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1995 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament
Season	1994–95
Teams	64
Finals site	Kingdome; Seattle, Washington
Champions	UCLA Bruins (11th title, 12th title game,; 15th Final Four)
Runner-up	Arkansas Razorbacks (2nd title game,; 6th Final Four)
Semifinalists	North Carolina Tar Heels (12th Final Four); Oklahoma State Cowboys (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 Division I men's 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. This Final Four would be the last time that the Final Four was hosted in the Western United States until the 2017 edition of the tournament where Glendale, Arizona was the host. 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.

Schedule and venues

Albany

Baltimore

Dayton

Tallahassee

Memphis

Austin

Salt Lake City

Boise

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1995 first and second rounds

Oakland

Kansas City

Birmingham

E. Rutherford

Seattle

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1995 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

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 (Hosts: Siena College, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
- 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)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 23 and 25
- Southeast Regional, BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham, Alabama (Host: Southeastern Conference)
- West Regional, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California (Host: University of California, Berkeley)
March 24 and 26
- East Regional, Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey (Hosts: Seton Hall University, Big East Conference)
- Midwest Regional, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

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

Teams

There were 29 automatic bids awarded to the tournament - of these, 26 were given to the winners of their conference's tournament, while three were awarded to the team with the best regular-season record in their conference (Big Ten, Ivy League and Pac-10).

Four conferences, the American West Conference,^[1] Big South Conference,^[2] Great Midwest Conference,^[3] and Mid-Continent Conference,^[4] did not receive automatic bids to the tournament.

Five conference champions made their first NCAA tournament appearances: Colgate (Patriot), FIU (TAAC), Gonzaga (West Coast), Mount St. Mary's (NEC), and Nicholls State (Southland).

Automatic qualifiers

Automatic qualifiers
Conference	Team	Appearance	Last bid
ACC	Wake Forest	13th	1994
Atlantic 10	UMass	5th	1994
Big East	Villanova	21st	1991
Big Eight	Oklahoma State	14th	1994
Big Sky	Weber State	11th	1983
Big Ten	Purdue	14th	1994
Big West	Long Beach State	4th	1993
CAA	Old Dominion	6th	1992
Ivy League	Penn	16th	1994
MAAC	Saint Peter's	2nd	1991
MAC	Ball State	6th	1993
MCC	Green Bay	3rd	1994
MEAC	North Carolina A&T	9th	1994
Metro	Louisville	25th	1994
Missouri Valley	Southern Illinois	4th	1994
NAC	Drexel	3rd	1994
NEC	Mount St. Mary's	1st	Never
Ohio Valley	Murray State	7th	1992
Pac-10	UCLA	30th	1994
Patriot	Colgate	1st	Never
SEC	Kentucky	36th	1994
Southern	Chattanooga	7th	1994
Southland	Nicholls State	1st	Never
Sun Belt	Western Kentucky	15th	1994
SWAC	Texas Southern	3rd	1994
SWC	Texas	14th	1994
TAAC	FIU	1st	Never
WAC	Utah	17th	1993
West Coast	Gonzaga	1st	Never

Tournament seeds

East Regional – Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Wake Forest	ACC	24–5	Automatic
2	UMass	Atlantic 10	26–4	Automatic
3	Villanova	Big East	25–7	Automatic
4	Oklahoma State	Big Eight	23–9	Automatic
5	Alabama	SEC	22–9	At-Large
6	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	22–7	At-Large
7	UNC Charlotte	Metro	19–8	At-Large
8	Minnesota (vacated)	Big Ten	19–11	At-Large
9	Saint Louis	Great Midwest	22–7	At-Large
10	Stanford	Pac-10	19–8	At-Large
11	Illinois	Big Ten	19–11	At-Large
12	Penn	Ivy League	22–5	Automatic
13	Drexel	NAC	22–7	Automatic
14	Old Dominion	CAA	20–11	Automatic
15	Saint Peter's	MAAC	19–10	Automatic
16	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	15–14	Automatic

Southeast Regional – BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham, Alabama
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Kentucky	SEC	25–4	Automatic
2	North Carolina	ACC	24–5	At-Large
3	Michigan State	Big Ten	22–5	At-Large
4	Oklahoma	Big Eight	23–8	At-Large
5	Arizona State (vacated)	Pac-10	22–8	At-Large
6	Georgetown	Big East	19–9	At-Large
7	Iowa State	Big Eight	22–10	At-Large
8	BYU	WAC	22–9	At-Large
9	Tulane	Metro	22–9	At-Large
10	Florida	SEC	17–12	At-Large
11	Xavier	MCC	23–4	At-Large
12	Ball State	MAC	19–10	Automatic
13	Manhattan	MAAC	25–4	At-Large
14	Weber State	Big Sky	20–8	Automatic
15	Murray State	Ohio Valley	21–8	Automatic
16	Mount St. Mary's	NEC	17–12	Automatic

West Regional – Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	UCLA	Pac-10	25–2	Automatic
2	Connecticut	Big East	25–4	At-Large
3	Maryland	ACC	24–7	At-Large
4	Utah	WAC	27–5	Automatic
5	Mississippi State	SEC	20–7	At-Large
6	Oregon	Pac-10	19–8	At-Large
7	Cincinnati	Great Midwest	21–11	At-Large
8	Missouri	Big Eight	19–8	At-Large
9	Indiana	Big Ten	19–11	At-Large
10	Temple	Atlantic 10	19–10	At-Large
11	Texas	SWC	22–6	Automatic
12	Santa Clara	West Coast	21–6	At-Large
13	Long Beach State	Big West	20–9	Automatic
14	Gonzaga	West Coast	21–8	Automatic
15	Chattanooga	Southern	19–10	Automatic
16	FIU	TAAC	11–18	Automatic

Midwest Regional – Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Kansas	Big Eight	23–5	At-Large
2	Arkansas	SEC	27–6	At-Large
3	Purdue	Big Ten	24–6	Automatic
4	Virginia	ACC	22–8	At-Large
5	Arizona	Pac-10	23–7	At-Large
6	Memphis	Great Midwest	22–9	At-Large
7	Syracuse	Big East	19–9	At-Large
8	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	26–3	Automatic
9	Michigan	Big Ten	17–13	At-Large
10	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	23–8	Automatic
11	Louisville	Metro	19–13	Automatic
12	Miami (OH)	MAC	22–6	At-Large
13	Nicholls State	Southland	24–5	Automatic
14	Green Bay	MCC	22–7	Automatic
15	Texas Southern	SWAC	22–6	Automatic
16	Colgate	Patriot	17–12	Automatic

Bracket

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	Saint Louis	59
8	Minnesota#	61

9	Saint Louis	64^OT
						1	Wake Forest	66

						4	Oklahoma State	71
5	Alabama	91

12	Penn	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	89^3OT
						6	Tulsa	51

						2	Massachusetts	76
7	UNC Charlotte	68

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

15	Saint Peter's	51

# Minnesota vacated its NCAA Tournament appearance from the 1994–95 season due to an academic fraud scandal.

Game summaries

East first round

At Albany, New York

CBS

Friday, March 17
12:30 pm EST

box score

#10 Stanford Cardinal 70, #7 North Carolina-Charlotte 49ers 68

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100

CBS

Friday, March 17
approx. 3:00 pm EST

box score

#2 Massachusetts Minutemen 68, #15 Saint Peter's Peacocks 51

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100

CBS

Friday, March 17
7:40 pm EST

box score

#14 Old Dominion Monarchs 89, #3 Villanova Wildcats 81 (3OT)

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100
Referees: Scott Thornley, Lonnie Dixon, Paul Janssen

CBS

Friday, March 17
approx. 10:10 pm EST

box score

#6 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 68, #11 Illinois Fighting Illini 62
Pts: S. Seals – 22 Rebs: R. Poindexter – 12 Asts: A. Williamson – 4		Pts: K. Garwis – 24 Rebs: S. Clark – 12 Asts: J. Hester, R. Keene – 2 Halftime Score: Illinois, 34–27

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100
Referees: David Libbey, Richie Ballesteros, Larry Ware

East second round

At Albany, New York

CBS

Sunday, March 19
12:25 pm EST

box score

#2 Massachusetts Minutemen 75, #10 Stanford Cardinal 53

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100

CBS

Sunday, March 19
approx. 2:55 pm EST

box score

#6 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 64, #14 Old Dominion Monarchs 52

Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York
Attendance: 15,100
Referees: David Libbey, Scott Thornley, Paul Janssen

West Regional – Oakland, California

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

1	UCLA	92

16	FIU	56
			1	UCLA	75
Boise
			8	Missouri	74
8	Missouri	65

9	Indiana	60
						1	UCLA	86

						5	Mississippi State	67
5	Mississippi State	75

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

13	Long Beach State	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	Connecticut	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 State	73
5	Arizona State	81

12	Ball State	66
			5	Arizona State	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 State	51
3	Michigan State	72

14	Weber State	79
						6	Georgetown	64

						2	North Carolina	74
7	Iowa State	64

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

15	Murray State	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^OT

9	Michigan	76
						1	Kansas	58

						4	Virginia	67
5	Arizona	62

12	Miami (OH)	71
			12	Miami (OH)	54
Dayton
			4	Virginia	60^OT
4	Virginia	96

13	Nicholls State	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^OT
7	Syracuse	96

10	Southern Illinois	92
			7	Syracuse	94
Austin
			2	Arkansas	96^OT
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

			MW2	Arkansas	78
SE2	North Carolina	68

MW2	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
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
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
Attendance: 38,540

Final Four All-Tournament Team^[5]
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.^[6]
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.^[7] 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.^[8] The Bruins enjoyed the biggest lead 34–26 in the first half, but led only by a point at halftime 40–39.
To date, this is the last NCAA men's basketball tournament in which no team seeded lower than #6 reached the Sweet Sixteen.
Five teams - Colgate, FIU, Gonzaga, Mount St. Mary's and Nicholls State - made their debut in this tournament, all as conference winners. Only FIU has failed to return to the tournament since; Gonzaga would miss the next three tournaments before starting their current streak of making every tournament since 1999.
The 1995 tournament was the last to feature teams from the Metro and Great Midwest Conferences, as the two would merge later that year to form Conference USA.
- Tulane, a charter member of the Metro (expelled from the conference from 1985 to 1989 when the Green Wave shuttered their men's basketball program in the wake of a point shaving scandal), has not returned to the NCAA tournament since.

Announcers

Television

Once again, CBS served as broadcasters on television for the tournament.

Studio: Pat O'Brien (daytime) First round, Regional, Final Four, Jim Nantz (primetime) First round & all of Second Round, and Clark Kellogg.
Dick Stockton/Jim Nantz and Billy Packer – Stockton/Packer, First & Second Round at Baltimore, Maryland; Nantz/Packer, Midwest Regional at Kansas City, Missouri; Final Four at Seattle, Washington
Sean McDonough and Bill Raftery – First & Second Round at Dayton, Ohio; Southeast Regional at Birmingham, Alabama
Verne Lundquist and Quinn Buckner – First & Second Round at Tallahassee, Florida; East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey
Tim Ryan and Al McGuire – First & Second Round at Boise, Idaho; West Regional at Oakland, California
Mike Gorman and Ann Meyers – First & Second Round at Memphis, Tennessee
Mike Emrick and George Raveling – First & Second Round at Albany, New York
Ted Robinson and Derrek Dickey – First & Second Round at Salt Lake City, Utah
Dave Sims and Dan Bonner – First & Second Round at Austin, Texas

Radio

CBS Radio was once again the radio home for the tournament.

First and second rounds

John Rooney
Marty Brennaman
Gary Cohen and Dave Gavitt – 1st & 2nd Round at Albany, New York
Wayne Larrivee
Brad Sham
Gus Johnson and Reggie Theus

Regionals

John Rooney
Marty Brennaman
Gary Cohen and Dave Gavitt – East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey
Wayne Larrivee

Final Four

John Rooney and Bill Raftery – (UCLA-Oklahoma State and championship Game) Final Four at Seattle, Washington
Marty Brennaman and Ron Franklin – (Arkansas-North Carolina) Final Four at Seattle, Washington