1995–96 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

1995–96 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Big East 6 Division Regular Season Champions
Big East tournament champions
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 3
Record30–2 (2 wins, 1 loss vacated) (17–1 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHartford Civic Center
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
1995–96 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Big East 6
No. 3 Connecticut†* 17 1   .944 30 2   .938
No. 10 Villanova 14 4   .778 26 7   .788
Boston College 10 8   .556 19 11   .633
West Virginia 7 11   .389 12 15   .444
St. John's 5 13   .278 11 16   .407
Notre Dame 4 14   .222 9 18   .333
Big East 7
No. 4 Georgetown 13 5   .722 29 8   .784
No. 15 Syracuse 12 6   .667 29 9   .763
Providence 9 9   .500 18 12   .600
Miami 8 10   .444 15 13   .536
Seton Hall 7 11   .389 12 16   .429
Rutgers 6 12   .333 9 18   .333
Pittsburgh 5 13   .278 10 17   .370
1996 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 1996
*Connecticut's three NCAA Tournament games were vacated due to sanctions against the program; Connecticut′s disputed record was 32–3, 17–1.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995–96 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 30–2 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 17–1 record and were the regular-season champions and the 1996 Big East men's basketball tournament champions. UConn made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament but lost to Mississippi State 60–55.

UConn later had two postseason wins vacated by the NCAA. The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by tenth-year head coach Jim Calhoun.