The 1995–96 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team represented the

University of Wisconsin–Green Bay The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay (UW-Green Bay, UWGB, or Green Bay) is a public university in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with regional campuses in Marinette, Wisconsin, Marinette, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Shebo ...

in the

1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season concluded in the 64-team 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament whose finals were held at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Kentucky Wildcats earned ...

. Their head coach was

Mike Heideman Michael David Heideman (March 29, 1948 – June 30, 2018) was an American athletic coach, at Xavier High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, and head men's basketball coach for the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Heideman was born in Appleton, Wi ...

. The Phoenix played their home games at the

Resch Center The Resch Center is a 10,200-seat multi-purpose arena, in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, United States built in 2002. It is the home of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team, the Green Bay Gamblers ice hockey team ...

and were members of the

Horizon League The Horizon League is an 11-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Great Lakes region. The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midw ...

. They finished the season 25–4, 16–0 in Horizon League play and lost in the first round of the 1996 NCAA tournament to Virginia Tech.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

Awards and honors

Jeff Nordgaard Jeff Wallace Nordgaard (born February 23, 1973) is an American-born naturalized Polish former professional basketball player. Early life Nordgaard's father, John Nordgaard, was a biology teacher and guidance counselor at Dawson-Boyd High Schoo ...

– MCC Player of the Year *

– MCC Coach of the Year

References

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