1995-96 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 34-2 (16-0, 1st in SEC MBB East)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Rick Pitino

PS/G: 91.4 (2nd of 305)

PA/G: 69.4 (111th of 305)

SRS: 32.14 (1st of 305)

SOS: 10.05 (13th of 305)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (110-72) versus #16 San Jose State
Won Midwest Second Round (84-60) versus #9 Virginia Tech
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (101-70) versus #4 Utah
Won Midwest Regional Final (83-63) versus #2 Wake Forest
Won National Semifinal (81-74) versus #1 Massachusetts
Won National Final (76-67) versus #4 Syracuse

NCAA Champion
SEC Reg Season Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1995-96 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/20	11/27	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/4	Final
Kentucky	1	1	1	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 24, 1995	REG	N	Maryland (14)	ACC	15.00	W	96	84		1	0	W 1	MassMutual Center
2	Tue, Nov 28, 1995	REG	N	Massachusetts (5)	A-10	21.38	L	82	92		1	1	L 1	Palace of Auburn Hills
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1995	REG	N	Indiana	Big Ten	17.61	W	89	82		2	1	W 1	RCA Dome
4	Wed, Dec 6, 1995	REG		Green Bay	MW Coll	8.05	W	74	62		3	1	W 2	Rupp Arena
5	Sat, Dec 9, 1995	REG		Georgia Tech (16)	ACC	16.95	W	83	60		4	1	W 3	Rupp Arena
6	Sat, Dec 16, 1995	REG		Morehead State	OVC	-15.48	W	96	32		5	1	W 4	Rupp Arena
7	Tue, Dec 19, 1995	REG	N	Marshall	Southern	1.96	W	118	99		6	1	W 5	Freedom Hall
8	Sat, Dec 23, 1995	REG		Louisville (25)	CUSA	15.18	W	89	66		7	1	W 6	Rupp Arena
9	Wed, Dec 27, 1995	REG	N	Rider	NEC	-0.57	W	90	65		8	1	W 7	Madison Square Garden (IV)
10	Fri, Dec 29, 1995	REG	N	Iona	MAAC	2.28	W	106	79		9	1	W 8	Madison Square Garden (IV)
11	Wed, Jan 3, 1996	REG	@	South Carolina	SEC	11.00	W	89	60		10	1	W 9	Carolina Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 6, 1996	REG		Mississippi	SEC	5.90	W	90	60		11	1	W 10	Rupp Arena
13	Tue, Jan 9, 1996	REG	@	Mississippi State (12)	SEC	16.19	W	74	56		12	1	W 11	Humphrey Coliseum
14	Sat, Jan 13, 1996	REG		Tennessee	SEC	8.70	W	61	44		13	1	W 12	Rupp Arena
15	Tue, Jan 16, 1996	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	2.49	W	129	97		14	1	W 13	Maravich Assembly Center
16	Sat, Jan 20, 1996	REG		TCU	SWC	0.10	W	124	80		15	1	W 14	Rupp Arena
17	Wed, Jan 24, 1996	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	19.29	W	82	77		16	1	W 15	Stegeman Coliseum
18	Sat, Jan 27, 1996	REG		South Carolina	SEC	11.00	W	89	57		17	1	W 16	Rupp Arena
19	Sat, Feb 3, 1996	REG		Florida	SEC	7.64	W	77	63		18	1	W 17	Rupp Arena
20	Wed, Feb 7, 1996	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	7.94	W	120	81		19	1	W 18	Memorial Gymnasium
21	Sun, Feb 11, 1996	REG		Arkansas	SEC	11.66	W	88	73		20	1	W 19	Rupp Arena
22	Wed, Feb 14, 1996	REG		Georgia	SEC	19.29	W	86	73		21	1	W 20	Rupp Arena
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1996	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	8.70	W	90	50		22	1	W 21	Thompson-Boling Arena
24	Tue, Feb 20, 1996	REG		Alabama	SEC	6.99	W	84	65		23	1	W 22	Rupp Arena
25	Sat, Feb 24, 1996	REG	@	Florida	SEC	7.64	W	94	63		24	1	W 23	Stephen C. O''Connell Center
26	Tue, Feb 27, 1996	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	6.07	W	88	73		25	1	W 24	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum
27	Sat, Mar 2, 1996	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	7.94	W	101	63		26	1	W 25	Rupp Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Fri, Mar 8, 1996	CTOURN	N	Florida	SEC	7.64	W	100	76		27	1	W 26	Louisiana Superdome
29	Sat, Mar 9, 1996	CTOURN	N	Arkansas	SEC	11.66	W	95	75		28	1	W 27	Louisiana Superdome
30	Sun, Mar 10, 1996	CTOURN	N	Mississippi State (25)	SEC	16.19	L	73	84		28	2	L 1	Louisiana Superdome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Thu, Mar 14, 1996	NCAA	N	San Jose State	Big West	-3.16	W	110	72		29	2	W 1	Reunion Arena
32	Sat, Mar 16, 1996	NCAA	N	Virginia Tech (22)	A-10	11.52	W	84	60		30	2	W 2	Reunion Arena
33	Thu, Mar 21, 1996	NCAA	N	Utah (12)	WAC	18.52	W	101	70		31	2	W 3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
34	Sat, Mar 23, 1996	NCAA	N	Wake Forest (9)	ACC	18.26	W	83	63		32	2	W 4	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
35	Sat, Mar 30, 1996	NCAA	N	Massachusetts (1)	A-10	21.38	W	81	74		33	2	W 5	Continental Airlines Arena
36	Mon, Apr 1, 1996	NCAA	N	Syracuse (15)	Big East	18.99	W	76	67		34	2	W 6	Continental Airlines Arena