1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team

1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball
1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball
SWC regular season champion; SWC Classic tournament champion
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament; Sweet Sixteen (vacated), L, 98–90 v. Georgetown
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 8
Record	28–1 (2 wins, 1 loss vacated) (14–0 SWC)
Head coach	James Dickey (5th season);
Assistant coach	Will Flemons (2nd season)
Home arena	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Texas Tech †	14	–	0	1.000	30	–	2	.938
Houston	11	–	3	.786	17	–	10	.630
Texas	10	–	4	.714	21	–	10	.677
TCU	6	–	8	.429	15	–	15	.500
Rice	5	–	9	.357	14	–	14	.500
Texas A&M	3	–	11	.214	11	–	16	.407
SMU	3	–	11	.214	8	–	20	.286
Baylor	4	–	10	.286	9	–	18	.333

† 1996 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Texas Tech's final year in the conference before becoming a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. The head coach was James Dickey, his 5th year with the team. The Red Raiders played their home games in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas.

Roster

1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	00	Koy Smith	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
G		Jason Martin	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Sr
PF	20	Darvin Ham	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Otero JC	Saginaw, MI
SF	21	Cory Carr	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Kingsland HS	Kingsland, AR
C	24	Tony Battie	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	South Oak Cliff HS	Dallas, TX
SF	33	Jason Sasser	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Justin F. Kimball HS	Dallas, TX

Head coach

James Dickey (Central Arkansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Will Flemons (Texas Tech)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference Regular season
Nov 26, 1995*		Prairie View A&M	W 101–54	1–0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Nov 29, 1995*		at Oklahoma	W 81–69	2–0	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 2, 1995*		at Arkansas-Little Rock	W 71–62	3–0	Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas
Dec 9, 1995*		Southwest Missouri State	W 97–74	4–0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Dec 14, 1995*		Nicholls State	W 95–56	5–0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Dec 18, 1995*		Old Dominion	W 89–84	6–0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Dec 22, 1995*		BYU	W 81–71	7–0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Dec 27, 1995*		vs. Eastern Michigan	L 77–93	7–1	Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas
Dec 28, 1995*		vs. La Salle	W 62–58	8–1	Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas
Jan 3, 1996*		Montana State	W 86–67	9–1	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Jan 6, 1996*		at East Tennessee State	W 99–81	10–1	Memorial Center Johnson City, Tennessee
SWC Regular season
Jan 10, 1996		at TCU	W 90–86	11–1 (1–0)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Jan 13, 1996		Texas A&M	W 82–54	12–1 (2–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Jan 17, 1996	No. 25	at Baylor	W 75–69	13–1 (3–0)	Ferrell Center Waco, Texas
Jan 20, 1996	No. 25	Houston	W 95–76	14–1 (4–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Jan 23, 1996	No. 22	at SMU	W 72–60	15–1 (5–0)	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
Jan 28, 1996	No. 22	Texas	W 79–78	16–1 (6–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Jan 31, 1996*	No. 15	at Oral Roberts	W 78–74	17–1	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Feb 3, 1996	No. 15	at Rice	W 79–57	18–1 (7–0)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
Feb 7, 1996	No. 13	TCU	W 85–70	19–1 (8–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Feb 10, 1996	No. 13	at Texas A&M	W 66–63	20–1 (9–0)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
Feb 14, 1996	No. 12	Baylor	W 78–72	21–1 (10–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Feb 17, 1996	No. 12	at Houston	W 93–84	22–1 (11–0)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Feb 20, 1996	No. 9	SMU	W 75–54	23–1 (12–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Feb 24, 1996	No. 9	at Texas	W 75–58	24–1 (13–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Mar 2, 1996	No. 9	Rice	W 84–70^[1]	25–1 (14–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
SWC Tournament
Mar 7, 1996*	No. 7	vs. Texas A&M Quarterfinal	W 85–57	26–1	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Mar 8, 1996*	No. 7	vs. Rice Semifinal	W 68–53	27–1	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Mar 9, 1996*	No. 7	vs. Texas Championship Game	W 75–73^[2]	28–1	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1996*	(3 E) No. 7	vs. (14 E) Northern Illinois First round	W 74–73^[3]	29–1	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
Mar 17, 1996*	(3 E) No. 7	vs. (6 E) No. 25 North Carolina Second Round	W 92–73^[4]^[5]	30–1	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
Mar 21, 1996*	(3 E) No. 7	vs. (2 E) No. 4 Georgetown Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 90–98^[6]	30–2	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	23	15	13	12	9	9	7	8	Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	20	14	12	9	8	7	7	10

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NCAA violations

The NCAA Committee on Infractions found violations involving nine sports dating back to 1990 and included NCAA rules infractions in the areas of eligibility, extra benefits, recruiting, unethical conduct, failure to monitor and lack of institutional control.^[9]^[10] For the next four years, Texas Tech was placed on probation and the 1996–97 men's basketball team was ineligible for conference wins and participation in the 1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

References

^ "Red Raiders end SWC play unbeaten". The Victoria Advocate. March 3, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Texas Tech Is Crowned Final SWC Champion". Los Angeles Times. March 10, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ "Texas Tech Squeaks Out Another Win". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ "Texas Tech shatters UNC after a Ham slam, 92-73 Backboard-breaking bucket inspires rout of Tar Heels". Baltimore Sun. March 18, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ "THRILLS AND SPILLS FOR WINNERS AND LOSERS ALIKE, THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT WERE THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF". Sports Illustrated. March 25, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ "Texas Tech Can't Stop Georgetown". Los Angeles Times. March 22, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ "2019-20 Texas Tech Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Texas Tech University Athletics. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1042–1043. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "Texas Tech accused of major violations". UPI Archives. June 19, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ "NCAA Hands Down Report". Texas Tech University Athletics. August 4, 1998. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[1] "Red Raiders end SWC play unbeaten". The Victoria Advocate. March 3, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via newspapers.com.

[2] "Texas Tech Is Crowned Final SWC Champion". Los Angeles Times. March 10, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[3] "Texas Tech Squeaks Out Another Win". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[4] "Texas Tech shatters UNC after a Ham slam, 92-73 Backboard-breaking bucket inspires rout of Tar Heels". Baltimore Sun. March 18, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[5] "THRILLS AND SPILLS FOR WINNERS AND LOSERS ALIKE, THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT WERE THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF". Sports Illustrated. March 25, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[6] "Texas Tech Can't Stop Georgetown". Los Angeles Times. March 22, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[7] "2019-20 Texas Tech Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Texas Tech University Athletics. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[rankings-8] ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1042–1043. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[9] "Texas Tech accused of major violations". UPI Archives. June 19, 1996. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[10] "NCAA Hands Down Report". Texas Tech University Athletics. August 4, 1998. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball

SWC regular season champion SWC Classic tournament champion
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Sweet Sixteen (vacated), L, 98–90 v. Georgetown
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 8
Record	28–1 (2 wins, 1 loss vacated) (14–0 SWC)
Head coach	James Dickey (5th season)
Assistant coach	Will Flemons (2nd season)
Home arena	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →