1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:1995–96
Team:Idaho Vandals
Conference:Big Sky Conference
Short Conf:Big Sky
Record:12–16
Conf Record:5–9
Hc Year:3rd
Asst Coach1:Ray Jones
Asst Coach2:Jay McMillin
Asst Coach3:Bus Connor [1]

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.

The Vandals were overall in the regular season and in conference play, sixth in the league

At the conference tournament in Bozeman, Montana, the Vandals defeated third-seed Montana in the opening but lost by 25 points in the semifinals to top-seed and host the eventual champion, and ended at .

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,[2] and was succeeded by former head coach

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

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Notes and References

  1. News: Cravens feels betrayed after sudden firing by UI . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington) . Sullivan . Tim . March 12, 1996 . 1B.
  2. News: Idaho fires Cravens after turbulent year . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington) . Sullivan . Tim . March 11, 1996 . 1C.