1995 NCAA Tournament

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1995 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

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 following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1995 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

March 16 and 18
- East Region
  - Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, Maryland (Host: University of Maryland Baltimore County)
- Midwest Region
  - University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
- Southeast Region
  - Memphis Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee (Host: University of Memphis)
- West Region
  - Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah)
March 17 and 19
- East Region
  - Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York (Host: Siena College)
- Midwest Region
  - Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin)
- Southeast Region
  - Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, Florida (Host: Florida State University)
- West Region
  - BSU Pavilion, Boise, Idaho (Host: Boise State University)

Round of 64

945

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Wake Forest	16	North Carolina A&T	79-47
		2	Massachusetts	15	St. Peter's	68-51
		3	Villanova	14	Old Dominion	89-81(3ot)
		4	Oklahoma State	13	Drexel	73-49
		5	Alabama	12	Penn	91-85 (ot)
		6	Tulsa	11	Illinois	68-62
		7	UNC Charlotte	10	Stanford	70-68
		8	Minnesota	9	St. Louis	64-61(ot)

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Kansas	16	Colgate	82-68
		2	Arkansas	15	Texas Southern	79-78
		3	Purdue	14	Wisconsin-Green Bay	49-48
		4	Virginia	13	Nicholls State	96-72
		5	Arizona	12	Miami (Oh)	71-62
		6	Memphis	11	Louisville	77-56
		7	Syracuse	10	Southern Illinois	96-92
		8	Western Kentucky	9	Michigan	82-76 (ot)

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Kentucky	16	Mount St. Mary's (Md.)	113-67
		2	North Carolina	15	Murray State	80-70
		3	Michigan State	14	Weber State	79-72
		4	Oklahoma	13	Manhattan	77-67
		5	Arizona State	12	Ball State	81-66
		6	Georgetown	11	Xavier	68-63
		7	Iowa State	10	Florida	64-61
		8	Brigham Young	9	Tulane	76-70

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	UCLA	16	Florida International	92-56
		2	Connecticut	15	Tennessee-Chattanooga	100-71
		3	Maryland	14	Gonzaga	87-63
		4	Utah	13	Long Beach State	76-64
		5	Mississippi State	12	Santa Clara	75-67
		6	Oregon	11	Texas	90-73
		7	Cincinnati	10	Temple	77-71
		8	Missouri	9	Indiana	65-60

Round of 32

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Wake Forest	9	St. Louis	64-59
		2	Massachusetts	10	Stanford	75-53
		4	Oklahoma State	5	Alabama	66-52
		6	Tulsa	14	Old Dominion	64-52

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Kansas	8	Western Kentucky	75-70
		2	Arkansas	7	Syracuse	96-94 (ot)
		3	Purdue	6	Memphis	75-73
		4	Virginia	12	Miami (Oh)	60-54 (ot)

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Kentucky	9	Tulane	82-60
		2	North Carolina	7	Iowa State	73-51
		5	Arizona State	13	Manhattan	64-54
		6	Georgetown	14	Weber State	53-51

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	UCLA	8	Missouri	75-74
		2	Connecticut	7	Cincinnati	96-91
		3	Maryland	11	Texas	82-68
		4	Utah	5	Mississippi State	78-64

Sweet 16

East REGIONAL at Brendan Byrne Arena, East RutherfordMarch 24 and 26
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Wake Forest	4	Oklahoma State	71-66
	2	Massachusetts	6	Tulsa	76-51

Midwest REGIONAL atKemper Arena, Kansas City,March 24 and 26
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kansas	4	Virginia	67-58
	2	Arkansas	6	Memphis	96-91 (OT)

Southeast REGIONAL at BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham,March 23 and 25
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kentucky	5	Arizona State	97-73
	2	North Carolina	6	Georgetown	74-64

West REGIONAL at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum ArenaMarch 23 and 25
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	UCLA	5	Mississippi State	86-67
	2	Connecticut	3	Maryland	99-89

Elite 8

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	Massachusetts	4	Oklahoma State	68-54

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	Arkansas	4	Virginia	68-61

Southeast REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kentucky	2	North Carolina	74-61

West REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	UCLA	2	Connecticut	102-96

Final 4

at Seattle, WA

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 1 and 3
- Kingdome, Seattle, Washington (Host: Seattle University and University of Washington)

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	Arkansas	2	North Carolina	75-68
	1	UCLA	4	Oklahoma State	74-61

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Seattle, WA

Favorite

Seed

Team

Seed

Team

Score

Star Efforts

UCLA

Arkansas

89-78

UCLA leaders: Ed O'Bannon, Sr., F; Tyus Edney, Sr., G; Charles O'Bannon, So., F; George Zidek, Sr., C; Toby Bailey, Fr., G; J.R. Henderson, Fr., F-C

Top 10 Teams

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	UCLA	31-2	1st in NCAA
2.	Kentucky	28-5	Lost in NCAA quarterfinals
3.	Wake Forest	26-6	Lost in NCAA Sweet 16
4.	North Carolina	28-6	Lost in NCAA semifinals
5.	Kansas	25-6	Lost in NCAA Sweet 16
6.	Arkansas	32-7	2nd in NCAA
7.	Massachusetts	29-5	Lost in NCAA quarterfinals
8.	Connecticut	28-5	Lost in NCAA quarterfinals
9.	Villanova	25-8	Lost in NCAA 1st round
10.	Maryland	26-8	Lost in NCAA Sweet 16

All-America Team

Pos	Name	School
F	Joe Smith	Maryland
F	Ed O'Bannon	UCLA
G	Shawn Respert	Michigan State
G	Damon Stoudamire	Arizona
F	Jerry Stackhouse	North Carolina

All NCAA Tournament Team

Name	Pos	Team
Ed O'Bannon	F	UCLA
Toby Bailey	F	UCLA
Corliss Williamson	F	Arkansas
Clint McDaniel	G	Arkansas
Bryant Reeves	C	Oklahoma State

Team Offense

TCU, 93.7

Notes

Southern Cal coach George Raveling quit coaching as a result of an automobile accident.
Michigan ended Indiana's 50-game home court win streak, 65-52.
Tim Roberts of Southern had the high game of the season, scoring 56 vs. Faith Baptist.
TCU's Kurt Thomas became only the third player to lead the nation in scoring and rebounding the same year.
NIT 1st Place: Virginia Tech def. Marquette.

Team Defense

Princeton, 57.7

Individual Scoring

1. Kurt Thomas	TCU	28.9
2. Frankie King	W. Carolina	26.5
3. Kenny Sykes	Grambling	26.3
4. Sherrill Ford	Ill.-Chicago	26.2
5. Tim Roberts	Southern	26.1

Individual Rebounding

1. Kurt Thomas	TCU	14.6
2. Malik Rose	Drexel	13.5
3. Gary Trent	Ohio U.	12.8