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Date | April 4, 1994 | ||||||||||||
Venue | Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||||||||
MVP | Corliss Williamson, Arkansas | ||||||||||||
Favorite | Arkansas by 5 | ||||||||||||
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Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) | ||||||||||||
The 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1993-94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on April 4, 1994, at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, and featured the Midwest Regional Champion, #1-seeded Arkansas and the Southeast Regional Champion, #2-seeded Duke.
Arkansas defeated Duke 76–72 to win their first national championship in program history, denying the ACC a fourth straight title.