1995–96 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 1995–96 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Bob Bender, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

1995–96 Washington Huskies men's basketball
NIT, First round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	16–12 (9–9 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bob Bender (3rd season)
Assistant coach	Ray Giacoletti
Home arena	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
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
California1	2	–	16		.111			2	–	26		.071
As of November 23, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll 1California forfeited games due to infractions.

The Huskies were 16–11 overall in the regular season and 9–9 in conference play, tied for fifth (later fourth) in the standings.^[1] There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

Washington played in the National Invitation Tournament for the first time in nine years and lost by fourteen points at Michigan State.^[2]

Postseason result

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
National Invitation Tournament
Wed, March 13* 4:30 pm	at Michigan State First round	L 50–64[2]	16–12	Breslin Center (6,611) Lansing, Michigan
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.