1994–95 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

1994–95 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
1994–95 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 20
Record	23–10 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach	David Hobbs (3rd season);
Home arena	Coleman Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama in the 1994-95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was David Hobbs, who was in his third season at Alabama. The team played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of 23–10, with a conference record of 10–6, good enough for third place in the SEC Western Division.

ConferenceSoutheastern Conference

CoachesNo. 21

APNo. 20

Record23–10 (10–6 SEC)

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1994–95 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East Division
No. 2 Kentucky †	14	–	2	.875	28	–	5	.848
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	18	–	10	.643
Florida	8	–	8	.500	17	–	13	.567
Vanderbilt	6	–	10	.375	13	–	15	.464
South Carolina	5	–	11	.313	10	–	17	.370
Tennessee	4	–	12	.250	11	–	16	.407
West Division
No. 6 Arkansas	12	–	4	.750	32	–	7	.821
No. 18 Mississippi State	12	–	4	.750	22	–	8	.733
No. 20 Alabama	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
Auburn	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
LSU	6	–	10	.375	12	–	15	.444
Ole Miss	3	–	13	.188	8	–	19	.296

† 1995 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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The only key loss from the prior season was James "Hollywood" Robinson to the NBA. Senior forwards Jason Caffey and Jamal Faulkner and sophomores Antonio McDyess and Eric Washington were the hub of the team.^[1]

The Tide reached the semifinal of the 1995 SEC men's basketball tournament final, but lost to Arkansas. The Tide earned an at-large bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament, defeating Penn in the first round and losing to eventual Final Four participant Oklahoma State.^[2]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 16, 1994*	No. 18	Kansas State	W 79–48	1–0	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
November 17, 1994*	No. 18	at New Mexico State	L 69–86	1–1	Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico
December 3, 1994*		at VCU	W 75–57	2–1	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
December 7, 1994*		FIU	W 77–54	3–1	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 17, 1994*		Florida A&M	W 95–48	4–1	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 19, 1994*		UCF	W 73–60	5–1	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 22, 1994*		at Tulane	L 68–72	5–2	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 28, 1994*		TCU	W 83–64	6–2	Oakland Coliseum Oakland, California
December 29, 1994*		at No. 14 California	W 76–73 ^OT	7–2	Oakland Coliseum Oakland, California
January 2, 1995*		Central Connecticut State	W 86–39	8–2	Coleman Coliseum Oakland, California
January 4, 1995		at Vanderbilt	L 74–75 ^OT	8–3 (0–1)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 7, 1995*		VMI	W 93–67	9–3	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 11, 1995		at Ole Miss	W 74–60	10–3 (1–1)	Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi
January 14, 1995		South Carolina	W 91–59	11–3 (2–1)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 17, 1995		LSU	L 61–74	11–4 (2–2)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 21, 1995		Mississippi State	W 68–64	12–4 (3–2)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 24, 1985		at No. 9 Arkansas	W 88–70	13–4 (4–2)	Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 28, 1995		at Tennessee	W 69–46	14–4 (5–2)	Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee
February 1, 1995	No. 20	Auburn	W 65–63	15–4 (6–2)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 4, 1995	No. 20	Georgia	L 58–72	15–5 (6–3)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 7, 1995	No. 23	Southern Miss	W 65–60	16–5	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 11, 1995	No. 23	at LSU	W 74–66	17–5 (7–3)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
February 15, 1995 7:00 p m., JPS	No. 18	No. 10 Arkansas	L 80–86	17–6 (7–4)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 18, 1995	No. 18	at Auburn	W 86–73	18–6 (8–4)	Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama
February 21, 1995	No. 20	No. 6 Kentucky	L 52–72	18–7 (8–5)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 25, 1995	No. 20	at Florida	W 69–66	19–7 (9–5)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida
March 1, 1995	No. 21	Ole Miss	W 69–50	20–7 (10–5)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
March 4, 1995	No. 21	at No. 14 Mississippi State	L 67–71	20–8 (10–6)	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi
SEC Tournament
March 9, 1995 JPS	(W3) No. 20	(E6) Tennessee First Round	W 55–43	21–8	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
March 10, 1995 JPS	(W3) No. 20	(E2) Georgia Second Round	W 68–57	22–8	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
March 11, 1995 JPS	(W3) No. 20	(W1) No. 5 Arkansas Semifinals	L 58–69	22–9	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA Tournament
March 16, 1995* CBS	(5 E) No. 20	(12 E) Penn First Round	W 91–85 ^OT	23–9	Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland
March 18, 1995* CBS	(5 E) No. 20	(4 E) No. 14 Oklahoma State Second Round	L 52–66	23–10	Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast.

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