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, lost in West Regional semifinal 82-70 vs #2 Arizona
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.

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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References

1. sports-reference.com 1993-94 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
2. "1993-1994 Louisville Cardinals Roster and Stats". Retrieved 17 November 2013.
3. "1993-1994 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results". Retrieved 17 November 2013.
4. "1993-94 Louisville Cardinals". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
5. "1994 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved November 7, 2021.