1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team explained

Sport:basketball
Year:1995–96
Team:Gonzaga Bulldogs
Conference:West Coast Conference
Short Conf:WCC
Record:21–9
Conf Record:10–4
Head Coach:Dan Fitzgerald
Hc Year:14th
Asst Coach1:Dan Monson
Ac1 Year:8th
Asst Coach2:Mark Few
Ac2 Year:7th
Asst Coach3:Bill Grier
Ac3 Year:5th
Arena:Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
Champion:WCC regular season co-champion
Tourney:National Invitation Tournament
Tourney Result:First round

The 1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourteenth-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were overall in the regular season (10–4 in WCC, tied for first),and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.

In November 1995, athletic director Fitzgerald announced this season would be his penultimate as head coach, with plans to promote longtime assistant Dan Monson in the spring of 1997.[1]

Regular season co-champion, Gonzaga advanced to the final of the WCC tournament at Santa Clara, but fell to fifth seed Portland.[2] Ten days later in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT),[3] the Bulldogs traveled to south to Pullman and lost to Washington State by nineteen points to finish at

Postseason results

|-!colspan=6 style=| WCC tournament

|-!colspan=6 style=| National Invitation tournament

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Notes and References

  1. News: Fitzgerald will pass off to Monson in 1997 . Spokesman-Review . Boling . Dave . November 8, 1995 . C1.
  2. News: Pilots down Gonzaga, clinch first NCAA berth since 1959 . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . March 5, 1996 . 2D.
  3. News: Cougs try to block GU's path . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington) . Miedema . Laurence . March 14, 1996 . 1D.