1995–96 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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SoCon tournament champions | |
Conference | Big South Conference |
Record | 20–10 (11–3 Big South) |
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Home arena | Greensboro Coliseum |
Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charleston Southern | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radford | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1996 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1995–96 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans were led by first-year head coach, Randy Peele and played its home games at Greensboro Coliseum as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 19–12, 10–6 in SoCon play to finished second in the North Division. They won the Southern Conference tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first appearance in school history. Playing as the No. 15 seed in the Southeast region, the Spartans were beaten by No. 2 seed Cincinnati, 66–61.[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 24, 1995* | at South Carolina | L 64–82 | 0–1 | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina | |||||||
Nov 29, 1995* | at No. 12 Duke | L 57–71 | 0–2 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | |||||||
Big South Conference tournament | |||||||||||
Feb 29, 1996* | vs. Coastal Carolina Quarterfinals | W 78–67 | 18–9 | Vines Center Lynchburg, Virginia | |||||||
Mar 1, 1996* | vs. Charleston Southern Semifinals | W 69–60 | 19–9 | Vines Center Lynchburg, Virginia | |||||||
Mar 2, 1996* | at Liberty Championship game | W 79–53 | 20–9 | Vines Center Lynchburg, Virginia | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 15, 1996* | (15 SE) | vs. (2 SE) No. 7 Cincinnati First round | L 61–66 | 20–10 | Orlando Arena Orlando, Florida | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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References
- ^ "Jason Collins powers Stanford with 25 points". ESPN. March 15, 2001. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ^ "1995–96 Men's Basketball Roster". UNC Greensboro Spartans. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ^ "1995–96 Men's Basketball Schedule". UNC Greensboro Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2023.