1995–96 Washington Huskies men's basketball
NIT, First round
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record16–12 (9–9 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachRay Giacoletti
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
1995–96 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 14 UCLA162 .889238  .742
No. 11 Arizona144 .778276  .818
Stanford126 .667218  .724
Washington State99 .5001811  .621
Washington99 .5001612  .571
Oregon99 .5001613  .552
USC612 .3331317  .433
Arizona State612 .3331116  .407
Oregon State414 .222621  .222
California1216 .111226  .071
As of November 23, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll
1California forfeited games due to infractions.

The 1995–96 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Bob Bender, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

The Huskies were 16–11 overall in the regular season and 9–9 in conference play, tied for fifth (later fourth) in the standings.[1] There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

Washington played in the National Invitation Tournament for the first time in nine years and lost by fourteen points at Michigan State.[2]

Postseason result

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
National Invitation Tournament
Wed, March 13*
4:30 pm
at Michigan State
First round
L 50–64[2]  16–12
Breslin Center (6,611)
Lansing, Michigan
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References

  1. "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 10, 1996. p. 4G.
  2. 1 2 "Michigan State defense handles Huskies, 64-50". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 14, 1996. p. 3D.
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