1995–96 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1995–96 California Golden Bears men's basketball

NCAA tournament (vacated)
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	2–26 (17–11 unadjusted) (2–16 (11–7 unadjusted) Pac-10)
Head coach	Todd Bozeman
Home arena	Harmon Gym
Seasons← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 UCLA	16	–	2	.889	23	–	8	.742
No. 11 Arizona	14	–	4	.778	27	–	6	.818
Stanford	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
Washington State	9	–	9	.500	18	–	11	.621
Washington	9	–	9	.500	16	–	12	.571
Oregon	9	–	9	.500	16	–	13	.552
USC	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
Arizona State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	16	.407
Oregon State	4	–	14	.222	6	–	21	.222
California	2	–	16	.111	2	–	26	.071

As of November 23, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll California forfeited games due to infractions.

The 1995–96 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1995–96 season.

Led by head coach Todd Bozeman, the Bears finished the regular season with a 11–7 record in the Pac-10, placing them fourth behind UCLA, Arizona, and Stanford. The Bears would receive an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament where they were eliminated by Iowa State in the opening round.

The Golden Bears finished the season with an overall record of 17–11, but that record was adjusted to 2–26 due to NCAA infractions. Following the season, in late summer, head coach Todd Bozeman resigned his position.

Roster

1995–96 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	3	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Marietta, GA
F	4	Alfred Grigsby	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr
G	13	Jelani Gardner	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Pasadena, CA
G	22	Ed Gray	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Riverside, CA
G	23	Randy Duck	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Jr
F	24	Tremaine Fowlkes	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Los Angeles, CA
F	34	Tony Gonzalez	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Huntington Beach, CA
F/C	40	Sean Marks	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	Auckland, New Zealand
F	44	Michael Stewart	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Sacramento, CA

Head coach

Ben Braun

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference Regular season
Dec 16, 1995*		at Minnesota	W 70–67	4–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 20, 1995*	No. 24	No. 9 Cincinnati	L 70–77	4–1	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 23, 1995*	No. 24	vs. No. 14 Illinois	L 69–83	4–2	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Dec 28, 1995*		Holy Cross	W 75–64	5–2	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 29, 1995*		Kansas State	L 58–65	5–3	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Pac-10 Regular season
Jan 4, 1996		No. 9 Arizona	W 99–75	6–3 (1–0)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 6, 1996		Arizona State	W 97–82	7–3 (2–0)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 11, 1996		at USC	W 63–60	8–3 (3–0)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Jan 13, 1996		at No. 17 UCLA	L 73–93	8–4 (3–1)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Jan 18, 1996		Oregon State	W 70–52	9–4 (4–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 20, 1996		Oregon	W 97–72	10–4 (5–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Jan 25, 1996	No. 25	at Washington State	W 87–79	11–4 (6–1)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
Jan 27, 1996	No. 25	at Washington	L 69–71	11–5 (6–2)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
Jan 31, 1996	No. 25	at Stanford	L 79–93	11–6 (6–3)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Feb 4, 1996*		vs. DePaul	W 62–59	12–6
Feb 8, 1996		No. 17 UCLA	L 65–73	12–7 (6–4)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Feb 10, 1996		USC	W 85–69	13–7 (7–4)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Mar 9, 1996		at No. 11 Arizona	L 68–71	17–10 (11–7)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1996* CBS	(12 MW)	vs. (5 MW) No. 17 Iowa State First round	L 64–74	17–11	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Pacific.

Rankings

Main article: 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 1996 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
1	3	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Vancouver Grizzlies

References

"1995-96 University of California Golden Bears Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
"Iowa State Sends Golden Bears Back To Berkeley". The Spokesman-Review. March 15, 1996. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
"Cal Punishment". SFGATE. July 18, 1997. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
"Bozeman Resigns as Coach at Cal". The Los Angeles Times. August 29, 1996. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
"Bozeman Quits at California". The New York Times. August 29, 1996. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
"Cal Bears Basketball 1995-96". www.cs.cmu.edu.
ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1042–1043. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

v t e California Golden Bears men's basketball
Venues	Original Harmon Gym (1907–1933) Oakland Civic Auditorium (alternate, 1914–1933) Oakland Coliseum-Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1933–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	The Bench Oski "Fight for California" "Big C"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Premo-Poretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics

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