1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by third-year head coach Joe Cravens and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.
- Joe Cravens (3rd season)
- Ray Jones
- Jay McMillin
- Bus Connor [1]
| 1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 12–16 (5–9 Big Sky) |
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| Home arena | Kibbie Dome |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 6 | – | 20 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 3 | – | 23 | .115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1996 Big Sky tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Vandals were 11–15 overall in the regular season and 5–9 in conference play, sixth in the league standings.[2]
At the conference tournament in Bozeman, Montana, the Vandals defeated third-seed Montana in the opening round,[3][4] but lost by 25 points in the semifinals to top-seed and host Montana State,[5][6] the eventual champion, and ended at 12–16 (.429).
Idaho incurred consecutive losing seasons for the first time in a decade, when they had three straight cellar finishes under Bill Trumbo. A few days later, Cravens was fired by athletic director Pete Liske,[7] and was succeeded by former head coach Kermit Davis.[8][9]
After this season, Idaho (and Boise State) departed for the Big West Conference; Vandal basketball later returned to the Big Sky, beginning with the 2014–15 season.
Postseason results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Big Sky tournament | |||||||||||
| Thu, March 7 5:07 pm |
(6) | vs. (3) Montana Quarterfinal |
W 72–67 | 12–15 |
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (5,827) Bozeman, Montana | ||||||
| Thu, March 8 8:20 pm |
(6) | at (1) Montana State Semifinal |
L 66–91 | 12–16 |
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (7,357) Bozeman, Montana | ||||||