The 1994 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the

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) was held March 3–5 at the

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. This was the first tournament since 1992 after not being held in 1993. Hosts defeated in the championship game, 70–67, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Golden Knights, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the

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, their first Division I tournament appearance (College of Charleston also participated, receiving an at-large bid). Since the 1992 tournament, one program had departed the TAAC (

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, who left for the SoCon) and three new programs were added (

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in 1993,

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and Florida Atlantic in 1994), leaving total conference membership at ten teams. However, the two newcomers (College of Charleston and FAU) did not participate in this tournament.

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