1993–94 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1993–94 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
1993–94 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up; ACC regular season champions
National Championship Game, ; L 72-76 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 6
Record	28–6 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski (14th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Brey; Tommy Amaker; Pete Gaudet;
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1992–93 1994–95 →

1993–94 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Duke	12	–	4	.750	28	–	6	.824
No. 1 North Carolina †	11	–	5	.688	28	–	7	.800
Wake Forest	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
Virginia	8	–	8	.500	18	–	13	.581
Maryland	8	–	8	.500	18	–	12	.600
Georgia Tech	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
Florida State	6	–	10	.375	13	–	14	.481
Clemson	6	–	10	.375	18	–	16	.529
NC State	5	–	11	.313	11	–	19	.367

† 1994 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

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.

Roster

1993–94 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
SG	3	Marty Clark	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	St. Joseph	Westchester, Illinois
SG	4	Kenny Blakeney	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	DeMatha	Washington, D.C.
G	5	Jeff Capel	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	South View	Fayetteville, NC
G	20	Chris Collins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Glenbrook North	Northbrook, IL
SF	21	Antonio Lang	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	LeFlore	Mobile, AL
SF	33	Grant Hill (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	South Lakes	Reston, Virginia
PF	44	Cherokee Parks	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Marina	Huntington Beach, California
C	52	Erik Meek	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	San Pasqual	Escondido, California
SF	54	Christian Ast	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	High Point	Beltsville, Maryland

Head coach

Mike Krzyzewski

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 21, 2020

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^[2]	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^[3]

Rankings

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

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1993-94 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
^ "The Tar Heels' Best Game Proves Too Good for Duke". The New York Times. March 6, 1994. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
^ "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. October 14, 2019. p. 178. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "1994 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

[1] sports-reference.com 1993-94 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

[2] "The Tar Heels' Best Game Proves Too Good for Duke". The New York Times. March 6, 1994. Retrieved February 22, 2020.

[3] "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. October 14, 2019. p. 178. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[4] "1994 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

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Venues	The Ark (1906–1923) Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1939) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)
Rivalries	Maryland Michigan North Carolina (Carlyle Cup)
Culture & lore	Blue Devil Big Four Tournament Blue blood status Cameron Crazies Champions Classic Dixie Classic I Hate Christian Laettner Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road 1991 UNLV game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics