1994–95 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team

The 1994–95 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1994–95 college basketball season. The Golden Hurricane played their home games at the Tulsa Convention Center. Led by head coach Tubby Smith, they finished the season 24–8 overall and 15–3 in conference play to finish atop the MVC standings. After losing in the championship game of the MVC tournament, the team defeated Illinois and Old Dominion to reach the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament, before falling to No. 2 seed UMass in the Midwest Regional semifinals.

1994–95 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball
MVC regular season champion
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
Record	24–8 (15–3 WAC)
Head coach	Tubby Smith
Home arena	Tulsa Convention Center
Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

1994–95 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Tulsa	15	–	3		.833			24	–	8		.750
Illinois State	13	–	5		.722			20	–	13		.606
Southern Illinois †	13	–	5		.722			23	–	9		.719
Bradley	12	–	6		.667			20	–	10		.667
Evansville	11	–	7		.611			18	–	9		.667
Drake	9	–	9		.500			12	–	15		.444
Southwest Missouri State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	11		.593
Wichita State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	14		.481
Northern Iowa	4	–	14		.222			8	–	20		.286
Creighton	4	–	14		.222			7	–	19		.269
Indiana State	3	–	15		.167			7	–	19		.269
† 1995 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

1994–95 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 21 Shea Seals 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Tulsa, Oklahoma	Head coach Tubby Smith 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 (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 3, 1994*		Texas–San Antonio	W 77–57	1–0	Tulsa Convention Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dec 7, 1994*		at Oklahoma State	L 88–93	1–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, Oklahoma
Dec 10, 1994*		Oral Roberts	W 99–54	2–1	Tulsa Convention Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dec 17, 1994		at Drake	W 93–76	3–1 (1–0)	Knapp Center  Des Moines, Iowa
Dec 23, 1994*		at No. 3 Arkansas	L 63–82	3–2	Bud Walton Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
Dec 31, 1994		Creighton	W 80–65	4–2 (2–0)	Tulsa Convention Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jan 3, 1995		Northern Iowa	W 85–53	5–2 (3–0)	Tulsa Convention Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jan 6, 1995*		vs. TCU	W 107–95	6–2	Cox Center  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jan 7, 1995*		vs. Oklahoma	L 61–76	6–3	Cox Center  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jan 12, 1995		at Wichita State	W 79–52	7–3 (4–0)	Levitt Arena  Wichita, Kansas
Jan 14, 1995		Evansville	W 72–66 ^OT	8–3 (5–0)	Tulsa Convention Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jan 16, 1995		Southern Illinois	W 67–65	9–3 (6–0)	Tulsa Convention Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
MVC Tournament
Mar 4, 1995*	(1)	vs. (8) Wichita State Quarterfinals	W 77–63	21–6	Kiel Center  St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 5, 1995*	(1)	vs. (4) Bradley Semifinals	W 89–80	22–6	Kiel Center  St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 6, 1995*	(1)	vs. (3) Southern Illinois Championship game	L 62–77	22–7	Kiel Center  St. Louis, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1995*	(6 E)	vs. (11 E) Illinois First round	W 68–62	23–7	Times Union Center (15,100) Uniondale, New York
Mar 19, 1995*	(6 E)	vs. (14 E) Old Dominion Second Round	W 64–52^[3]	24–7	Times Union Center  Uniondale, New York
Mar 24, 1995*	(6 E)	vs. (2 E) No. 7 UMass East Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 51–76	24–8	Brendan Byrne Arena (19,689) East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central.

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Rankings

Main article: 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

1. sports-reference.com 1994-95 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
2. "1994-95 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
3. "Sweet 16! Tulsa Reaches 3rd Round for 2nd Consecutive Year". The Oklahoman. March 20, 1995. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
4. "1994-95 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 20, 2021.