1993–94 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

The 1993–94 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was Nolan Richardson's ninth season as head coach at Arkansas. The Razorbacks played their home games at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas as members of the West Division of the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas finished the season 31–3, 14–2 in SEC play to win the West Division and regular season overall championships. The Hogs defeated Georgia in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament before losing to Kentucky in the semifinals. The Razorbacks received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the 1 seed in the Midwest Regional, their seventh straight trip to the tournament. Arkansas defeated North Carolina A&T and Georgetown to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the fourth time in five years. There the Razorbacks defeated Tulsa and Michigan to earn a trip to the Final Four. It was Arkansas's fifth trip to the Final Four in program history. In the Final Four, they defeated Arizona before beating Duke in the National Championship game. Thanks to Scotty Thurman's high arching three-point shot with less than a minute to play in the national championship game, the team earned its first national championship in school history. Thurman's shot is known as the "Shot heard 'round Arkansas", and is considered one of the greatest plays in Arkansas Razorbacks sports history. Corliss Williamson was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. 1993-94 is considered the greatest single season in Arkansas' one hundred year history of men's basketball.

1993–94 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
NCAA tournament National champions
NCAA Tournament Final Four
NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional champions
SEC regular season champions
SEC West Division champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 2
Record31–3 (14–2 SEC)
Head coach
  • Nolan Richardson (9th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Nolan Richardson III
  • Mike Anderson (9th season)
  • Brad Dunn
Home arenaBud Walton Arena
1993–94 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 14 Florida124 .750298  .784
No. 7 Kentucky124 .750277  .794
Vanderbilt97 .5632012  .625
Georgia79 .4381416  .467
South Carolina412 .250919  .321
Tennessee214 .125522  .185
West
No. 2 Arkansas142 .875313  .912
Alabama124 .7502010  .667
Mississippi State97 .5631811  .621
Ole Miss79 .4381413  .519
LSU511 .3131116  .407
Auburn313 .1881117  .393
1994 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
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