# 1993–94 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

The 1993–94 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Having failed to win a third consecutive national championship the season before, the Blue Devils looked to improve on that. Duke finished the regular season #6 in the AP Poll and earned the #2 seed in the Southeast Region, which they won by defeating top-seeded Purdue to advance to the Final Four for the fifth time in six years. The Blue Devils returned to the National Championship Game for the fourth time in five years, but lost to Arkansas.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 27, 1993* | No. 4 | Northeastern | W 86–72 | 1–0 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| December 1, 1993* | No. 6 | The Citadel | W 78–63 | 2–0 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| December 4, 1993* | No. 6 | Xavier | W 82–60 | 3–0 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| December 6, 1993* | No. 4 | South Carolina State | W 97–61 | 4–0 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| December 11, 1993* | No. 4 | at No. 3 Michigan | W 73–63 | 5–0 | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI |
| December 22, 1993* | No. 3 | at Iowa | W 79–76 | 6–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| December 30, 1993* | No. 3 | Western Carolina | W 87–67 | 7–0 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| January 5, 1994 | No. 3 | at Clemson | W 71–65 | 8–0 | Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC |
| January 8, 1994 | No. 3 | No. 12 Georgia Tech | W 88–71 | 9–0 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| January 10, 1994* | No. 2 | Brown | W 89–71 | 10–0 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| January 13, 1994 | No. 2 | Wake Forest | L 68–69 | 10–1 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| January 15, 1994 | No. 2 | at Virginia | W 66–58 | 11–1 | University Hall Charlottesville, VA |
| January 20, 1994 | No. 5 | at NC State | W 92–65 | 12–1 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC |
| January 22, 1994 | No. 5 | Florida State | W 106–79 | 13–1 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| January 26, 1994* | No. 2 | Notre Dame | W 74–72 | 14–1 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| January 29, 1994 | No. 2 | No. 18 Maryland Rivalry | W 75–62 | 15–1 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| February 3, 1994 | No. 1 | at No. 2 North Carolina Rivalry | L 78–89 | 15–2 | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 5, 1994 | No. 1 | Clemson | W 78–74 | 16–2 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| February 8, 1994 | No. 2 | at Georgia Tech | W 66–63 | 17–2 | Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA |
| February 13, 1994 | No. 2 | at Wake Forest | L 69–78 | 17–3 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 16, 1994 | No. 6 | Virginia | W 84–54 | 18–3 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| February 20, 1994 | No. 6 | NC State | W 85–58 | 19–3 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| February 23, 1994 | No. 2 | at Florida State | W 84–72 | 20–3 | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Tallahassee, FL |
| February 27, 1994* | No. 2 | No. 8 Temple | W 59–47 | 21–3 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| March 2, 1994 | No. 2 | at Maryland Rivalry | W 73–69 | 22–3 | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD |
| March 5, 1994 | No. 2 | No. 5 North Carolina Rivalry | L 77–87 | 22–4 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. |
| ACC tournament ||||||
| March 11, 1994 | (1) No. 5 | vs. (8) Clemson Quarterfinals | W 77–64 | 23–4 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, N.C. |
| March 12, 1994 | (1) No. 5 | vs. (4) Virginia Semifinals | L 61–66 | 23–5 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, N.C. |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 18, 1994* | (2 SE) No. 6 | vs. (15 SE) Texas Southern First Round | W 82–70 | 24–5 | Thunderdome St. Petersburg, Fla. |
| March 20, 1994* | (2 SE) No. 6 | vs. (7 SE) Michigan State Second Round | W 85–74 | 25–5 | Thunderdome St. Petersburg, Fla. |
| March 24, 1994* | (2 SE) No. 6 | vs. (6 SE) No. 21 Marquette Sweet Sixteen | W 59–49 | 26–5 | Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn. |
| March 26, 1994* | (2 SE) No. 6 | vs. (1 SE) No. 3 Purdue Elite Eight | W 69–60 | 27–5 | Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn. |
| April 2, 1994* , CBS | (2 SE) No. 6 | vs. (3 E) No. 14 Florida Final Four | W 70–65 | 28–5 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, N.C. |
| April 4, 1994* , CBS | (2 SE) No. 6 | vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Arkansas National Championship | L 72–76 | 28–6 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, N.C. |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast region. Source: Duke media guide ||||||

## Awards and honors

* Grant Hill, ACC Player of the Year

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 3 | Grant Hill | Detroit Pistons |
| 2 | 29 | Antonio Lang | Phoenix Suns |