Overall: 26-7, .788 W-L% (17th of 305)
Conference: 14-4, 2nd in Big East Big East 6 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Steve Lappas (26-7)
PS/G: 75.5 (83rd of 305) ▪ PA/G: 66.6 (59th of 305)
SRS: 20.34 (7th of 305) ▪ SOS: 11.47 (3rd of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (92-58) versus #14 Portland
Lost Midwest Second Round (68-64) versus #6 Louisville
| Pre | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/4 | 12/11 | 12/18 | 12/26 | 1/2 | 1/8 | 1/15 | 1/22 | 1/29 | 2/5 | 2/12 | 2/19 | 2/26 | 3/5 | Final |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 20, 1995 | REG | N | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 66 | 58 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Tue, Nov 21, 1995 | REG | N | Santa Clara | WCC | W | 77 | 65 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Wed, Nov 22, 1995 | REG | N | North Carolina | ACC | W | 77 | 75 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Wed, Nov 29, 1995 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 70 | 63 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 2, 1995 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 83 | 68 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 5, 1995 | REG | @ | Miami (FL) | Big East | W | 70 | 68 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 9, 1995 | REG | N | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 67 | 50 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 13, 1995 | REG | N | Temple | A-10 | L | 56 | 62 | 7 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Fri, Dec 22, 1995 | REG | @ | New Orleans | Sun Belt | W | 80 | 72 | 8 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Thu, Dec 28, 1995 | REG | Hofstra | NAC | W | 91 | 57 | 9 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Dec 30, 1995 | REG | Delaware | NAC | W | 71 | 58 | 10 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Jan 2, 1996 | REG | Notre Dame | Big East | W | 76 | 57 | 11 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 6, 1996 | REG | Boston College | Big East | W | 94 | 77 | 12 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Jan 9, 1996 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | L | 73 | 81 | 12 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 13, 1996 | REG | @ | West Virginia | Big East | W | 69 | 67 | 13 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 17, 1996 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | L | 73 | 78 | 13 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 20, 1996 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | W | 76 | 56 | 14 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Jan 24, 1996 | REG | Providence | Big East | W | 69 | 65 | 15 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Jan 27, 1996 | REG | Miami (FL) | Big East | W | 90 | 62 | 16 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Mon, Jan 29, 1996 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | W | 72 | 69 | 17 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 3, 1996 | REG | Pittsburgh | Big East | W | 88 | 55 | 18 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 5, 1996 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | W | 79 | 66 | 19 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 10, 1996 | REG | @ | Rutgers | Big East | W | 76 | 64 | 20 | 3 | W 7 | |
| 24 | Mon, Feb 12, 1996 | REG | La Salle | A-10 | W | 90 | 50 | 21 | 3 | W 8 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Feb 14, 1996 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 79 | 67 | 22 | 3 | W 9 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 17, 1996 | REG | @ | Pittsburgh | Big East | W | 67 | 64 | 23 | 3 | W 10 | |
| 27 | Sun, Feb 25, 1996 | REG | Connecticut | Big East | L | 59 | 70 | 23 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Feb 27, 1996 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | W | 76 | 71 | 24 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 2, 1996 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | L | 68 | 106 | 24 | 5 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Thu, Mar 7, 1996 | CTOURN | N | Providence | Big East | W | 78 | 68 | 25 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 31 | Fri, Mar 8, 1996 | CTOURN | N | Georgetown | Big East | L | 76 | 84 | 25 | 6 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Fri, Mar 15, 1996 | NCAA | N | Portland | WCC | W | 92 | 58 | 26 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 17, 1996 | NCAA | N | Louisville | CUSA | L | 64 | 68 | 26 | 7 | L 1 |