🏀 The 1995-96 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 33 conferences · 64-team tournament

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1996season

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1995-96 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Kentucky

34-21 seedFinal AP #2

Title gameKentucky 76, Syracuse 67 (Apr 1)

Final FourKentuckySyracuseMassachusettsMississippi State

The 1996 NCAA tournament

64 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

64-team field · 4 regions

First Round

1Kentucky110

16San Jose State72

8Wisconsin-Green Bay48

9Virginia Tech61

4Utah72

13Canisius43

5Iowa State74

12California64

2Wake Forest62

15Northeast Louisiana50

7Michigan76

10Texas80

3Villanova92

14Portland58

6Louisville82

11Tulsa80

Second Round

1Kentucky84

9Virginia Tech50

4Utah73

5Iowa State67

2Wake Forest65

10Texas62

3Villanova64

6Louisville68

Regional Semifinals

1Kentucky101

4Utah70

2Wake Forest60

6Louisville59

Regional Finals

1Kentucky83

2Wake Forest63

Midwest region

First Round

1Kentucky110

16San Jose State72

8Wisconsin-Green Bay48

9Virginia Tech61

4Utah72

13Canisius43

5Iowa State74

12California64

2Wake Forest62

15Northeast Louisiana50

7Michigan76

10Texas80

3Villanova92

14Portland58

6Louisville82

11Tulsa80

Second Round

1Kentucky84

9Virginia Tech50

4Utah73

5Iowa State67

2Wake Forest65

10Texas62

3Villanova64

6Louisville68

Regional Semifinals

1Kentucky101

4Utah70

2Wake Forest60

6Louisville59

Regional Finals

1Kentucky83

2Wake Forest63

East region

First Round

1Massachusetts92

16Central Florida70

8Bradley58

9Stanford66

4Marquette68

13Monmouth44

5Penn State80

12Arkansas86

2Georgetown93

15Mississippi Valley State56

7New Mexico69

10Kansas State48

3Texas Tech74

14Northern Illinois73

6North Carolina83

11New Orleans62

Second Round

1Massachusetts79

9Stanford74

4Marquette56

12Arkansas65

2Georgetown73

7New Mexico62

3Texas Tech92

6North Carolina73

Regional Semifinals

1Massachusetts79

12Arkansas63

2Georgetown98

3Texas Tech90

Regional Finals

1Massachusetts86

2Georgetown62

West region

First Round

2Kansas92

15South Carolina State54

7Maryland79

10Santa Clara91

3Arizona90

14Valparaiso51

6Iowa81

11George Washington79

4Syracuse88

13Montana State55

5Memphis63

12Drexel75

1Purdue73

16Western Carolina71

8Georgia81

9Clemson74

Second Round

2Kansas76

10Santa Clara51

3Arizona87

6Iowa73

4Syracuse69

12Drexel58

1Purdue69

8Georgia76

Regional Semifinals

2Kansas83

3Arizona80

4Syracuse83

8Georgia81

Regional Finals

2Kansas57

4Syracuse60

Southeast region

First Round

2Cincinnati66

15NC-Greensboro61

7Temple61

10Oklahoma43

3Georgia Tech90

14Austin Peay79

6Indiana51

11Boston College64

1Connecticut68

16Colgate59

8Duke60

9Eastern Michigan75

5Mississippi State58

12Virginia Commonwealth51

4UCLA41

13Princeton43

Second Round

2Cincinnati78

7Temple65

3Georgia Tech103

11Boston College89

1Connecticut95

9Eastern Michigan81

5Mississippi State63

13Princeton41

Regional Semifinals

2Cincinnati87

3Georgia Tech70

1Connecticut55

5Mississippi State60

Regional Finals

2Cincinnati63

5Mississippi State73

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

1Kentucky81

1Massachusetts74

Midwest vs East · Mar 30

4Syracuse77

5Mississippi State69

West vs Southeast · Mar 30

Championship game: Kentucky

1Kentucky76

4Syracuse67

Midwest vs West · Apr 1

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 30 conference tournaments held in 1995-96.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
American West	Southern Utah 55-53, Mar 2	Cal Poly-SLO	55-53, Mar 2
Atlantic 10	Massachusetts 75-61, Mar 9	Temple	75-61, Mar 9
Atlantic Coast	Wake Forest 75-74, Mar 10	Georgia Tech	75-74, Mar 10
Big East	Connecticut 75-74, Mar 9	Georgetown	75-74, Mar 9
Big Eight	Iowa State 56-55, Mar 10	Kansas	56-55, Mar 10
Big Sky	Montana State 81-70, Mar 9	Weber State	81-70, Mar 9
Big South	NC-Greensboro 79-53, Mar 2	Liberty	79-53, Mar 2
Big West	San Jose State 76-75, Mar 10	Utah State	76-75, Mar 10
Colonial	Virginia Commonwealth 46-43, Mar 4	NC-Wilmington	46-43, Mar 4
Conference USA	Cincinnati 85-84, Mar 9	Marquette	85-84, Mar 9
Ivy	Princeton 63-56, Mar 9	Pennsylvania	63-56, Mar 9
Metro Atlantic	Canisius 52-46, Mar 4	Fairfield	52-46, Mar 4
Mid-American	Eastern Michigan 77-63, Mar 9	Toledo	77-63, Mar 9
Mid-Continent	Valparaiso 75-52, Mar 5	Western Illinois	75-52, Mar 5
Mid-Eastern	South Carolina State 69-56, Mar 2	Coppin State	69-56, Mar 2
Midwestern	Northern Illinois 84-63, Mar 5	Detroit	84-63, Mar 5
Missouri Valley	Tulsa 60-46, Mar 4	Bradley	60-46, Mar 4
North Atlantic	Drexel 76-67, Mar 7	Boston University	76-67, Mar 7
Northeast	Monmouth 60-59, Mar 8	Rider	60-59, Mar 8
Ohio Valley	Austin Peay 70-68, Mar 2	Murray State	70-68, Mar 2
Patriot	Colgate 74-65, Mar 6	Holy Cross	74-65, Mar 6
Southeastern	Mississippi State 84-73, Mar 10	Kentucky	84-73, Mar 10
Southern	Western Carolina 69-60, Mar 3	Davidson	69-60, Mar 3
Southland	Northeast Louisiana 71-60, Mar 9	North Texas	71-60, Mar 9
Southwest	Texas Tech 75-73, Mar 9	Texas	75-73, Mar 9
Southwestern Athletic	Mississippi Valley State 111-94, Mar 9	Jackson State	111-94, Mar 9
Sun Belt	New Orleans 57-56, Mar 5	Arkansas-Little Rock	57-56, Mar 5
Trans America	Central Florida 86-77, Mar 2	Mercer	86-77, Mar 2
West Coast	Portland 76-68, Mar 4	Gonzaga	76-68, Mar 4
Western Athletic	New Mexico 64-60, Mar 9	Utah	64-60, Mar 9

The 1995-96 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov13	20	27	Dec4	11	18	25	Jan2	9	16	22	29	Feb5	12	19	26	Mar4	11
Massachusetts	7	7	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Kentucky	1	1	1	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Connecticut	6	6	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3
Kansas	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	5	3	5	4
Georgetown	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	8	6	9	8	14	11	8	6	4
Purdue	24	24							22	17	19	17	14	11	7	5	4	4
Cincinnati	21	21	21	17	12	9	5	5	4	3	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	7
Texas Tech										25	22	15	13	12	9	9	7	8
Wake Forest	11	11	10	10	11	12	14	12	8	6	9	12	9	8	10	13	12	9
Villanova	3	3	3	2	2	7	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	4	4	6	9	10
Arizona		19	4	4	4	3	9	9	18	18	13	14	16	13	13	11	11	11
Utah	10	8	14	14	13	13	15	15	13	15	10	7	7	7	8	10	10	12
Georgia Tech		25	20	16	19	21						25			23	18	18	13
UCLA	4	4	23		24		23	20	17	13	15	19	17	18	16	17	17	14
Syracuse					25	19	13	11	14	12	17	18	18	16	15	15	13	15
Memphis	13	12	7	7	6	5	3	3	9	9	12	11	15	15	19	14	14	16
Iowa State													21	22	22	23	23	17
Penn State									20	14	14	10	10	9	14	12	16	18
Mississippi State	9	9	8	8	15	16	17	17	12	21				25			25	19
Marquette											24						21	20
Iowa	8	10	11	12	9	10	10	10	11	16	22	16	19	19	18	20	19	21
Virginia Tech	22	22	22	19	17	22	21	18	15	11	8	13	11	10	12	16	15	22
New Mexico								25	25									23
Louisville	12	13	18	23	20	25							20	24	21	21	22	24
North Carolina	20	20	17	13	10	11	11	16	10	10	11	8	12	17	17	19	20	25
Wisconsin-Green Bay															25	22	24
George Washington																24
Stanford	18	18	16	24					24				25	20	24	25
Boston College								24		24	20	21	22	21	20
Eastern Michigan												23	24	23
Michigan	17	16	24	22	18	17	19	21	23	20	16	20	23
Auburn										23	21	22
Clemson							24	22	16	19	18	24
California	25					24					25
Georgia						18	16	14	19	22
Illinois				21	16	14	12	13	21
Duke			12	18	21	20	20	19
Texas								23
Missouri	14	15	13	11	14	15	18
Virginia	19	17	15	15	23	23	22
Tulsa							25
Santa Clara				25	22
Maryland	15	14	19	20
Arkansas	16		25
Indiana	23	23

Tap a rank to read it.

1996 final AP Top 25

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

1996 final AP Top 25AP

1Massachusetts35-2
2Kentucky34-2
3Connecticut32-3
4Georgetown29-8
4Kansas29-5
4Purdue26-6
7Cincinnati28-5
8Texas Tech30-2
9Wake Forest26-6
10Villanova26-7
11Arizona26-7
12Utah27-7
13Georgia Tech24-12

14UCLA23-8
15Syracuse29-9
16Memphis22-8
17Iowa State24-9
18Penn State21-7
19Mississippi State26-8
20Marquette23-8
21Iowa23-9
22Virginia Tech23-6
23New Mexico28-5
24Louisville22-12
25North Carolina21-11

1996 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1996 standings by conference33 conferences

American West4 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Cal Poly-SLO	16-13	5-1	★
Southern Utah	15-13	3-3	🏆
CSU-Northridge	7-20	2-4
Sacramento State	7-20	2-4

Atlantic 1012 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Massachusetts	35-2	15-1	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 1
Virginia Tech	23-6	13-3	★ 9 seed AP 22
George Washington	21-8	13-3	★ 11 seed
Temple	20-13	12-4	7 seed
St. Joseph's	19-13	9-7
Rhode Island	20-14	8-8
Xavier	13-15	8-8
Dayton	15-14	6-10
St. Bonaventure	10-18	4-12
Duquesne	9-18	3-13
La Salle	6-24	3-13
Fordham	4-23	2-14

Atlantic Coast9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Georgia Tech	24-12	13-3	★ 3 seed AP 13
Wake Forest	26-6	12-4	🏆 2 seed AP 9
North Carolina	21-11	10-6	6 seed AP 25
Duke	18-13	8-8	8 seed
Maryland	17-13	8-8	7 seed
Clemson	18-11	7-9	9 seed
Virginia	12-15	6-10
Florida State	13-14	5-11
North Carolina State	15-16	3-13

Big East13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Connecticut	32-3	17-1	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 3
Villanova	26-7	14-4	3 seed AP 10
Georgetown	29-8	13-5	★ 2 seed AP 4
Syracuse	29-9	12-6	4 seed AP 15
Boston College	19-11	10-8	11 seed
Providence	18-12	9-9
Miami (FL)	15-13	8-10
West Virginia	12-15	7-11
Seton Hall	12-16	7-11
Rutgers	9-18	6-12
St. John's	11-16	5-13
Pittsburgh	10-17	5-13
Notre Dame	9-18	4-14

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	29-5	12-2	★ 2 seed AP 4
Iowa State	24-9	9-5	🏆 5 seed AP 17
Oklahoma	17-13	8-6	10 seed
Oklahoma State	17-10	7-7
Kansas State	17-12	7-7	10 seed
Missouri	18-15	6-8
Nebraska	21-14	4-10
Colorado	9-18	3-11

Big Sky8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Montana State	21-9	11-3	★ 🏆 13 seed
Montana	20-8	10-4
Weber State	20-10	10-4
Boise State	15-13	10-4
Idaho State	11-15	7-7
Idaho	12-16	5-9
Northern Arizona	6-20	3-11
Eastern Washington	3-23	0-14

Big South8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
NC-Greensboro	20-10	11-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
NC-Asheville	18-10	9-5
Liberty	17-12	9-5
Charleston Southern	15-13	9-5
Radford	14-13	8-6
Winthrop	7-19	6-8
MD-Baltimore County	5-22	3-11
Coastal Carolina	5-21	1-13

Big Ten11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Purdue	26-6	15-3	★ 1 seed AP 4
Penn State	21-7	12-6	5 seed AP 18
Indiana	19-12	12-6	6 seed
Iowa	23-9	11-7	6 seed AP 21
Michigan	21-11	10-8	7 seed
Minnesota	19-13	10-8
Michigan State	16-16	9-9
Wisconsin	17-15	8-10
Illinois	18-13	7-11
Ohio State	10-17	3-15
Northwestern	7-20	2-16

Big West10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Long Beach State	17-11	12-6	★
Pacific	15-12	11-7
UC Irvine	15-12	11-7
Utah State	18-15	10-8
Nevada	16-13	9-9
San Jose State	13-17	9-9	🏆 16 seed
New Mexico State	11-15	8-10
UC Santa Barbara	11-15	8-10
UNLV	10-16	7-11
CSU-Fullerton	6-20	5-13

Colonial9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Virginia Commonwealth	24-9	14-2	★ 🏆 12 seed
Old Dominion	18-13	12-4
NC-Wilmington	13-16	9-7
East Carolina	17-11	8-8
American	12-15	8-8
George Mason	11-16	6-10
William & Mary	10-16	6-10
James Madison	10-20	6-10
Richmond	8-20	3-13

Conference USA11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Cincinnati	28-5	11-3	★ 🏆 2 seed AP 7
Memphis	22-8	11-3	★ 5 seed AP 16
Marquette	23-8	10-4	4 seed AP 20
Louisville	22-12	10-4	6 seed AP 24
Tulane	22-10	9-5	★
UAB	16-14	6-8
UNC Charlotte	14-15	6-8
Southern Mississippi	12-15	6-8
Saint Louis	16-14	4-10
South Florida	12-16	2-12
DePaul	11-18	2-12

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	22-7	12-2	★ 🏆 13 seed
Pennsylvania	17-10	12-2	★
Dartmouth	16-10	9-5
Harvard	15-11	7-7
Brown	10-16	5-9
Cornell	10-16	5-9
Yale	8-18	3-11
Columbia	7-19	3-11

Metro Atlantic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Iona	21-8	10-4	★
Fairfield	20-10	10-4	★
Manhattan	17-12	9-5
Loyola (MD)	12-15	8-6
Canisius	19-11	7-7	🏆 13 seed
Niagara	13-15	6-8
St. Peter's	15-12	5-9
Siena	5-22	1-13

Mid-American10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Eastern Michigan	25-6	14-4	★ 🏆 9 seed
Western Michigan	15-12	13-5
Miami (OH)	21-8	12-6
Ball State	16-12	11-7
Ohio	16-14	11-7
Toledo	18-14	9-9
Bowling Green	14-13	9-9
Kent	14-13	8-10
Central Michigan	6-20	3-15
Akron	3-23	0-18

Mid-Continent10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Valparaiso	21-11	13-5	★ 🏆 14 seed
Western Illinois	17-12	12-6
Northeastern Illinois	14-13	10-8
Buffalo	13-14	10-8
UMKC	12-15	10-8
Central Connecticut State	13-15	9-9
Eastern Illinois	13-15	9-9
Troy State	11-16	8-10
Youngstown State	12-15	7-11
Chicago State	2-25	2-16

Mid-Eastern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
South Carolina State	22-8	14-2	★ 🏆 15 seed
Coppin State	19-10	14-2	★
Bethune-Cookman	12-15	8-8
Delaware State	11-17	8-8
North Carolina A&T	10-17	7-9
MD-Eastern Shore	11-16	6-10
Howard	7-20	6-10
Morgan State	7-20	6-10
Florida A&M	8-19	3-13

Midwestern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wisconsin-Green Bay	25-4	16-0	★ 8 seed
Butler	19-8	12-4
Northern Illinois	20-10	10-6	🏆 14 seed
Detroit	18-11	8-8
Wright State	14-13	8-8
Illinois-Chicago	10-18	5-11
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	9-18	5-11
Loyola-Chicago	8-19	5-11
Cleveland State	5-21	3-13

Missouri Valley11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Bradley	22-8	15-3	★ 8 seed
Illinois State	22-12	13-5
Tulsa	22-8	12-6	🏆 11 seed
SW Missouri State	16-12	11-7
Creighton	14-15	9-9
Evansville	13-14	9-9
Northern Iowa	14-13	8-10
Drake	12-15	8-10
Indiana State	10-16	6-12
Southern Illinois	11-18	4-14
Wichita State	8-21	4-14

North Atlantic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Drexel	27-4	17-1	★ 🏆 12 seed
Boston University	18-11	13-5
Towson	16-12	11-7
Delaware	15-12	11-7
Maine	15-13	11-7
Vermont	12-15	10-8
Hofstra	9-18	5-13
New Hampshire	6-21	5-13
Hartford	6-22	5-13
Northeastern	4-24	2-16

Northeast10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Mount St. Mary's	21-8	16-2	★
Marist	22-7	14-4
Monmouth	20-10	14-4	🏆 13 seed
Rider	19-11	12-6
St. Francis (PA)	13-14	11-7
Wagner	10-17	7-11
Fairleigh Dickinson	7-20	6-12
LIU-Brooklyn	9-19	5-13
St. Francis (NY)	9-18	3-15
Robert Morris	5-23	2-16

Ohio Valley9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Murray State	19-10	12-4	★
Tennessee State	15-13	11-5
Austin Peay	19-11	10-6	🏆 14 seed
Middle Tennessee State	15-12	9-7
UT-Martin	13-14	9-7
Eastern Kentucky	13-14	7-9
Tennessee Tech	13-15	7-9
SE Missouri State	8-19	5-11
Morehead State	7-20	2-14

Pacific-1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	23-8	16-2	★ 4 seed AP 14
Arizona	26-7	13-5	3 seed AP 11
Stanford	20-9	12-6	9 seed
California	17-11	11-7	12 seed
Washington	16-12	9-9
Oregon	16-13	9-9
Washington State	17-12	8-10
Arizona State	11-16	6-12
USC	11-19	4-14
Oregon State	4-23	2-16

Patriot7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Navy	15-12	9-3	★
Colgate	15-15	9-3	★ 🏆 16 seed
Bucknell	17-11	8-4
Holy Cross	16-13	8-4
Lafayette	7-20	4-8
Army	7-20	2-10
Lehigh	4-23	2-10

Southeastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	34-2	16-0	★ 1 seed AP 2
Mississippi State	26-8	10-6	★ 🏆 5 seed AP 19
Georgia	21-10	9-7	8 seed
Arkansas	20-13	9-7	12 seed
Alabama	19-13	9-7
South Carolina	19-12	8-8
Vanderbilt	18-14	7-9
Auburn	19-13	6-10
Tennessee	14-15	6-10
Mississippi	12-15	6-10
Florida	12-16	6-10
LSU	12-17	4-12

Southern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Davidson	25-5	14-0	★
VMI	18-10	10-4
Western Carolina	17-13	10-4	★ 🏆 16 seed
UT-Chattanooga	15-12	9-5
Marshall	17-11	8-6
Furman	10-17	6-8
Citadel	10-16	5-9
Appalachian State	8-20	3-11
East Tennessee State	7-20	3-11
Georgia Southern	3-23	2-12

Southland10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Northeast Louisiana	16-14	13-5	★ 🏆 15 seed
North Texas	15-13	12-6
TX-San Antonio	14-14	12-6
Stephen F. Austin	17-11	11-7
McNeese State	15-12	11-7
Sam Houston State	11-16	9-9
SW Texas State	11-15	7-11
Texas-Arlington	11-15	7-11
Nicholls State	5-21	5-13
Northwestern State	5-21	3-15

Southwest8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas Tech	30-2	14-0	★ 🏆 3 seed AP 8
Houston	17-10	11-3
Texas	21-10	10-4	10 seed
TCU	15-15	6-8
Rice	14-14	5-9
Baylor	9-18	4-10
Texas A&M	11-16	3-11
SMU	8-20	3-11

Southwestern Athletic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Mississippi Valley State	22-7	11-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Jackson State	16-13	11-3	★
Southern	17-11	9-5
Texas Southern	11-15	7-7
Alcorn State	10-15	7-7
Grambling	12-16	6-8
Alabama State	9-18	5-9
Prairie View	4-23	0-14

Sun Belt10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arkansas-Little Rock	23-7	14-4	★
New Orleans	21-9	14-4	★ 🏆 11 seed
Jacksonville	15-13	10-8
Western Kentucky	13-14	10-8
SW Louisiana	16-12	9-9
Lamar	12-15	7-11
South Alabama	12-15	7-11
Arkansas State	9-18	7-11
Louisiana Tech	11-17	6-12
Texas-Pan American	9-19	6-12

Trans America12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
College of Charleston	25-4	15-1	★
Campbell	17-11	11-5
Samford	16-11	11-5	★
SE Louisiana	15-12	11-5	★
Centenary	11-16	8-8
Mercer	15-14	7-9
Florida International	13-15	6-10
Georgia State	10-16	6-10
Stetson	10-17	6-10
Central Florida	11-19	6-10	🏆 16 seed
Florida Atlantic	9-18	5-11
Jacksonville State	10-17	4-12

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	21-9	10-4	★
Santa Clara	20-9	10-4	★ 10 seed
Loyola Marymount	18-11	8-6
San Francisco	15-12	8-6
Portland	19-11	7-7	🏆 14 seed
San Diego	14-14	6-8
St. Mary's	12-15	5-9
Pepperdine	10-18	2-12

Western Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Utah	27-7	15-3	★ 4 seed AP 12
New Mexico	28-5	14-4	🏆 7 seed AP 23
Fresno State	22-11	13-5
Colorado State	18-12	11-7
BYU	15-13	9-9
San Diego State	15-14	8-10
Wyoming	14-15	8-10
Hawaii	10-18	7-11
UTEP	13-15	4-14
Air Force	5-23	1-17

Independent3 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Oral Roberts	18-9
Hampton	9-17
Wofford	4-22

1996 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

1996 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

Biggest upsets

Central Michigan 69, Michigan State 62
Dec 29 · regular season · 2.4% win chance
Niagara 58, Canisius 56
Feb 13 · regular season · 4.5% win chance
Mount St. Mary's 71, Georgia Tech 69
Dec 18 · regular season · 5.0% win chance
Pepperdine 72, Santa Clara 69
Jan 26 · regular season · 5.5% win chance
George Washington 86, Massachusetts 76
Feb 24 · regular season · 5.6% win chance
Wagner 80, Rutgers 78
Dec 16 · regular season · 5.8% win chance
Northern Iowa 109, Nebraska 104
Dec 16 · regular season · 5.9% win chance
Arkansas-Little Rock 70, Mississippi State 68
Dec 9 · regular season · 6.0% win chance
Loyola (MD) 59, Manhattan 54
Jan 15 · regular season · 6.2% win chance
Niagara 53, St. Peter's 50
Jan 7 · regular season · 6.5% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.