1995–96 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

1995–96 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
1995–96 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
NIT champions; Big Island Invitational Champions
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Record	21–14 (4–10 Big 8)
Head coach	Danny Nee (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Jimmy Williams; Scott Howard; Bill Johnson;
Home arena	Bob Devaney Sports Center
	Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Kansas	12	–	2	.857	29	–	5	.853
No. 17 Iowa State †	9	–	5	.643	24	–	9	.727
Oklahoma^[a]	8	–	6	.571	18	–	12	.600
Kansas State	7	–	7	.500	17	–	12	.586
Oklahoma State	7	–	7	.500	17	–	10	.630
Missouri	6	–	8	.429	18	–	15	.545
Nebraska	4	–	10	.286	21	–	14	.600
Colorado	3	–	11	.214	9	–	18	.333

† 1996 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1] ^ Adjusted from 17–13 as Purdue forfeited 18 wins

The 1995–96 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska, Lincoln during the 1995–96 college basketball season. Led by head coach Danny Nee (10th season), the Cornhuskers competed in the Big Eight Conference and played their home games at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. They finished with a record of 21–14 overall and 4–10 in Big Eight Conference play. After placing 7th in the conference standings, and losing in the quarterfinals of the final Big Eight tournament, Nebraska won the 1996 National Invitation Tournament.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	3	Chester Surles	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Buena Vista	Saginaw, MI
C	4	Chris Sallee	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Horizon	Scottsdale, AZ
G	10	Tyronn Lue	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Raytown	Mexico, MO
G	12	Tom Wald	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Sr	Park Center	Brooklyn Park, MN
F	13	Bernard Garner	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Many	Many, LA
G	21	Erick Strickland	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Bellevue West	Bellevue, NE
G	24	Jaron Boone	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Skyline	Salt Lake City, UT
G	30	Jason Glock	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Sr	Wahoo	Wahoo, NE
F	31	Chad Ideus	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Adams	Adams, NE
C	32	Mikki Moore	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Blacksburg	Gaffney, SC
C	33	Venson Hamilton	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Oak Hill Academy	Forest City, NC
F	43	Terrance Badgett	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Sr	Omaha South	Omaha, NE
F	44	Andy Markowski	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	Ord	Ord, NE
F	54	Leif Nelson	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	RS Fr	Arlington	Riverside, CA

Head coach

Danny Nee

Assistant coach(es)

Jimmy Williams
Scott Howard
Bill Johnson

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 29, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 24, 1995*		vs. Toledo Big Island Invitational	W 72–59	1–0	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium Hilo, Hawaii
Nov 25, 1995*		vs. Oregon Big Island Invitational	W 114–106 ^OT	2–0	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium Hilo, Hawaii
Nov 26, 1995*		vs. Minnesota Big Island Invitational	W 96–85	3–0	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium Hilo, Hawaii
Dec 1, 1995*		Georgia Southern Ameritas Classic	W 82–59	4–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Dec 2, 1995*		Grambling Ameritas Classic	W 96–80	5–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Dec 6, 1995*		at Creighton Rivalry	W 88–67	6–0	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, NE
Dec 9, 1995*		at Minnesota	L 80–91	6–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 16, 1995*		Northern Iowa	L 104–109	6–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Dec 18, 1995*		Northeastern Illinois	W 94–76	7–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Dec 21, 1995*		Delaware State	W 88–41	8–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Dec 29, 1995*		vs. Oregon Far West Classic	W 99–76	9–2	Rose Garden Arena Portland, Oregon
Dec 30, 1995*		vs. No. 17 Mississippi State Far West Classic	L 66–69	9–3	Rose Garden Arena Portland, Oregon
Jan 3, 1996*		No. 23 Texas	W 85–69	10–3	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Jan 6, 1996*		Long Beach State	W 69–68	11–3	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Jan 10, 1996		Colorado	W 79–74	12–3 (1–0)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Jan 13, 1996		at Oklahoma	L 100–117 ^3OT	12–4 (1–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 17, 1996*		Missouri-Kansas City	W 87–69	13–4	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Jan 20, 1996		at Oklahoma State	W 66–57	14–4 (2–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 24, 1996		Missouri	W 76–58	15–4 (3–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Jan 28, 1996		No. 3 Kansas	L 73–88	15–5 (3–2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Jan 31, 1996		at Kansas State	L 68–77	15–6 (3–3)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 3, 1996		Iowa State	L 65–75	15–7 (3–4)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 7, 1996		at Missouri	L 98–99	15–8 (3–5)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 10, 1996		at No. 21 Iowa State	L 59–74	15–9 (3–6)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Feb 17, 1996		Oklahoma State	L 57–72	15–10 (3–7)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 19, 1996		at No. 5 Kansas	L 71–81	15–11 (3–8)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 25, 1996		Oklahoma	L 76–80 ^OT	15–12 (3–9)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 28, 1996		at Colorado	L 64–78	15–13 (3–10)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Mar 3, 1996		Kansas State	W 70–66	16–13 (4–10)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Big Eight tournament
Mar 8, 1996*	(7)	vs. (2) No. 23 Iowa State	L 60–62	16–14	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
National Invitation Tournament
Mar 14, 1996*		at Colorado State NIT First Round	W 91–83	17–14	Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado
Mar 19, 1996*		Washington State NIT Second Round	W 82–73	18–14	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Mar 22, 1996*		at Fresno State NIT Quarterfinals	W 83–71	19–14	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Mar 26, 1996*		vs. Tulane NIT Semifinals	W 90–78	20–14	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 28, 1996*		vs. Saint Joseph's NIT Championship	W 60–56	21–14	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1995-96 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ "1995-96 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Nebraska Athletics. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF) - University of Nebraska" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics. p. 198. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 1048. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.

[1] Adjusted from 17–13 as Purdue forfeited 18 wins

[2] sports-reference.com 1995-96 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[3] "1995-96 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Nebraska Athletics. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

[4] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF) - University of Nebraska" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics. p. 198. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

[ESPN-5] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 1048. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.

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