# 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.

## 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. ||||||