1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-10 regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19^[1]
AP	No. 14^[1]
Record	23–8 (16–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Harrick (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Lorenzo Romar Steve Lavin Greg White
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	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.

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 a recruiting dinner at Monty's Steakhouse, in contravention of NCAA rules.^[2]

Roster

1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Toby Bailey	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California
F	30	Kevin Dempsey	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	San Jose, California
G	5	Cameron Dollar (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	Jr	Atlanta, Georgia
C	50	Omm'A Givens	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Frances, Washington
F	52	J. R. Henderson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Bakersfield, California
G	54	Kris Johnson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California
G	20	Brandon Loyd	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Tulsa, Oklahoma
C	34	Jelani McCoy	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Oakland, California
F	24	Bob Myers	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Danville, California
C	35	Ike Nwankwo	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	Jr	Houston, Texas
F	13	Charles O'Bannon (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Bellflower, California
G		Harold Sylvester	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	So

Head coach

Jim Harrick (Morris Harvey College)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 30 January 2018

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 20, 1995	No. 4	vs. Santa Clara Maui Invitational Quarterfinals	L 69–78^[3]	0–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI
November 21, 1995	No. 4	vs. Wisconsin Maui Invitational Consolation Second Round	W 68–57	1–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI
November 22, 1995	No. 4	vs. Vanderbilt Maui Invitational Fifth Place Game	L 71–75	1–2	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI
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.

Source^[4] ^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "UCLA Bruins men's basketball history" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2008.
^ Oberjuerge, Paul (November 7, 1996). "Firing is just desserts for Harrick". The San Bernardino County Sun. p. C1. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "First Test Too Tough for Bruins". The Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1995. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
^ "Final 1996 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF).