1994 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament

Season	1993–94
Teams	64
Finals site	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Champions	Arkansas Razorbacks (1st title, 1st title game, 5th Final Four)
Runner-up	Duke Blue Devils (7th title game, 11th Final Four)
Semifinalists	Arizona Wildcats (2nd Final Four) Florida Gators (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Nolan Richardson (1st title)
MOP	Corliss Williamson (Arkansas)
Attendance	578,007
Top scorer	Khalid Reeves ( points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «1993 1995»

The 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 17, 1994, and ended with the championship game on April 4 in Charlotte, North Carolina, played at Charlotte Coliseum. A total of 63 games were played.

The Final Four consisted of Arkansas, making their fifth trip and first since 1990, Arizona, Florida, making their first ever trip, and Duke, making their sixth trip in the last seven tournaments.

In the national championship game, Arkansas defeated Duke by a score of 76–72 and won their first ever national championship.

Schedule and venues

Uniondale

Landover

Lexington

St. Petersburg

Oklahoma City

Wichita

Ogden

Sacramento

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1994 first and second rounds

Los Angeles

Dallas

Knoxville

Miami

Charlotte

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1994 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1994 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

• March 17 and 19
  • East Region
    • Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York (Hosts: St. John's University, Big East Conference)
  • Midwest Region
    • Kansas Coliseum, Wichita, Kansas (Host: Wichita State University)
  • Southeast Region
    • Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)
  • West Region
    • Dee Events Center, Ogden, Utah (Host: Weber State University)
• March 18 and 20
  • East Region
    • USAir Arena, Landover, Maryland (Host: George Mason University)
  • Midwest Region
    • Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Host: University of Oklahoma)
  • Southeast Region
    • Thunderdome, St. Petersburg, Florida (Host: University of South Florida)
  • West Region
    • ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California (Hosts: University of the Pacific, Big West Conference)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

• March 24 and 26
  • Southeast Regional, Thompson–Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee (Hosts: University of Tennessee, Southeastern Conference)
  • West Regional, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California (Hosts: University of Southern California, Pacific-10 Conference)
• March 25 and 27
  • East Regional, Miami Arena, Miami, Florida (Host: University of Miami)
  • Midwest Regional, Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas (Host: Southwest Conference)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

• April 2 and 4
  • Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

Teams

There were 30 automatic bids awarded to the tournament - of these, 27 were given to the winners of their conference's tournament, while three were awarded to the team with the best regular-season record in their conference (Big Ten, Ivy League and Pac-10).

Three conferences, the East Coast Conference,^[1] Great Midwest Conference,^[2] and Midwestern Collegiate Conference,^[3] did not receive automatic bids to the tournament.

Four conference champions made their first NCAA tournament appearances: Liberty (Big South), Loyola (MD) (MAAC), Southwest Texas State (Southland), and UCF (TAAC). Additionally, College of Charleston received an at-large bid for its first appearance in the NCAA tournament.

Automatic qualifiers

Tournament seeds