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1995–96 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

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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
Seasons
1995–96 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 UCLA 16 2   .889 23 8   .742
No. 11 Arizona 14 4   .778 27 6   .818
Stanford 12 6   .667 21 8   .724
Washington State 9 9   .500 18 11   .621
Washington 9 9   .500 16 12   .571
Oregon 9 9   .500 16 13   .552
USC 6 12   .333 13 17   .433
Arizona State 6 12   .333 11 16   .407
Oregon State 4 14   .222 6 21   .222
California1 2 16   .111 2 26   .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

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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

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