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

1995–96 Big East men's basketball standings

	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 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.