1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as Defending National Champions from 1995, but bookended the season with two disappointing losses. While ranked #4, one loss was in the Maui Classic to a Santa Clara team led by then obscure guard Steve Nash. The team finished 1st in the conference. The Bruins competed in the 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, flopping in a spectacular upset to the unranked Princeton Tigers in the round of 64. This was the final season for head coach Jim Harrick, a national championship coach who was fired over a transgression where he lied about two current players attending a recruiting dinner at Monty's Steakhouse, in contravention of NCAA rules.

1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-10 regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
ConferencePacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 14
Record23–8 (16–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
1995–96 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 14 UCLA162 .889238  .742
No. 11 Arizona144 .778276  .818
Stanford126 .667218  .724
Washington State99 .5001811  .621
Washington99 .5001612  .571
Oregon99 .5001613  .552
USC612 .3331317  .433
Arizona State612 .3331116  .407
Oregon State414 .222621  .222
California1216 .111226  .071
As of November 23, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll
1California forfeited games due to infractions.
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