1995–96 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

1995–96 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
1995–96 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	21–8 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Montgomery (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Doug Oliver; Jeff Jackson;
Home arena	Maples Pavilion (Capacity: 7,392)
	Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pac-10 Conference during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mike Montgomery and played their home games at Maples Pavilion. Stanford finished third in the Pac-10 regular season standings and received an at-large bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 9 seed in the East region, the Cardinal defeated No. 8 seed Bradley in the opening round^[1] before falling to No. 1 UMass in the second round for the second straight season.^[2] Stanford finished with an overall record of 20–9 (12–6 Pac-10; later adjusted to 21–8 overall and 13–5 Pac-10).

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.

Roster

1995–96 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Kris Weems	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr		Kansas City, KS
G	4	Dion Cross	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr
F	5	Peter Sauer	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr		Pittsburgh, PA
	10	Mark Thompson	—	—	So		Los Angeles, CA
G	11	Arthur Lee	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Fr		Los Angeles, CA
G	22	Brevin Knight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Seton Hall Prep	Livingston, NJ
F	24	Rich Jackson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr		Provo, UT
G	25	David Harbour	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
F	30	Darren Allaway (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr
F	32	Andy Popink (C)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	RS Sr
F	34	Karl Wente	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr
G	35	Kamba Tshionyi	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So		Eugene, OR
F	44	Mark Seaton	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Fr		Cypress, CA
C	55	Tim Young	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Harbor	Santa Cruz, CA

Head coach

Mike Montgomery (Long Beach State)

Assistant coach(es)

Doug Oliver (San José State)
Jeff Jackson (Cornell)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 24, 1995*	No. 18	Stetson Fry's Invitational	W 92–60	1–0	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Nov 25, 1995*	No. 18	Rice Fry's Invitational	W 75–64	2–0	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Nov 28, 1995*	No. 16	vs. San Francisco	L 58–59	2–1	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
Dec 1, 1995*	No. 16	vs. South Carolina Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions	W 82–70	3–1	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 2, 1995*	No. 16	at No. 17 North Carolina Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions	L 63–87	3–2	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 22, 1995*		at Navy	W 80–62	4–2	Alumni Hall Annapolis, Maryland
Dec 28, 1995*		American	W 80–52	5–2	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Dec 30, 1995*		Harvard	W 65–59	6–2	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 4, 1996		Arizona State	W 83–70	7–2 (1–0)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 6, 1996		No. 9 Arizona	W 80–71	8–2 (2–0)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 11, 1996	No. 24	at No. 17 UCLA	L 56–64	8–3 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Jan 14, 1996	No. 24	at USC	L 80–84	8–4 (2–2)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Jan 18, 1996		Oregon	W 94–74	9–4 (3–2)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 20, 1996		Oregon State	W 84–51	10–4 (4–2)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 25, 1996		at Washington	L 71–74	10–5 (4–3)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
Jan 27, 1996		at Washington State	W 78–67	11–5 (5–3)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
Jan 31, 1996		California	W 93–79	12–5 (6–3)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Feb 4, 1996*		vs. Seton Hall	W 83–60	13–5	San Jose Arena San Jose, California
Feb 8, 1996	No. 25	USC	W 99–69	14–5 (7–3)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Feb 10, 1996	No. 25	No. 17 UCLA	W 67–66	15–5 (8–3)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Feb 15, 1996	No. 20	at Oregon State	W 65–50	16–5 (9–3)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 17, 1996	No. 20	at Oregon	L 62–64	16–6 (9–4)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
Feb 22, 1996	No. 24	Washington State	L 59–68	16–7 (9–5)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Feb 24, 1996	No. 24	Washington	W 71–56	17–7 (10–5)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Mar 3, 1996	No. 25	at California	L 69–85	17–8 (10–6)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Mar 7, 1996		at No. 11 Arizona	W 85–79	18–8 (11–6)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 9, 1996		at Arizona State	W 67–53	19–8 (12–6)	Desert Financial Arena Tempe, Arizona
NCAA tournament
Mar 14, 1996*	(9 E)	vs. (8 E) Bradley First Round	W 66–58^[1]	20–8	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Mar 16, 1996*	(9 E)	vs. (1 E) No. 1 UMass Second Round	L 74–79^[2]	20–9	Providence Civic Center (11,931) Providence, Rhode Island
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Pacific Time. (#) during NCAA is seed within region.

Schedule Source:^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	18	18*	18	16	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	25	20	24	25	RV	RV	Not released
Coaches	16т	16т*	18	15	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	24	25	24	24	20	23	24	24	25	RV

*Coaches and AP Poll did not release a week 1 poll.

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Awards and honors

Team honors
Honors	Player	Position	Ref.
The Hank Luisetti MVP	Brevin Knight	G	^[5]
Howie Dallmar Coaches Award	Rich Jackson	F
Most Inspirational Player	Rich Jackson	F
Most Improved Player	Mark Seaton	F
Best Defensive Player	Darren Allaway	F

References

^ ^a ^b "Stanford Overcomes One-Man Gang, 66-58". The Los Angeles Times. March 15, 1996. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Minutemen Are Tested For the First Time". The New York Times. March 17, 1996. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ "1995-96 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1042–1043. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "Stanford History" (PDF). sidearmsports.com. 2009. p. 166.

[ncaa-bradley-1] "Stanford Overcomes One-Man Gang, 66-58". The Los Angeles Times. March 15, 1996. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[ncaa-umass-2] "Minutemen Are Tested For the First Time". The New York Times. March 17, 1996. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[3] "1995-96 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[ESPN-4] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1042–1043. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[5] "Stanford History" (PDF). sidearmsports.com. 2009. p. 166.

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