# 1993–94 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1993–94 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona. The team's head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in McKale Center as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.
After going 14–4 to win the Pac-10 regular-season title the team was seeded second in the West region of the NCAA tournament. They advanced to the Final Four with a 92–72 victory over top-seeded Missouri before falling 91–82 to Arkansas, who would go on to win the championship. The team finished with a record of 29-6.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| Nov 29, 1993* | No. 19 | Baylor | W 106–79 | 1–0 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Dec 1, 1993* | No. 19 | Saint Joseph's | W 93–73 | 2–0 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Dec 5, 1993* | No. 19 | vs. No. 8 Oklahoma State | W 97–84 | 3–0 | America West Arena (9,817) Phoenix, Arizona |
| Dec 9, 1993* | No. 14 | at Utah | W 88–81 | 4–0 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dec 14, 1993* | No. 13 | New Orleans | W 80–62 | 5–0 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Dec 18, 1993* | No. 13 | at Santa Clara | W 89–63 | 6–0 | Leavey Center Santa Clara, California |
| Dec 21, 1993* | No. 12 | vs. Notre Dame Maui Invitational Tournament | W 98–79 | 7–0 | Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Dec 22, 1993* | No. 12 | vs. No. 18 Boston College Maui Invitational Tournament | W 70–65 | 8–0 | Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Dec 23, 1993* | No. 12 | vs. No. 5 Kentucky Maui Invitational Tournament | L 92–93 | 8–1 | Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Dec 28, 1993* | No. 12 | Fordham | W 111–84 | 9–1 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Dec 29, 1993* | No. 12 | No. 7 Michigan | W 119–95 | 10–1 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Pac-10 Regular season ||||||
| Jan 5, 1994 | No. 9 | Arizona State | W 98–81 | 11–1 (1–0) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Jan 8, 1994* | No. 9 | No. 25 Marquette | W 94–80 | 12–1 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Jan 13, 1994 | No. 6 | No. 19 California | L 93–98 | 12–2 (1–1) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Jan 15, 1994 | No. 6 | Stanford | W 89–72 | 13–2 (2–1) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Jan 20, 1994 | No. 9 | at No. 2 UCLA | L 66–74 | 13–3 (2–2) | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| Jan 22, 1994 | No. 9 | at USC | W 83–74 | 14–3 (3–2) | L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California |
| Jan 27, 1994 | No. 13 | Oregon | W 98–86 | 15–3 (4–2) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Jan 29, 1994 | No. 13 | Oregon State | W 100–56 | 16–3 (5–2) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Feb 3, 1994 | No. 12 | at Washington State | W 80–68 | 17–3 (6–2) | Friel Court Pullman, Washington |
| Feb 5, 1994 | No. 12 | Washington | L 69–74 | 17–4 (6–3) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Feb 10, 1994 | No. 16 | at Stanford | W 77–60 | 18–4 (7–3) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, California |
| Feb 13, 1994 | No. 16 | at No. 18 California | W 96–77 | 19–4 (8–3) | Harmon Gym Berkeley, California |
| Feb 17, 1994 | No. 15 | USC | W 94–61 | 20–4 (9–3) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Feb 19, 1994 | No. 15 | No. 8 UCLA | W 98–74 | 21–4 (10–3) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Feb 24, 1994 | No. 9 | at Oregon State | W 96–69 | 22–4 (11–3) | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon |
| Feb 26, 1994 | No. 9 | at Oregon | W 75–71 | 23–4 (12–3) | McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon |
| Mar 3, 1994 | No. 8 | Washington | W 95–62 | 24–4 (13–3) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Mar 5, 1994 | No. 8 | Washington State | W 85–69 | 25–4 (14–3) | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Mar 12, 1994 | No. 7 | at Arizona State | L 87–94 | 25–5 (14–4) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 18, 1994* | (2 W) No. 9 | vs. (15 W) Loyola (MD) First round | W 81–55 | 26–5 | ARCO Arena Sacramento, California |
| Mar 20, 1994* | (2 W) No. 9 | vs. (7 W) Virginia Second Round | W 71–58 | 27–5 | ARCO Arena Sacramento, California |
| Mar 24, 1994* | (2 W) No. 9 | vs. (3 W) No. 10 Louisville West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen | W 82–70 | 28–5 | L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California |
| Mar 26, 1994* | (2 W) No. 9 | vs. (1 W) No. 5 Missouri West Regional Final – Elite Eight | W 92–72 | 29–5 | L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California |
| Apr 2, 1994* | (2 W) No. 9 | vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Arkansas National semifinal – Final Four | L 82–91 | 29–6 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. ||||||

### NCAA basketball tournament

* Mideast
** Arizona (#2 seed) 81, Loyola (#15 Seed) 55
** Arizona 71, Virginia (#7 Seed) 58
** Arizona 82, Louisville (#3 seed) 70
** Arizona 92, Missouri (#1 seed) 72
* Final Four
** Arkansas 91, Arizona 82

## Awards and honors

* Khalid Reeves – Consensus Second-team All-American
* Damon Stoudamire – Honorable mention All-American (AP)

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Team |
| 1 | 12 | Khalid Reeves | Miami Heat |