1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions
Round of 64 vs. Princeton, L, 43–41
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	#19^[1]
AP	#14^[1]
1995–96 record	23–8 (16–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Harrick
Assistant coach	Lorenzo Romar
Assistant coach	Steve Lavin
Assistant coach	Greg White
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion

1995–96 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#14 UCLA	16	–	2	.889	23	–	8	.742
Arizona	14	–	4	.778	27	–	6	.818
Stanford	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
Washington State	9	–	9	.500	18	–	11	.621
Washington	9	–	9	.500	16	–	12	.571
Oregon	9	–	9	.500	16	–	13	.552
USC	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
Arizona State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	16	.407
Oregon State	4	–	14	.222	6	–	21	.222
California¹	2	–	16	.111	2	–	26	.071

As of November 23, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll ¹California forfeited games due to infractions.

The 1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as Defending National Champions from 1995, but bookended the season with two disappointing losses. While ranked #4, one loss was in the Maui Classic to a Santa Clara team led by then obscure guard Steve Nash. The team finished 1st in the conference. The Bruins competed in the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, flopping in a spectacular upset to the unranked Princeton Tigers in the round of 64. This was the final season for head coach Jim Harrick, a national championship coach who was fired over a transgression where he lied about two current players attending an expensive recruiting dinner at Monty's Steakhouse.

Roster

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No.	Position	Player
3	G	Harold Sylvester
5	G	Cameron Dollar
12	F/G	Toby Bailey
13	SF/SG	Charles O'Bannon
20	G	Brandon Loyd
24	F	Bob Myers

No.	Position	Player
30	G/F	Kevin Dempsey
34	C	Jelani McCoy
35	C	Ike Nwankwo
50	C/F	Omm'A Givens
52	C/F	J. R. Henderson
54	F/G	Kris Johnson

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Overall	Conf.
Exhibition Games
November 12, 1995		Pauley Pavilion		0–0	0–0
November 14, 1995		Pauley Pavilion		0–0	0–0
Regular season
November 20, 1995	Santa Clara	Lahaina Civic Center¹	L 78–69	0–1	0–0
November 21, 1995	Wisconsin	Lahaina Civic Center¹	W 68–57	1–1	0–0
November 22, 1995	Vanderbilt	Lahaina Civic Center¹	L 75–71	1–2	0–0
November 28, 1995	Cal State Fullerton		W 79–63	2–2	0–0
December 2, 1995	Kansas	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim²	L 85–70	2–3	0–0
December 9, 1995	Maryland		W 73–63	3–3	0–0
December 18, 1995	Stephen F. Austin		W 109–88	4–3	0–0
December 20, 1995	Notre Dame		W 83–58	5–3	0–0
December 23, 1995	UNLV		W 89–82	6–3	0–0
December 30, 1995	San Francisco		W 93–58	7–3	0–0
January 4, 1996	Washington State	Beasley Coliseum	W 78–73	8–3	1–0
January 6, 1996	Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	W 78–70	9–3	2–0
January 11, 1996	Stanford	Pauley Pavilion	W 64–56	10–3	3–0
January 13, 1996	California	Pauley Pavilion	W 93–73	11–3	4–0
January 18, 1996	Arizona State	University Activity Center	W 87–73	12–3	5–0
January 20, 1996	Arizona	McKale Center	L 88–79	12–4	5–1
January 24, 1996	USC	Pauley Pavilion	W 99–72	13–4	6–1
January 27, 1996	Louisville	Pauley Pavilion	L 78–76	13–5	6–1
February 1, 1996	Oregon	Pauley Pavilion	W 85–78	14–5	7–1
February 3, 1996	Oregon State	Pauley Pavilion	W 69–60	15–5	8–1
February 8, 1996	California	Haas Pavilion	W 73–65	16–5	9–1
February 10, 1996	Stanford	Maples Pavilion	L 67–66	16–6	9–2
February 15, 1996	Arizona	Pauley Pavilion	W 76–75	17–6	10–2
February 17, 1996	Arizona State	Pauley Pavilion	W 87–70	18–6	11–2
February 22, 1996	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	W 61–59	19–6	12–2
February 25, 1996	Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium	L 85–66	19–7	12–2
February 29, 1996	Oregon State	Gill Coliseum	W 68–66	20–7	13–2
March 2, 1996	Oregon	McArthur Court	W 77–71	21–7	14–2
March 7, 1996	Washington	Pauley Pavilion	W 91–88	22–7	15–2
March 9, 1996	Washington State	Pauley Pavilion	W 82–71	23–7	16–2
NCAA Tournament
March 14, 1996	Princeton	Hoosier Dome	L 43–41	23–8	16–2
*Conference games in green. ¹Maui Invitational Tournament – UCLA finished 6th out of 8 teams. ²John R. Wooden Classic

References

1 2 "UCLA Bruins men's basketball history" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-22.
↑ "UCLA Bruins 1995–96 roster". Archived from the original on 4 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-22.

External links

1995-96 UCLA Bruins Roster and Stats at Sports-Reference.com

UCLA Bruins men's basketball

Venues	Men's Gym (1932–1965) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (alternate; 1949–1959) Venice High School (1955–1956) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–1965; 2011–2012) Honda Center (2011–2012) Pauley Pavilion (1965–present)

Rivalries	Arizona Notre Dame USC

Culture & lore	Game of the Century UCLA High Post Offense Joe Bruin

People	Head coaches Retired numbers NBA players

Seasons	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 1999–00 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

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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