1995–96 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team

1995–96 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball
1995–96 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball
SWAC regular season co-champions ; SWAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	22–7 (11–3 SWAC)
Head coach	Lafayette Stribling;
Home arena	Harrison HPER Complex

1995–96 SWAC men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
†	11	–	3	.786	22	–	7	.759
Jackson State	11	–	3	.786	16	–	13	.552
Southern	9	–	5	.643	17	–	11	.607
Texas Southern	7	–	7	.500	11	–	15	.423
Alcorn State	7	–	7	.500	10	–	15	.400
Grambling	6	–	8	.429	12	–	16	.429
Alabama State	5	–	9	.357	9	–	18	.333
Prairie View A&M	0	–	14	.000	4	–	23	.148

† 1996 SWAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995–96 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by head coach Lafayette Stribling, played their home games at Harrison HPER Complex as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Delta Devils finished the season 22–7, 11–3 in SWAC play to be crowned SWAC regular season champions. They also won the SWAC Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 1996 NCAA tournament. As the No. 15 seed in the East Region, the Delta Devils were beaten by Georgetown in the opening round, 93–56.^[1]

Roster

1995–96 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C		Marcus Mann	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr	Carthage, Mississippi

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
SWAC tournament
Mar 8, 1996*	(2)	vs. (3) Southern Semifinals	W 83–76	21–6	Joe L. Reed Acadome Montgomery, Alabama
Mar 9, 1996*	(2)	vs. (1) Jackson State Championship game	W 111–94	22–6	Joe L. Reed Acadome Montgomery, Alabama
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 1996*	(15 E)	vs. (2 E) No. 4 Georgetown First round	L 56–93	22–7	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball
Venues	Harrison HPER Complex (1977–present)
Culture & lore	Howell Trophy
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25