1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

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 19–7 (.731) 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.

1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
WCC regular season co-champion
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record21–9 (10–4 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCharlotte Y. Martin Centre
1995–96 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Santa Clara104 .714209  .690
Gonzaga104 .714219  .700
Loyola Marymount86 .5711811  .621
San Francisco86 .5711512  .556
Portland77 .5001911  .633
San Diego68 .4291414  .500
Saint Mary's59 .3571215  .444
Pepperdine212 .1431018  .357
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

Regular season co-champion, Gonzaga advanced to the final of the WCC tournament at Santa Clara, but fell to fifth seed Portland. Ten days later in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), the Bulldogs traveled to south to Pullman and lost to Washington State by nineteen points to finish at 21–9 (.700).

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