1995–96 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

1995–96 California Golden Bears men's basketball
1995–96 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament (vacated)
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	2–26 (17–11 unadjusted) (2–16 (11–7 unadjusted) Pac-10)
Head coach	Todd Bozeman;
Assistant coach	Billy Kennedy (3rd season)
Home arena	Harmon Gym
	Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

^[1] The 1995–96 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1995–96 season.

ConferencePacific-10 Conference

Record2–26 (17–11 unadjusted) (2–16 (11–7 unadjusted) Pac-10)

Headcoach

Todd Bozeman

Assistant coachBilly Kennedy (3rd season)

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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.

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Led by head coach Todd Bozeman, the Bears finished the regular season with a 11–7 record in the Pac-10, placing them fourth behind UCLA, Arizona, and Stanford. The Bears would receive an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament where they were eliminated by Iowa State in the opening round.^[2]

The Golden Bears finished the season with an overall record of 17–11, but that record was adjusted to 2–26 due to NCAA infractions.^[3] Following the season, in late summer, head coach Todd Bozeman resigned his position.^[4]^[5] ^[6]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference Regular season
Dec 16, 1995*		at Minnesota	W 70–67	4–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 20, 1995*	No. 24	No. 9 Cincinnati	L 70–77	4–1	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 23, 1995*	No. 24	vs. No. 14 Illinois	L 69–83	4–2	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Dec 28, 1995*		Holy Cross	W 75–64	5–2	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 29, 1995*		Kansas State	L 58–65	5–3	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Pac-10 Regular season
Jan 4, 1996		No. 9 Arizona	W 99–75	6–3 (1–0)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 6, 1996		Arizona State	W 97–82	7–3 (2–0)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 11, 1996		at USC	W 63–60	8–3 (3–0)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Jan 13, 1996		at No. 17 UCLA	L 73–93	8–4 (3–1)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Jan 18, 1996		Oregon State	W 70–52	9–4 (4–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 20, 1996		Oregon	W 97–72	10–4 (5–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 25, 1996	No. 25	at Washington State	W 87–79	11–4 (6–1)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
Jan 27, 1996	No. 25	at Washington	L 69–71	11–5 (6–2)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
Jan 31, 1996	No. 25	at Stanford	L 79–93	11–6 (6–3)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Feb 4, 1996*		vs. DePaul	W 62–59	12–6
Feb 8, 1996		No. 17 UCLA	L 65–73	12–7 (6–4)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Feb 10, 1996		USC	W 85–69	13–7 (7–4)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Mar 9, 1996		at No. 11 Arizona	L 68–71	17–10 (11–7)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1996* CBS	(12 MW)	vs. (5 MW) No. 17 Iowa State First round	L 64–74	17–11	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Pacific.

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