1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball

Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	12–16 (5–9 Big Sky)
Head coach	Joe Cravens (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Ray Jones Jay McMillin Bus Connor
Home arena	Kibbie Dome
Seasons← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana State †	11	–	3	.786	21	–	9	.700
Weber State	10	–	4	.714	20	–	10	.667
Montana	10	–	4	.714	20	–	8	.714
Boise State	10	–	4	.714	15	–	13	.536
Idaho State	7	–	7	.500	11	–	15	.423
Idaho	5	–	9	.357	12	–	16	.429
Northern Arizona	3	–	11	.214	6	–	20	.231
Eastern Washington	0	–	14	.000	3	–	23	.115

† 1996 Big Sky tournament winner

The 1995–96 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by third-year head coach Joe Cravens and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

The Vandals were 11–15 overall in the regular season and 5–9 in conference play, sixth in the league standings.

At the conference tournament in Bozeman, Montana, the Vandals defeated third-seed Montana in the opening round, but lost by 25 points in the semifinals to top-seed and host Montana State, the eventual champion, and ended at 12–16 (.429).

Idaho incurred consecutive losing seasons for the first time in a decade, when they had three straight cellar finishes under Bill Trumbo. A few days later, Cravens was fired by athletic director Pete Liske, and was succeeded by former head coach Kermit Davis.

After this season, Idaho (and Boise State) departed for the Big West Conference; Vandal basketball later returned to the Big Sky, beginning with the 2014–15 season.

Postseason results

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Big Sky tournament
Thu, March 7 5:07 pm	(6)	vs. (3) Montana Quarterfinal	W 72–67	12–15	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (5,827) Bozeman, Montana
Thu, March 8 8:20 pm	(6)	at (1) Montana State Semifinal	L 66–91	12–16	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (7,357) Bozeman, Montana
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

Sullivan, Tim (March 12, 1996). "Cravens feels betrayed after sudden firing by UI". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
Sullivan, Tim (March 6, 1996). "Vandals hit Big Sky tournament without Rose". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
Lee, Greg (March 8, 1996). "Resilient Idaho does job on Montana". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
"Idaho rallies past Montana". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). staff and wire reports. March 8, 1996. p. 1B.
"High-flying Bobcats dunk UI". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). staff and wire reports. March 9, 1996. p. 1D.
Lee, Greg (March 9, 1996). "Vandals can't hang". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
Sullivan, Tim (March 11, 1996). "Idaho fires Cravens after turbulent year". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
Grummert, Dale (March 17, 1996). "UI welcomes back Davis". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
Sullivan, Tim (March 18, 1996). "Davis begins reconstruction". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.

External links

Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1995–96 basketball season
Gem of the Mountains: 1996 University of Idaho yearbook – 1995–96 basketball season
Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1996 editions

v t e Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Venues	Armory and Gymnasium (1905–1928) Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976, 2020–21) Kibbie Dome / Cowan Spectrum (1976–2021) Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (2021–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 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

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