1996-97 Season: NCAA Men's Championship Game
Updated August 28, 2020 |
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59th NCAA Division I Championship Game. Date: Monday, March 31, at the RCA Dome. Coaches: Lute Olson of Arizona and Rick Pitino of Kentucky. Favorite: Kentucky by 7.
Attendance: 47,028; Officials: Tim Higgins, Ted Valentine, Tom O'Neil; TV Rating: 18.9/31 share (CBS).
Arizona 84
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | M-A | M-A | Pts | O-T | A | PF | |
| Bennett Davison | 29 | 3-9 | 3-3 | 9 | 4-7 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Dickerson | 24 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 5 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Bramlett | 27 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3 | 3-6 | 1 | 5 |
| Mike Bibby | 38 | 5-12 | 6-6 | 19 | 2-9 | 4 | 1 |
| Miles Simon | 40 | 8-18 | 14-17 | 30 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Terry | 33 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 8 | 0-2 | 5 | 1 |
| Eugene Edgerson | 15 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0-5 | 0 | 2 |
| Donnell Harris | 19 | 2-2 | 4-8 | 8 | 4-7 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTALS | 225 | 22-58 | 34-41 | 84 | 16-43 | 12 | 16 |
Three-point FG: 6–13 (Dickerson 1–3, Bibby 3–5, Simon 0–2, Terry 2–3); Team Rebounds: 2; Blocked Shots: 2 (Bramlett 2); Turnovers: 18 (Bibby 8, Simon 3, Davison 2, Dickerson 2, Edgerson 2, Bramlett); Steals: 7 (Bibby 3, Terry 3, Bramlett). Percentages: 2-Pt FG (.356), 3-Pt FG (.462), Total FG (.379), Free Throws (.829).
Kentucky 79
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | M-A | M-A | Pts | O-T | A | PF | |
| Ron Mercer | 41 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 13 | 5-9 | 6 | 5 |
| Scott Padgett | 30 | 5-16 | 4-4 | 17 | 0-1 | 0 | 5 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 1 | 4 |
| Wayne Turner | 28 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 8 | 1-4 | 5 | 5 |
| Anthony Epps | 38 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 11 | 0-5 | 4 | 0 |
| Allen Edwards | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Prickett | 21 | 1-4 | 4-5 | 6 | 1-5 | 1 | 5 |
| Nazr Mohammed | 25 | 6-11 | 0-6 | 12 | 7-11 | 0 | 3 |
| Cameron Mills | 22 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 12 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 |
| Stephen Masiello | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 225 | 30-72 | 9-17 | 79 | 17-40 | 18 | 29 |
Three-point FG: 10–30 (Mercer 2–4, Padgett 3–12, Epps 3–8, Mills 2–6); Team Rebounds: none; Blocked Shots: 7 (Mohammed 3, Magloire 2, Turner, Prickett); Turnovers: 16 (Mercer 5, Padgett 3, Mohammed 2, Prickett 2, Turner 2, Edwards, Magloire); Steals: 9 (Epps 2, Padgett 2, Prickett 2, Mercer, Mills, Turner); Percentages: 2-Pt FG (.476), 3-Pt FG (.333), Total FG (.417), Free Throws (.529).
| Arizona (Pacific-10) | 33 | 41 | 10— | 84 |
| Kentucky (SEC) | 32 | 42 | 5— | 79 |
| NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Seeds | 1996-97 Season | Final USA Today/CNN Coaches Poll |
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