1993–94 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

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).

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)

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

Roster

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

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
Dec 15, 1993*	No. 15	Clemson	W 73–54	5–2	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 28, 1993*	No. 16	at Virginia	L 57–62	7–3	University Hall  Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 31, 1993*	No. 16	James Madison	W 73–68	8–3	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
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

Main article: 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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