1995–96 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1995–96 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball | |
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Northeast Conference tournament champions | |
Conference | Northeast Conference |
Record | 20–10 (14–4 NEC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Dave Calloway (5th season) |
Home arena | William T. Boylan Gymnasium |
Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Francis (PA) | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairleigh Dickinson | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Island | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Francis Brooklyn | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Morris | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1996 NEC tournament winner |
The 1995–96 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team represented Monmouth University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by second-year head coach Wayne Szoke, played their home games at the Multipurpose Activity Center and were members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 20–10, 14–4 in NEC play to finish in third place. They won the Northeast Conference Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first in appearance in school history. Playing as the No. 13 seed in the East region, the Hawks were beaten by No. 4 seed Marquette in the opening round.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 25, 1995* | Fairfield | L 79–81 | 0–1 | Boylan Gymnasium West Long Branch, New Jersey | |||||||
Nov 28, 1995* | at Seton Hall | L 67–83 | 0–2 | Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey | |||||||
Nov 30, 1995* | at Rutgers | L 55–57 | 0–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 2, 1995* | Army | W 78–57 | 1–3 | Boylan Gymnasium West Long Branch, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 9, 1995* | at Manhattan | L 46–74 | 1–4 | Draddy Gymnasium New York, New York | |||||||
Dec 12, 1995* | at Princeton | W 65–56 | 2–4 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 21, 1995* | Loyola (MD) | W 73–59 | 3–4 | Boylan Gymnasium West Long Branch, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 28, 1995* | at No. 20 Duke | L 53–69 | 3–5 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 6, 1996 | Rider | W 79–54 | 4–5 (1–0) | Boylan Gymnasium (2,500) West Long Branch, New Jersey | |||||||
NEC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 1, 1996* | Wagner Quarterfinals | W 64–55 | 18–9 | Boylan Gymnasium (1,063) West Long Branch, New Jersey | |||||||
Mar 4, 1996* | at Marist Semifinals | W 57–56 | 19–9 | McCann Arena (3,499) Poughkeepsie, New York | |||||||
Mar 8, 1996* | Rider Championship game | W 60–59 | 20–9 | Boylan Gymnasium (2,500) West Long Branch, New Jersey | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 14, 1996* | (13 E) | vs. (4 E) No. 20 Marquette First round | L 44–68 | 20–10 | Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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References
- ^ "Marquette 68, Monmouth 44". UPI Archives. March 15, 1996. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "1995-96 Men's Basketball Roster". Monmouth University Athletics. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "1995-96 Men's Basketball Schedule". Monmouth University Athletics. Retrieved July 1, 2023.