1995-96 Mississippi State Bulldogs Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-8 (10-6, 1st in SEC MBB West)

Rank: 19th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Richard Williams

PS/G: 73.1 (147th of 305)

PA/G: 65.6 (50th of 305)

SRS: 16.19 (20th of 305)

SOS: 8.72 (26th of 305)

NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (58-51) versus #12 Virginia Commonwealth
Won Southeast Second Round (63-41) versus #13 Princeton
Won Southeast Regional Semifinal (60-55) versus #1 Connecticut
Won Southeast Regional Final (73-63) versus #2 Cincinnati
Lost National Semifinal (77-69) versus #4 Syracuse

SEC Tourney 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
Mississippi State	9	9	8	8	15	16	17	17	12	21	-	-	-	25	-	-	25	19

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 25, 1995	REG		Southeastern Louisiana	TAAC	-8.17	W	121	78		1	0	W 1	Humphrey Coliseum
2	Tue, Nov 28, 1995	REG		UNC Wilmington	CAA	-0.02	W	77	54		2	0	W 2	Humphrey Coliseum
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1995	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	7.89	W	79	74		3	0	W 3	Humphrey Coliseum
4	Tue, Dec 5, 1995	REG		Troy	Mid-Cont	-19.16	W	123	73		4	0	W 4	Humphrey Coliseum
5	Sat, Dec 9, 1995	REG		Little Rock	Sun Belt	6.28	L	68	70		4	1	L 1	Humphrey Coliseum
6	Sat, Dec 16, 1995	REG	@	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	3.90	W	72	69	OT	5	1	W 1	Reed Green Coliseum
7	Tue, Dec 19, 1995	REG	@	Louisiana-Monroe	Southland	-2.53	W	66	60		6	1	W 2	Fant-Ewing Coliseum
8	Fri, Dec 29, 1995	REG	N	Oregon State	Pac-10	-2.33	W	76	62		7	1	W 3	Rose Garden Arena
9	Sat, Dec 30, 1995	REG	N	Nebraska	Big 8	10.29	W	69	66		8	1	W 4	Rose Garden Arena
10	Wed, Jan 3, 1996	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	2.49	W	77	64		9	1	W 5	Maravich Assembly Center
11	Sat, Jan 6, 1996	REG	@	Florida	SEC	7.64	W	69	66		10	1	W 6	Stephen C. O''Connell Center
12	Tue, Jan 9, 1996	REG		Kentucky (2)	SEC	32.14	L	56	74		10	2	L 1	Humphrey Coliseum
13	Sat, Jan 13, 1996	REG		Alabama	SEC	6.99	L	55	56		10	3	L 2	Humphrey Coliseum
14	Wed, Jan 17, 1996	REG		Mississippi	SEC	5.90	W	53	47		11	3	W 1	Humphrey Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 20, 1996	REG	@	Arkansas	SEC	11.66	L	68	80		11	4	L 1	Bud Walton Arena
16	Wed, Jan 24, 1996	REG	@	South Carolina	SEC	11.00	L	69	77		11	5	L 2	Carolina Coliseum
17	Sat, Jan 27, 1996	REG		Tennessee	SEC	8.70	W	60	59		12	5	W 1	Humphrey Coliseum
18	Wed, Jan 31, 1996	REG		Georgia	SEC	19.29	W	76	73		13	5	W 2	Humphrey Coliseum
19	Sun, Feb 4, 1996	REG	@	Auburn (22)	SEC	6.07	W	78	75	OT	14	5	W 3	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum
20	Tue, Feb 6, 1996	REG		Arkansas	SEC	11.66	W	78	63		15	5	W 4	Humphrey Coliseum
21	Sat, Feb 10, 1996	REG	@	Oklahoma	Big 8	12.79	W	76	71		16	5	W 5	Lloyd Noble Center
22	Sat, Feb 17, 1996	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	5.90	L	64	71		16	6	L 1	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
23	Wed, Feb 21, 1996	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	2.49	W	88	77		17	6	W 1	Humphrey Coliseum
24	Sat, Feb 24, 1996	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	6.99	W	73	65		18	6	W 2	Coleman Coliseum
25	Wed, Feb 28, 1996	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	7.94	L	64	69		18	7	L 1	Memorial Gymnasium
26	Sat, Mar 2, 1996	REG		Auburn	SEC	6.07	W	67	51		19	7	W 1	Humphrey Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Fri, Mar 8, 1996	CTOURN	N	Auburn	SEC	6.07	W	69	58		20	7	W 2	Louisiana Superdome
28	Sat, Mar 9, 1996	CTOURN	N	Georgia	SEC	19.29	W	86	68		21	7	W 3	Louisiana Superdome
29	Sun, Mar 10, 1996	CTOURN	N	Kentucky (1)	SEC	32.14	W	84	73		22	7	W 4	Louisiana Superdome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 14, 1996	NCAA	N	Virginia Commonwealth	CAA	7.42	W	58	51		23	7	W 5	RCA Dome
31	Sat, Mar 16, 1996	NCAA	N	Princeton	Ivy	2.53	W	63	41		24	7	W 6	RCA Dome
32	Fri, Mar 22, 1996	NCAA	N	Connecticut (3)	Big East	26.05	W	60	55		25	7	W 7	Rupp Arena
33	Sun, Mar 24, 1996	NCAA	N	Cincinnati (7)	CUSA	22.11	W	73	63		26	7	W 8	Rupp Arena
34	Sat, Mar 30, 1996	NCAA	N	Syracuse (15)	Big East	18.99	L	69	77		26	8	L 1	Continental Airlines Arena