1994–95 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

1994–95 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
1994–95 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 25
Record	20–10 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Boeheim (19th season);
Assistant coaches	Bernie Fine (19th season); Wayne Morgan (11th season); Tim O'Toole;
Home arena	Carrier Dome
	Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

1994–95 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Connecticut	16	–	2	.889	28	–	5	.848
No. 9 Villanova †	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
No. 25 Syracuse	12	–	6	.667	20	–	10	.667
No. 22 Georgetown	11	–	7	.611	21	–	10	.677
Miami	9	–	9	.500	15	–	13	.536
Providence	7	–	11	.389	17	–	13	.567
Seton Hall	7	–	11	.389	16	–	14	.533
St. John's	7	–	11	.389	14	–	14	.500
Pittsburgh	5	–	13	.278	10	–	18	.357
Boston College	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321

† 1995 Big East tournament winner As of April 3, 1995^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994–95 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team represented Syracuse University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Head coach was Jim Boeheim, serving for his 19th year. The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. They defeated Southern Illinois in the first round of the NCAA tournament^[2] and advanced to second round before losing to eventual National Runner-up Arkansas, 96–94 in overtime.^[3] Syracuse finished with a 20–10 (12–6 Big East) record.

Roster

1994–95 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	4	Otis Hill	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	White Plains, New York
SG	21	Lawrence Moten	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Washington, D.C.
G/F	34	Lucious Jackson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Beaumont, Texas
SF	44	John Wallace	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Rochester, New York

Head coach

Jim Boeheim (Syracuse)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 16, 1994*	No. 8	George Washington	L 104–111 ^OT	0–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Nov 29, 1994*	No. 22	Colgate	W 88–53	1–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 2, 1994*	No. 22	Kent State	W 83–50	2–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 3, 1994*	No. 22	Davidson	W 89–66	3–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 6, 1994	No. 19	at Miami (FL)	W 83–65	4–1 (1–0)	Miami Arena Miami, Florida
Dec 17, 1994*	No. 16	Princeton	W 67–65 ^OT	5–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 19, 1994*	No. 14	Robert Morris	W 103–67	6–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 22, 1994*	No. 14	No. 6 Arizona	W 94–84	7–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 29, 1994*	No. 11	Le Moyne	W 94–54	8–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Jan 3, 1995	No. 10	at Boston College	W 81–72	9–1 (2–0)	Silvio O. Conte Forum Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 7, 1995	No. 10	Seton Hall	W 89–77	10–1 (3–0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Jan 9, 1995	No. 8	Villanova	W 61–60	11–1 (4–0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Jan 14, 1995	No. 8	at Pittsburgh	W 65–63	12–1 (5–0)	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jan 17, 1995	No. 6	St. John's	W 91–87	13–1 (6–0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Jan 21, 1995	No. 6	at Providence	W 60–59	14–1 (7–0)	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Jan 23, 1995	No. 6	at No. 2 Connecticut Rivalry	L 75–86	14–2 (7–1)	Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut
Jan 28, 1995	No. 6	Miami (FL)	W 76–51	15–2 (8–1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Jan 30, 1995	No. 10	at No. 13 Georgetown	W 76–75	16–2 (9–1)	Capital Centre Landover, Maryland
Feb 5, 1995*	No. 10	at No. 6 Kentucky	L 71–77	16–3	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Feb 8, 1995	No. 10	Providence	W 100–76	17–3 (10–1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Feb 12, 1995	No. 10	No. 3 Connecticut	L 70–77	17–4 (10–2)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Big East tournament
Mar 10, 1995*	(3) No. 21	vs. (6) Providence Quarterfinals	L 69–71 ^OT	19–9	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 1995*	(7 MW) No. 25	vs. (10 MW) Southern Illinois First Round	W 96–92^[2]	20–9	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Mar 19, 1995*	(7 MW) No. 25	vs. (2 MW) No. 6 Arkansas Second Round	L 94–96 ^{OT^[3]}	20–10	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1994-95 Big East Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b "Syracuse Gets Well in Time to Beat Southern Illinois, 96-92". The Los Angeles Times. March 18, 1995. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Untimely Error Foils Orange Bid". The New York Times. March 20, 1995. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1031–1032. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

External links

1994-1995 Syracuse Orangemen at Orangehoops.org

[1] sports-reference.com 1994-95 Big East Conference Season Summary

[southernillinois-2] "Syracuse Gets Well in Time to Beat Southern Illinois, 96-92". The Los Angeles Times. March 18, 1995. Retrieved April 7, 2023.

[arkansas-3] "Untimely Error Foils Orange Bid". The New York Times. March 20, 1995. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[ESPN-4] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1031–1032. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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v t e Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) JMA Wireless Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	UConn
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse Sports Network
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics