1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The Final Four consisted of UCLA, making their fifteenth appearance and first since the 1980 team that eventually saw their appearance vacated, Oklahoma State, making their fifth appearance and first since 1951, North Carolina, making their twelfth appearance and second in three years, and Arkansas, the defending national champions.

The championship game saw UCLA win their eleventh national championship and first (and only) national title under Jim Harrick by defeating Arkansas 89–78, foiling the Razorbacks' hopes of back to back national titles.

UCLA's Ed O'Bannon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Schedule and venues

Albany

Baltimore

Dayton

Tallahassee

Memphis

Austin

Salt Lake City

Boise

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1995 first and second rounds

Oakland

Kansas City

Birmingham

E. Rutherford

Seattle

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1995 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1995 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

March 16 and 18
- East Region
  - Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, Maryland (Host: University of Maryland Baltimore County)
- Midwest Region
  - University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
- Southeast Region
  - Memphis Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee (Host: University of Memphis)
- West Region
  - Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah)
March 17 and 19
- East Region
  - Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York (Hosts: Siena College, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
- Midwest Region
  - Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin)
- Southeast Region
  - Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, Florida (Host: Florida State University)
- West Region
  - BSU Pavilion, Boise, Idaho (Host: Boise State University)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 23 and 25
- Southeast Regional, BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham, Alabama (Host: Southeastern Conference)
- West Regional, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California (Host: University of California, Berkeley)
March 24 and 26
- East Regional, Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey (Hosts: Seton Hall University, Big East Conference)
- Midwest Regional, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 1 and 3
- Kingdome, Seattle, Washington (Hosts: Seattle University, University of Washington)

For the third and final time, the Kingdome served as the host venue for the Final Four. It would be the last tournament games at the multipurpose stadium, which was demolished in 2000 to make way for Lumen Field. The 1995 tournament saw four new host venues in three new cities. For the first time, the New York capital of Albany hosted tournament games at Knickerbocker Arena, the off-campus home of the Siena Saints men's basketball team. Baltimore hosted its first and, to date, only tournament games at the Baltimore Arena, as did Tallahassee's Leon County Civic Center, the home of the Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team. To date, this marked the last time the tournament has been held in the state of Maryland. Tallahassee was the fourth new city in three years in the state of Florida. And for the second time, the tournament returned to Memphis, this time at the Pyramid Arena, the home to the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team. Future tournament games played in Seattle would be played at Key Arena up to 2015; and likely Climate Pledge Arena thereafter.

Teams

East Regional – East Rutherford
Seed	School	Coach	Conference	Record	Bid Type
#1	Wake Forest	Dave Odom	ACC	24–5	Automatic
#2	Massachusetts	John Calipari	Atlantic 10	26–4	Automatic
#3	Villanova	Steve Lappas	Big East	25–7	Automatic
#4	Oklahoma State	Eddie Sutton	Big Eight	23–9	Automatic
#5	Alabama	David Hobbs	SEC	22–9	At-Large
#6	Tulsa	Tubby Smith	Missouri Valley	22–7	At-Large
#7	UNC Charlotte	Jeff Mullins	Metro	19-8	At-Large
#8	Minnesota	Clem Haskins	Big Ten	19–11	At-Large
#9	Saint Louis	Charlie Spoonhour	Great Midwest	22–7	At-Large
#10	Stanford	Mike Montgomery	Pac-10	19–8	At-Large
#11	Illinois	Lou Henson	Big Ten	19–11	At-Large
#12	Penn	Fran Dunphy	Ivy League	22–5	Automatic
#13	Drexel	Bill Herrion	NAC	22–7	Automatic
#14	Old Dominion	Jeff Capel II	CAA	20–11	Automatic
#15	Saint Peter's	Ted Fiore	MAAC	19–10	Automatic
#16	North Carolina A&T	Roy Thomas	MEAC	15–14	Automatic

West Regional – Oakland
Seed	School	Coach	Conference	Record	Bid Type
#1	UCLA	Jim Harrick	Pac-10	25-2	Automatic
#2	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	Big East	25–4	At-Large
#3	Maryland	Gary Williams	ACC	24–7	At-Large
#4	Utah	Rick Majerus	WAC	27–5	Automatic
#5	Mississippi State	Richard Williams	SEC	20–7	At-Large
#6	Oregon	Jerry Green	Pac-10	19–8	At-Large
#7	Cincinnati	Bob Huggins	Great Midwest	21–11	At-Large
#8	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Big Eight	19–8	At-Large
#9	Indiana	Bob Knight	Big Ten	19–11	At-Large
#10	Temple	John Chaney	Atlantic 10	19–10	At-Large
#11	Texas	Tom Penders	SWC	22–6	Automatic
#12	Santa Clara	Dick Davey	West Coast	21–6	At-Large
#13	Long Beach State	Seth Greenberg	Big West	20–9	Automatic
#14	Gonzaga	Dan Fitzgerald	West Coast	21–8	Automatic
#15	Chattanooga	Mack McCarthy	Southern	19–10	Automatic
#16	FIU	Bob Weltlich	TAAC	11–18	Automatic

Midwest Regional – Kansas City
Seed	School	Coach	Conference	Record	Bid Type
#1	Kansas	Roy Williams	Big Eight	23–5	At-Large
#2	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	SEC	27–6	At-Large
#3	Purdue	Gene Keady	Big Ten	24–6	Automatic
#4	Virginia	Jeff Jones	ACC	22–8	At-Large
#5	Arizona	Lute Olson	Pac-10	23–7	At-Large
#6	Memphis	Larry Finch	Great Midwest	22–9	At-Large
#7	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Big East	19–9	At-Large
#8	Western Kentucky	Matt Kilcullen	Sun Belt	26–3	Automatic
#9	Michigan	Steve Fisher	Big Ten	17–13	At-Large
#10	Southern Illinois	Rich Herrin	Missouri Valley	23–8	Automatic
#11	Louisville	Denny Crum	Metro	19–13	Automatic
#12	Miami (OH)	Herb Sendek	Mid-American	22–6	At-Large
#13	Nicholls State	Rickey Broussard	Southland	24–5	Automatic
#14	UW–Green Bay	Dick Bennett	MCC	22–7	Automatic
#15	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	SWAC	22–6	Automatic
#16	Colgate	Jack Bruen	Patriot League	17–12	Automatic

Southeast Regional – Birmingham
Seed	School	Coach	Conference	Record	Bid Type
#1	Kentucky	Rick Pitino	SEC	25–4	Automatic
#2	North Carolina	Dean Smith	ACC	24–5	At-Large
#3	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	Big Ten	22–5	At-Large
#4	Oklahoma	Kelvin Sampson	Big Eight	23–8	At-Large
#5	Arizona State	Bill Frieder	Pac-10	22–8	At-Large
#6	Georgetown	John Thompson	Big East	19–9	At-Large
#7	Iowa State	Tim Floyd	Big Eight	22–10	At-Large
#8	BYU	Roger Reid	WAC	22–9	At-Large
#9	Tulane	Perry Clark	Metro	22–9	At-Large
#10	Florida	Lon Kruger	SEC	17–12	At-Large
#11	Xavier	Skip Prosser	MCC	23–4	At-Large
#12	Ball State	Ray McCallum	Mid-American	19–10	Automatic
#13	Manhattan	Fran Fraschilla	MAAC	25–4	At-Large
#14	Weber State	Ron Abegglen	Big Sky	20–8	Automatic
#15	Murray State	Scott Edgar	Ohio Valley	21–8	Automatic
#16	Mount St. Mary's	Jim Phelan	NEC	17–12	Automatic

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Wake Forest	79

16	North Carolina A&T	47
			1	Wake Forest	64
Baltimore
			9	Saint Louis	59
8	Minnesota	61*

9	Saint Louis	64
						1	Wake Forest	66

						4	Oklahoma State	71
5	Alabama	91

12	Penn	85
			5	Alabama	52
Baltimore
			4	Oklahoma State	66
4	Oklahoma State	73

13	Drexel	49
									4	Oklahoma State	68

									2	Massachusetts	54
6	Tulsa	68

11	Illinois	62
			6	Tulsa	64
Albany
			14	Old Dominion	52
3	Villanova	81***

14	Old Dominion	89
						6	Tulsa	51

						2	Massachusetts	76
7	UNC Charlotte	68

10	Stanford	70
			10	Stanford	53
Albany
			2	Massachusetts	75
2	Massachusetts	68

15	Saint Peter's	51

Game summaries

East first round

at Albany, New York

CBS

Friday, March 17
12:30 pm EST

box score

#10 Stanford Cardinal 70, #7 North Carolina-Charlotte 49ers 68

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100

CBS

Friday, March 17
approx. 3:00 pm EST

box score

#2 Massachusetts Minutemen 68, #15 Saint Peter's Peacocks 51

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100

CBS

Friday, March 17
7:40 pm EST

box score

#14 Old Dominion Monarchs 89, #3 Villanova Wildcats 81 (3OT)

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100
Referees: Scott Thornley, Lonnie Dixon, Paul Janssen

CBS

Friday, March 17
approx. 10:10 pm EST

box score

#6 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 68, #11 Illinois Fighting Illini 62
Pts: S. Seals – 22 Rebs: R. Poindexter – 12 Asts: A. Williamson – 4		Pts: K. Garwis – 24 Rebs: S. Clark – 12 Asts: J. Hester, R. Keene – 2 Halftime Score: Illinois, 34–27

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100
Referees: David Libbey, Richie Ballesteros, Larry Ware

East second round

at Albany, New York

CBS

Sunday, March 19
12:25 pm EST

box score

#2 Massachusetts Minutemen 75, #10 Stanford Cardinal 53

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100

CBS

Sunday, March 19
approx. 2:55 pm EST

box score

#6 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 64, #14 Old Dominion Monarchs 52

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100
Referees: David Libbey, Scott Thornley, Paul Janssen

West Regional – Oakland, California

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

1	UCLA	92

16	FIU	56
			1	UCLA	75
Boise
			8	Missouri	74
8	Missouri	65

9	Indiana	60
						1	UCLA	86

						5	Mississippi State	67
5	Mississippi State	75

12	Santa Clara	67
			5	Mississippi State	78
Boise
			4	Utah	64
4	Utah	76

13	Long Beach State	64
									1	UCLA	102

									2	Connecticut	96
6	Oregon	73

11	Texas	90
			11	Texas	68
Salt Lake City
			3	Maryland	82
3	Maryland	87

14	Gonzaga	63
						3	Maryland	89

						2	Connecticut	99
7	Cincinnati	77

10	Temple	71
			7	Cincinnati	91
Salt Lake City
			2	Connecticut	96
2	Connecticut	100

15	Chattanooga	71

Southeast Regional – Birmingham, Alabama

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Kentucky	113

16	Mount St. Mary's	67
			1	Kentucky	82
Memphis
			9	Tulane	60
8	BYU	70

9	Tulane	76
						1	Kentucky	97

						5	Arizona State	73
5	Arizona State	81

12	Ball State	66
			5	Arizona State	64
Memphis
			13	Manhattan	54
4	Oklahoma	67

13	Manhattan	77
									1	Kentucky	61

									2	North Carolina	74
6	Georgetown	68

11	Xavier	63
			6	Georgetown	53
Tallahassee
			14	Weber State	51
3	Michigan State	72

14	Weber State	79
						6	Georgetown	64

						2	North Carolina	74
7	Iowa State	64

10	Florida	61
			7	Iowa State	51
Tallahassee
			2	North Carolina	73
2	North Carolina	80

15	Murray State	70

Midwest Regional – Kansas City, Missouri

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Kansas	82

16	Colgate	68
			1	Kansas	75
Dayton
			8	Western Kentucky	70
8	Western Kentucky	82

9	Michigan	76*
						1	Kansas	58

						4	Virginia	67
5	Arizona	62

12	Miami (OH)	71
			12	Miami (OH)	54*
Dayton
			4	Virginia	60
4	Virginia	96

13	Nicholls State	72
									4	Virginia	61

									2	Arkansas	68
6	Memphis	77

11	Louisville	56
			6	Memphis	75
Austin
			3	Purdue	73
3	Purdue	49

14	UW–Green Bay	48
						6	Memphis	91*

						2	Arkansas	96
7	Syracuse	96

10	Southern Illinois	92
			7	Syracuse	94*
Austin
			2	Arkansas	96
2	Arkansas	79

15	Texas Southern	78

Final Four - Seattle, Washington

National semifinals			National Championship Game

E4	Oklahoma State	61

W1	UCLA	74
			W1	UCLA	89

			M2	Arkansas	78
SE2	North Carolina	68

M2	Arkansas	75

Game summaries

CBS

Saturday, April 1

box score

#1 UCLA Bruins 74, #4 Oklahoma State Cowboys 61
Pts: T. Edney 21 Rebs: E. O'Bannon 8 Asts: Tyus Edney 5		Pts: B. Reeves 25 Rebs: B. Reeves 9 Asts: A. Owens 9 Halftime Score: 37-37

Kingdome – Seattle
Attendance: 38,540

CBS

Saturday, April 1

box score

#2 Arkansas Razorbacks 75, #2 North Carolina Tar Heels 68
Pts: C. Williamson 21 Rebs: C. Williamson 10 Asts: C. Beck 10		Pts: D. Williams 19 Rebs: R. Wallace 10 Asts: D. Calabria 9 Halftime Score: North Carolina, 38-34

Kingdome – Seattle
Attendance: 38,540

National Championship

CBS

Monday, April 3
8:40 pm

Box score

#1 UCLA Bruins 89, #2 Arkansas Razorbacks 78
Pts: E. O'Bannon 30 Rebs: Ed O'Bannon 17 Asts: C. Dollar 8		Pts: C. McDaniel 16 Rebs: D. Stewart 5 Asts: C. Williamson 6 Halftime Score: UCLA, 40-39

Kingdome – Seattle
Attendance: 38,540

Final Four All-Tournament Team^[1]
Player	Team
Ed O'Bannon*	UCLA
Toby Bailey	UCLA
Corliss Williamson	Arkansas
Clint McDaniel	Arkansas
Bryant Reeves	Oklahoma State

*Named Most Outstanding Player

Notes

March 19, 1995 – A final shot in the second round at The Boise State Pavilion is one of the most memorable moments in NCAA history. UCLA's Tyus Edney dashed the length of the 94-foot court in just over 4 seconds to make a layup that gave the Bruins a 75-74 win over Missouri, which sustained UCLA's run to a national title that year.^[2]
April 3, 1995 – Ed O'Bannon scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and is named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player as the Bruins win the championship 89–78 over Arkansas.^[3] Cameron Dollar played 36 minutes and contributed eight assists and four steals while filling in for an injured Edney, who did not return after leaving with 17:23 left in the first half.^[4] The Bruins enjoyed the biggest lead 34–26 in the first half, but led only by a point at halftime 40–39.
To date, this is the last NCAA men's basketball tournament in which no team seeded lower than #6 reached the Sweet Sixteen.
Five teams - Colgate, FIU, Gonzaga, Mount St. Mary's and Nicholls State - made their debut in this tournament, all as conference winners. Only FIU has failed to return to the tournament since; Gonzaga would miss the next three tournaments before starting their current streak of making every tournament since 1999.
The 1995 tournament was the last to feature teams from the Metro and Great Midwest Conferences, as the two would merge later that year to form Conference USA.
- Tulane, a charter member of the Metro, has not returned to the NCAA tournament since.

Announcers

Television

Once again, CBS served as broadcasters on television for the tournament.

Studio: Pat O'Brien (daytime) First round, Regional, Final Four, Jim Nantz (primetime) First round & all of Second Round, and Clark Kellogg.
Dick Stockton/Jim Nantz and Billy Packer – Stockton/Packer, First & Second Round at Baltimore, Maryland; Nantz/Packer, Midwest Regional at Kansas City, Missouri; Final Four at Seattle, Washington
Sean McDonough and Bill Raftery – First & Second Round at Dayton, Ohio; Southeast Regional at Birmingham, Alabama
Verne Lundquist and Quinn Buckner – First & Second Round at Tallahassee, Florida; East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey
Tim Ryan and Al McGuire – First & Second Round at Boise, Idaho; West Regional at Oakland, California
Mike Gorman and Ann Meyers – First & Second Round at Memphis, Tennessee
Mike Emrick and George Raveling – First & Second Round at Albany, New York
Ted Robinson and Derrek Dickey – First & Second Round at Salt Lake City, Utah
Dave Sims and Dan Bonner – First & Second Round at Austin, Texas

Radio

CBS Radio was once again the radio home for the tournament.

First and second rounds

John Rooney
Marty Brennaman
Gary Cohen and Dave Gavitt – 1st & 2nd Round at Albany, New York
Wayne Larrivee
Brad Sham
Gus Johnson and Reggie Theus

Regionals

John Rooney
Marty Brennaman
Gary Cohen and Dave Gavitt – East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey
Wayne Larrivee

Final Four

John Rooney and Bill Raftery – (UCLA-Oklahoma State and championship Game) Final Four at Seattle, Washington
Marty Brennaman and Ron Franklin – (Arkansas-North Carolina) Final Four at Seattle, Washington

References

^ "NCAA All-Tournament Teams". FoxNews.com. Associated Press. April 9, 2013. from the original on April 11, 2013.
^ Friend, Tom (March 20, 1995). "N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: WEST; U.C.L.A. Dash Knocks Wind Out of Missouri". New York Times. from the original on November 5, 2012. U.C.L.A.'s Tyus Edney ran a 94-foot dash in 4.7 seconds today. That he also managed to toss in a swooping layup left Missouri with its hands over its face
^ Penner, Mike (April 4, 1995). "Sweetness in Seattle". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012.
^ Dufresne, Chris (April 4, 1995). "A Big Return From Dollar". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012.

[1] "NCAA All-Tournament Teams". FoxNews.com. Associated Press. April 9, 2013. from the original on April 11, 2013.

[2] Friend, Tom (March 20, 1995). "N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: WEST; U.C.L.A. Dash Knocks Wind Out of Missouri". New York Times. from the original on November 5, 2012. U.C.L.A.'s Tyus Edney ran a 94-foot dash in 4.7 seconds today. That he also managed to toss in a swooping layup left Missouri with its hands over its face

[3] Penner, Mike (April 4, 1995). "Sweetness in Seattle". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012.

[4] Dufresne, Chris (April 4, 1995). "A Big Return From Dollar". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012.

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Schedule and venues

Teams

Bracket

East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

Game summaries

East first round

at Albany, New York

East second round

at Albany, New York

West Regional – Oakland, California

Southeast Regional – Birmingham, Alabama

Midwest Regional – Kansas City, Missouri

Final Four - Seattle, Washington

Game summaries

National Championship

Notes

Announcers

Television

Radio

First and second rounds

Regionals

Final Four

See also

References

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