1993–94 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 1993–94 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 18th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 20–12, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Southeast region. There they beat Seton Hall in the First Round before losing to second-seeded and eventual National Runner-Up Duke in the Second Round.

1993–94 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Oldsmobile Spartan Classic champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–12 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote (18th season)
Assistant coaches	Tom Izzo Stan Joplin Brian Gregory
Captains	Kris Weshinskey Shawn Respert
Home arena	Breslin Center

1993–94 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Purdue	14	–	4		.778			29	–	5		.853
No. 11 Michigan	13	–	5		.722			24	–	8		.750
No. 18 Indiana	12	–	6		.667			21	–	9		.700
No. 23 Minnesota	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Michigan State	10	–	8		.556			20	–	12		.625
Illinois	10	–	8		.556			17	–	11		.607
Wisconsin	8	–	10		.444			18	–	11		.621
Penn State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	14		.481
Ohio State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	16		.448
Northwestern	5	–	13		.278			15	–	14		.517
Iowa	5	–	13		.278			11	–	16		.407
Rankings from AP Poll *Minnesota vacated all NCAA tournament games due to sanctions against the program. Disputed record (22-13)

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1992–93 season with a record of 15–13, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place. Michigan State received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There they lost to Oklahoma in the first round.

Roster

1993–94 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Name	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Damion Beathea	SO	F	6'7"	5.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Quinton Brooks	SO	F	6'7"	11.3 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Jamie Feick	JR	C	6'9"	3.0 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Jon Garavaglia	FR	F	6'9	2.7 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.5 Ast
David Hart	SO	G	6'4"	0.5 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Anthony Miller	SR	C	6'9"	12.6 Pts, 9.0 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Steve Nicodemus	SO	G	6'4"	0.8 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Steve Polonowski	FR	F	6'9"	1.4 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Mark Prylow	JR	G	6'3"	1.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Erik Qualman	SR	F	6'6"	0.5 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Shawn Respert	JR	G	6'3	24.3 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Eric Snow	JR	G	6'3"	6.8 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 6.7 Ast
Kris Weshinskey	SR	G	6'4"	8.2 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Source

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 26, 1993*		vs. Pacific San Juan Shootout quarterfinals	W 83–64	1–0	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez  Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Nov 27, 1993*		vs. Washington State San Juan Shootout semifinals	L 71–76	1–1	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez  Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Nov 28, 1993*		vs. East Tennessee State San Juan Shootout third place game	W 92–69	2–1	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez  Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Dec 4, 1993*		at No. 11 Louisville	L 68–77	2–2	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
Dec 7, 1993*		at Cleveland State	W 90–76	3–2	Henry J. Goodman Arena  Cleveland, OH
Dec 9, 1993*		East Tennessee State	W 107–81	4–2	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 12, 1993*		Detroit Mercy	W 74–63	5–2	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 14, 1993*		UIC	W 90–77	6–2	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 18, 1993*		Nebraska	L 81–85	6–3	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 21, 1993*		at Tennessee	W 69–60	7–3	Thompson-Boling Arena  Knoxville, TN
Dec 29, 1993*		Bowling Green State Oldsmobile Spartan Classic Semifinals	W 62–49	8–3	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Dec 30, 1993*		Cornell Oldsmobile Spartan Classic championship	W 83–69	9–3	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
Jan 5, 1994		at No. 13 Michigan Rivalry	L 64–75	9–4 (0–1)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 8, 1994		No. 21 Illinois	W 79–74	10–4 (1–1)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Jan 12, 1994		at No. 9 Purdue	L 77–89	10–5 (1–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
Jan 15, 1994		Northwestern	W 67–46	11–5 (2–2)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Jan 19, 1994		No. 14 Wisconsin	W 70–60	12–5 (3–2)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Jan 22, 1994		No. 20 Minnesota	L 66–68	12–6 (3–3)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Jan 26, 1994		at No. 9 Ohio State	W 77–71	13–6 (4–3)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
Jan 29, 1994		Iowa	W 87–84	14–6 (5–3)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 2, 1994		at No. 16 Wisconsin	L 62–87	14–7 (5–4)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
Feb 5, 1994		No. 13 Michigan Rivalry	L 51–59	14–8 (5–5)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 9, 1994		at No. 24 Illinois	L 64–72	14–9 (5–6)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
Feb 12, 1994		No. 10 Purdue	L 70–74	14–10 (5–7)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 17, 1994		at Northwestern	W 60–55	15–10 (6–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Feb 23, 1994		No. 20 Minnesota	W 85–68	16–10 (7–7)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Feb 26, 1994		Ohio State	W 75–60	17–10 (8–7)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Mar 2, 1994		at Iowa	W 80–72	18–10 (9–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Mar 9, 1994		No. 18 Indiana	W 94–78	19–10 (10–7)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
Mar 12, 1994		at Penn State	L 70–71	19–11 (10–8)	Rec Hall  University Park, PA
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 1994*	(7 SE)	vs. (10 SE) Seton Hall First Round	W 84–73	20–11	Thunderdome  St. Petersburg, FL
Mar 20, 1994*	(7 SE)	vs. (2 SE) No. 6 Duke Second Round	L 74–85	20–12	Thunderdome  St. Petersburg, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source.

Awards and honors

• Shawn Respert – All-Big Ten First Team