1993–94 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

1993–94 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
1993–94 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
Big Ten co-champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 10
Record	29–5 (16–2 B1G)
Head coach	Lin Dunn (7th season);
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1992–93 1994–95 →

1993–94 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Penn State	16	–	2	.889	28	–	3	.903
No. 10 Purdue	16	–	2	.889	29	–	5	.853
No. 13 Iowa	13	–	5	.722	21	–	7	.750
Indiana	10	–	8	.556	19	–	9	.679
Minnesota	10	–	8	.556	18	–	11	.621
Northwestern	9	–	9	.500	17	–	10	.630
Ohio State	7	–	11	.389	14	–	14	.500
Michigan State	7	–	11	.389	12	–	15	.444
Wisconsin	6	–	12	.333	13	–	14	.481
Illinois	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370
Michigan	0	–	18	.000	3	–	24	.111

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993–94 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1993–94 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Lin Dunn, this was the first Purdue women's basketball team to reach the NCAA Final Four. The team tied for the Big Ten championship with Penn State with a 16–2 record in conference play. The Boilermakers played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
NCAA tournament
Mar 24, 1994*	(1 W) No. 10	vs. (13 W) Texas A&M Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 82–56	28–4	Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, California
Mar 26, 1994*	(1 W) No. 10	at (2 W) No. 11 Stanford Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 82–65	29–4	Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, California
Apr 1, 1994*	(1 W) No. 10	vs. (3 E) No. 5 North Carolina National Semifinal – Final Four	L 74–89	29–5	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	23	23	23	22	18	16	17	16	13	13	13	12	11	9	10	10	10	Not released
Coaches	24	23	22	19	18	15	16	14	13	14	13	13	10	9	11	10	11	3

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

^ "1993-94 Women's Basketball Schedule". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

[1] "1993-94 Women's Basketball Schedule". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

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v t e Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
Venues	Mackey Arena (1975–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Head coaches	Deborah Gebhardt (1975–1976) Ruth Jones (1976–1986) Marsha Reall (1986–1987) Lin Dunn (1987–1996) Nell Fortner (1996–1997) Carolyn Peck (1997–1999) Kristy Curry (1999–2006) Sharon Versyp (2006–2021) Katie Gearlds (2021–present)
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics