The 1993–94 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the

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in the

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. It was Nolan Richardson's ninth season as head coach at Arkansas. The Razorbacks played their home games at

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as members of the West Division of the

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. Arkansas finished the season 31–3, 14–2 in SEC play to win the West Division and regular season overall championships. The Hogs defeated

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in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament before losing to

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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

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and

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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

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before beating

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in the National Championship game. Thanks to

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'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.

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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

. 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

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. 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

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Rankings

Awards and honors

* Nolan Richardson,

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*Nolan Richardson, SEC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year *

, NCAA Men's MOP Award *Corliss Williamson, Second Team,

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*Corliss Williamson, SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year *Corliss Williamson, 1st team All-SEC *Scotty Thurman, Honorable Mention,

*Scotty Thurman, 1st team All-SEC

Player statistics

Team players drafted into the NBA

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and Clint McDaniel played in the NBA as undrafted free agents."Clint McDaniel."
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References

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