1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

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
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, Big South Conference, Great Midwest Conference, and Mid-Continent Conference, 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).

East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey
# Minnesota vacated its NCAA Tournament appearance from the 1994–95 season due to an academic fraud scandal.

National Championship
* Named Most Outstanding Player

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