1993–94 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

1993–94 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
1993–94 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round (vacated)
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 23
Record	21-12 (22–13 unadjusted) (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Clem Haskins (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Milton Barnes; Dan Kosmoski; Dave Thorson;
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← 1992–93 1994–95 →

1993–94 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Purdue	14	–	4	.778	29	–	5	.853
No. 11 Michigan	13	–	5	.722	24	–	8	.750
No. 18 Indiana	12	–	6	.667	21	–	9	.700
No. 23 Minnesota	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Michigan State	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Illinois	10	–	8	.556	17	–	11	.607
Wisconsin	8	–	10	.444	18	–	11	.621
Penn State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	14	.481
Ohio State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	16	.448
Northwestern	5	–	13	.278	15	–	14	.517
Iowa	5	–	13	.278	11	–	16	.407

Rankings from AP Poll *Minnesota vacated all NCAA tournament games due to sanctions against the program. Disputed record (22-13)

The 1993–94 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by 8th-year head coach Clem Haskins, the Golden Gophers advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA tournament and finished with a 22–13 record (10–8 Big Ten; overall record later adjusted to 21–12).

Minnesota vacated its NCAA Tournament appearance due to sanctions from the University of Minnesota basketball scandal.

Roster[edit]

1993–94 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	12	John Thomas	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Fr	Roosevelt	Minneapolis, MN
G/F	21	Voshon Lenard	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Detroit, Michigan
C	50	Trevor Winter	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Fr	Slayton	Slayton, MN

Head coach

Clem Haskins

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference Regular Season
Nov 18, 1993*	No. 10	Rice Preseason NIT	W 70–61	1–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 20, 1993*	No. 10	Georgia Preseason NIT	W 91–71	2–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 24, 1993*	No. 9	vs. No. 6 Kansas Preseason NIT	L 71–75	2–1	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Nov 26, 1993*	No. 9	vs. No. 1 North Carolina Preseason NIT	L 76–90	2–2	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Big Ten Regular Season
Mar 9, 1994	No. 20	at Illinois	L 75–90	20–11 (10–8)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 1994*	(6 W) No. 23	vs. (11 W) Southern Illinois First Round	W 74–60^[1]	21–11	ARCO Arena Sacramento, California
Mar 20, 1994*	(6 W) No. 23	vs. (3 W) No. 10 Louisville Second Round	L 55–60	21–12^[2]	ARCO Arena Sacramento, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

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Rankings[edit]

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References[edit]

^ "Arizona unwilling to Pac it in like Western brethren". The Baltimore Sun. March 19, 1994. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ "Louisville Solo Show Is Enough". The Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1994. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ "2021–22 Minnesota Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1020–1021. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[1] "Arizona unwilling to Pac it in like Western brethren". The Baltimore Sun. March 19, 1994. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[2] "Louisville Solo Show Is Enough". The Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1994. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[3] "2021–22 Minnesota Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[ESPN-4] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1020–1021. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Venues	On-campus YMCA (1895–1896) UM Armory (1896–1925) Kenwood Armory (1925–1928) Williams Arena (1928–present)
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics