1993–94 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

The 1993–94 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1993–94 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Lin Dunn, this was the first Purdue women's basketball team to reach the NCAA Final Four. The team tied for the Big Ten championship with Penn State with a 16–2 record in conference play. The Boilermakers played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana.

1993–94 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
Big Ten co-champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 10
Record	29–5 (16–2 B1G)
Head coach	Lin Dunn (7th season)
Home arena	Mackey Arena

1993–94 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Penn State	16	–	2		.889			28	–	3		.903
No. 10 Purdue	16	–	2		.889			29	–	5		.853
No. 13 Iowa	13	–	5		.722			21	–	7		.750
Indiana	10	–	8		.556			19	–	9		.679
Minnesota	10	–	8		.556			18	–	11		.621
Northwestern	9	–	9		.500			17	–	10		.630
Ohio State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	14		.500
Michigan State	7	–	11		.389			12	–	15		.444
Wisconsin	6	–	12		.333			13	–	14		.481
Illinois	5	–	13		.278			10	–	17		.370
Michigan	0	–	18		.000			3	–	24		.111
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
NCAA tournament
Mar 24, 1994*	(1 W) No. 10	vs. (13 W) Texas A&M Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 82–56	28–4	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, California
Mar 26, 1994*	(1 W) No. 10	at (2 W) No. 11 Stanford Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 82–65	29–4	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, California
Apr 1, 1994*	(1 W) No. 10	vs. (3 E) No. 5 North Carolina National Semifinal – Final Four	L 74–89	29–5	Richmond Coliseum  Richmond, Virginia
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source

Rankings

Main article: 1993–94 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	23	23	23	22	18	16	17	16	13	13	13	12	11	9	10	10	10	Not released
Coaches	24	23	22	19	18	15	16	14	13	14	13	13	10	9	11	10	11	3

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.