The 1994–95

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team represented the

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in intercollegiate

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during the 1994–95 season. The team played its home games in the

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, and was a member of the

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. Under the direction of

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Steve Fisher, the team finished tied for third in the Big Ten Conference. The team earned an invitation to the

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as a number nine seed where it was eliminated in the first round. The team was ranked for five of the eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, starting the season ranked sixteenth, peaking at number thirteen and ending unranked, and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll. The team had a 2–5 record against ranked teams, including the following victories: January 11, 1995, against #19

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83–82 in double

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and January 17, 1995, against #20

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69–59 on the road. Seniors

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and Ray Jackson, the last remaining players from the Fab Five, served as team co-

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s and shared team

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honors. The team's leading scorers were Ray Jackson (491 points), Jimmy King (457 points), and

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(384 points). The leading rebounders were Maceo Boston (165), Ray Jackson (163), and Maurice Taylor (158). Maceo Baston posted a single-season

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of 67.42%, surpassing the school record 66.12% set by

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in 1989. Baston would rebreak the record the following year. The team led the conference in field goal percentage defense (39.4%). On December 3, 1994, the team totaled 18 single-game steals against UT-Chattanooga, which set the current school record, surpassing the 17 on February 26, 1977. In the 64-team

, the team earned a number nine seed but was eliminated in the first round Midwest region game by number the eight-seeded and number twenty-one ranked

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82–76 at

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, ending the team's season on March 16, 1995.

Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

Four players from this team were selected in the

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References

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Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

See also

References