1994–95 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team
Appearance
1994–95 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball | |
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MCC Regular season champions | |
NCAA tournament, first round | |
Conference | Midwestern Collegiate Conference |
Record | 23–5 (14–0 MCC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Cincinnati Gardens |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 23 | – | 5 | .821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois-Chicago | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WI-Green Bay † | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit Mercy | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UW-Milwaukee | 2 | – | 13 | .133 | 3 | – | 24 | .111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (IL) | 2 | – | 13 | .133 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1995 MCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1994–95 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University from Cincinnati, Ohio as a member of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference during the 1994–95 season. Led by first-year head coach Skip Prosser, the Musketeers finished 23–5 (14–0 MCC) in the regular season, but lost in the quarterfinal round of the MCC tournament. In the NCAA tournament, the Musketeers were defeated by No. 6 seed Georgetown, 68–63, in the opening round.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 25, 1994* |
IUPUI | W 104–67 | 1–0 |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Nov 30, 1994* |
Miami (OH) | W 89–70 | 2–0 |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 3, 1994* |
Loyola (MD) | W 86–51 | 3–0 |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 5, 1994* |
at Virginia Tech | L 55–82 | 3–1 |
Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia | |||||||
Dec 10, 1994* |
at Hartford | W 85–68 | 4–1 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, Connecticut | |||||||
Dec 17, 1994* |
No. 19 Ohio | W 90–71 | 5–1 |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 19, 1994* |
Dayton | W 99–73 | 6–1 |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 21, 1994* |
Cal State Northridge | W 101–65 | 7–1 |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 28, 1994* |
UMBC | W 77–58 | 8–1 |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 5, 1995 |
at Cleveland State | W 84–69 | 9–1 (1–0) |
Wolstein Center Cleveland, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 7, 1995 |
at Detroit | W 72–63 | 10–1 (2–0) |
Cobo Arena Detroit, Michigan | |||||||
Jan 9, 1995* |
at Cincinnati | L 80–87 | 10–2 |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 14, 1995 |
La Salle | W 75–72 | 11–2 (3–0) |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 18, 1995 |
at Wright State | W 81–73 | 12–2 (4–0) |
Nutter Center Fairborn, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 21, 1995* |
at Notre Dame | L 73–84 | 12–3 |
Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana | |||||||
Jan 26, 1995 |
Milwaukee | W 96–76 | 13–3 (5–0) |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Jan 28, 1995 |
at Northern Illinois | W 106–84 | 14–3 (6–0) |
Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, Illinois | |||||||
Jan 30, 1995 |
at Loyola (IL) | W 81–75 | 15–3 (7–0) |
Alumni Gym Chicago, Illinois | |||||||
Feb 2, 1995 |
Cleveland State | W 93–75 | 16–3 (8–0) |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 4, 1995 |
Detroit | W 72–65 | 17–3 (9–0) |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 9, 1995 |
at La Salle | W 84–77 | 18–3 (10–0) |
Philadelphia Civic Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Feb 11, 1995 |
Green Bay | W 76–55 | 19–3 (11–0) |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 15, 1995 |
Wright State | W 94–84 | 20–3 (12–0) |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 18, 1995* |
at George Washington | W 88–75 | 21–3 |
Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. | |||||||
Feb 23, 1995 |
Illinois–Chicago | W 93–90 | 22–3 (13–0) |
Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
Feb 25, 1995 |
at Butler | W 81–66 | 23–3 (14–0) |
Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana | |||||||
MCC Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 4, 1995* |
at Wright State Quarterfinals |
L 70–71 | 23–4 |
Ervin J. Nutter Center Fairborn, Ohio | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 17, 1995* |
(11 SE) | vs. (6 SE) No. 22 Georgetown | L 63–68 | 23–5 |
Leon County Civic Center (7,875) Tallahassee, Florida | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "No. 22 Georgetown 68, Xavier 63". AP News. March 18, 1995. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "1994-95 Xavier Musketeers Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "1994-95 Xavier Musketeers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "Xavier Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Xavier University Athletics. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1031–1032. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.