1995–96 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1995–96 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

NCAA Tournament, First Round (Vacated)
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1995–96 record	1-10 (21-11 unadjusted) (1-8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Fisher
Assistant coach	Brian Dutcher
Assistant coach	Jay Smith
Assistant coach	Scott Trost
MVP	Maurice Taylor
Captain	Dugan Fife
Home arena	Crisler Arena

1995–96 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	26	–	6	.813
Indiana	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
#18 Penn State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	7	.750
#21 Iowa	12	–	6	.667	24	–	8	.750
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	20	–	10	.667
Wisconsin	9	–	9	.500	18	–	14	.563
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	16	–	16	.500
Illinois	7	–	11	.389	18	–	13	.581
Ohio State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	15	.444
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	9	–	18	.333
Michigan	1	–	8	.111	1	–	10	.091

Rankings from AP Poll Michigan: 20 Games vacated due to sanctions against the program; 1 NCAA Tourn. vacated Minnesota: 2 NIT vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan-(21-11)(10-8); Minnesota-(19-13)(10-8)

The 1995–96 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1995–96 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Steve Fisher, the team finished fifth in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The team earned an invitation to the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a number seven seed where it was eliminated in the first round.^[2] The team was ranked for thirteen of the eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, starting the season ranked seventh, peaking at number sixteen and ending unranked,^[3] and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll.^[4] The team had a 3–7 record against ranked opponents, including the following victories: December 9, 1995 against #18 Duke 88–84 at home, January 9, 1996 against #21 Illinois 83–68 at home, 1/21 #14 Penn State 67–66 at home.^[5]

Dugan Fife served as team captain, while Maurice Taylor earned team MVP honors.^[6] The team's leading scorers were Maurice Taylor (447 points), Louis Bullock (432 points), and Maceo Boston (375 points). The leading rebounders were Maurice Taylor (223), Maceo Baston (211) and Albert White (150).^[7]

Baston posted a single-season field goal percentage of 68.16%, surpassing his own school record 67.42% set the prior year and establishing the current single-season record.^[8]

In the 64-team 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the team earned a number seven seed but was eliminated in the first round Midwest region game by the number ten-seeded Texas Longhorns 80–76 at the Bradley Center, ending the team's season on March 15, 1996.^[5]

Rankings

Main article: 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP Poll^[3]	17	16	24	22	18	17	19	21	23	20	16	20	23

Team players drafted into the NBA

Four players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1997	1	14	14	Maurice Taylor	Los Angeles Clippers
1998	1	6	6	Robert Traylor	Dallas Mavericks
1998	2	29	58	Maceo Baston	Chicago Bulls
1999	2	13	42	Louis Bullock	Minnesota Timberwolves

References

↑ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 69. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
↑ "NCAA Tournament History". University of Michigan. 2010. p. 3. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
1 2 "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 87. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
1 2 "Through The Years". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 46. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
↑ "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
↑ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 10. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
↑ "1997 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1998 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1999 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Venues	Waterman Gymnasium (1908–1923) Fielding H. Yost Fieldhouse (1923–1967) Crisler Center (1967–present)

Rivalries	Duke Michigan State

Culture & lore	Maize Rage Fab Five (film) Scandal WWJ Michigan IMG Sports Network Fox Sports Detroit

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1995–96 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

See also

References