1996–97 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky coached by Rick Pitino . The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Rupp Arena.

1 NCAA basketball tournament
2 Awards and honors
3 Team players drafted into the NBA
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

NCAA basketball tournament

East
- Kentucky 92, Montana 54
- Kentucky 75, Iowa 69
- Kentucky 83, St. Joseph’s 68
- Kentucky 72, Utah 59
Final Four
- Kentucky 78, Minnesota 69
- Arizona 84, Kentucky 79 ^[1]

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	6	Ron Mercer	Boston Celtics
1	13	Derek Anderson	Cleveland Cavaliers

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References

External links

Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball

University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky

Arenas – State College Gymnasium (1903-14) • Buell Armory Gymnasium (1910-24) • Alumni Gymnasium (1924–50) • Memorial Coliseum (1950–76) • Rupp Arena (1976–)

Coaches – Sweetland • Iddings • Sweetland • Tigert • Brumage • Tigert • Boles • Gill • Buchheit • Applegran • Eklund • Hayden • Mauer • Rupp • Hall • Sutton • Pitino • Smith • Gillispie • Calipari

Honored Players – Hayden • Sale • Edwards • Brannum • Parkinson • Tingle • Beard • Groza • Jones • Spivey • Hagan • Ramsey • Burrow • Hatton • Cox • Nash • Jaracz • Riley • Dampier • Issel • Pratt • Grevey • Givens • Robey • Macy • Bowie • Turpin • K. Walker • Chapman • Farmer • Feldhaus • Pelphrey • Woods • Ford • Mashburn • Delk • McCarty • A. Walker • Mercer • Sheppard • Padgett • Prince • Bogans • Hayes • Rondo • Meeks • Patterson • Cousins • Wall • Knight

National Championships

NCAA pre-tournament awarded championship – 1933
NCAA tournament champions – 1948 • 1949 • 1951 • 1958 • 1978 • 1996 • 1998
NIT champions – 1946 • 1976

SIAA Championships

Conference tournament champions – 1921

Southern Conference Championships

Conference regular season champions – 1926 • 1932

Southeastern Conference Championships

Tournament champions – 1933 • 1937 • 1939 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1952 • 1984 • 1986 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2010 • 2011

Regular season champions – 1933 • 1935 • 1937 • 1939 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1954 • 1955 • 1957 • 1958 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1975 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1986 • 1995 • 1996 • 1998 • 2001 • 2003 • 2005 • 2010

Seasons

1902-03 • 1903-04 • 1904-05 • 1905-06 • 1906-07 • 1907-08 • 1908-09 • 1909-10 • 1910–11 • 1911–12 • 1912–13 • 1913-14 • 1914-15 • 1915-16 • 1916-17 • 1917-18 • 1918-19 • 1919-20 • 1920-21 • 1921-22 • 1922-23 • 1923-24 • 1924-25 • 1925-26 • 1926-27 • 1927-28 • 1928-29 • 1929-30 • 1930-31 • 1931-32 • 1932-33 • 1933-34 • 1934-35 • 1935-36 • 1936-37 • 1937-38 • 1938-39 • 1939-40 • 1940-41 • 1941-42 • 1942-43 • 1943-44 • 1944-45 • 1945-46 • 1946-47 • 1947-48 • 1948-49 • 1949-50 • 1950-51 • 1951-52 • 1952-53 • 1953-54 • 1954-55 • 1955-56 • 1956-57 • 1957-58 • 1958-59 • 1959-60 • 1960-61 • 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1963-64 • 1964-65 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-2000 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 • 2008-09 • 2009-10 • 2010-11 • 2011-12