1995–96 Utah Utes men's basketball team

1995–96Utah Utes men's basketball
1995–96Utah Utes men's basketball
WAC Regular season champions
NCAA tournament,Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
Record	27–7 (15–3 WAC)
Head coach	Rick Majerus(7th season);
Captain	Keith Van Horn
Home arena	Jon M. Huntsman Center
	Seasons ←1994–95 1996–97→

The1995–96 Utah Utes men's basketball teamrepresented theUniversity of Utahas a member of theWestern Athletic Conferenceduring the1995–96 men's basketball season.Led by head coachRick Majerus,the Utes made a run to the Sweet Sixteen of theNCAA tournament.The team finished with an overall record of 27–7 (15–3 WAC).

1995–96 WAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.12Utah	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
No.23New Mexico†	14	–	4	.778	28	–	5	.848
Fresno State	13	–	5	.722	22	–	11	.667
Colorado State	11	–	7	.611	18	–	12	.600
BYU	9	–	9	.500	15	–	13	.536
Wyoming	8	–	10	.444	14	–	15	.483
San Diego State	8	–	10	.444	15	–	14	.517
Hawaii	7	–	11	.389	10	–	18	.357
UTEP	4	–	14	.222	13	–	15	.464
Air Force	1	–	17	.056	5	–	23	.179

†1996 WAC tournamentwinner Rankings fromAP Poll^[1]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
PG	10	Ted Cierzniak	6ft2in(1.88 m)	195lb(88 kg)	Sr	Lakewood, Colorado
SG	15	Derek Broomhall	6ft5in(1.96 m)	210lb(95 kg)	Fr	Sacramento, California
SF	18	Brent Wieland	6ft8in(2.03 m)	215lb(98 kg)	Jr	Prosper, Texas
PG	24	Andre Miller	6ft3in(1.91 m)	200lb(91 kg)	Fr	Los Angeles, California
SF	29	Corey Trautner	6ft7in(2.01 m)	230lb(104 kg)	Sr	Millville, Utah
G	34	Drew Hansen	—	—	So
F	44	Keith Van Horn(C)	6ft10in(2.08 m)	235lb(107 kg)	Jr	Diamond Bar, California
C	51	Michael Doleac	6ft11in(2.11 m)	260lb(118 kg)	So	Portland, Oregon

Head coach

Rick Majerus(Marquette)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C)Team captain
(S)Suspended
(I)Ineligible
(W)Walk-on

Injured
Currentredshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 25, 1995*	No. 8	vs. No. 2Kansas The Classic	L68–79	0–1	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 29, 1995*	No. 14	atTexas	W70–69	1–1	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec 1, 1995*	No. 14	Lewis–Clark	W91–64	2–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 4, 1995*	No. 14	Drake	W86–50^[2]	3–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 6, 1995*	No. 14	atWeber State	W89–60	4–1	Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah
Dec 9, 1995*	No. 14	Utah State	W59–43	5–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 15, 1995*	No. 13	St. Thomas (MN)	W87–63	6–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 21, 1995*	No. 13	at No. 12Wake Forest	L56–60	6–2	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 23, 1995*	No. 13	USC	W84–49	7–2	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 27, 1995*	No. 15	Cal State Fullerton	W108–58	8–2	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
WAC regular season
Jan 2, 1996	No. 15	BYU	W83–77	9–2 (1–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 2, 1996	No. 10	atBYU	W96–85	23–5 (15–3)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
WAC Tournament
Mar 7, 1996*	(1)No. 10	vs. (8)Hawaii Quarterfinals	W76–63	24–5	The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar 8, 1996*	(1)No. 10	vs. (4)Colorado State Semifinals	W71–69	25–5	The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar 9, 1996*	(1)No. 10	vs. (2)New Mexico Championship	L60–64	25–6	The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1996*	(4 MW)No. 12	vs. (13 MW)Canisius First round	W72–43	26–6	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Mar 16, 1996*	(4 MW)No. 12	vs. (5 MW) No. 17Iowa State Second Round	W73–67	27–6	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Mar 21, 1996*	(4 MW)No. 12	vs. (1 MW) No. 2Kentucky Midwest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L70–101	27–7	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome(30,334) Minneapolis, Minnesota
*Non-conference game.^#Rankings fromAP Poll.(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.