# 1995–96 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 1995–96 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. While Tara VanDerveer focused on coaching the US National Team, the Cardinal were coached by Amy Tucker and Marianne Stanley. The Cardinal were members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They won the Pac-10 Championship (18–0) by seven games and reached the Final Four for the fifth time in seven seasons.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 23, 1995* | No. 7 | at UMass | L 56–65 | 0–1 | Mullins Center Amherst, MA |
| Nov 25, 1995* | No. 7 | at Providence | W 81–58 | 1–1 | Providence Civic Center Providence, RI |
| Nov 30, 1995* | No. 11 | No. 21 Old Dominion | W 97–76 | 2–1 | Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, CA |
| Dec 9, 1995* | No. 9 | Santa Clara | W 91–51 | 3–1 | Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, CA |
| Dec 16, 1995* | No. 9 | No. 2 Tennessee | W 90–72 | 4–1 | Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, CA |
| Dec 18, 1995* | No. 5 | Sacramento State Fry's Cardinal Classic | W 105–47 | 5–1 | Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, CA |
| Dec 19, 1995* | No. 5 | Auburn Fry's Cardinal Classic | W 63–44 | 6–1 | Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, CA |
| Dec 27, 1995* | No. 4 | at No. 15 Texas Tech | L 65–71 | 6–2 | City Bank Coliseum Lubbock, TX |
| Dec 29, 1995* | No. 4 | at Texas | W 72–68 | 7–2 | Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX |
| Jan 3, 1996 | No. 7 | at Arizona State | W 88–71 | 8–2 (1–0) | ASU Activity Center Tempe, AZ |
| Jan 5, 1996 | No. 7 | at Arizona | W 77–55 | 9–2 (2–0) | McKale Center Tucson, AZ |
| Mar 6, 1996 | No. 3 | Arizona | W 77–61 | 24–2 (17–0) | Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, CA |
| Mar 8, 1996 | No. 3 | Arizona State | W 79–63 | 25–2 (18–0) | Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, CA |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 16, 1996* | (1 W) No. 3 | (16 W) Grambling State First round | W 82–43 | 26–2 | Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, CA |
| March 18, 1996* | (1 W) No. 3 | (8 W) Colorado State Second round | W 94–63 | 27–2 | Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, CA |
| March 23, 1996* | (1 W) No. 3 | at (4 W) No. 10 Alabama Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen | W 78–76 | 28–2 | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA |
| March 25, 1996* | (1 W) No. 3 | at (6 W) No. 19 Auburn Regional Final – Elite Eight | W 71–57 | 29–2 | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA |
| Mar 29, 1996* | (1 W) No. 3 | vs. (2 MW) No. 5 Georgia National Semifinal – Final Four | L 76–86 | 29–3 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=Stanford, CA regional. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | 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 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Not released |
| Coaches | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |