1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1995 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Season	1994–95
Teams	64
Finals site	Kingdome; Seattle, Washington
Champions	UCLA (11th title, 11th title game,; 14th Final Four)
Runner-up	Arkansas (2nd title game,; 6th Final Four)
Semifinalists	North Carolina (12th Final Four); Oklahoma State (5th Final Four);
Winning coach	Jim Harrick (1st title)
MOP	Ed O'Bannon (UCLA)
Attendance	540,101
Top scorer	Corliss Williamson Arkansas; (125 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1994	1996»

The 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 3 at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. A total of 63 games were played.

The Final Four consisted of UCLA, making their fifteenth appearance and first since the 1980 team that eventually saw their appearance vacated, Oklahoma State, making their fifth appearance and first since 1951, North Carolina, making their twelfth appearance and second in three years, and Arkansas, the defending national champions.

The championship game saw UCLA win their eleventh national championship and first (and only) national title under Jim Harrick by defeating Arkansas 89-78, foiling the Razorbacks' hopes of back to back national titles.

UCLA's Ed O'Bannon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Albany

Baltimore

Dayton

Tallahassee

Memphis

Austin

Salt Lake City

Boise

1995 first and second rounds

Oakland

Kansas City

Birmingham

E. Rutherford

Seattle

1995 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

Teams

East Regional - East Rutherford
Seed	School	Coach	Conference	Record	Bid Type
#1	Wake Forest	Dave Odom	ACC	24-5	Automatic
#2	Massachusetts	John Calipari	Atlantic 10	26-4	Automatic
#3	Villanova	Steve Lappas	Big East	25-7	Automatic
#4	Oklahoma State	Eddie Sutton	Big Eight	23-9	Automatic
#5	Alabama	David Hobbs	SEC	22-9	At-Large
#6	Tulsa	Tubby Smith	Missouri Valley	22-7	At-Large
#7	UNC Charlotte	Jeff Mullins	Metro	19-8	At-Large
#8	Minnesota	Clem Haskins	Big Ten	19-11	At-Large
#9	Saint Louis	Charlie Spoonhour	Great Midwest	22-7	At-Large
#10	Stanford	Mike Montgomery	Pac-10	19-8	At-Large
#11	Illinois	Lou Henson	Big Ten	19-11	At-Large
#12	Pennsylvania	Fran Dunphy	Ivy League	22-5	Automatic
#13	Drexel	Bill Herrion	NAC	22-7	Automatic
#14	Old Dominion	Jeff Capel II	CAA	20-11	Automatic
#15	Saint Peter's	Ted Fiore	MAAC	19-10	Automatic
#16	North Carolina A&T	Roy Thomas	MEAC	15-14	Automatic

West Regional - Oakland
Seed	School	Coach	Conference	Record	Bid Type
#1	UCLA	Jim Harrick	Pac-10	25-2	Automatic
#2	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	Big East	25-4	At-Large
#3	Maryland	Gary Williams	ACC	24-7	At-Large
#4	Utah	Rick Majerus	WAC	27-5	Automatic
#5	Mississippi State	Richard Williams	SEC	20-7	At-Large
#6	Oregon	Jerry Green	Pac-10	19-8	At-Large
#7	Cincinnati	Bob Huggins	Great Midwest	21-11	At-Large
#8	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Big Eight	19-8	At-Large
#9	Indiana	Bob Knight	Big Ten	19-11	At-Large
#10	Temple	John Chaney	Atlantic 10	19-10	At-Large
#11	Texas	Tom Penders	SWC	22-6	Automatic
#12	Santa Clara	Dick Davey	West Coast	21-6	At-Large
#13	Long Beach State	Seth Greenberg	Big West	20-9	Automatic
#14	Gonzaga	Dan Fitzgerald	West Coast	21-8	Automatic
#15	Chattanooga	Mack McCarthy	Southern	19-10	Automatic
#16	Florida International	Bob Weltlich	TAAC	11-18	Automatic

Midwest Regional - Kansas City
Seed	School	Coach	Conference	Record	Bid Type
#1	Kansas	Roy Williams	Big Eight	23-5	At-Large
#2	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	SEC	27-6	At-Large
#3	Purdue	Gene Keady	Big Ten	24-6	Automatic
#4	Virginia	Jeff Jones	ACC	22-8	At-Large
#5	Arizona	Lute Olson	Pac-10	23-7	At-Large
#6	Memphis	Larry Finch	Great Midwest	22-9	At-Large
#7	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Big East	19-9	At-Large
#8	Western Kentucky	Matt Kilcullen	Sun Belt	26-3	Automatic
#9	Michigan	Steve Fisher	Big Ten	17-13	At-Large
#10	Southern Illinois	Rich Herrin	Missouri Valley	23-8	Automatic
#11	Louisville	Denny Crum	Metro	19-13	Automatic
#12	Miami (Ohio)	Herb Sendek	Mid-American	22-6	At-Large
#13	Nicholls State	Rickey Broussard	Southland	24-5	Automatic
#14	UW-Green Bay	Dick Bennett	MCC	22-7	Automatic
#15	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	SWAC	22-6	Automatic
#16	Colgate	Jack Bruen	Patriot League	17-12	Automatic

Southeast Regional - Birmingham
Seed	School	Coach	Conference	Record	Bid Type
#1	Kentucky	Rick Pitino	SEC	25-4	Automatic
#2	North Carolina	Dean Smith	ACC	24-5	At-Large
#3	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	Big Ten	22-5	At-Large
#4	Oklahoma	Ralph Sampson	Big Eight	23-8	At-Large
#5	Arizona State	Bill Frieder	Pac-10	22-8	At-Large
#6	Georgetown	John Thompson	Big East	19-9	At-Large
#7	Iowa State	Tim Floyd	Big Eight	22-10	At-Large
#8	BYU	Roger Reid	WAC	22-9	At-Large
#9	Tulane	Perry Clark	Metro	22-9	At-Large
#10	Florida	Lon Kruger	SEC	17-12	At-Large
#11	Xavier	Skip Prosser	MCC	23-4	At-Large
#12	Ball State	Ray McCallum	Mid-American	19-10	Automatic
#13	Manhattan	Fran Fraschilla	MAAC	25-4	At-Large
#14	Weber State	Ron Abegglen	Big Sky	20-8	Automatic
#15	Murray State	Scott Edgar	Ohio Valley	21-8	Automatic
#16	Mount St. Mary's	Jim Phelan	NEC	17-12	Automatic

Bracket

Games marked with an "*" went into overtime.

East Regional - East Rutherford, New Jersey

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Wake Forest	79

16	North Carolina A&T	47
			1	Wake Forest	64
Baltimore
			9	Saint Louis	59
8	Minnesota	61*

9	Saint Louis	64
						1	Wake Forest	66

						4	Oklahoma State	71
5	Alabama	91

12	Pennsylvania	85
			5	Alabama	52
Baltimore
			4	Oklahoma State	66
4	Oklahoma State	73

13	Drexel	49
									4	Oklahoma State	68

									2	Massachusetts	54
6	Tulsa	68

11	Illinois	62
			6	Tulsa	64
Albany
			14	Old Dominion	52
3	Villanova	81

14	Old Dominion	89***
						6	Tulsa	51

						2	Massachusetts	76
7	UNC Charlotte	68

10	Stanford	70
			10	Stanford	53
Albany
			2	Massachusetts	75
2	Massachusetts	68

15	Saint Peter's	51

Game Summaries

East First Round

at Albany, New York

CBS

Friday, March 17
12:30 pm

box score

#10 Stanford Cardinal 70, #7 North Carolina-Charlotte 49ers 68

Knickerbocker Arena - Albany, NY
Attendance: 15,100

CBS

Friday, March 17
approx. 3:00 pm

box score

#2 Massachusetts Minutemen 68, #15 Saint Peter's Peacocks 51

Knickerbocker Arena - Albany, NY
Attendance: 15,100

CBS

Friday, March 17
7:40 pm

box score

#14 Old Dominion Monarchs 89, #3 Villanova Wildcats 81 (3OT)

Knickerbocker Arena - Albany, NY
Attendance: 15,100
Referees: Scott Thornley, Lonnie Dixon, Paul Janssen

CBS

Friday, March 17
approx. 10:10 pm

box score

#6 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 68, #11 Illinois Fighting Illini 62

Knickerbocker Arena - Albany, NY
Attendance: 15,100

East Second Round

at Albany, New York

CBS

Sunday, March 19
12:25 pm

box score

#2 Massachusetts Minutemen 75, #10 Stanford Cardinal 53

Knickerbocker Arena - Albany, NY
Attendance: 15,100

CBS

Sunday, March 19
approx. 2:55 pm

box score

#6 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 64, #14 Old Dominion Monarchs 52

Knickerbocker Arena - Albany, NY
Attendance: 15,100
Referees: David Libbey, Scott Thornley, Paul Janssen

West Regional - Oakland, California

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals

1	UCLA	92

16	Florida International	56
			1	UCLA	75
Boise
			8	Missouri	74
8	Missouri	65

9	Indiana	60
						1	UCLA	86

						5	Mississippi State	67
5	Mississippi State	75

12	Santa Clara	67
			5	Mississippi State	78
Boise
			4	Utah	64
4	Utah	76

13	Long Beach State	64
									1	UCLA	102

									2	Connecticut	96
6	Oregon	73

11	Texas	90
			11	Texas	68
Salt Lake City
			3	Maryland	82
3	Maryland	87

14	Gonzaga	63
						3	Maryland	89

						2	Connecticut	99
7	Cincinnati	77

10	Temple	71
			7	Cincinnati	91
Salt Lake City
			2	Connecticut	96
2	Connecticut	100

15	UT-Chattanooga	71

Southeast Regional - Birmingham, Alabama

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Kentucky	113

16	Mount St. Mary's	67
			1	Kentucky	82
Memphis
			9	Tulane	60
8	BYU	70

9	Tulane	76
						1	Kentucky	97

						5	Arizona State	73
5	Arizona State	81

12	Ball State	66
			5	Arizona State	64
Memphis
			13	Manhattan	54
4	Oklahoma	67

13	Manhattan	77
									1	Kentucky	61

									2	North Carolina	74
6	Georgetown	68

11	Xavier	63
			6	Georgetown	53
Tallahassee
			14	Weber State	51
3	Michigan State	72

14	Weber State	79
						6	Georgetown	64

						2	North Carolina	74
7	Iowa State	64

10	Florida	61
			7	Iowa State	51
Tallahassee
			2	North Carolina	73
2	North Carolina	80

15	Murray State	70

Midwest Regional - Kansas City, Missouri

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Kansas	82

16	Colgate	68
			1	Kansas	75
Dayton
			8	Western Kentucky	70
8	Western Kentucky	82

9	Michigan	76*
						1	Kansas	58

						4	Virginia	67
5	Arizona	62

12	Miami (Ohio)	71
			12	Miami (Ohio)	54*
Dayton
			4	Virginia	60
4	Virginia	96

13	Nicholls State	72
									4	Virginia	61

									2	Arkansas	68
6	Memphis	77

11	Louisville	56
			6	Memphis	75
Austin
			3	Purdue	73
3	Purdue	49

14	UW–Green Bay	48
						6	Memphis	91*

						2	Arkansas	96
7	Syracuse	96

10	Southern Illinois	92
			7	Syracuse	94*
Austin
			2	Arkansas	96
2	Arkansas	79

15	Texas Southern	78

Final Four @ Seattle, Washington

National Semifinals			National Championship Game


E4	Oklahoma State	61

W1	UCLA	74
			W1	UCLA	89

			M2	Arkansas	78
SE2	North Carolina	68

M2	Arkansas	75

Game Summaries

CBS

Saturday, April 1

box score

#1 UCLA Bruins 74, #4 Oklahoma State Cowboys 61
Pts: T. Edney 21 Rebs: E. O'Bannon 8 Asts: Tyus Edney 5		Pts: B. Reeves 25 Rebs: B. Reeves 9 Asts: A. Owens 9 Halftime Score: 37-37

Kingdome - Seattle, WA
Attendance: 38,540

CBS

Saturday, April 1

box score

#2 Arkansas Razorbacks 75, #2 North Carolina Tar Heels 68
Pts: C. Williamson 21 Rebs: C. Williamson 10 Asts: C. Beck 10		Pts: D. Williams 19 Rebs: R. Wallace 10 Asts: D. Calabria 9 Halftime Score: North Carolina, 38-34

Kingdome - Seattle, WA
Attendance: 38,540

National Championship

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CBS

Monday, April 3
8:40 pm

Box score

#1 UCLA Bruins 89, #2 Arkansas Razorbacks 78
Pts: E. O'Bannon 30 Rebs: Ed O'Bannon 17 Asts: C. Dollar 8		Pts: C. McDaniel 16 Rebs: D. Stewart 5 Asts: C. Williamson 6 Halftime Score: UCLA, 40-39

Kingdome - Seattle, WA
Attendance: 38,540

Final Four All-Tournament Team^[1]
Player	Team
Ed O'Bannon*	UCLA
Toby Bailey	UCLA
Corliss Williamson	Arkansas
Clint McDaniel	Arkansas
Bryant Reeves	Oklahoma State

*Named Most Outstanding Player

Notes

March 19, 1995 – A final shot in the second round at The Boise State Pavilion is one of the most memorable moments in NCAA history. UCLA's Tyus Edney dashed the length of the 94-foot court in just over 4 seconds to make a layup that gave the Bruins a 75-74 win over Missouri, which sustained UCLA's run to a national title that year.^[2]
April 3, 1995 – Ed O'Bannon scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and is named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player as the Bruins win the championship 89–78 over Arkansas.^[3] Cameron Dollar played 36 minutes and contributed eight assists and four steals while filling in for an injured Edney, who did not return after leaving with 17:23 left in the first half.^[4] The Bruins enjoyed the biggest lead 34–26 in the first half, but led only by a point at halftime 40–39.

Announcers

Television

Once again, CBS served as broadcasters on television for the tournament.

Studio: Pat O'Brien (daytime) 1st Round, Regional, Final Four, Jim Nantz (primetime) 1st Round & all of 2nd Round, and Clark Kellogg.
Dick Stockton/Jim Nantz and Billy Packer - Stockton/Packer, 1st & 2nd Round at Baltimore, MD; Nantz/Packer, Midwest Regional at Kansas City, MO; Final Four at Seattle, WA
Sean McDonough and Bill Raftery - 1st & 2nd Round at Dayton, OH; Southeast Regional at Birmingham, AL
Verne Lundquist and Quinn Buckner - 1st & 2nd Round at Tallahassee, FL; East Regional at East Rutherford, NJ
Tim Ryan and Al McGuire - 1st & 2nd Round at Boise, ID; West Regional at Oakland, CA
Mike Gorman and Ann Meyers - 1st & 2nd Round at Memphis, TN
Mike Emrick and George Raveling - 1st & 2nd Round at Albany, NY
Ted Robinson and Derrek Dickey - 1st & 2nd Round at Salt Lake City, UT
Dave Sims and Dan Bonner - 1st & 2nd Round at Austin, TX

Radio

CBS Radio was once again the radio home for the tournament.

First/Second Round

John Rooney
Marty Brennaman
Gary Cohen and Dave Gavitt - 1st & 2nd Round at Albany, NY
Wayne Larrivee
Brad Sham
Gus Johnson and Reggie Theus

Regionals

John Rooney
Marty Brennaman
Gary Cohen and Dave Gavitt - East Regional at East Rutherford, NJ
Wayne Larrivee

Final Four

John Rooney and Bill Raftery - (UCLA-Oklahoma State and Championship Game) Final Four at Seattle, WA
Marty Brennaman and Ron Franklin - (Arkansas-North Carolina) Final Four at Seattle, WA

References

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1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Contents

Locations

First and Second Rounds

Regionals

Final Four

Teams

Bracket

East Regional - East Rutherford, New Jersey

Game Summaries

East First Round

at Albany, New York

East Second Round

at Albany, New York

West Regional - Oakland, California

Southeast Regional - Birmingham, Alabama

Midwest Regional - Kansas City, Missouri

Final Four @ Seattle, Washington

Game Summaries

National Championship

Notes

Announcers

Television

Radio

First/Second Round

Regionals

Final Four

References

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