Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 1995–96 |
Prev Year: | 1994–95 |
Next Year: | 1996–97 |
Team: | Virginia Tech Hokies |
Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Division: | West |
Short Conf: | A-10 |
Coachrank: | 21 |
Aprank: | 22 |
Record: | 23–6 |
Conf Record: | 13–3 |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Champion: | A-10 West Champions |
Bowl: | NCAA Tournament |
Bowl Result: | Round of 32 |
[1] The 1995–96 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from Blacksburg, Virginia in the 1995-96 season.
In their first season in the Atlantic-10 Conference, the Hokies finished with a conference record of 13-3, first in the A-10 west division. After falling to John Calipari's Massachusetts in the A-10 tournament, the Hokies received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they would beat Green Bay in the first round, before falling to Rick Pitino's eventual National Champion Kentucky in the Round of 32.[2]
|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
|-!colspan=9 style=| A-10 tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
A-10 Tournament
3/7/96 Quarterfinal Vs. Rhode Island - L, 71-77 @ Philadelphia Convention Hall, Philadelphia, PA
NCAA Tournament
3/14/96 First Round Vs. Green Bay - W, 61-48 @ Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX
3/16/96 Round of 32 Vs. Kentucky - L, 60-84 @ Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX
See main article: 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. [3]