1994–95 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 1994–95 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team represented Saint Louis University in the 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . The Billikens were led by head coach Charlie Spoonhour who was in his third season at Saint Louis. The team played their home games at the brand new Kiel Center and were a member of the Great Midwest Conference . The Billikens finished the season 23–8, 8–4 in GMC play to finish 2nd. They lost in the championship game of the GMC tournament , but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 9 seed in the East region. The Billikens eliminated Minnesota in the opening round[ 2] before they were defeated by No. 1 seed and Wake Forest in the second round.[ 3]
Roster
1994–95 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 27, 1994 *
Bradley
W 66–59
1–0
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 1, 1994 *
Sacramento State
W 90–49
2–0
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 5, 1994 *
at Southern Illinois
W 72–65
3–0
SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois
Dec 7, 1994 *
UMKC
W 95–68
4–0
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 10, 1994 *
Creighton
W 83–56
5–0
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 17, 1994 *
Bethune-Cookman
W 103–49
6–0
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 19, 1994 *
SMU
W 93–69
7–0
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 28, 1994 *
Austin Peay
W 71–54
8–0
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 5, 1995 *
No. 4 UMass Atlantic 10/Great Midwest Challenge
L 74–80
8–1
Kiel Center (21,879)St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 7, 1995
UAB
W 81–56
9–1 (1–0)
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 11, 1995 *
at No. 23 Iowa State
L 66–79
9–2
Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Jan 14, 1995
at Dayton
W 82–39
10–2 (2–0)
University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Jan 16, 1995 *
at Detroit
W 71–60
11–2
Calihan Hall Detroit, Michigan
Jan 19, 1995
at No. 23 Cincinnati
L 73–84
11–3 (2–1)
Myrl H. Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 22, 1995
Marquette
W 81–73
12–3 (3–1)
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 25, 1995
at Memphis
L 80–84
12–4 (3–2)
The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee
Jan 28, 1995
No. 19 Cincinnati
W 75–68
13–4 (4–2)
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 30, 1995 *
Chicago State
W 112–71
14–4
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 4, 1995
at UAB
L 54–70
14–5 (4–3)
UAB Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Feb 9, 1995
at Marquette
W 55–48
15–5 (5–3)
Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 11, 1995
Memphis
W 68–52
16–5 (6–3)
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 15, 1995 *
Alcorn State
W 100–70
17–5
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 19, 1995
at DePaul
L 64–66
17–6 (6–4)
Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois
Feb 22, 1995
at SW Missouri State
W 62–49
18–6
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
Feb 25, 1995
Dayton
W 63–51
19–6 (7–4)
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 1, 1995 *
DePaul
W 77–61
20–6 (8–4)
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri
GMWC tournament
Mar 9, 1995 *
(2)
vs. (7) Dayton Quarterfinals
W 78–62
21–6
Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 10, 1995 *
(2)
at (3) Marquette Semifinals
W 73–56
22–6
Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 11, 1995 *
(2)
vs. (4) Cincinnati Championship game
L 65–67
22–7
Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 1995 *
(9 E)
vs. (8 E) Minnesota First Round
W 64–61 OT
23–7
Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland
Mar 18, 1995 *
(9 E)
vs. (1 E) No. 3 Wake Forest Second Round
L 59–64
23–8
Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Central Time . (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region E=East.
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Rankings
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References