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

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
California^1	2	–	16		.111			2	–	26		.071
As of November 23, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll ^1California forfeited games due to infractions.

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) Steve Lavin (Chapman) Lorenzo Romar (Washington) Greg White (Marshall) 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

1. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2008.
2. 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.
3. "First Test Too Tough for Bruins". The Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1995. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
4. "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
5. "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