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1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
ACC Regular season Co Champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 13
Record	25–9 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Jones (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Anthony Solomon (1st season); Tom Perrin (8th season); Pete Herrmann (1st season);
Home arena	University Hall
	Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

1994–95 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Wake Forest †	12	–	4	.750	26	–	6	.813
No. 4 North Carolina	12	–	4	.750	28	–	6	.824
No. 10 Maryland	12	–	4	.750	26	–	8	.765
No. 13 Virginia	12	–	4	.750	25	–	9	.735
Georgia Tech	8	–	8	.500	18	–	12	.600
Florida State	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
Clemson	5	–	11	.313	15	–	13	.536
NC State	4	–	12	.250	12	–	15	.444
Duke	2	–	14	.125	13	–	18	.419

† 1995 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented University of Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Jeff Jones. The Cavaliers earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 4 seed in the East region. They defeated Nicholls State in the opening round, No. 12 seed Miami (OH) in the second round,^[2] and Kansas to reach the Elite Eight before falling to No. 2 seed Arkansas. The Cavaliers finished with a record of 25–9 (12–4 ACC).

Roster

1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
PF	4	Junior Burrough	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	Sr	Charlotte, North Carolina
G	5	Curtis Staples	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Roanoke, Virginia
PG	12	Cory Alexander	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	RS Jr	Waynesboro, Virginia
G/F	13	Jamal Robinson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	So	Queens, New York
G	21	Harold Deane	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	So	Ettrick, Virginia
G/F	22	Jason Williford	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	Sr	Richmond, Virginia
F/C	24	Yuri Barnes	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	Sr	Richmond, Virginia
F	25	Norman Nolan	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	Fr	Baltimore, Maryland
F/C	30	Chris Alexander	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	RS Jr	Long Branch, New Jersey
C	42	Chase Metheney	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Charlotte, North Carolina
G/F	44	Maurice Watkins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	RS So	Petersburg, Virginia
G	45	Percy Ellsworth	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	RS So	Drewryville, Virginia
F	55	Martin Walton	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Portsmouth, Virginia

Head coach

Jeff Jones

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Source^[3]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 16, 1994*	No. 10	Old Dominion	W 83–80	1–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov 17, 1994*	No. 10	Ohio	L 83–94	1–1	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov 30, 1994*	No. 23	North Carolina A&T	W 94–50	2–1	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 3, 1994*	No. 23	Towson State	W 94–66	3–1	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 6, 1994*	No. 20	at Vanderbilt	L 65–70	3–2	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 8, 1994*	No. 20	Bethune-Cookman	W 109–49	4–2	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 10, 1994*	No. 20	at Rice	W 67–50	5–2	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
Dec 19, 1994*	No. 22	Virginia Military Institute	W 100–73	6–2	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 22, 1994*	No. 22	Stanford	L 60–64	6–3	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 4, 1995		at Florida State	W 81–75	7–3 (1–0)	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida
Jan 7, 1995		at NC State	W 76–65	8–3 (2–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 11, 1995		No. 18 Clemson	W 61–37	9–3 (3–0)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 14, 1995		at No. 16 Duke	W 91–88 ^2OT	10–3 (4–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Jan 18, 1995	No. 18	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 76–79	10–4 (4–1)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 22, 1995	No. 18	No. 22 Georgia Tech	W 88–85 ^2OT	11–4 (5–1)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 25, 1995	No. 15	No. 16 Wake Forest	L 70–71	11–5 (5–2)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 28, 1995*	No. 15	George Mason	W 128–98	12–5	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 1, 1995	No. 15	at No. 5 Maryland	L 62–71	12–6 (5–3)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Feb 4, 1995		vs. Florida State	W 76–63 ^OT	13–6 (6–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 8, 1995	No. 17	NC State	W 65–55	14–6 (7–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 11, 1995	No. 17	at Clemson	W 62–44	15–6 (8–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Feb 12, 1995*	No. 17	UNLV	W 75–65	16–6	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 15, 1995	No. 16	Duke	W 64–58	17–6 (9–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 19, 1995	No. 16	No. 2 North Carolina	W 73–71	18–6 (10–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 22, 1995	No. 11	at No. 24 Georgia Tech	W 83–60	19–6 (11–3)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 26, 1995	No. 11	at No. 10 Wake Forest	L 63–66	19–7 (11–4)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 28, 1995*	No. 13	vs. Virginia Tech	W 63–62	20–7	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
Mar 5, 1995	No. 13	No. 6 Maryland	W 92–67	21–7 (12–4)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
ACC Tournament
Mar 10, 1995*	(4) No. 11	vs. (5) Georgia Tech Quarterfinals	W 77–67	22–7	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 11, 1995*	(4) No. 11	vs. (1) No. 7 Wake Forest Semifinals	L 68–77	22–8	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 1995*	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (13 MW) Nicholls State First Round	W 96–72^[4]	23–8	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Mar 18, 1995*	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (12 MW) Miami (OH) Second Round	W 60–54 ^{OT^[5]}	24–8	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Mar 24, 1995*	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (1 MW) No. 5 Kansas Midwest Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 67–58^[6]	25–8	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 26, 1995*	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (2 MW) No. 6 Arkansas Midwest Regional Final – Elite Eight	L 61–68^[7]	25–9	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern time.

Source:^[8]

Rankings

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1994-95 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
^ "Virginia 60, Miami 54 -- OT". UPI Archives. March 18, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
^ "1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
^ "Burrough Keeps Cavaliers Going". The Washington Post. March 19, 1995. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
^ "Miami Gets Oh, So Close in Overtime Loss to Virginia". The New York Times. March 19, 1995. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ "Cavs Revive in Time for Trip to Final Eight". The Washington Post. March 25, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
^ "Arm's Length From Repeat: Arkansas Uses Strong Defense To Trip Virginia". Spokesman-Review. March 27, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
^ "YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1031–1032. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[1] sports-reference.com 1994-95 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

[2] "Virginia 60, Miami 54 -- OT". UPI Archives. March 18, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[3] "1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[4] "Burrough Keeps Cavaliers Going". The Washington Post. March 19, 1995. Retrieved June 11, 2023.

[5] "Miami Gets Oh, So Close in Overtime Loss to Virginia". The New York Times. March 19, 1995. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[6] "Cavs Revive in Time for Trip to Final Eight". The Washington Post. March 25, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[7] "Arm's Length From Repeat: Arkansas Uses Strong Defense To Trip Virginia". Spokesman-Review. March 27, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[boxscores-8] "YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[ESPN-9] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1031–1032. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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