1993–94 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

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| sport = basketball

| year = 1993–94

| team = Gonzaga Bulldogs

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| conference = West Coast Conference

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| short_conf = WCC

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| record = 22–8

| conf_record = 12–2

| head_coach = Dan Fitzgerald

| hc_year = 12th

| asst_coach1 = Dan Monson

| ac1_year = 6th

| asst_coach2 = Mark Few

| ac2_year = 5th

| asst_coach3 = Bill Grier

| ac3_year = 3rd

| arena = Charlotte Y. Martin Centre

| champion = WCC regular season champion

| tourney = National Invitation Tournament

| tourney_result = Second round

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The 1993–94 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by twelfth-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|20|6|record=y}}}} overall in the regular season (12–2 in WCC, first),{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ki4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HPEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5235%2C131965 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Boling |first=Dave |title=College basketball standings |date=March 1, 1994 |page=C4}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TKhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lgkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5268%2C2532416

|work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Boling |first=Dave |title=Pumped up Zags ready for tourney, other possibilities |date=March 5, 1994 |page=C4}} and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.

Regular season champion Gonzaga advanced to the semifinals of the WCC tournament at Santa Clara, but were upset by fourth seed San Diego.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TqhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lgkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6226%2C5153499 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Boling |first=Dave |title=Bulldogs taste Zagony of defeat |date=March 7, 1994 |page=C1}}

Eleven days later in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), the Bulldogs traveled south and won at Stanford.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PHQfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4643%2C5369154 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Boling |first=Dave |title=Zags prove they belong |date=March 18, 1994 |page=C1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gahfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5121%2C666222|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Gonzaga, Brown surprise Stanford |date=March 18, 1994 |page=3B}} Next was at Kansas State in the second round,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EzwjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6284%2C309603|work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Boling |first=Dave |title=Zags' Manhattan transfer |date=March 22, 1994 |page=C1}} but the Zags lost by two points to finish at {{nowrap|{{winpct|22|8|record=y}}.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EzwjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6219%2C651927 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Boling |first=Dave |title=Bulldogs bounce out of tourney |date=March 23, 1994 |page=C1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hqhfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4200%2C2103023 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Gonzaga falls short to Kansas St. 66-64 |date=March 23, 1994 |page=4B}}}}