1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

1994–95 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1995 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 13
1994–95 record	25–9 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Jones (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Anthony Solomon (1st season); Tom Perrin (8th season); Pete Herrmann (1st season);
Home arena	University Hall

The 1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented University of Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Jeff Jones. The Cavaliers earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 4 seed in the East region. They defeated Nicholls State in the opening round, No. 12 seed Miami (OH) in the second round, and Kansas to reach the Elite Eight before falling to No. 2 seed Arkansas. The Cavaliers finished with a record of 25–9 (12–4 ACC).

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
PF	4	Junior Burrough	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr	Charlotte, North Carolina
G	5	Curtis Staples	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Fr	Roanoke, Virginia
PG	12	Cory Alexander	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr	Waynesboro, Virginia
G	13	Jamal Robinson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Queens, New York
G	21	Harold Deane	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Ettrick, Virginia
F	22	Jason Williford	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr
F	25	Norman Nolan	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr

Head coach

Jeff Jones

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Source[2]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 16, 1994*	No. 10	Old Dominion	W 83–80	1–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov 17, 1994*	No. 10	Ohio	L 83–94	1–1	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov 30, 1994*	No. 23	North Carolina A&T	W 94–50	2–1	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 3, 1994*	No. 23	Towson State	W 94–66	3–1	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 6, 1994*	No. 20	at Vanderbilt	L 65–70	3–2	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 8, 1994*	No. 20	Bethune-Cookman	W 109–49	4–2	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 10, 1994*	No. 20	at Rice	W 67–50	5–2	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
Dec 19, 1994*	No. 22	Virginia Military Institute	W 100–73	6–2	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 22, 1994*	No. 22	Stanford	L 60–64	6–3	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 4, 1995		at Florida State	W 81–75	7–3 (1–0)	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida
Jan 7, 1995		at NC State	W 76–65	8–3 (2–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 11, 1995		No. 18 Clemson	W 61–37	9–3 (3–0)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 14, 1995		at No. 16 Duke	W 91–88 ^2OT	10–3 (4–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Jan 18, 1995	No. 18	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 76–79	10–4 (4–1)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 22, 1995	No. 18	No. 22 Georgia Tech	W 88–85 ^2OT	11–4 (5–1)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 25, 1995	No. 15	No. 16 Wake Forest	L 70–71	11–5 (5–2)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 28, 1995*	No. 15	George Mason	W 128–98	12–5	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 1, 1995	No. 15	at No. 5 Maryland	L 62–71	12–6 (5–3)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Feb 4, 1995		vs. Florida State	W 76–63 ^OT	13–6 (6–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 8, 1995	No. 17	NC State	W 65–55	14–6 (7–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 11, 1995	No. 17	at Clemson	W 62–44	15–6 (8–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Feb 12, 1995*	No. 17	UNLV	W 75–65	16–6	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 15, 1995	No. 16	Duke	W 64–58	17–6 (9–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 19, 1995	No. 16	No. 2 North Carolina	W 73–71	18–6 (10–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 22, 1995	No. 11	at No. 24 Georgia Tech	W 83–60	19–6 (11–3)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 26, 1995	No. 11	at No. 10 Wake Forest	L 63–66	19–7 (11–4)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 28, 1995*	No. 13	vs. Virginia Tech	W 63–62	20–7	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
Mar 5, 1995	No. 13	No. 6 Maryland	W 92–67	21–7 (12–4)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
ACC Tournament
Mar 10, 1995*	No. 11	vs. Georgia Tech Quarterfinals	W 77–67	22–7	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 11, 1995*	No. 11	vs. No. 7 Wake Forest Semifinals	L 68–77	22–8	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 1995*	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (13 MW) Nicholls State First Round	W 96–72	23–8	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Mar 18, 1995*	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (12 MW) Miami (OH) Second Round	W 60–54 ^OT[3]	24–8	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Mar 24, 1995*	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (1 MW) No. 5 Kansas Midwest Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 67–58[4]	25–8	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 26, 1995*	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (2 MW) No. 6 Arkansas Midwest Regional Final – Elite Eight	L 61–68[5]	25–9	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern time.

Source:[6]

Rankings

References

sports-reference.com 1994-95 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
"1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
"Virginia 60, Miami 54 -- OT". UPI Archives. March 18, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
"Cavs Revive in Time for Trip to Final Eight". The Washington Post. March 25, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
"Arm's Length From Repeat: Arkansas Uses Strong Defense To Trip Virginia". Spokesman-Review. March 27, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
"YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

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[1] sports-reference.com 1994-95 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

[2] "1994–95 Virginia Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[3] "Virginia 60, Miami 54 -- OT". UPI Archives. March 18, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[4] "Cavs Revive in Time for Trip to Final Eight". The Washington Post. March 25, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[5] "Arm's Length From Repeat: Arkansas Uses Strong Defense To Trip Virginia". Spokesman-Review. March 27, 1995. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[boxscores-6] "YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1965) University Hall (1965–2006) John Paul Jones Arena (2006–present)
Rivalries	Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	CavMan "The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" 1982 Chaminade upset 2018 UMBC upset Redemption National Championship
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	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
NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics