1995–96 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NCAA team season

|mode=Basketball

|year=1995–96

|team=Washington Huskies

|image=Washington Huskies logo.svg

|image_size=150

|conference=Pacific-10 Conference

|division=

|short_conf=Pac-10

|CoachRank=

|APRank=

|record=16–12

|conf_record=9–9

|head_coach=Bob Bender

|hc_year=3rd

|asst_coach1=Ray Giacoletti

|asst_coach2=

|asst_coach3=

|stadium=Hec Edmundson Pavilion

|champion=

|bowl=NIT

|bowl_result=First round

}}

{{1995–96 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 1995–96 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Bob Bender, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

The Huskies were {{nowrap|16–11}} overall in the regular season and {{nowrap|9–9}} in conference play, tied for fifth (later fourth) in the standings.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yUdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6637%2C2991085 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Pac-10 men's basketball standings |date=March 10, 1996 |page=4G}} There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

Washington played in the National Invitation Tournament for the first time in nine years and lost by fourteen points at Michigan State.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zUdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6747%2C3645388 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Michigan State defense handles Huskies, 64-50 |date=March 14, 1996 |page=3D}}