1994–95 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team
Appearance
1994–95 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, second round | |
Conference | Great Midwest Conference |
Record | 23–8 (8–4 GMC) |
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Home arena | Kiel Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati † | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 0 | – | 12 | .000 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1995 GMC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1] |
The 1994–95 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team represented Saint Louis University in the 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Billikens were led by head coach Charlie Spoonhour who was in his third season at Saint Louis. The team played their home games at the brand new Kiel Center and were a member of the Great Midwest Conference. The Billikens finished the season 23–8, 8–4 in GMC play to finish 2nd. They lost in the championship game of the GMC tournament, but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 9 seed in the East region. The Billikens eliminated Minnesota in the opening round[2] before they were defeated by No. 1 seed and Wake Forest in the second round.[3]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 27, 1994* |
Bradley | W 66–59 | 1–0 |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Dec 1, 1994* |
Sacramento State | W 90–49 | 2–0 |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Dec 5, 1994* |
at Southern Illinois | W 72–65 | 3–0 |
SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois | |||||||
Dec 7, 1994* |
UMKC | W 95–68 | 4–0 |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Dec 10, 1994* |
Creighton | W 83–56 | 5–0 |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Dec 17, 1994* |
Bethune-Cookman | W 103–49 | 6–0 |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Dec 19, 1994* |
SMU | W 93–69 | 7–0 |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Dec 28, 1994* |
Austin Peay | W 71–54 | 8–0 |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Jan 5, 1995* |
No. 4 UMass Atlantic 10/Great Midwest Challenge |
L 74–80 | 8–1 |
Kiel Center (21,879) St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Jan 7, 1995 |
UAB | W 81–56 | 9–1 (1–0) |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Jan 11, 1995* |
at No. 23 Iowa State | L 66–79 | 9–2 |
Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa | |||||||
Jan 14, 1995 |
at Dayton | W 82–39 | 10–2 (2–0) |
University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 16, 1995* |
at Detroit | W 71–60 | 11–2 |
Calihan Hall Detroit, Michigan | |||||||
Jan 19, 1995 |
at No. 23 Cincinnati | L 73–84 | 11–3 (2–1) |
Myrl H. Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 22, 1995 |
Marquette | W 81–73 | 12–3 (3–1) |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Jan 25, 1995 |
at Memphis | L 80–84 | 12–4 (3–2) |
The Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 28, 1995 |
No. 19 Cincinnati | W 75–68 | 13–4 (4–2) |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Jan 30, 1995* |
Chicago State | W 112–71 | 14–4 |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Feb 4, 1995 |
at UAB | L 54–70 | 14–5 (4–3) |
UAB Arena Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 9, 1995 |
at Marquette | W 55–48 | 15–5 (5–3) |
Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||||||
Feb 11, 1995 |
Memphis | W 68–52 | 16–5 (6–3) |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Feb 15, 1995* |
Alcorn State | W 100–70 | 17–5 |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Feb 19, 1995 |
at DePaul | L 64–66 | 17–6 (6–4) |
Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Feb 22, 1995 |
at SW Missouri State | W 62–49 | 18–6 |
Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | |||||||
Feb 25, 1995 |
Dayton | W 63–51 | 19–6 (7–4) |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
Mar 1, 1995* |
DePaul | W 77–61 | 20–6 (8–4) |
Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
GMWC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 9, 1995* |
vs. Dayton Quarterfinals |
W 78–62 | 21–6 |
Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||||||
Mar 10, 1995* |
at Marquette Semifinals |
W 73–56 | 22–6 |
Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||||||
Mar 11, 1995* |
vs. Cincinnati Championship game |
L 65–67 | 22–7 |
Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 16, 1995* |
(9 E) | vs. (8 E) Minnesota First Round |
W 64–61 OT | 23–7 |
Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||
Mar 18, 1995* |
(9 E) | vs. (1 E) No. 3 Wake Forest Second Round |
L 59–64 | 23–8 |
Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region E=East. |
Rankings
References
- ^ "1994-95 Great Midwest Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ^ "Record day of overtimes in NCAA tournament". The Chicago Tribune. March 16, 1995. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "Duncan Picks Up Slack, Leaves St. Louis in Wake". The Spokesman-Review. March 19, 1995. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "1994-95 Men's Basketball Roster". Saint Louis University Athletics. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ "1994-95 Men's Basketball Schedule". Saint Louis University Athletics. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1029–1030. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.