Hall of Fame
The 1995-96 Men's Basketball team returned Le Moyne College to the national stage. The Dolphins went 24-6, won the New England Collegiate Conference Championship and were selected to the NCAA Championships for the first time in eight years. Featuring two members of the Gold Wave Hall of Fame (Adam Stockwell and John Tomsich) and coached by another (Scott Hicks), the Dolphins tied the program record for wins in a season with their 24 (set by the 1987-88 Hall of Fame team). The Dolphins went 16-4 in NECC action and 12-1 at home. In the NECC Tournament, the Dolphins opened with a 76-73 home victory over UAlbany to advance to the final four at Franklin Pierce. The Dolphins handed back-to-back regional champion New Hampshire College (now known as Southern New Hampshire University) an 81-68 defeat to advance to the championship game against Southern Connecticut State University, which upset host Franklin Pierce. The Dolphins recorded a 77-73 victory over the Owls to claim their first NECC Championship in their final season in the conference before Le Moyne transitioned to the Northeast-10 Conference. In the NCAA Championships, held in Albany, the Dolphins fell to Franklin Pierce in the first round. The 1995-96 Dolphins scored the seventh-most points (third-most at the time), made the fourth-most field goals (third-most at the time), recorded the fourth-most steals (third-most at the time), recorded the sixth-most assists and recorded the eighth-most rebounds (third-most at the time) in the program's history.
