Rivalry	W 87–77[4]	24–6 (11–5)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
Mar 11, 1994*	(2) No. 4	vs. (7) Florida State Quarterfinals	W 83–69	25–6	Bojangles Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
Mar 12, 1994*	(2) No. 4	vs. (3) Wake Forest Semifinals	W 86–84 OT	26–6	Bojangles Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
Mar 13, 1994*	(2) No. 4	vs. (4) Virginia Championship	W 73–66	27–6	Bojangles Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 1994*	(1 E) No. 1	vs. (16 E) Liberty First round	W 71–51	28–6	USAir Arena  Landover, MD
Mar 20, 1994*	(1 E) No. 1	vs. (9 E) Boston College Second round	L 72–75[5]	28–7	USAir Arena  Landover, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in EST.

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Rankings

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

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