1994–95 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

1994–95 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball

NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 17
Record	23–9 (9–5 Big Eight)
Head coach	Kelvin Sampson (1st season)
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 10,871)
Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

1994–95 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.5Kansas	11	–	3	.786	25	–	6	.806
No.14Oklahoma State †	10	–	4	.714	27	–	10	.730
No.17Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	23	–	9	.719
No.23Missouri	8	–	6	.571	20	–	9	.690
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	23	–	11	.676
Colorado	5	–	9	.357	15	–	13	.536
Nebraska	4	–	10	.286	18	–	14	.563
Kansas State	3	–	11	.214	12	–	15	.444

† 1995 Big Eight tournament winner As of April 4, 1995 Rankings from AP poll

The team posted a 23–9 overall record (9–5 Big Eight). The Sooners received a bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament as No. 4 seed in the Southeast region. The Sooners lost to No. 11 seed Manhattan, 77–67, in the opening round.^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 26, 1994*		Coppin State	W 85–74	1–0	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Nov 30, 1994*		UC Irvine	W 99–77	2–0	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 3, 1994*		Louisiana-Monroe	W 93–68	3–0	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 6, 1994*		at SMU	W 87–60	4–0	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
Dec 10, 1994*		Nicholls State	W 89–80	5–0	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 17, 1994*		Jackson State	W 91–70	6–0	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 19, 1994*		Mount St. Mary's	W 91–67	7–0	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 28, 1994*		vs. No. 3 Arkansas	L 84–86	7–1	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 29, 1994*		vs. No. 17 Georgia Tech	L 85–89	7–2	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 30, 1994*		vs. Boston University	W 75–70	8–2	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Jan 3, 1995*		at Baylor	W 77–68	9–2	Ferrell Center Waco, Texas
Jan 6, 1995*		vs. Alabama State All-College Tournament	W 97–68	10–2	Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jan 7, 1995*		vs. Tulsa	W 76–61	11–2	Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Big Eight Regular Season
Jan 14, 1995		Colorado	W 98–83	12–2 (1–0)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 16, 1995		at Oklahoma State	L 64–72	12–3 (1–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 18, 1995*		Oral Roberts	W 87–53	13–3	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 21, 1995*		Texas	W 100–75	14–3	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 25, 1995		at Kansas State	L 77–87	14–4 (1–2)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 28, 1995		Nebraska	W 82–72	15–4 (2–2)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 1, 1995		No. 11 Iowa State	W 79–78	16–4 (3–2)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 5, 1995		at Nebraska	L 59–71	16–5 (3–3)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 8, 1995		Kansas State	W 81–66	17–5 (4–3)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 11, 1995		at No. 2 Kansas	L 76–93	17–6 (4–4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Mar 4, 1995		at No. 19 Missouri	L 81–83 ^OT	22–7 (9–5)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Big Eight Tournament
Mar 10, 1995*	No. 16	vs. Colorado Quarterfinals	W 71–53	23–7	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 11, 1995*	No. 16	vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State Semifinals	L 58–74	23–8	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 1995*	(4 SE) No. 17	vs. (13 SE) Manhattan First Round	L 67–77	23–9	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed within region SE=Southeast.

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1994–95 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

Contents

Roster

Schedule and results

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