The 1993–94 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was Nolan Richardson's ninth season as head coach at Arkansas. The Razorbacks played their home games at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas as members of the West Division of the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas finished the season 31–3, 14–2 in SEC play to win the West Division and regular season overall championships. The Hogs defeated Georgia in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament before losing to Kentucky in the semifinals. The Razorbacks received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the 1 seed in the Midwest Regional, their seventh straight trip to the tournament. Arkansas defeated North Carolina A&T and Georgetown to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the fourth time in five years. There the Razorbacks defeated Tulsa and Michigan to earn a trip to the Final Four. It was Arkansas's fifth trip to the Final Four in program history. In the Final Four, they defeated Arizona before beating Duke in the National Championship game. Thanks to Scotty Thurman's high arching three-point shot with less than a minute to play in the national championship game, the team earned its first national championship in school history. Thurman's shot is known as the "Shot heard 'round Arkansas", and is considered one of the greatest plays in Arkansas Razorbacks sports history. Corliss Williamson was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. 1993–94 is considered the greatest single season in Arkansas' one-hundred-year history of men's basketball.

Previous season The Razorbacks finished the 1992–93 season 22–9, 10–6 in SEC play to win the SEC West Division championship. Arkansas defeated Georgia before losing in the semifinals of the SEC tournament to Kentucky. The Razorbacks received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the 4 seed in the East Regional. Arkansas defeated Holy Cross and St. John's to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the third time in four years. There they lost to 4th-ranked and eventual national champion North Carolina. This team was dubbed "Richardson's Runts", due to the fact that Dwight Stewart was the tallest player on the team at 6'9".

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season

!colspan=12 style=""|SEC Tournament

!colspan=12 style=""|NCAA tournament

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Rankings

Awards and honors Nolan Richardson, Naismith College Coach of the Year Nolan Richardson, SEC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year Corliss Williamson, NCAA Men's MOP Award Corliss Williamson, Second Team, 1994 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Corliss Williamson, SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year Corliss Williamson, 1st team All-SEC Scotty Thurman, Honorable Mention, 1994 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Scotty Thurman, 1st team All-SEC

Player statistics Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% 2P 2PA 2P% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS Williamson 34 34 989 Thurman 34 34 987 Dillard 34 0 421 Beck 34 34 876 Stewart 34 27 724 McDaniel 31 13 669 Crawford 30 4 536 Robinson 27 6 479 Rimac 34 12 406 Wilson 30 1 287 Biley 18 2 94 Martin 27 0 160 Engskov 9 0 23 Biggers 18 3 178 Merritt 9 0 21 School Totals 34

Team players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA Team 1995 1 13 Corliss Williamson Sacramento Kings1996 2 58 Darnell Robinson Dallas Mavericks

Corey Beck and Clint McDaniel played in the NBA as undrafted free agents."Corey Beck." www.basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014."Clint McDaniel." www.basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

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