1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

1995 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament
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Season	1994–95
Teams	64
Finals site	Kingdome; Seattle, Washington
Champions	UCLA (11th title)
Runner-up	Arkansas (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	North Carolina (12th Final Four); Oklahoma State (5th Final Four);
Winning coach	Jim Harrick (1st title)
MOP	Ed O'Bannon (UCLA)
Attendance	540,101
Top scorer	Corliss Williamson (Arkansas); (125 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1994	1996»

The 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 3 at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. A total of 63 games were played.

The Final Four consisted of UCLA, making their fifteenth appearance and first since the 1980 team that eventually saw their appearance vacated, Oklahoma State, making their fifth appearance and first since 1951, North Carolina, making their twelfth appearance and second in three years, and Arkansas, the defending national champions.

The championship game saw UCLA win their eleventh national championship and first (and only) national title under Jim Harrick by defeating Arkansas 89-78, foiling the Razorbacks' hopes of back to back national titles.

UCLA's Ed O'Bannon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

First and Second Rounds

Later Rounds

Region	Site
East	East Rutherford, New Jersey (Meadowlands Arena)
Midwest	Kansas City, Missouri (Kemper Arena)
Southeast	Birmingham, Alabama (BJCC Arena)
West	Oakland, California (Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena)
Finals	Seattle, Washington (Kingdome)

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
West
West	1	UCLA	Jim Harrick	Champion	2 Arkansas	W 89-78
West	2	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	Regional Runner-up	1 UCLA	L 102-96
West	3	Maryland	Gary Williams	Sweet Sixteen	2 Connecticut	L 99-89
West	4	Utah	Rick Majerus	Round of 32	5 Mississippi State	L 78-64
West	5	Mississippi State	Richard Williams	Sweet Sixteen	1 UCLA	L 86-67
West	6	Oregon	Jerry Green	Round of 64	11 Texas	L 90-73
West	7	Cincinnati	Bob Huggins	Round of 32	2 Connecticut	L 96-91
West	8	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Round of 32	1 UCLA	L 75-74
West	9	Indiana	Bob Knight	Round of 64	8 Missouri	L 65-60
West	10	Temple	John Chaney	Round of 64	7 Cincinnati	L 77-71
West	11	Texas	Tom Penders	Round of 32	3 Maryland	L 82-68
West	12	Santa Clara	Dick Davey	Round of 64	5 Mississippi State	L 75-67
West	13	Long Beach State	Seth Greenberg	Round of 64	4 Utah	L 76-64
West	14	Gonzaga	Dan Fitzgerald	Round of 64	3 Maryland	L 87-63
West	15	Chattanooga	Mack McCarthy	Round of 64	2 Connecticut	L 100-71
West	16	FIU	Bob Weltlich	Round of 64	1 UCLA	L 92-56
Midwest
Midwest	1	Kansas	Roy Williams	Sweet Sixteen	4 Virginia	L 67-58
Midwest	2	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	Runner Up	1 UCLA	L 89-78
Midwest	3	Purdue	Gene Keady	Round of 32	6 Memphis	L 75-73
Midwest	4	Virginia	Jeff Jones	Regional Runner-up	2 Arkansas	L 68-61
Midwest	5	Arizona	Lute Olson	Round of 64	12 Miami, Ohio	L 71-62
Midwest	6	Memphis	Larry Finch	Sweet Sixteen	2 Arkansas	L 96-91
Midwest	7	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Round of 32	2 Arkansas	L 96-94
Midwest	8	Western Kentucky	Matt Kilcullen	Round of 32	1 Kansas	L 75-70
Midwest	9	Michigan	Steve Fisher	Round of 64	8 Western Kentucky	L 82-76
Midwest	10	Southern Illinois	Rich Herrin	Round of 64	7 Syracuse	L 96-92
Midwest	11	Louisville	Denny Crum	Round of 64	6 Memphis	L 77-56
Midwest	12	Miami, Ohio	Herb Sendek	Round of 32	4 Virginia	L 60-54
Midwest	13	Nicholls State	Rickey Broussard	Round of 64	4 Virginia	L 96-72
Midwest	14	UW–Green Bay	Dick Bennett	Round of 64	3 Purdue	L 49-48
Midwest	15	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	Round of 64	2 Arkansas	L 79-78
Midwest	16	Colgate	Jack Bruen	Round of 64	1 Kansas	L 82-68
Southeast
Southeast	1	Kentucky	Rick Pitino	Regional Runner-up	2 North Carolina	L 74-61
Southeast	2	North Carolina	Dean Smith	National Semifinals	2 Arkansas	L 75-68
Southeast	3	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	Round of 64	14 Weber State	L 79-72
Southeast	4	Oklahoma	Kelvin Sampson	Round of 64	13 Manhattan	L 77-67
Southeast	5	Arizona State	Bill Frieder	Sweet Sixteen	1 Kentucky	L 97-73
Southeast	6	Georgetown	John Thompson	Sweet Sixteen	2 North Carolina	L 74-64
Southeast	7	Iowa State	Tim Floyd	Round of 32	2 North Carolina	L 73-51
Southeast	8	BYU	Roger Reid	Round of 64	9 Tulane	L 76-70
Southeast	9	Tulane	Perry Clark	Round of 32	1 Kentucky	L 82-60
Southeast	10	Florida	Lon Kruger	Round of 64	7 Iowa State	L 64-61
Southeast	11	Xavier	Skip Prosser	Round of 64	6 Georgetown	L 68-63
Southeast	12	Ball State	Ray McCallum	Round of 64	5 Arizona State	L 81-66
Southeast	13	Manhattan	Fran Fraschilla	Round of 32	5 Arizona State	L 64-54
Southeast	14	Weber State	Ron Abegglen	Round of 32	6 Georgetown	L 53-51
Southeast	15	Murray State	Scott Edgar	Round of 64	2 North Carolina	L 80-70
Southeast	16	Mount St. Mary's	Jim Phelan	Round of 64	1 Kentucky	L 113-67
East
East	1	Wake Forest	Dave Odom	Sweet Sixteen	4 Oklahoma State	L 71-66
East	2	Massachusetts	John Calipari	Regional Runner-up	4 Oklahoma State	L 68-54
East	3	Villanova	Steve Lappas	Round of 64	14 Old Dominion	L 89-81
East	4	Oklahoma State	Eddie Sutton	National Semifinals	1 UCLA	L 74-61
East	5	Alabama	David Hobbs	Round of 32	4 Oklahoma State	L 66-52
East	6	Tulsa	Tubby Smith	Sweet Sixteen	2 Massachusetts	L 76-51
East	7	Charlotte	Jeff Mullins	Round of 64	10 Stanford	L 70-68
East	8	Minnesota	Clem Haskins	Round of 64	9 Saint Louis	L 64-61
East	9	Saint Louis	Charlie Spoonhour	Round of 32	1 Wake Forest	L 64-59
East	10	Stanford	Mike Montgomery	Round of 32	2 Massachusetts	L 75-53
East	11	Illinois	Lou Henson	Round of 64	6 Tulsa	L 68-62
East	12	Pennsylvania	Fran Dunphy	Round of 64	5 Alabama	L 91-85
East	13	Drexel	Bill Herrion	Round of 64	4 Oklahoma State	L 73-49
East	14	Old Dominion	Jeff Capel II	Round of 32	6 Tulsa	L 64-52
East	15	Saint Peter's	Ted Fiore	Round of 64	2 Massachusetts	L 68-51
East	16	North Carolina A&T	Roy Thomas	Round of 64	1 Wake Forest	L 79-47

Bracket

Games marked with an "*" went into overtime.

East Regional - East Rutherford, New Jersey

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Wake Forest	79

16	North Carolina A&T	47
			1	Wake Forest	64
Baltimore
			9	St. Louis	59
8	Minnesota	61*

9	St. Louis	64
						1	Wake Forest	66

						4	Oklahoma State	71
5	Alabama	91

12	Pennsylvania	85
			5	Alabama	52
Baltimore
			4	Oklahoma State	66
4	Oklahoma State	73

13	Drexel	49
									4	Oklahoma State	68

									2	Massachusetts	54
6	Tulsa	68

11	Illinois	62
			6	Tulsa	64
Albany
			14	Old Dominion	52
3	Villanova	81

14	Old Dominion	89***
						6	Tulsa	51

						2	Massachusetts	76
7	Charlotte	68

10	Stanford	70
			10	Stanford	53
Albany
			2	Massachusetts	75
2	Massachusetts	68

15	Saint Peter's	51

West Regional - Oakland, California

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals

1	UCLA	92

16	Florida Intl.	56
			1	UCLA	75
Boise
			8	Missouri	74
8	Missouri	65

9	Indiana	60
						1	UCLA	86

						5	Mississippi St.	67
5	Mississippi St.	75

12	Santa Clara	67
			5	Mississippi St.	78
Boise
			4	Utah	64
4	Utah	76

13	Long Beach St.	64
									1	UCLA	102

									2	Connecticut	96
6	Oregon	73

11	Texas	90
			11	Texas	68
Salt Lake City
			3	Maryland	82
3	Maryland	87

14	Gonzaga	63
						3	Maryland	89

						2	Connecticut	99
7	Cincinnati	77

10	Temple	71
			7	Cincinnati	91
Salt Lake City
			2	North Texas	96
2	Connecticut	100

15	Chattanooga	71

Southeast Regional - Birmingham, Alabama

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Kentucky	113

16	Mount St. Mary's	67
			1	Kentucky	82
Memphis
			9	Tulane	60
8	BYU	70

9	Tulane	76
						1	Kentucky	97

						5	Arizona St.	73
5	Arizona St.	81

12	Ball St.	66
			5	Arizona St.	64
Memphis
			13	Manhattan	54
4	Oklahoma	67

13	Manhattan	77
									1	Kentucky	61

									2	North Carolina	74
6	Georgetown	68

11	Xavier	63
			6	Georgetown	53
Tallahassee
			14	Weber St.	51
3	Michigan St.	72

14	Weber St.	79
						6	Georgetown	64

						2	North Carolina	74
7	Iowa St.	64

10	Florida	61
			7	Iowa St.	51
Tallahassee
			2	North Carolina	73
2	North Carolina	80

15	Murray St.	70

Midwest Regional - Kansas City, Missouri

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Kansas	82

16	Colgate	68
			1	Kansas	75
Dayton
			8	Western Kentucky	70
8	Western Kentucky	82

9	Michigan	76*
						1	Kansas	58

						4	Virginia	67
5	Arizona	62

12	Miami-OH	71
			12	Miami-OH	54*
Dayton
			4	Virginia	60
4	Virginia	96

13	Nicholls St.	72
									4	Virginia	61

									2	Arkansas	68
6	Memphis	77

11	Louisville	56
			6	Memphis	75
Austin
			3	Purdue	73
3	Purdue	49

14	UW–Green Bay	48
						6	Memphis	91*

						2	Arkansas	96
7	Syracuse	96

10	Southern Illinois	92
			7	Syracuse	94*
Austin
			2	Arkansas	96
2	Arkansas	79

15	Texas Southern	78

Final Four @ Seattle, Washington

National Semifinals			National Championship Game

E4	Oklahoma State	61

W1	UCLA	74
			W1	UCLA	89

			M2	Arkansas	78
SE2	North Carolina	68

M2	Arkansas	75

Game Summaries

CBS

Saturday, April 1

box score

#1 UCLA Bruins 74, #4 Oklahoma State Cowboys 61
Pts: T. Edney 21 Rebs: E. O'Bannon 8 Asts: Tyus Edney 5		Pts: B. Reeves 25 Rebs: B. Reeves 9 Asts: A. Owens 9 Halftime Score: 37-37

Kingdome - Seattle, WA
Attendance: 38,540

CBS

Saturday, April 1

box score

#2 Arkansas Razorbacks 75, #2 North Carolina Tar Heels 68
Pts: C. Williamson 21 Rebs: C. Williamson 10 Asts: C. Beck 10		Pts: D. Williams 19 Rebs: R. Wallace 10 Asts: D. Calabria 9 Halftime Score: North Carolina, 38-34

Kingdome - Seattle, WA
Attendance: 38,540

National Championship

CBS

Monday, April 3
8:40 pm

Box score

#1 UCLA Bruins 89, #2 Arkansas Razorbacks 78
Pts: E. O'Bannon 30 Rebs: Ed O'Bannon 17 Asts: C. Dollar 8		Pts: C. McDaniel 16 Rebs: D. Stewart 5 Asts: C. Williamson 6 Halftime Score: UCLA, 40-39

Kingdome - Seattle, WA
Attendance: 38,540

Final Four All-Tournament Team^[1]
Player	Team
Ed O'Bannon*	UCLA
Toby Bailey	UCLA
Corliss Williamson	Arkansas
Clint McDaniel	Arkansas
Bryant Reeves	Oklahoma State

*Named Most Outstanding Player

Notes

March 19, 1995 – A final shot in the second round at The Boise State Pavilion is one of the most memorable moments in NCAA history. UCLA's Tyus Edney dashed the length of the 94-foot court in just over 4 seconds to make a layup that gave the Bruins a 75-74 win over Missouri, which sustained UCLA's run to a national title that year.^[2]

April 3, 1995 – Ed O'Bannon scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and is named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player as the Bruins win the championship 89–78 over Arkansas.^[3] Cameron Dollar played 36 minutes and contributed eight assists and four steals while filling in for an injured Edney, who did not return after leaving with 17:23 left in the first half.^[4] The Bruins enjoyed the biggest lead 34–26 in the first half, but led only by a point at halftime 40–39.

Announcers

References

^ "NCAA All-Tournament Teams". FoxNews.com. Associated Press. April 9, 2013. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Friend, Tom (March 20, 1995). "N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: WEST; U.C.L.A. Dash Knocks Wind Out of Missouri". New York Times. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. U.C.L.A.'s Tyus Edney ran a 94-foot dash in 4.7 seconds today. That he also managed to toss in a swooping layup left Missouri with its hands over its face {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Penner, Mike (April 4, 1995). "Sweetness in Seattle". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011.
^ Dufresne, Chris (April 4, 1995). "A Big Return From Dollar". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011.

[1] "NCAA All-Tournament Teams". FoxNews.com. Associated Press. April 9, 2013. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Friend, Tom (March 20, 1995). "N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: WEST; U.C.L.A. Dash Knocks Wind Out of Missouri". New York Times. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. U.C.L.A.'s Tyus Edney ran a 94-foot dash in 4.7 seconds today. That he also managed to toss in a swooping layup left Missouri with its hands over its face {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Penner, Mike (April 4, 1995). "Sweetness in Seattle". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011.

[4] Dufresne, Chris (April 4, 1995). "A Big Return From Dollar". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011.

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