1995-1996 Season: NCAA Men's Championship Game
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
58th NCAA Division I Championship Game. Date: Monday, April 1, at the Meadowlands Arena. Coaches: Jim Boeheim of Syracuse and Rick Pitino of Kentucky. Favorite: Kentucky by 13 1/2.
Attendance: 19,229; Officials: John Clougherty, Scott Thornley and David Libbey; TV Rating: 18.3/29 share (CBS).
Kentucky 76
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | M-A | M-A | Pts | O-T | A | PF | |
| Derek Anderson | 16 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 11 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 |
| Antoine Walker | 32 | 4-12 | 3-6 | 11 | 4-9 | 4 | 2 |
| Walter McCarty | 19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 5-7 | 3 | 3 |
| Tony Delk | 37 | 8-20 | 1-2 | 24 | 1-7 | 2 | 2 |
| Anthony Epps | 35 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-4 | 7 | 1 |
| Mark Pope | 27 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 1-3 | 2 | 3 |
| Ron Mercer | 24 | 8-12 | 1-1 | 20 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 |
| Jeff Sheppard | 7 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 |
| Allen Edwards | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 200 | 28-73 | 8-13 | 76 | 17-38 | 22 | 19 |
Three-point FG: 12–27 (Delk 7–12, Mercer 3–4, Anderson 2–3, Walker 0–1, Sheppard 0–1, Edwards 0–1, Pope 0–2, Epps 0–3); Team Rebounds: 2; Blocked Shots: 1 (Delk); Turnovers: 15 (Pope 4, Delk 3, Sheppard 3, Anderson 2, McCarty, Epps, Edwards); Steals: 11 (Walker 4, Anderson 3, Delk 2, Pope, Mercer). Percentages: 2-Pt FG (.348), 3-Pt FG (.444), Total FG (.384), Free Throws (.615).
Syracuse 67
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | M-A | M-A | Pts | O-T | A | PF | |
| Todd Burgan | 39 | 7-10 | 2-5 | 19 | 2-8 | 1 | 5 |
| John Wallace | 38 | 11-19 | 5-5 | 29 | 3-10 | 1 | 5 |
| Otis Hill | 28 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 7 | 2-10 | 1 | 2 |
| Lazarus Sims | 38 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 6 | 1-2 | 7 | 2 |
| Jason Cipolla | 35 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 6 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 |
| J.B. Reafsnyder | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| Marius Janulis | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 2 |
| Elimu Nelson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 200 | 26-52 | 9-13 | 67 | 8-37 | 12 | 17 |
Three-point FG: 6-15 (Burgan 3–5, Wallace 2–3, Sims 1–4, Cipolla 0–3); Team Rebounds: 1; Blocked Shots: 2 (Wallace, Hill); Turnovers: 24 (Sims 7, Wallace 6, Burgan 5, Hill 3, Cipolla 2, Reafsnyder); Steals: 6 (Cipolla 4, Burgan, Sims); Percentages: 2-Pt FG (.541), 3-Pt FG (.400), Total FG (.500), Free Throws (.692).
| Syracuse (Big East) | 33 | 34— | 67 |
| Kentucky (SEC) | 42 | 34— | 76 |
| NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Seeds | 1995-1996 Season | Final USA Today/CNN Coaches Poll |
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