NCAA Men's D! Basketball 1996 Tournamnet

1996 NCAA Mens D1 Championship Tournament

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The 1996 NCAA Men's Division I 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 14, 1996, and ended with the championship game on April 1 at Continental Airlines Arena in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. A total of 63 games were played. The Final Four venue was notable for two reasons: This marked the first time that the NCAA finals had been held in Greater New York since 1950. This was also the last (men's) Final Four to be held in a basketball/hockey-specific facility. Every Final Four since has been held in a domed stadium (usually built for football) because of NCAA venue capacity requirements. (Also, the rule prohibiting teams from playing on their home courts would potentially keep teams out of the tournament based on where the Final Four is held.) Therefore, this was also the last time the NCAA finals have been held in the Greater New York area (for the time being). Kentucky, coached by Rick Pitino, won the national title with a 76–67 victory in the final game over Syracuse, coached by Jim Boeheim. Tony Delk of Kentucky was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Kentucky's run to the championship was one of the most dominant in NCAA tournament history, as the Wildcats won each of their first four games by at least 20 points and won every game by at least 7 points. The committee that put together the bracket in 1996 was criticized for placing what clearly seemed to be the best two teams in college basketball - Massachusetts and Kentucky - on the same side of the bracket so that they faced each other in the national semifinal - not the final game itself.[citation needed] Note that there are guidelines that the selection committee follows. In 2004 the procedure would be changed so that the regional sites would first be assigned their #1 seeds, then would be placed in the bracket so that the #1 overall seed would face the fourth #1 seed while the second #1 seed would face the third #1 seed, barring any upsets. Connecticut, coached by Jim Calhoun and Massachusetts, coached by John Calipari, were later stripped of their wins, including the UMass Minuteman's Final Four appearance by the NCAA because a player had accepted illegal gifts from agents.[1] First and Second Rounds Albuquerque, New Mexico (University Arena) Dallas, Texas (Reunion Arena) Indianapolis, Indiana (RCA Dome) Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Bradley Center) Orlando, Florida (Orlando Arena) Providence, Rhode Island (Providence Civic Center) Richmond, Virginia (Richmond Coliseum) Tempe, Arizona (Arizona State University Activity Center) [edit] Later Rounds Region Site East Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia Dome) Midwest Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome) Southeast Lexington, Kentucky (Rupp Arena) West Denver, Colorado (McNichols Sports Arena) Finals East Rutherford, New Jersey (Continental Airlines Arena) [edit] Teams

1996 - Final Four - East Rutherford, New Jersey

Semifinals			National Championship Game

1	Massachusetts	74
1	Kentucky	81
			4	Syracuse	67
			1	Kentucky	76
1	Massachusetts	74
1	Kentucky	81

East Regional - Providence, Rhode Island

Seed	Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation	Rank (RPI)
1	Massachusetts	31-1	Atlantic Ten	Calipari, John	Automatic	2
2	Georgetown	26-7	Big East	Thompson, John	At Large	12
3	Texas Tech	28-1	Southwest	Dickey, James	Automatic	10
4	Marquette	22-7	Conference USA	Deane, Mike	At Large	23
5	Pennsylvania State	21-6	Big Ten	Dunn, Jerry	At Large	14
6	North Carolina	20-10	Atlantic Coast	Smith, Dean	At Large	17
7	New Mexico	27-4	Western Athletic	Bliss, Dave	Automatic	24
8	Bradley	22-7	Missouri Valley	Molinari, Jim	At Large	25
9	Stanford	19-8	Pacific Ten	Montgomery, Mike	At Large	37
10	Kansas State	17-11	Big Eight	Asbury, Tom	At Large	41
11	New Orleans	21-8	Sun Belt	Price, Tic	Automatic	47
12	Arkansas	18-12	Southeastern	Richardson, Nolan	At Large	36
13	Monmouth, New Jersey	20-9	Northeast	Szoke, Wayne	Automatic	80
14	Northern Illinois	20-9	Horizon League	Hammel, Brian	Automatic	115
15	Mississippi Valley	22-6	Southwestern Athletic	Stribling, Lafayette	Automatic	151
16	Central Florida	11-18	Atlantic Sun	Speraw, Kirk	Automatic	228

First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals

1	Massachusetts	92
16	Central Florida	70
			1	Massachusetts	79

			9	Stanford	74
8	Bradley	58

9	Stanford	66
						1	Massachusetts	79

						12	Arkansas	63
5	Pennsylvania State	80

12	Arkansas	86
			12	Arkansas	65

			4	Marquette	56
13	Monmouth, New Jersey	86

4	Marquette	68
									1	Massachusetts	86

									2	Georgetown	62
6	North Carolina	83

11	New Orleans	62
			6	North Carolina	73

			3	Texas Tech	92
14	Northern Illinois	73

3	Texas Tech	74
						3	Texas Tech	90

						2	Georgetown	98
7	New Mexico	69

10	Kansas State	48
			7	New Mexico	62

			2	Georgetown	73
15	Mississippi Valley	56

2	Georgetown	93

West Regional - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Seed	Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation	Rank (RPI)
1	Purdue	25-5	Big Ten	Keady, Gene	Automatic	6
2	Kansas	26-4	Big Eight	Williams, Roy	At Large	7
3	Arizona	24-6	Pacific Ten	Olson, Luther	At Large	11
4	Syracuse	24-8	Big East	Boeheim, Jim	At Large	16
5	Memphis	22-7	Conference USA	Finch, Larry	At Large	15
6	Iowa	22-8	Big Ten	Davis, Tom	At Large	26
7	Maryland	17-12	Atlantic Coast	Williams, Gary	At Large	30
8	Georgia	19-9	Southeastern	Smith, Tubby	At Large	33
9	Clemson	18-10	Atlantic Coast	Barnes, Rick	At Large	40
10	Santa Clara	19-8	West Coast	Davey, Dick	At Large	31
11	George Washington	21-7	Atlantic Ten	Jarvis, Mike	At Large	50
12	Drexel	26-3	America East	Herrion, Bill	Automatic	56
13	Montana State	21-8	Big Sky	Durham, Mick	Automatic	72
14	Valparaiso	21-10	Summit League	Drew, Homer	Automatic	129
15	South Carolina State	22-7	Mideastern	Alexander, Cy	Automatic	162
16	Western Carolina	17-12	Southern	Hopkins, Phil	Automatic	188

First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals

1	Purdue	73
16	Western Carolina	71
			1	Purdue	69

			8	Georgia	76
8	Georgia	81

9	Clemson	74
						8	Georgia	81

						4	Syracuse	83
5	Memphis	63

12	Drexel	75
			12	Drexel	58

			4	Syracuse	69
13	Montana State	75

4	Syracuse	88
									4	Syracuse	60

									2	Kansas	57
6	Iowa	81

11	George Washington	79
			6	Iowa	73

			3	Arizona	87
14	Valparaiso	51

3	Arizona	90
						3	Arizona	80

						2	Kansas	83
7	Maryland	79

10	Santa Clara	91
			10	Santa Clara	51

			2	Kansas	76
15	South Carolina State	54

2	Kansas	92

Midwest Regional - Dallas, Texas

Seed	Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation	Rank (RPI)
1	Kentucky	28-2	Southeastern	Pitino, Rick	At Large	1
2	Wake Forest	23-5	Atlantic Coast	Odom, Dave	Automatic	8
3	Villanova	25-6	Big East	Lappas, Steve	At Large	5
4	Utah	25-6	Western Athletic	Majerus, Rick	At Large	22
5	Iowa State	23-8	Big Eight	Floyd, Tim	Automatic	13
6	Louisville	20-11	Conference USA	Crum, Denny	At Large	19
7	Michigan	20-11	Big Ten	Fisher, Steve	At Large	32
8	Green Bay	25-3	Horizon League	Heideman, Mike	At Large	21
9	Virginia Tech	22-5	Atlantic Ten	Foster, Bill C.	At Large	35
10	Texas	20-9	Southwest	Penders, Tom	At Large	44
11	Tulsa	22-7	Missouri Valley	Robinson, Steve	Automatic	39
12	California	17-10	Pacific Ten	Bozeman, Todd	At Large	52
13	Canisius	19-10	Metro Atlantic	Beilein, John	Automatic	69
14	Portland	19-10	West Coast	Chavez, Rob	Automatic	86
15	Louisiana-Monroe	16-13	Southland	Vining, Mike	Automatic	156
16	San Jose State	13-16	Big West	Morrison, Stan	Automatic	183

First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals

1	Kentucky	110
16	San Jose State	72
			1	Kentucky	84

			9	Virginia Tech	60
8	Green Bay	48

9	Virginia Tech	61
						1	Kentucky	101

						4	Utah	70
5	Iowa State	74

12	California	64
			5	Iowa State	67

			4	Utah	73
13	Canisius	64

4	Utah	72
									1	Kentucky	83

									2	Wake Forest	63
6	Louisville	82

11	Tulsa	80
			6	Louisville	68

			3	Villanova	64
14	Portland	58

3	Villanova	92
						6	Louisville	59

						2	Wake Forest	60
7	Michigan	76

10	Texas	80
			10	Texas	62

			2	Wake Forest	65
15	Louisiana-Monroe	50

2	Wake Forest	62

Southeast Regional - Indianapolis, Indiana

Seed	Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation	Rank (RPI)
1	Connecticut	30-2	Big East	Calhoun, Jim	Automatic	3
2	Cincinnati	25-4	Conference USA	Huggins, Bob	At Large	4
3	Georgia Tech	22-11	Atlantic Coast	Cremins, Bobby	At Large	9
4	UCLA	23-7	Pacific Ten	Harrick, Jim	Automatic	20
5	Mississippi State	22-7	Southeastern	Williams, Richard	Automatic	18
6	Indiana	19-11	Big Ten	Knight, Bob	At Large	28
7	Temple	19-12	Atlantic Ten	Chaney, John	At Large	27
8	Duke	18-12	Atlantic Coast	Krzyzewski, Mike	At Large	29
9	Eastern Michigan	24-5	Mid American	Braun, Ben	Automatic	34
10	Oklahoma	17-12	Big Eight	Sampson, Kelvin	At Large	38
11	Boston College	18-10	Big East	O'Brien, Jim(2)	At Large	45
12	Virginia Commonwealth	24-8	Colonial	Smith, Sonny	Automatic	66
13	Princeton	21-6	Ivy League	Carril, Pete	Automatic	62
14	Austin Peay	19-10	Ohio Valley	Loos, Dave	Automatic	120
15	North Carolina-Greensboro	20-9	Big South	Peele, Randy	Automatic	130
16	Colgate	15-14	Patriot	Bruen, Jack	Automatic	163

First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals

1	Connecticut	68
16	Colgate	59
			1	Connecticut	95

			9	Eastern Michigan	81
8	Duke	60

9	Eastern Michigan	75
						1	Connecticut	55

						5	Mississippi State	60
5	Mississippi State	58

12	Virginia Commonwealth	51
			5	Mississippi State	63

			13	Princeton	41
13	Princeton	51

4	UCLA	41
									5	Mississippi State	73

									2	Cincinnati	63
6	Indiana	51

11	Boston College	64
			11	Boston College	89

			3	Georgia Tech	103
14	Austin Peay	79

3	Georgia Tech	90
						3	Georgia Tech	70

						2	Cincinnati	87
7	Temple	61

10	Oklahoma	43
			7	Temple	65

			2	Cincinnati	78
15	North Carolina-Greensboro	61

2	Cincinnati	66