1995–96 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 1995–96 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1995–96 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	9–18 (4–14 Big East)
Head coach	John MacLeod (5th season)
Home arena	Joyce Center
Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Big East 6
No. 3 Connecticut†	17	–	1		.944			32	–	3		.914
No. 10 Villanova	14	–	4		.778			26	–	7		.788
Boston College	10	–	8		.556			19	–	11		.633
West Virginia	7	–	11		.389			12	–	15		.444
St. John's	5	–	13		.278			11	–	16		.407
Notre Dame	4	–	14		.222			9	–	18		.333
Big East 7
No. 4 Georgetown	13	–	5		.722			29	–	8		.784
No. 15 Syracuse	12	–	6		.667			29	–	9		.763
Providence	9	–	9		.500			18	–	12		.600
Miami	8	–	10		.444			15	–	13		.536
Seton Hall	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
Rutgers	6	–	12		.333			9	–	18		.333
Pittsburgh	5	–	13		.278			10	–	17		.370
† 1996 Big East tournament winner As of April 1, 1996^[1]^[2]^[3] Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 25*		Akron	W 65–54	1–0	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
November 28*		at Indiana	L 53–73	1–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
December 2		at Rutgers	L 80–86	1–2 (0–1)	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, NJ
December 6		Connecticut	L 65–85	1–3 (0–2)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
December 9*		at Loyola (MD)	W 70–62	2–3 (0–2)	Reitz Arena  Baltimore, Maryland
December 20*		UCLA	L 58–83	2–4 (0–2)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
December 23*		at Xavier	W 72–70	3–4 (0–2)	Cincinnati Gardens  Cincinnati, Ohio
December 28*		San Diego	W 90–63	4–4 (0–2)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
December 30*		Loyola Marymount	W 84–51	5–4 (0–2)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
January 2		at Villanova	L 57–76	5–5 (0–3)	The Pavilion  Delaware County, Pennsylvania
January 9		at Boston College	L 57–72	5–6 (0–4)	Conte Forum  Boston, Massachusetts
January 13		at Pittsburgh	L 65–75	5–7 (0–5)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 15		Georgetown	L 69–74	5–8 (0–6)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
January 20		Rutgers	W 79–67	6–8 (1–6)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
January 23		at Miami (FL)	L 64–72	6–9 (1–7)	Miami Arena  Miami, Florida
January 27		West Virginia	L 59–69	6–10 (1–8)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
January 31		at St. John's	W 86–83	7–10 (2–8)	Madison Square Garden  New York
February 3		Georgetown	L 53–70	7–11 (2–9)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
February 6*		vs. Manhattan	L 44–65	7–12 (2–9)	Madison Square Garden  New York
February 11		St. John's	L 66–74	7–13 (2–10)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
February 13		Pittsburgh	W 77–69	8–13 (3–10)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
February 17		at No. 3 Connecticut	L 65–85	8–14 (3–11)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion  Storrs, Connecticut
February 21		Providence	L 72–73	8–15 (3–12)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
February 24		Seton Hall	W 72–60	9–15 (4–12)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
February 28		Miami (FL)	L 59–71	9–16 (4–13)	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
March 2		at No. 15 Syracuse	L 67–71	9–17 (4–14)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
Big East tournament
March 6		vs. No. 13 Syracuse First Round	L 55–76	9–18 (4–15)	Madison Square Garden  New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

1. sports-reference.com 1995-96 Big East Conference Season Summary
2. Keefe, Gavin, "Big East Notes: The Big East 7 and Big East 6? Big Deal!", The Day, January 1, 1996, p. 7.
3. "PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- BIG EAST CONFERENCE; League Cuts Games In Search of Bids," The New York Times, August 7, 1998.
4. "1995-96 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 18, 2019.