# 1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team

The 1995–96 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Texas Tech's final year in the conference before becoming a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. The head coach was James Dickey, his 5th year with the team. The Red Raiders played their home games in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Non-conference Regular season ||||||
| Nov 26, 1995* | | Prairie View A&M | W 101–54 | 1–0 | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Nov 29, 1995* | | at Oklahoma | W 81–69 | 2–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Dec 2, 1995* | | at Arkansas-Little Rock | W 71–62 | 3–0 | Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Dec 9, 1995* | | Southwest Missouri State | W 97–74 | 4–0 | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Dec 14, 1995* | | Nicholls State | W 95–56 | 5–0 | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Dec 18, 1995* | | Old Dominion | W 89–84 | 6–0 | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Dec 22, 1995* | | BYU | W 81–71 | 7–0 | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Dec 27, 1995* | | vs. Eastern Michigan | L 77–93 | 7–1 | Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas |
| Dec 28, 1995* | | vs. La Salle | W 62–58 | 8–1 | Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas |
| Jan 3, 1996* | | Montana State | W 86–67 | 9–1 | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Jan 6, 1996* | | at East Tennessee State | W 99–81 | 10–1 | Memorial Center Johnson City, Tennessee |
| SWC Regular season ||||||
| Jan 10, 1996 | | at TCU | W 90–86 | 11–1 (1–0) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas |
| Jan 13, 1996 | | Texas A&M | W 82–54 | 12–1 (2–0) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Jan 17, 1996 | No. 25 | at Baylor | W 75–69 | 13–1 (3–0) | Ferrell Center Waco, Texas |
| Jan 20, 1996 | No. 25 | Houston | W 95–76 | 14–1 (4–0) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Jan 23, 1996 | No. 22 | at SMU | W 72–60 | 15–1 (5–0) | Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas |
| Jan 28, 1996 | No. 22 | Texas | W 79–78 | 16–1 (6–0) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Jan 31, 1996* | No. 15 | at Oral Roberts | W 78–74 | 17–1 | Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Feb 3, 1996 | No. 15 | at Rice | W 79–57 | 18–1 (7–0) | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Feb 7, 1996 | No. 13 | TCU | W 85–70 | 19–1 (8–0) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Feb 10, 1996 | No. 13 | at Texas A&M | W 66–63 | 20–1 (9–0) | G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas |
| Feb 14, 1996 | No. 12 | Baylor | W 78–72 | 21–1 (10–0) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Feb 17, 1996 | No. 12 | at Houston | W 93–84 | 22–1 (11–0) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 20, 1996 | No. 9 | SMU | W 75–54 | 23–1 (12–0) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Feb 24, 1996 | No. 9 | at Texas | W 75–58 | 24–1 (13–0) | Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas |
| Mar 2, 1996 | No. 9 | Rice | W 84–70 | 25–1 (14–0) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| SWC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 7, 1996* | No. 7 | vs. Texas A&M Quarterfinal | W 85–57 | 26–1 | Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas |
| Mar 8, 1996* | No. 7 | vs. Rice Semifinal | W 68–53 | 27–1 | Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas |
| Mar 9, 1996* | No. 7 | vs. Texas Championship Game | W 75–73 | 28–1 | Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 15, 1996* | (3 E) No. 7 | vs. (14 E) Northern Illinois First round | W 74–73 | 29–1 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia |
| Mar 17, 1996* | (3 E) No. 7 | vs. (6 E) No. 25 North Carolina Second Round | W 92–73 | 30–1 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia |
| Mar 21, 1996* | (3 E) No. 7 | vs. (2 E) No. 4 Georgetown Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen | L 90–98 | 30–2 | Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | Not released |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 |

## NCAA violations

The NCAA Committee on Infractions found violations involving nine sports dating back to 1990 and included NCAA rules infractions in the areas of eligibility, extra benefits, recruiting, unethical conduct, failure to monitor and lack of institutional control. For the next four years, Texas Tech was placed on probation and the 1996–97 men's basketball team was ineligible for conference wins and participation in the 1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.