1993–94 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team

The 1993–94 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team represented Saint Louis University in the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Billikens were led by head coach Charlie Spoonhour who was in his second season at Saint Louis. The team played their home games at St. Louis Arena and were a member of the Great Midwest Conference. The Billikens finished the season 23–6, 8–4 in GMC play to finish 2nd. They lost in the semifinal round of the GMC tournament, but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 7 seed in the Midwest region. The Billikens were defeated by No. 10 seed Maryland in the second round.^[2]

1993–94 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Great Midwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 24
Record	23–6 (8–4 GMC)
Head coach	Charlie Spoonhour (2nd season)
Home arena	St. Louis Arena
Seasons ← 1992–93 1994–95 →

1993–94 Great Midwest Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Marquette	10	–	2		.833			24	–	9		.727
Saint Louis	8	–	4		.667			23	–	6		.793
UAB	8	–	4		.667			22	–	8		.733
Cincinnati †	7	–	5		.583			22	–	10		.688
DePaul	4	–	8		.333			16	–	12		.571
Memphis State	4	–	8		.333			13	–	16		.448
Dayton	1	–	11		.083			6	–	21		.222
† 1994 GMC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

1993–94 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 23 Erwin Claggett 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Venice Venice, Illinois F Scott Highmark 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr   St. Louis, Missouri	Head coach Charlie Spoonhour Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 27, 1993*		Mercer	W 86–52	1–0	St. Louis Arena (7,978) St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 1, 1993*		at SMU	W 90–85 ^OT	2–0	Moody Coliseum (2,235) Dallas, Texas
Dec 4, 1993*		Cornell	W 84–47	3–0	St. Louis Arena (6,979) St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 6, 1993*		at Creighton	W 78–71	4–0	Omaha Civic Auditorium (2,294) Omaha, Nebraska
Dec 8, 1993*		Chicago State	W 97–69	5–0	St. Louis Arena (6,589) St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 15, 1993*		Augustana (IL)	W 97–64	6–0	St. Louis Arena (6,187) St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 18, 1993*		at Murray State	W 92–89	7–0	Racer Arena (2,015) Murray, Kentucky
Dec 20, 1993*		Samford	W 70–68	8–0	St. Louis Arena (7,811) St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 30, 1993*		Southern Illinois	W 100–87	9–0	St. Louis Arena (17,117) St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 2, 1994*		Detroit	W 91–77	10–0	St. Louis Arena (7,482) St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 5, 1994*		SW Missouri State	W 81–48	11–0	St. Louis Arena (13,854) St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 8, 1994*		vs. Arizona State	W 77–75	12–0	McKale Center (2,423) Tucson, Arizona
Jan 11, 1994		Memphis State	W 86–59	13–0 (1–0)	St. Louis Arena (18,073) St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 15, 1994		at DePaul	W 80–71	14–0 (2–0)	Rosemont Horizon (9,120) Rosemont, Illinois
Jan 22, 1994	No. 23	at Marquette	L 52–62	14–1 (2–1)	Bradley Center (16,354) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 26, 1994	No. 23	No. 22 Marquette	W 76–66	15–1 (3–1)	St. Louis Arena (18,158) St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 29, 1994*	No. 23	at UMKC	W 83–71	16–1	Municipal Auditorium (6,348) Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 2, 1994	No. 18	Dayton	W 94–75	17–1 (4–1)	St. Louis Arena (14,791) St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 6, 1994	No. 18	DePaul	W 91–81	18–1 (5–1)	St. Louis Arena (17,209) St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 9, 1994*	No. 17	Iowa State	W 90–75	19–1	St. Louis Arena (16,453) St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 13, 1994	No. 17	at Dayton	L 77–82 ^OT	19–2 (5–2)	UD Arena (10,432) Dayton, Ohio
Feb 16, 1994	No. 18	at No. 23 Cincinnati	L 73–78	19–3 (5–3)	Myrl H. Shoemaker Center (13,176) Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb 19, 1994	No. 18	No. 21 UAB	W 73–72 ^OT	20–3 (6–3)	St. Louis Arena (18,033) St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 23, 1994	No. 19	Cincinnati	W 70–67	21–3 (7–3)	St. Louis Arena (18,411) St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 26, 1994	No. 19	at Memphis State	W 71–66	22–3 (8–3)	Pyramid Arena (10,645) Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 4, 1994	No. 16	at No. 24 UAB	L 70–85	22–4 (8–4)	UAB Arena (18,017) Birmingham, Alabama
GMWC tournament
Mar 10, 1994*	(2) No. 21	vs. (7) Dayton Quarterfinals	W 80–46	23–4	Fifth Third Arena  Cincinnati, Ohio
Mar 11, 1994*	(2) No. 21	vs. (6) Memphis State Semifinals	L 62–73	23–5	Fifth Third Arena  Cincinnati, Ohio
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 1994*	(7 MW) No. 24	vs. (10 MW) Maryland First Round	L 66–74	23–6	Kansas Coliseum  Wichita, Kansas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

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

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References

1. "1993-94 Great Midwest Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
2. "Navy ships out, but Terps remain afloat". The Baltimore Sun. March 17, 1994. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
3. "1993-94 Men's Basketball Roster". Saint Louis University Athletics. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
4. "1993-94 Men's Basketball Schedule". Saint Louis University Athletics. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
5. *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1018–1019. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.