1995–96 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

1995–96 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball

NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 24
Record	22–12 (10–4 CUSA)
Head coach	Denny Crum (25th season)
Home arena	Freedom Hall
Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Blue
No. 7 Cincinnati †	11	–	3	.786	28	–	5	.848
No. 20 Marquette	10	–	4	.714	23	–	8	.742
Saint Louis	4	–	10	.286	16	–	14	.533
DePaul	2	–	12	.143	11	–	18	.379
Red
Tulane	9	–	5	.643	22	–	10	.688
UAB	6	–	8	.429	16	–	14	.533
Southern Miss	6	–	8	.429	12	–	15	.444
South Florida	2	–	12	.143	12	–	16	.429
White
No. 16 Memphis	11	–	3	.786	22	–	8	.733
No. 24 Louisville	10	–	4	.714	22	–	12	.647
UNC Charlotte	6	–	8	.429	14	–	15	.483

† 1996 Conference USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1995–96 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Denny Crum^[2] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 22–12.^[3]

YouTube Encyclopedic

1/5
Views:
61 606
89 809
322
12 947
93 687

Transcription

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 24, 1995*		at American-Puerto Rico	W 90–86	1–0	Eugene Guerra Sports Complex San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nov 25, 1995*		vs. VCU	W 83–74	2–0	Eugene Guerra Sports Complex San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nov 26, 1995*		vs. Auburn	L 78–82	2–1	Eugene Guerra Sports Complex San Juan, Puerto Rico
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1996*	(6 MW) No. 24	vs. (11 MW) Tulsa First round	W 82–80 ^{OT^[4]}	21–11	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 17, 1996*	(6 MW) No. 24	vs. (3 MW) No. 10 Villanova Second round	W 68–64^[5]	22–11	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 21, 1996*	(6 MW) No. 24	vs. (2 MW) No. 9 Wake Forest Midwest Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 59–60^[6]	22–12	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

Rankings

^[7]

References

^ sports-reference.com 1995-96 Conference USA Season Summary
^ "1995-1996 Louisville Cardinals Roster and Stats". Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^ "1995-1996 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results". Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^ "Down by 12, Louisville Wins in Overtime". The New York Times. March 16, 1996. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
^ "Louisville's Wheat Helps Harvest Upset". The Los Angeles Times. March 18, 1996. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
^ "Duncan's 3-point play lifts Wake". The Baltimore Sun. March 22, 1996. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1042–1043. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

v t e Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Venues	Belknap Gymnasium (1933–1944) Jefferson County Armory (1945–1956) Freedom Hall (1956–2010) KFC Yum! Center (2010–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati Kentucky Memphis
Culture & lore	Billy Minardi Classic Cardinal Bird The Rivalry: Red v. Blue
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 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 2024–25
NAIA and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

This University of Louisville-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article related to sports in Louisville, Kentucky is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page was last edited on 8 June 2024, at 05:19