1995–96 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1995–96 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

NIT, Second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1995–96 record	16–16 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Izzo (1st year)
Assistant coach	Stan Joplin (5th year)
Assistant coach	Brian Gregory (4th year)
Assistant coach	Tom Crean (1st year)
Captain	Quinton Brooks
Captain	Jamie Feick
Home arena	Breslin Center

1995–96 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	26	–	6	.813
Indiana	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
#18 Penn State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	7	.750
#21 Iowa	12	–	6	.667	24	–	8	.750
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	20	–	10	.667
Wisconsin	9	–	9	.500	18	–	14	.563
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	16	–	16	.500
Illinois	7	–	11	.389	18	–	13	.581
Ohio State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	15	.444
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	9	–	18	.333
Michigan	1	–	8	.111	1	–	10	.091

Rankings from AP Poll Michigan: 20 Games vacated due to sanctions against the program; 1 NCAA Tourn. vacated Minnesota: 2 NIT vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan-(21-11)(10-8); Minnesota-(19-13)(10-8)

The 1995–96 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Tom Izzo in his first year as head coach after 11 years as an assistant coach. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 16–16, 9–9 in Big Ten play. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Washington before losing to Fresno State in the second round.

The season marked the last time to date that Michigan State did not have a winning record.

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1994–95 season with an overall record of 22–6, 14–4 in second place in the Big Ten. Michigan State received an at-large bid as a #3 seed to the NCAA Tournament and lost in the First Round to Weber State.

Roster

1995–96 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Name	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Damion Beathea	SR	F	6'7"	5.9 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Quinton Brooks	SR	F	6'7"	16.3 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Jamie Feick	SR	C	6'9"	10.1 Pts, 9.5 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Jon Garvaglia	JR	F	6'3"	5.1 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 1.1 Ast
David Hart	SR	G	6'4"	0.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Thomas Kelley	SO	G	6'2"	5.1 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 3.6 Ast
Jason Klein	FR	G	6'7"	2.1 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Anthony Mull	JR	G	6'4"	2.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Steve Nicodemus	SR	G	6'4"	0.7 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Morris Peterson	FR	F	6'7"	0.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Steve Polonowski	JR	F	6'9"	0.5 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Mike Respert	JR	G	5'11"	2.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Antonio Smith	FR	F	6'8"	4.3 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Ray Weathers	JR	G	6'3"	9.7 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Source^[1]

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Non-conference regular season
Nov 20, 1995*	at Chaminade Maui Invitational Tournament	W 69–66	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI
Nov 21, 1995*	vs. No. 20 North Carolina Maui Invitational Tournament semifinals	L 70–92	1–1	Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI
Nov 22, 1995*	Santa Clara Maui Invitational Tournament third place game	L 71–77	1–2	Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI
Nov 28, 1995*	at No. 25 Arkansas Great Eight	W 75–72	2–2	The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI
Dec 2, 1995*	at No. 18 Louisville	L 59–79	2–3	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
Dec 6, 1995*	Evansville	W 67–63	3–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 10, 1995*	Detroit Mercy	L 61–63	3–4	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 16, 1995*	at Kansas State	W 67–64	4–4	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
Dec 18, 1995*	at Oklahoma State	L 57–68	4–5	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Dec 21, 1995*	East Tennessee State	W 63–57	5–5	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1995*	Central Michigan Oldsmobile Spartan Classic	L 62–69	5–6	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 30, 1995*	Idaho State Oldsmobile Spartan Classic	W 68–55	6–6	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
Jan 4, 1996	Indiana	W 65–60	7–6 (1–0)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 6, 1996	at No. 13 Illinois	W 68–58	8–6 (–0)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
Jan 13, 1996	at No. 23 Michigan Rivalry	L 54–76	8–7 (2–1)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 17, 1996	at Wisconsin	L 48–61	8–8 (2–2)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Jan 20, 1996	Iowa	W 62–60	9–8 (3–2)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 24, 1996	Northwestern	W 68–54	10–8 (4–2)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 27, 1996	at Minnesota	W 68–54	11–8 (5–2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Jan 31, 1996	No. 10 Penn State	W 61–58	12–8 (6–2)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 3, 1996	at No. 17 Purdue	L 51–56	12–9 (6–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Feb 7, 1996	Ohio State	W 55–41	13–9 (7–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 10, 1996	at No. 10 Penn State	L 50–54	13–10 (7–4)	Rec Hall University Park, PA
Feb 14, 1996	Minnesota	L 63–64	13–11 (7–5)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 17, 1996	at Northwestern	W 75–57	14–11 (8–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 21, 1996	at No. 18 Iowa	L 47–83	14–12 (8–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Feb 24, 1996	Wisconsin	L 52–73	14–13 (8–7)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 27, 1996	at Michigan Rivalry	L 46–75	14–14 (8–8)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Mar 6, 1996	Illinois	W 77–67	15–14 (9–8)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Mar 10, 1996	at Indiana	L 53–57	15–15 (9–9)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
NIT
Mar 12, 1996*	Washington first round	W 64–50	16–15	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Mar 19, 1996*	at Fresno State second round	L 63–68	16–16	Selland Arena Fresno, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, (#) denotes seed within region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source^[2].

References

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Venues	Armory (1899–1918) IM Circle (1918–1930) Demonstration Hall (1930-1940) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

Rivalries	Michigan

Culture & lore	Basketbowl Champions Classic "The Flintstones" Izzone Michigan State student riots

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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