1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team

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.

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

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

Main article: 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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.