1993–94 Providence Friars men's basketball team

1993–94 Providence Friars men's basketball
1993–94 Providence Friars men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	20–10 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach	Rick Barnes (6th season);
Home arena	Providence Civic Center
	Seasons ← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College during the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Rick Barnes, the Friars finished the season 20–10 (10–8 Big East) but went on a cinderella run to win the Big East Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the 8 seed in the Southeast region. The team was beaten in the opening round by No. 9 seed Alabama, 76–70.^[2]

ConferenceBig East Conference

Record20–10 (10–8 Big East)

Headcoach

Rick Barnes (6th season)

HomearenaProvidence Civic Center

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1993–94 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Connecticut	16	–	2	.889	29	–	5	.853
No. 15 Syracuse	13	–	5	.722	23	–	7	.767
Boston College	11	–	7	.611	23	–	11	.676
Providence †	10	–	8	.556	20	–	10	.667
Villanova	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Georgetown	10	–	8	.556	19	–	12	.613
Seton Hall	8	–	10	.444	17	–	13	.567
Pittsburgh	7	–	11	.389	13	–	14	.481
St. John's	5	–	13	.278	12	–	17	.414
Miami	0	–	18	.000	7	–	20	.259

† 1994 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 1994^[1] Rankings from AP poll

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 24, 1993*		vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State	L 102–113 ^OT	0–1	Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nov 27, 1993*		Brown	W 98–57	1–1	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 1, 1993*		New Hampshire	W 92–60	2–1	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 4, 1993		at Pittsburgh	L 82–94	2–2 (0–1)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dec 7, 1993		at Villanova	W 66–65	3–2 (1–1)	The Pavilion Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 14, 1993*		St. Francis (NY)	W 108–48	4–2	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 21, 1993*		Princeton	W 74–65	5–2	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 31, 1993*		South Carolina	W 88–69	6–2	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Jan 5, 1994*		Seton Hall	W 85–61	7–2 (2–1)	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Big East Tournament
Mar 11, 1994*		vs. Villanova Quarterfinals	W 77–66	18–9	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 12, 1994*		vs. No. 2 Connecticut Semifinals	W 69–67	19–9	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 13, 1994*		vs. Georgetown Championship game	W 74–64	20–9	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1994*	(8 SE)	vs. (9 SE) Alabama First round	L 70–76	20–10	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time.

Round	Pick	Player	NBA club
1	21	Dickey Simpkins	Chicago Bulls
2	35	Michael Smith	Sacramento Kings

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