The 1994 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played from March 5 to March 7, 1994, and March 11, 1994. The first three rounds were played at the

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, while the final was played at the

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in Amherst,

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. The winner was named champion of the

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and received an automatic bid to the

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. The

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became the first team in Atlantic 10 history to win the tournament for a third year in a row.Moran, Malcolm
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'', March 11, 1994. Accessed February 4, 2024. "With an early 21-point lead reduced to just 3 and shrinking fast, Williams's shots gave the Minutemen a badly needed margin of error on the way to a 70-59 victory and a berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. Massachusetts (27-6), the first team to win three consecutive Atlantic 10 tournaments, extended the nation's second-longest home-court winning streak to 33 games."

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and

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also received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Mike Williams of Massachusetts was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Future

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players Derrick Alston (Duquesne), Eddie Jones (Temple),

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(Temple), and

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(Massachusetts) joined Williams on the All-Championship Team.

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