The 1995–96 Portland Pilots men's basketball team represented the University of Portland during 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 ...

. The Pilots, led by tenth-year head coach Eric Reveno, played their home games at the Chiles Center and were members of the

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of ...

. They finished the season 19–11, 7–7 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They won the WCC tournamentby defeating

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in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament the program's first appearance since 1959. Playing as No. 14 seed in the Midwest region, the Pilots were beaten by No. 3 seed Villanova, 92–58, in the opening round. To date, this is the most recent appearance in the NCAA tournament for the Portland men's basketball team.

Roster

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Schedule and results

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Portland Pilots men's basketball seasons

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