The 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season concluded in the 64-team 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament whose finals were held at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Kentucky Wildcats earned their sixth national championship by defeating the Syracuse Orangemen 76–67 on April 1, 1996. They were coached by Rick Pitino and the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player was Kentucky's Tony Delk.
In the 32-team 1997 National Invitation Tournament, the Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the St. Joseph's Hawks at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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^Leef, Ralph (April 3, 1996). "Cal Poly team really turned things around". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. p. 22. Retrieved October 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^NCAA Record Book - DIVISION I CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS p.6
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The 1995 96 NCAA Division I men s basketball season concluded in the 64 team 1996 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament whose finals were held at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford New Jersey The Kentucky Wildcats earned their sixth national championship by defeating the Syracuse Orangemen 76 67 on April 1 1996 They were coached by Rick Pitino and the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player was Kentucky s Tony Delk 1995 96 NCAA Division I men s basketball seasonPreseason AP No 1KentuckyRegular seasonNovember 1995 April 1996NCAA Tournament1996Tournament datesMarch 14 April 1 1996National ChampionshipContinental Airlines ArenaEast Rutherford New JerseyNCAA ChampionsKentucky WildcatsOther championsNebraska Cornhuskers NIT Player of the Year Naismith Wooden Marcus Camby Massachusetts 1994 951996 97 In the 32 team 1997 National Invitation Tournament the Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the St Joseph s Hawks at Madison Square Garden in New York City Following the season the 1996 NCAA Men s Basketball All American Consensus First team included Ray Allen Marcus Camby Tony Delk Tim Duncan Allen Iverson and Kerry Kittles Contents 1 Season headlines 2 Pre season polls 3 Conference membership changes 4 Regular season 4 1 Conference winners and tournaments 4 2 Statistical leaders 5 Postseason tournaments 5 1 NCAA tournament 5 1 1 Final Four Meadowlands East Rutherford New Jersey 5 2 National Invitation tournament 5 2 1 Semifinals amp finals 6 Award winners 6 1 Consensus All American teams 6 2 Major player of the year awards 6 3 Major freshman of the year awards 6 4 Major coach of the year awards 6 5 Other major awards 7 Coaching changes 8 ReferencesSeason headlines editRick Pitino led the Kentucky Wildcats to its sixth National championship his first Pre season polls editThe top 25 from the pre season AP Poll Associated Press Ranking Team 1 Kentucky 2 Kansas 3 Villanova 4 UCLA 5 Georgetown 6 Connecticut 7 Massachusetts 8 Iowa 9 Mississippi State 10 Utah 11 Wake Forest 12 Louisville 13 Memphis 14 Missouri 15 Maryland 16 Arkansas 17 Michigan 18 Stanford 19 Virginia 20 North Carolina 21 Cincinnati 22 Virginia Tech 23 Indiana 24 Purdue 25 CaliforniaConference membership changes editThese schools joined new conferences for the 1995 96 season School Former conference New conference Charlotte Metro Conference Conference USA Cincinnati Great Midwest Conference Conference USA Dayton Great Midwest Conference Atlantic 10 Conference DePaul Great Midwest Conference Conference USA Fordham Patriot League Atlantic 10 Conference Hampton NCAA Division II Mid Eastern Athletic Conference Jacksonville State NCAA Division II Trans America Athletic Conference La Salle Midwestern Collegiate Conference Atlantic 10 Conference Louisville Metro Conference Conference USA Marquette Great Midwest Conference Conference USA Memphis Great Midwest Conference Conference USA Notre Dame NCAA Division I Independent Big East Conference Rutgers Atlantic 10 Conference Big East Conference Saint Louis Great Midwest Conference Conference USA South Florida Metro Conference Conference USA Southern Miss Metro Conference Conference USA Towson Big South Conference North Atlantic Conference Tulane Metro Conference Conference USA UAB Great Midwest Conference Conference USA VCU Metro Conference Colonial Athletic Association Virginia Tech Metro Conference Atlantic 10 Conference West Virginia Atlantic 10 Conference Big East Conference Wofford NCAA Division II NCAA Division I Independent Xavier Midwestern Collegiate Conference Atlantic 10 ConferenceRegular season editConference winners and tournaments edit 29 conference seasons concluded with a single elimination tournament with only the Big Ten Conference Ivy League and the Pac 10 Conference choosing not to conduct conference tournaments Conference tournament winners with the exception of the American West Conference and Conference USA received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament Conference Regular season winner 1 Conference player of the year Conference tournament Tournament venue City Tournament winner American West Conference Cal Poly Ben Larson Cal Poly 2 1996 American West Conference men s basketball tournament Matadome Northridge California Southern Utah Atlantic 10 Conference UMass East George Washington West Virginia Tech West Marcus Camby UMass 1996 Atlantic 10 men s basketball tournament Philadelphia Civic Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania UMass Atlantic Coast Conference Georgia Tech Tim Duncan Wake Forest 1996 ACC men s basketball tournament Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro North Carolina Wake Forest Big East Conference Connecticut Big East 6 Georgetown Big East 7 Ray Allen Connecticut 1997 Big East men s basketball tournament Madison Square Garden New York City New York Connecticut Big Eight Conference Kansas Jacque Vaughn Kansas 1996 Big Eight men s basketball tournament Kemper Arena Kansas City Missouri Iowa State Big Sky Conference Montana State Jimmy DeGraffenried Weber StateQuadre Lollis Montana State 1996 Big Sky Conference men s basketball tournament Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman Montana Montana State Big South Conference UNC Greensboro T L Latson Charleston Southern 1996 Big South Conference men s basketball tournament Vines Center Lynchburg Virginia UNC Greensboro Big Ten Conference Purdue Brian Evans Indiana No Tournament Big West Conference Long Beach State Raimonds Miglinieks UC Irvine 1997 Big West Conference men s basketball tournament Lawlor Events Center Reno Nevada San Jose State Colonial Athletic Association VCU Bernard Hopkins VCU 1996 CAA men s basketball tournament Richmond Coliseum Richmond Virginia VCU Conference USA Cincinnati Blue Tulane Red Memphis White Danny Fortson Cincinnati 1996 Conference USA men s basketball tournament Memphis Pyramid Memphis Tennessee Cincinnati Ivy League Princeton Ira Bowman Penn No Tournament Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Fairfield Iona Darrell Barley Canisius 1996 MAAC men s basketball tournament Knickerbocker Arena Albany New York Canisius Mid American Conference Eastern Michigan Bonzi Wells Ball State 1996 MAC men s basketball tournament SeaGate Convention Centre Toledo Ohio Eastern Michigan Mid Continent Conference Valparaiso Anthony Allison Valparaiso 1996 Mid Continent Conference men s basketball tournament The MARK of the Quad Cities Moline Illinois Valparaiso Mid Eastern Athletic Conference Coppin State Terquin Mott Coppin State 1997 MEAC men s basketball tournament Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee Florida South Carolina State Midwestern Collegiate Conference Green Bay Jeff Nordgaard Green Bay 1996 MCC men s basketball tournament Nutter Center Dayton Ohio Northern Illinois Missouri Valley Conference Bradley Anthony Parker Bradley 1996 Missouri Valley Conference men s basketball tournament Kiel Center St Louis Missouri Tulsa North Atlantic Conference Drexel Malik Rose Drexel 1996 North Atlantic Conference men s basketball tournament Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Drexel Northeast Conference Mount St Mary s Chris McGuthrie Mount St Mary s 1996 Northeast Conference men s basketball tournament William T Boylan Gymnasium West Long Branch New Jersey Monmouth Ohio Valley Conference Murray State Marcus Brown Murray State 1996 Ohio Valley Conference men s basketball tournament Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville Tennessee Austin Peay Pacific 10 Conference Arizona Shareef Abdur Rahim California No Tournament Patriot League ColgateNavy Adonal Foyle Colgate 1996 Patriot League men s basketball tournament Cotterell Court Hamilton New York Colgate Southeastern Conference Kentucky East Mississippi State West Tony Delk Kentucky 1996 SEC men s basketball tournament Louisiana Superdome New Orleans Louisiana Mississippi State Southern Conference Davidson North Western Carolina South Anquell McCollum Western Carolina 1996 Southern Conference men s basketball tournament Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro North Carolina Western Carolina Southland Conference Louisiana Monroe Paul Marshall Louisiana Monroe 1996 Southland Conference men s basketball tournament Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Shreveport Louisiana Louisiana Monroe Southwest Conference Texas Tech Jason Sasser Texas Tech 1996 Southwest Conference men s basketball tournament Reunion Arena Dallas Texas Texas Tech Southwestern Athletic Conference Jackson StateMississippi Valley State Marcus Mann Mississippi Valley State 1997 SWAC men s basketball tournament Mississippi Valley State Sun Belt Conference Little RockNew Orleans Derek Fisher Little Rock 1996 Sun Belt men s basketball tournament Barton Coliseum Little Rock Arkansas New Orleans Trans America Athletic Conference College of Charleston East Samford West Southeastern Louisiana West Thaddeus Delaney College of Charleston 1996 TAAC men s basketball tournament Edmunds Center DeLand Florida UCF West Coast Conference GonzagaSanta Clara Steve Nash Santa Clara 1996 West Coast Conference men s basketball tournament Toso Pavilion Santa Clara California Portland Western Athletic Conference Utah Keith Van Horn Utah 1996 WAC men s basketball tournament The Pit Albuquerque New Mexico New Mexico Statistical leaders edit Source for additional stats categories Points per game Rebounds per game Assists per game Steals per game Player School PPG Player School RPG Player School APG Player School SPG Kevin Granger TX Southern 27 0 Marcus Mann Miss Valley St 13 6 Raimonds Miglinieks UC Irvine 8 5 Pointer Williams McNeese St 4 4 Marcus Brown Murray St 26 4 Malik Rose Drexel 13 2 Curtis McCants George Mason 8 3 Johnny Rhodes Maryland 3 7 Bubba Wells Austin Peay 24 4 Adonal Foyle Colgate 12 6 Dan Pogue Campbell 8 0 Roderick Taylor Jackson St 3 7 Jafonde Williams Hampton 25 7 Tim Duncan Wake Forest 12 3 Pointer Williams McNeese St 7 4 Rasul Salahuddin Long Beach St 3 6 Bonzi Wells Ball St 25 4 Scott Farley Mercer 12 0 Lazarus Sims Syracuse 7 4 Andrell Hoard Northeastern Illinois 3 6 Blocked shots per game Field goal percentage Three point FG percentage Free throw percentage Player School BPG Player School FG Player School 3FG Player School FT Keith Closs C Connecticut St 6 4 Quadre Lollis Montana State 675 Mike Derockkis Drexel 477 Mike Dillard Sam Houston St 926 Adonal Foyle Colgate 5 7 Daniel Watts Nevada 656 Peter Lisicky Penn State 471 Dion Cross Stanford 920 Roy Rogers Alabama 4 9 Link Abrams Centenary 654 Ray Allen Connecticut 466 Roderick Howard Charlotte 903 Jerome James Florida A amp M 4 4 Alexander Koul George Washington 642 Keith Veney Marshall 455 Geoff Billet Rutgers 900 Peter Aluma Liberty 3 9 Terquin Mott Coppin St 638 Tim Gill Oral Roberts 451 Steve Nash Santa Clara 894 Alan Tomidy MaristPostseason tournaments editNCAA tournament edit Main article 1996 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament Final Four Meadowlands East Rutherford New Jersey edit National semifinalsNational championship game E1Massachusetts74M1Kentucky81M1Kentucky76W4Syracuse67SE5Mississippi State69W4Syracuse77 National Invitation tournament edit Main article 1996 National Invitation Tournament Semifinals amp finals edit SemifinalsFinals Tulane78 Nebraska90 Nebraska60 St Joseph s56 Alabama69 St Joseph s74 Third Place Tulane 87 Alabama 76Award winners editConsensus All American teams edit Main article 1996 NCAA Men s Basketball All Americans 3 Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Ray Allen G Junior Connecticut Marcus Camby C Junior Massachusetts Tony Delk G Senior Kentucky Tim Duncan C Junior Wake Forest Allen Iverson G Sophomore Georgetown Kerry Kittles G Senior Villanova Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Danny Fortson F Sophomore Cincinnati Keith Van Horn F Junior Utah Jacque Vaughn G Junior Kansas John Wallace F Senior Syracuse Lorenzen Wright F C Sophomore Memphis Major player of the year awards edit Wooden Award Marcus Camby Massachusetts Naismith Award Marcus Camby Massachusetts Associated Press Player of the Year Marcus Camby Massachusetts NABC Player of the Year Marcus Camby Massachusetts Oscar Robertson Trophy USBWA Marcus Camby Massachusetts Adolph Rupp Trophy Marcus Camby Massachusetts Sporting News Player of the Year Marcus Camby Massachusetts UPI College Basketball Player of the Year Ray Allen Connecticut Major freshman of the year awards edit USBWA Freshman of the Year No Award Given Major coach of the year awards edit Associated Press Coach of the Year Gene Keady Purdue Henry Iba Award USBWA Gene Keady Purdue NABC Coach of the Year John Calipari Massachusetts Naismith College Coach of the Year John Calipari Massachusetts Sporting News Coach of the Year John Calipari Massachusetts Other major awards edit NABC Defensive Player of the Year Tim Duncan Wake Forest Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award Best player under 6 0 Eddie Benton Vermont Robert V Geasey Trophy Top player in Philadelphia Big 5 Kerry Kittles Villanova NIT Haggerty Award Top player in New York City metro area Adrian Griffin Seton HallCoaching changes editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it September 2021 A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended Team FormerCoach InterimCoach NewCoach Reason California Todd Bozeman Ben Braun Cleveland State Mike Boyd Rollie Massimino Colorado Joe Harrington Ricardo Patton Cornell Al Walker Scott Thompson Drake Rudy Washington Kurt Kanaskie Eastern Michigan Ben Braun Milton Barnes Florida Lon Kruger Billy Donovan Florida A amp M Ron Brown Mickey Clayton Idaho Joe Cravens Kermit Davis Illinois Lou Henson Lon Kruger Marshall Billy Donovan Greg White UNC Charlotte Jeff Mullins Melvin Watkins Wichita State Scott Thompson Randy SmithsonReferences edit 2001 NCAA Men s Basketball Record Book Conferences Section PDF NCAA 2001 Retrieved February 4 2009 Leef Ralph April 3 1996 Cal Poly team really turned things around The Press Democrat Santa Rosa California p 22 Retrieved October 14 2021 via Newspapers com NCAA Record Book DIVISION I CONSENSUS ALL AMERICA 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