1994 TAAC men's basketball tournament

1994 TAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1993–94
Teams8
SiteUCF Arena
Orlando, FL
ChampionsCentral Florida (1st title)
Winning coachKirk Speraw (1st title)
MVPVictor Saxton (Central Florida)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments
← 1992
1995 →
1993–94 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
College of Charleston 14 – 2   .875 24 – 4   .857
Central Florida † 11 – 5   .688 21 – 9   .700
Stetson 9 – 7   .563 14 – 15   .483
Georgia State 9 – 7   .563 13 – 14   .481
Centenary 8 – 8   .500 16 – 12   .571
Florida International 7 – 9   .438 11 – 16   .407
Southeastern Louisiana 7 – 9   .438 10 – 17   .370
Samford 4 – 12   .250 10 – 18   .357
Mercer 3 – 13   .188 5 – 24   .172
Florida Atlantic –   – 3 – 24   .111
† 1994 TAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]

The 1994 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held March 3–5 at the UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida.[2] This was the first tournament since 1992 after not being held in 1993.

Hosts Central Florida defeated Stetson in the championship game, 70–67, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Golden Knights, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance (College of Charleston also participated, receiving an at-large bid).

Since the 1992 tournament, one program had departed the TAAC (Georgia Southern, who left for the SoCon) and three new programs were added (Central Florida in 1993, College of Charleston and Florida Atlantic in 1994), leaving total conference membership at ten teams. However, the two newcomers (College of Charleston and FAU) did not participate in this tournament.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3 		Semifinals
Friday, March 4 		Championship
Saturday, March 5
         
1 Central Florida 90
8 Mercer 68
1 Central Florida 93
4 Centenary (LA) 89
5 Florida International 67
4 Centenary (LA) 69
1 Central Florida 70
3 Stetson 67
3 Stetson 91
6 Southeastern Louisiana 61
3 Stetson 54
7 Samford 42
7 Samford 78
2 Georgia State 57

References

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1993-94 Trans America Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "1993-94 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.