1995–96 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

1995–96 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
1995–96 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Big East 6 Division Regular Season Champions; Big East tournament champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 3
Record	32–3 (17–1 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Calhoun (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Howie Dickenman; Karl Hobbs; Tom Moore;
Home arena	Hartford Civic Center; Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
	Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1995–96 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 30–2 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 17–1 record and were the Regular Season Champions and the 1996 Big East men's basketball tournament champions. They made it to the Sweet Sixteen in the 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where they had two wins that were later vacated by the NCAA. The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by tenth-year head coach Jim Calhoun.^[4]^[5]

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 (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/22/1995* ESPN2	No. 6	vs. TCU Great Alaska Shootout	W 102–76	1–0	Sullivan Arena (7,863) Anchorage, AK
11/24/1995*	No. 6	vs. No. 10 Iowa Great Alaska Shootout	L 95–101 ^OT	1–1	Sullivan Arena (7,863) Anchorage, AK
11/25/1995*	No. 6	vs. Indiana Great Alaska Shootout	W 86–52	2–1	Sullivan Arena (7,863) Anchorage, AK
11/29/1995* WTNH	No. 9	Northeastern	W 86–59	3–1	Hartford Civic Center (15,522) Hartford, Connecticut
12/3/1995 WTNH	No. 9	Boston College	W 63–62	4–1 (1–0)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut
12/6/1995 WTNH	No. 9	at Notre Dame	W 85–65	5–1 (2–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,089) Notre Dame, Indiana
12/8/1995* WTNH	No. 9	Yale	W 93–66	6–1	Hartford Civic Center (15,112) Hartford, Connecticut
12/12/1995* ESPN	No. 8	at Florida State	W 79–61	7–1	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (8,873) Tallahassee, Florida
12/23/1995* WTNH	No. 8	Fairfield	W 86–52	8–1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,241) Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut
12/27/1995* WTNH	No. 7	at College of Charleston	W 77–60	9–1	John Kresse Arena (6,721) Charleston, South Carolina
12/30/1995* WTNH	No. 7	Hartford	W 102–63	10–1	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut
1/3/1996 WTNH	No. 7	at West Virginia	W 89–79	11–1 (3–0)	WVU Coliseum (8,013) Morgantown, West Virginia
1/6/1996 WTNH	No. 7	Miami	W 73–52	12–1 (4–0)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut
1/9/1996 ESPN	No. 6	No. 7 Villanova	W 81–73	13–1 (5–0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,241) Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut
1/13/1996 WTNH	No. 6	at Providence	W 83–74	14–1 (6–0)	Providence Civic Center (13,106) Providence, Rhode Island
1/17/1996 ESPN	No. 5	St. John's	W 88–73	15–1 (7–0)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut
1/21/1996 CBS	No. 5	No. 12 Syracuse Rivalry	W 79–70	16–1 (8–0)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut
1/23/1996* WTNH	No. 4	Central Connecticut	W 116–46	17–1	Hartford Civic Center (15,828) Hartford, Connecticut
1/25/1996 ESPN	No. 4	at Pittsburgh	W 69–63	18–1 (9–0)	Civic Arena (6,798) Pittsburgh
1/28/1996* CBS	No. 4	Virginia	W 76–46	19–1	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, Connecticut
1/31/1996 WTNH	No. 4	at Rutgers	W 77–59	20–1 (10–0)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,091) Piscataway, New Jersey
2/3/1996 WTNH	No. 4	at St. John's	W 77–63	21–1 (11–0)	Madison Square Garden (19,544) New York City
2/6/1996 ESPN	No. 4	Providence	W 99–77	22–1 (12–0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,241) Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut
2/14/1996 WTNH	No. 3	West Virginia	W 87–69	23–1 (13–0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,241) Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut
2/17/1996 NBC	No. 3	Notre Dame	W 85–65	24–1 (14–0)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,241) Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut
2/19/1996 ESPN	No. 3	at No. 11 Georgetown Rivalry	L 65–77	24–2 (14–1)	Capital Centre (19,035) Landover, Maryland
2/25/1996 CBS	No. 3	at Villanova	W 70–59	25–2 (15–1)	The Pavilion (18,524) Villanova, Pennsylvania
2/28/1996 WTNH	No. 4	Rutgers	W 78–66	26–2 (16–1)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,241) Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut
3/2/1996 WTNH	No. 4	at Seton Hall	W 87–58	27–2 (17–1)	Brendan Byrne Arena (20,029) East Rutherford, New Jersey
Big East tournament
3/7/1996 ESPN	No. 3	vs. Seton Hall Quarterfinals	W 79–58	28–2	Madison Square Garden (19,544) New York
3/8/1996 ESPN	No. 3	vs. No. 15 Syracuse Semifinals/Rivalry	W 85–66	29–2	Madison Square Garden (19,544) New York
3/9/1996 ESPN	No. 3	vs. No. 4 Georgetown Championship/Rivalry	W 75–74	30–2	Madison Square Garden (19,544) New York
NCAA tournament
3/14/1996* CBS	No. 3 (1)	vs. No. (16) Colgate First Round	W 68–59	Vacated	RCA Dome (31,373) Indianapolis
3/16/1996* CBS	No. 3 (1)	vs. No. (9) Eastern Michigan Second Round	W 95–81	Vacated	RCA Dome (32,293) Indianapolis
3/22/1996* CBS	No. 3 (1)	vs. No. 19 (5) Mississippi State Sweet Sixteen	L 55–60	Vacated	Rupp Arena (28,890) Lexington, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[4]^[6]

Rankings

References

^ sports-reference.com 1995-96 Big East Conference Season Summary
^ Keefe, Gavin, "Big East Notes: The Big East 7 and Big East 6? Big Deal!", The Day, January 1, 1996, p. 7.
^ "PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- BIG EAST CONFERENCE; League Cuts Games In Search of Bids," The New York Times, August 7, 1998.
^ ^a ^b 2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
^ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
^ "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

[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.

[cstv-4] 2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

[5] Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.

[6] "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

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