1993–94 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team

1993–94 Tennessee State Tigers basketball
1993–94 Tennessee State Tigers basketball
OVC tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	19–12 (12–4 OVC)
Head coach	Frankie Allen (3rd season);
Home arena	Gentry Complex

1993–94 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Murray State	15	–	1	.938	23	–	6	.793
†	12	–	4	.750	19	–	12	.613
Austin Peay	10	–	6	.625	11	–	16	.407
Eastern Kentucky	9	–	7	.563	13	–	14	.481
Morehead State	8	–	8	.500	14	–	14	.500
Tennessee Tech	5	–	11	.313	10	–	21	.323
Middle Tennessee	5	–	11	.313	8	–	19	.296
Southeast Missouri State	5	–	11	.313	10	–	17	.370
UT Martin	3	–	13	.188	5	–	22	.185

† 1994 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1993–94 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference during the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by third-year head coach Frankie Allen, played their home games at the Gentry Complex in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. After finishing second in the OVC regular season standings, the Tigers repeated as OVC tournament champs to secure the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the school's second straight, and most recent, appearance in the Big Dance. Playing as No. 14 seed in the Southeast region, Tennessee State was beaten by No. 3 seed Kentucky, 83–70.^[2]

Roster

1993–94 Tennessee State Tigers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C		Carlos Rogers	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Dec 1, 1993*	at No. 23 Cincinnati	L 70–79	0–2	Myrl H. Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
OVC regular season
Feb 21, 1994	Tennessee Tech	W 94–85	16–10 (12–4)	Gentry Center Complex Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 23, 1994*	at Alabama	L 62–66	16–11	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Ohio Valley tournament
Mar 3, 1994*	Middle Tennessee Quarterfinals	W 61–60	17–11	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 4, 1994*	Tennessee Tech Semifinals	W 91–74	18–11	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 5, 1994*	Murray State Championship game	W 73–72	19–11	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 1994*	vs. No. 7 Kentucky First round	L 70–83	19–12	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Central.

Sources^[3]

Tennessee State Tigers basketball
Venues	Kean Hall (1953–1980) Gentry Complex (1980–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NAIA national championships in bold