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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 →

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

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]

Roster

1993–94 Providence Friars men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	3	Jason Murdock	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Fr	Bridgewater, New Jersey
F	32	Derrick Brown	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Brooklyn, New York
F	34	Michael Smith	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Washington, D.C.
F	42	Dickey Simpkins	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Washington, D.C.
PF	44	Austin Croshere	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Los Angeles, California
G/F	55	Eric Williams	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Newark, New Jersey

Head coach

Pete Gillen (Fairfield)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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Schedule and results

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.