1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 1995–96 Gonzaga Bulldogs West Coast Conference WCC 21–9 10–4 Dan Fitzgerald 14th Dan Monson 8th Mark Few 7th Bill Grier 5th Charlotte Y. Martin Centre WCC regular season co-champion National Invitation Tournament First round 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 y 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. 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u2NWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6538%2C6434144 Spokesman-Review Fitzgerald will pass off to Monson in 1997 Boling Dave November 8, 1995 C1 Regular season co-champion, Gonzaga advanced to the final of the WCC tournament at Santa Clara, but fell to fifth seed Portland.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xEdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4835%2C1390925 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Pilots down Gonzaga, clinch first NCAA berth since 1959 March 5, 1996 2D Ten days later in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT),https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DtsqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k9AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5059%2C1142555 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Miedema Laurence Cougs try to block GU's path March 14, 1996 1D the Bulldogs traveled to south to Pullman and lost to Washington State by nineteen points to finish at 21 9 y.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zkdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6740%2C3720839 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press WSU rips Gonzaga in opener March 15, 1996 3Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BdsqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k9AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4856%2C1229126 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Miedema Laurence Cougars crush cold GU in NIT opener March 15, 1996 1C Postseason results yes yes |- !colspan=6 style=Gonzaga Bulldogs| WCC tournament Sat, March 2 12:00 pm yes 2 Saint Mary's 7 Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California Quarterfinal PSN 64–54 20–7 Sun, March 3 5:00 pm yes 2 Pepperdine 8 Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California Semifinal PSN 76–48 21–7 Mon, March 4 9:00 pm yes 2 Portland 5 Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California Final ESPN 68–76 21–8 2,350 |- !colspan=6 style=Gonzaga Bulldogs| National Invitation tournament Thu, March 14 7:00 pm yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington First round 73–92 21–9 6,985 AP poll Pacific time References 2 External links Sports Reference – Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball – 1995–96 season Category:Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Gonzaga Gonzaga Category:1995 in sports in Washington (state) Category:1996 in sports in Washington (state)