1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
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 Division I Men's 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.
1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |
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Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, First round | |
Conference | Pacific-10 |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 19[1] |
AP | No. 14[1] |
1995–96 record | 23–8 (16–2 Pac-10) |
Head coach | Jim Harrick (8th season) |
Assistant coaches | |
Home arena | Pauley Pavilion |
1995–96 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 UCLA | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 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. |
Roster
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Jim Harrick (Morris Harvey College)
Roster |
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Maui Classic | |||||||||||
November 20, 1995 |
No. 4 | vs. Santa Clara Quarterfinals |
L 69–78 | 0–1 |
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | ||||||
November 21, 1995 |
No. 4 | vs. Wisconsin Consolation Second Round |
W 68–57 | 1–1 |
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | ||||||
November 22, 1995 |
No. 4 | vs. Vanderbilt Fifth Place Game |
L 71–75 | 1–2 |
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | ||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 28, 1995 |
No. 23 | Cal State Fullerton | W 79–63 | 2–2 |
Pauley Pavilion (10,941) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
December 2, 1995 |
No. 23 | at No. 2 Kansas | L 70–85 | 2–3 |
Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS | ||||||
December 9, 1995 |
vs. No. 20 Maryland John R. Wooden Classic |
W 73–63 | 3–3 |
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (17,330) Anaheim, CA | |||||||
December 18, 1995 |
Stephen F. Austin | W 109–88 | 4–3 |
Pauley Pavilion (9,421) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
December 20, 1995 |
at Notre Dame | W 83–58 | 5–3 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,339) Notre Dame, IN | |||||||
December 23, 1995 |
at UNLV | W 89–82 | 6–3 |
Thomas & Mack Center (9,935) Paradise, NV | |||||||
December 30, 1995 |
No. 23 | San Francisco | W 93–58 | 7–3 |
Pauley Pavilion (11,495) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
January 4, 1996 |
No. 20 | at Washington State | W 78–73 OT | 8–3 (1–0) |
Spokane Arena (11,897) Spokane, WA | ||||||
January 6, 1996 |
No. 20 | at Washington | W 78–70 | 9–3 (2–0) |
Hec Edmundson Pavilion (7,900) Seattle, WA | ||||||
January 11, 1996 |
No. 17 | No. 24 Stanford | W 64–56 | 10–3 (3–0) |
Pauley Pavilion (12,695) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
January 13, 1996 |
No. 17 | California | W 93–73 | 11–3 (4–0) |
Pauley Pavilion (12,881) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
January 18, 1996 |
No. 13 | at Arizona State | W 87–73 | 12–3 (5–0) |
ASU Activity Center (11,081) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
January 20, 1996 |
No. 13 | at No. 18 Arizona | L 79–88 | 12–4 (5–1) |
McKale Center (14,638) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
January 24, 1996 |
No. 15 | USC | W 99–72 | 13–4 (6–1) |
Pauley Pavilion (12,635) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
January 27, 1996 |
No. 15 | Louisville | L 76–78 | 13–5 |
Pauley Pavilion (11,978) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
February 1, 1996 |
No. 19 | Oregon | W 85–78 | 14–5 (7–1) |
Pauley Pavilion (12,073) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
February 3, 1996 |
No. 19 | Oregon State | W 69–60 | 15–5 (8–1) |
Pauley Pavilion (11,280) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
February 8, 1996 |
No. 17 | at California | W 73–65 | 16–5 (9–1) |
Oakland Arena (15,039) Oakland, CA | ||||||
February 10, 1996 |
No. 17 | at No. 25 Stanford | L 66–67 | 16–6 (9–2) |
Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA | ||||||
February 15, 1996 |
No. 18 | No. 13 Arizona | W 76–75 | 17–6 (10–2) |
Pauley Pavilion (13,014) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
February 17, 1996 |
No. 18 | Arizona State | W 87–70 | 18–6 (11–2) |
Pauley Pavilion (12,062) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
February 22, 1996 |
No. 16 | at USC | W 61–59 | 19–6 (12–2) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (9,433) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
February 25, 1996 |
No. 16 | at Duke | L 66–85 | 19–7 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC | ||||||
February 29, 1996 |
No. 17 | at Oregon State | W 68–66 | 20–7 (13–2) |
Gill Coliseum (5,873) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
March 02, 1996 |
No. 17 | at Oregon | W 77–71 | 21–7 (14–2) |
McArthur Court (9,738) Eugene, OR | ||||||
March 07, 1996 |
No. 17 | Washington | W 91–88 OT | 22–7 (15–2) |
Pauley Pavilion (11,890) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
March 09, 1996 |
No. 17 | Washington State | W 82–71 | 23–7 (16–2) |
Pauley Pavilion (11,966) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 14, 1996 |
No. 14 | vs. Princeton First Round |
L 41–43 | 23–8 |
Hoosier Dome (31,569) Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. |
References
- "UCLA Bruins men's basketball history" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
- "Final 1996 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF).
External links
- 1995-96 UCLA Bruins Roster and Stats at Sports-Reference.com
- 1995-96 UCLA Men’s Basketball Roster