1993–94 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1993–94 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 17
Record	21–7 (13 – 5, T-2nd Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Harrick (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Mark Gottfried Steve Lavin Lorenzo Romar
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion

1993–94 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Arizona	14	–	4		.778			29	–	6		.829
No. 17 UCLA	13	–	5		.722			21	–	7		.750
No. 16 California	13	–	5		.722			22	–	8		.733
Washington State	10	–	8		.556			20	–	11		.645
Stanford	10	–	8		.556			17	–	11		.607
Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			15	–	13		.536
USC	9	–	9		.500			16	–	12		.571
Oregon	6	–	12		.333			10	–	17		.370
Washington	3	–	15		.167			5	–	22		.185
Oregon State	2	–	16		.111			6	–	21		.222
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993–94 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Jim Harrick for the sixth year led the Bruins as head coach. UCLA started the season ranked #14 in the AP poll. The Bruins started their season with an excellent 14–0 record. After finishing 2nd in the Pac-10 The Bruins accepted a bid to the NCAA tournament. They were seeded 5th in the Midwest Region, but lost to 12th Seed Tulsa in the first round in a high scoring game, 102–112.^[1][2]

Starting lineup

Position	Player	Class
F	Charles O'Bannon	Fr.
F	Ed O'Bannon	Jr.
F	George Zidek	Jr.
G	Shon Tarver	Sr.
G	Tyus Edney	Jr.

Roster

1993–94 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 12 David Boyle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Sr G 4 Marquis Burns 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — So F 30 Kevin Dempsey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — So G 5 Cameron Dollar 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Fr Atlanta, Georgia G 11 Tyus Edney 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — Jr Gardena, California F 24 Bob Myers 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr Danville, California C 35 Ike Nwankwo 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Fr Houston, Texas F 13 Charles O'Bannon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr Bellflower, California F 31 Ed O'Bannon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Jr Los Angeles, California G 21 Shon Tarver (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Sr G Tom Walden 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Fr C 25 George Zidek 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) — Jr Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia C 14 Rodney Zimmerman (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Sr	Head coach Jim Harrick (Morris Harvey College) Assistant coach(es) Steve Lavin (Chapman) Lorenzo Romar (Washington) Mark Gottfried (Alabama) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 27, 1993*	No. 14	Loyola Marymount	W 115–77	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (6,778) Los Angeles, CA
December 4, 1993*	No. 10	UNLV	W 108–83	2–0	Pauley Pavilion (12,738) Los Angeles, CA
December 8, 1993*	No. 9	Tennessee State	W 80–66	3–0	Pauley Pavilion (7,467) Los Angeles, CA
December 11, 1993*	No. 9	Long Beach State	W 93–51	4–0	Pauley Pavilion (9,206) Los Angeles, CA
December 18, 1993*	No. 9	No. 25 LSU	W 100–80	5–0	Pauley Pavilion (12,164) Los Angeles, CA
December 20, 1993*	No. 9	at Houston	W 93–72	6–0	Hofheinz Pavilion (5,081) Houston, TX
December 28, 1993*	No. 8	vs. North Carolina State	W 81–75	7–0	Greensboro Coliseum (9,100) Greensboro, NC
January 6, 1994	No. 6	Oregon Ducks	W 89–73	8–0 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (10,116) Los Angeles, CA
January 8, 1994	No. 6	Oregon State	W 104–71	9–0 (2–0)	Pauley Pavilion (8,684) Los Angeles, CA
January 13, 1994	No. 5	at Washington State	W 81–79	10–0 (3–0)	Beasley Coliseum (8,436) Pullman, WA
January 15, 1994	No. 5	at Washington	W 82–62	11–0 (4–0)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (5,046) Seattle, WA
January 20, 1994	No. 2	No. 9 Arizona	W 74–66	12–0 (5–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,832) Los Angeles, CA
January 22, 1994	No. 2	Arizona State	W 98–81	13–0 (6–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,389) Los Angeles, CA
January 27, 1994	No. 1	at Stanford	W 69–65	14–0 (7–0)	Maples Pavilion (7,500) Stanford, CA
January 30, 1994	No. 1	at California	L 70–85	14–1 (7–1)	Oakland Arena (15,039) Oakland, CA
February 3, 1994	No. 4	USC	W 101–72	15–1 (8–1)	Pauley Pavilion (12,623) Los Angeles, CA
February 5, 1994*	No. 4	at Notre Dame	L 63–79	15–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
February 10, 1994	No. 9	Washington	W 79–76	16–2 (9–1)	Pauley Pavilion (10,246) Los Angeles, CA
February 12, 1994	No. 9	Washington State	W 76–66	17–2 (10–1)	Pauley Pavilion (12,017) Los Angeles, CA
February 17, 1994	No. 9	at Arizona State	W 76–70	18–2 (11–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (14,035) Tempe, AZ
February 19, 1994*	No. 8	at No. 15 Arizona	L 74–98	18–3 (11–2)	McKale Center (14,007) Tucson, AZ
February 24, 1994	No. 15	No. 17 California	L 88–92	18–4 (11–3)	Pauley Pavilion (12,761) Los Angeles, CA
February 26, 1994	No. 15	Stanford	W 103–88	19–4 (12–3)	Pauley Pavilion (11,158) Los Angeles, CA
March 3, 1994	No. 15	at USC	L 79–85	19–5 (12–4)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (9,677) Los Angeles, CA
March 6, 1994*	No. 15	No. 10 Louisville	W 75–72	20–5	Pauley Pavilion (12,243) Los Angeles, CA
March 10, 1994	No. 15	at Oregon State	W 78–67	21–5 (13–4)	Gill Coliseum (6,558) Corvallis, OR
March 12, 1994	No. 15	at Oregon	L 79–80	21–6 (13–5)	McArthur Court (7,630) Eugene, OR
NCAA tournament
March 18, 1994*	No. 17	vs. Tulsa First Round	L 102–112	21–7	Myriad Convention Center (13,336) Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^{[3] [4]}

Rankings

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

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References

1. 2011-12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide
2. "Bruins Caught in a Hurricane". The Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1994. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
3. "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
4. "Final 1994 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF).
5. *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1020–1021. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.