1993–94 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1993–94 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
1993–94 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
SEC tournament champions; Maui Invitational champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 7
Record	27–7 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach	Rick Pitino (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Billy Donovan; Bernadette Locke-Mattox; Delray Brooks;
Home arena	Rupp Arena

1993–94 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 14 Florida	12	–	4	.750	29	–	8	.784
No. 7 †	12	–	4	.750	27	–	7	.794
Vanderbilt	9	–	7	.563	20	–	12	.625
Georgia	7	–	9	.438	14	–	16	.467
South Carolina	4	–	12	.250	9	–	19	.321
Tennessee	2	–	14	.125	5	–	22	.185
West
No. 2 Arkansas	14	–	2	.875	31	–	3	.912
Alabama	12	–	4	.750	20	–	10	.667
Mississippi State	9	–	7	.563	18	–	11	.621
Ole Miss	7	–	9	.438	14	–	13	.519
LSU	5	–	11	.313	11	–	16	.407
Auburn	3	–	13	.188	11	–	17	.393

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

The 1993–94 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Rick Pitino. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Rupp Arena. Kentucky finished with an overall record of 27–7 (12–4 SEC). The team was invited to the 1994 NCAA Tournament as a #3 seed and advanced to the round of 32 before losing to Marquette 75–63.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	00	Tony Delk	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So	Brownsville, TN
PG	5	Travis Ford	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sr	Madisonville North Hopkins	Madisonville, Kentucky
G	15	Jeff Sheppard	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Fr	Peachtree City, GA
F	40	Walter McCarty	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Fr	Evansville, IN

Head coach

Rick Pitino (UMass)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 27, 1993*		No. 7 Louisville	W 78–70	1–0	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Dec 1, 1993*		Tennessee Tech	W 115–77	2–0	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Dec 4, 1993*		vs. No. 21 Indiana	L 84–96	2–1	RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 8, 1993*		Eastern Kentucky	W 107–78	3–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Dec 17, 1993*		Morehead State	W 97–61	4–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Dec 21, 1993*		vs. Texas Maui Invitational Tournament	W 86–61	5–1	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Dec 22, 1993*		vs. Ohio State Maui Invitational Tournament	W 100–88	6–1	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Dec 23, 1993*		vs. No. 13 Arizona Maui Invitational Tournament	W 93–92	7–1	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
SEC regular season
Mar 2, 1994 8:00 p.m., JP Sports		at Florida	W 80–77	22–6 (11–4)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Mar 5, 1994 2:00 p.m., JP Sports		at South Carolina	L 74–75	23–6 (12–4)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina
SEC tournament
Mar 11, 1994* JP Sports	No. 10	vs. Mississippi State Quarterfinals	W 95–76	24–6	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 12, 1994* JP Sports	No. 10	vs. No. 1 Arkansas Semifinals	W 90–78	25–6	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 13, 1994* JP Sports	No. 10	vs. No. 17 Florida Championship game	W 73–60	26–6	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 1994* CBS	(3 SE) No. 7	vs. (14 SE) Tennessee State First round	W 83–70	27–6	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida
Mar 20, 1994* CBS	(3 SE) No. 7	vs. (6 SE) No. 21 Marquette Second round	L 63–75	27–7	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern.

NCAA tournament

Seeding in brackets

Southeast
- Kentucky (3) 83, Tennessee State (14) 70
- Marquette (6) 75, Kentucky 63

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Awards and honors

Travis Ford, Second Team, 1994-1995 All-SEC (AP and Coaches)
Tony Delk, Second Team, 1994-1995 All-SEC (Coaches, Third Team AP)
Rodrick Rhodes, Third Team, 1994-1995 All-SEC (AP and Coaches)

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	31	Rodney Dent	Orlando Magic

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1993-94 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
^ "John Scott's Kentucky Basketball Statistics Project". bigbluehistory.net. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
^ "1994 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

[1] sports-reference.com 1993-94 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

[2] "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

[3] "John Scott's Kentucky Basketball Statistics Project". bigbluehistory.net. Retrieved March 1, 2013.

[4] "1994 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

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Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	State College Gymnasium (1903–1914) Buell Armory Gymnasium (1910–1924) Alumni Gymnasium (1924–1950) Memorial Coliseum (1950–1976) Rupp Arena (1976–present) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Arkansas Centre (historical) Florida Indiana Louisville North Carolina Tennessee Transylvania (historical)
Culture & lore	History under Adolph Rupp Fabulous Five Point-shaving scandal Fiddlin' Five Rupp's Runts The Season Without Celebration "The Shot" Unforgettables Untouchables Comeback Cats John Wall Dance Tweakables Pursuit of Perfection 2011 Indiana game Basketbowl Champions Classic CBS Sports Classic The Rivalry: Red v. Blue The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Big Blue Nation Blue blood status
People	Head coaches Honorees NBA draftees Players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 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 2025–26
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics