1995–96 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team

1995–96 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball
1995–96 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball
Northeast Conference tournament champions
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	20–10 (14–4 NEC)
Head coach	Wayne Szoke (2nd season);
Home arena	William T. Boylan Gymnasium

The 1995–96 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team represented Monmouth University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by second-year head coach Wayne Szoke, played their home games at the Multipurpose Activity Center and were members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 20–10, 14–4 in NEC play to finish in third place. They won the Northeast Conference Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first in appearance in school history. Playing as the No. 13 seed in the East region, the Hawks were beaten by No. 4 seed Marquette in the opening round.^[1]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
PF	23	Corey Albano	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Toms River, New Jersey

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 25, 1995*		Fairfield	L 79–81	0–1	Boylan Gymnasium West Long Branch, New Jersey
Nov 28, 1995*		at Seton Hall	L 67–83	0–2	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
Nov 30, 1995*		at Rutgers	L 55–57	0–3	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey
Dec 2, 1995*		Army	W 78–57	1–3	Boylan Gymnasium West Long Branch, New Jersey
Dec 9, 1995*		at Manhattan	L 46–74	1–4	Draddy Gymnasium New York, New York
Dec 12, 1995*		at Princeton	W 65–56	2–4	Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey
Dec 21, 1995*		Loyola (MD)	W 73–59	3–4	Boylan Gymnasium West Long Branch, New Jersey
Dec 28, 1995*		at No. 20 Duke	L 53–69	3–5	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina
Jan 6, 1996		Rider	W 79–54	4–5 (1–0)	Boylan Gymnasium (2,500) West Long Branch, New Jersey
NEC tournament
Mar 1, 1996*		Wagner Quarterfinals	W 64–55	18–9	Boylan Gymnasium (1,063) West Long Branch, New Jersey
Mar 4, 1996*		at Marist Semifinals	W 57–56	19–9	McCann Arena (3,499) Poughkeepsie, New York
Mar 8, 1996*		Rider Championship game	W 60–59	20–9	Boylan Gymnasium (2,500) West Long Branch, New Jersey
NCAA tournament
Mar 14, 1996*	(13 E)	vs. (4 E) No. 20 Marquette First round	L 44–68	20–10	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Monmouth Hawks men's basketball
Venues	William T. Boylan Gymnasium (1965–2009) OceanFirst Bank Center (2009–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24