1994–95 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1994–95 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll; *Minnesota 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program; 1 Win by forfeit (non-conf.); Disputed record (19-13)

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
1994–95 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	#11
1994–95 record	22–6 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote (19th year)
Assistant coach	Tom Izzo
Home arena	Breslin Center
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The 1994–95 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 19th and final season at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 22–6, 14–4 to finish in second place in Big Ten play. They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament as a #3 seed where they surprised by Weber State in the First Round

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1993–94 season with an overall record of 20–12, 10–8 in fourth place in the Big Ten. Michigan State received an at-large bid as a #7 seed to the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Seton Hall before losing to Duke in the Second Round.

Roster

1994–95 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Name	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Damion Beathea	JR	F	6'7"	5.0 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Quinton Brooks	JR	F	6'7"	11.3 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Jamie Feick	JR	C	6'9"	9.9 Pts, 10.0 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Joe Garavaglia	SO	F	6'3"	7.6 Pts, 5.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
David Hart	JR	G	6'4"	0.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Thomas Kelley	FR	G	6'2"	1.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Steve Nicodemus	JR	G	6'4"	1.2 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Andy Penick	SR	G	6'2"	1.6 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Steve Polonowski	SO	F	6'9"	2.2 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Mark Prylow	SR	G	6'3"	0.8 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Mike Respert	SO	G	5'11"	1.3 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Shawn Respert	SR	G	6'1"	25.6 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 3.0 Ast
Eric Snow	SR	G	6'3"	10.8 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 7.8 Ast
Ray Weathers	SO	G	6'3"	3.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.7 Ast
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Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular season
Nov 30, 1994*	#18	at UIC	W 92–78	1–0	UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
Dec 3, 1994*	#18	Louisville	W 85–71	2–0	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 10, 1994*	#15	at Nebraska	L 91–96	2–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
Dec 12, 1994*	#18	Cleveland State	W 111–68	3–1	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 17, 1994*	#18	at Detroit	W 80–63	4–1	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
Dec 20, 1994*	#17	Tennessee	W 78–68	5–1	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1994*	#15	Ball State	W 117–95	6–1	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 30 1994*	#15	Long Beach State	W 67–64	7–1	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 4, 1995	#14	at Wisconsin	W 78–64	8–1 (1–0)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
Jan 7, 1995	#14	#22 Iowa	W 69–68	9–1 (2–0)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 11, 1995	#11	at Indiana	L 82–89	9–2 (2–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Jan 14, 1995*	#11	Oklahoma State	W 70–69	10–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 18, 1995	#12	Northwestern	W 93–56	11–2 (3–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 22, 1995	#12	at Michigan Rivalry	W 73–71	12–2 (4–1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 25, 1995	#10	Minnesota	W 54–53	13–2 (5–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 28, 1995	#10	at Illinois	W 75–67	14–2 (6–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
Feb 2, 1995	#9	Penn State	W 82–62	15–2 (7–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 4, 1995	#9	at Ohio State	W 67–58	16–2 (8–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
Feb 7, 1995	#7	#25 Purdue	L 69–78	16–3 (8–2)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 11, 1995	#7	Penn State	W 68–53	17–3 (9–2)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 15, 1995	#8	Illinois	W 68–58	18–3 (10–2)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 18, 1995	#8	at #24 Minnesota	L 57–66	18–4 (10–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Feb 21, 1995	#12	Michigan Rivalry	W 67–64	19–4 (11–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 25, 1995	#12	at Northwestern	W 88–60	20–4 (12–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Mar 5, 1995	#10	Indiana	W 67–61	21–4 (13–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Mar 8, 1995	#9	at Iowa	L 78–79	21–5 (13–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Mar 11, 1995	#9	Wisconsin	W 97–72	22–5 (14–4)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1995*	(3 SE) #11	(14 SE) Weber State First Round	L 72–79	22–6	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source^[2].

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18
AP	20	17	18	15	18	17	15	14	11	12	10	9	7	8	12	10	9	11

Source.^[3]

References

↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan-state/1995.html
↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan-state/1995-schedule.html
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1994–95 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#12 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	7	.781
#11 Michigan State	14	–	4	.778	22	–	6	.786
Indiana	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
Michigan	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
Illinois	10	–	8	.556	19	–	12	.613
Minnesota	10	–	8	.556	20	–	11	.645
Penn State	9	–	9	.500	21	–	11	.656
Iowa	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Wisconsin	7	–	11	.389	13	–	14	.481
Ohio State	2	–	16	.111	6	–	22	.214
Northwestern	1	–	17	.056	5	–	22	.185

Rankings from AP Poll *Minnesota 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program; 1 Win by forfeit (non-conf.) Disputed record (19-13)