1994 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

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Dates 17 Mar 1994 – 4 Apr 1994 Attendance 578,007		Teams 64 Finals site Charlotte Coliseum

Champions Arkansas (1st title, 1st title game, 5th Final Four) Runner-up Duke (7th title game, 11th Final Four) Semifinalists Arizona (2nd Final Four) Florida (1st Final Four) Winning coach Nolan Richardson (1st title) MOP Corliss Williamson Arkansas Top scorer Khalid Reeves Arizona (137 points) Champion Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball Similar 1995 NCAA Division I, 1997 NCAA Division I, 1992 NCAA Division I, 1996 NCAA Division I, 1999 NCAA Division I

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, making their second ever trip and first since 1988, 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.

Corliss Williamson of Arkansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Bill Clinton, President of the United States and former governor of Arkansas, was in attendance for the Final Four, as well as the regionals that were held in Dallas the previous week. (Clinton was already scheduled to be in Dallas for the wedding of his brother Roger and added the basketball games to his plans.)

First and Second rounds

March 17 and 19

Dee Events Center, Ogden, Utah (Host: Weber State University) Kansas Coliseum, Wichita, Kansas (Host: Wichita State University) Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York (Host: St. John's University) Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)

March 18 and 20

ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California (Host: University of the Pacific) Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City (Host: University of Oklahoma) Thunderdome, St. Petersburg, Florida (Host: University of South Florida) USAir Arena, Landover, Maryland (Host: George Mason University)

Regionals

March 24 and 26

Southeast Regional, Thompson–Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee West Regional, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California

March 25 and 27

East Regional, Miami Arena, Miami, Florida Midwest Regional, Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas

Final Four

April 2 and 4

Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina

Broadcast information

On television, CBS Sports covered all 63 games of the tournament, with regional splits until the Regional Finals followed by national telecasts.

Exclusive national radio coverage was provided by CBS Radio Sports.

CBS announcers

James Brown/Jim Nantz and Billy Packer – Brown/Packer, First & Second Round at Uniondale, New York; Nantz/Packer, Midwest Regional at Dallas, Texas; Final Four at Charlotte, North Carolina

Dick Stockton and Al McGuire – First & Second Round at Lexington, Kentucky; West Regional at Los Angeles

Greg Gumbel and Bill Raftery – First & Second Round at Landover, Maryland; Southeast Regional at Knoxville, Tennessee

Verne Lundquist and Dan Bonner/Clark Kellogg – Lundquist/Bonner, First & Second Round at St. Petersburg, Florida; Lundquist/Kellogg, East Regional at Miami

Sean McDonough and Derrek Dickey – First & Second Round at Wichita, Kansas

Ted Robinson and Greg Kelser – First & Second Round at Oklahoma City

Tim Ryan and Ann Meyers – First & Second Round at Ogden, Utah

Dave Sims and Larry Farmer – First & Second Round at Sacramento, California