1996–97 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

1996–97 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

NCAA Tournament, National Champions
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 15
1996–97 record	25–9 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson
Assistant coach	Jessie Evans
Assistant coach	Phil Johnson
Assistant coach	Jim Rosborough
Captain	Michael Dickerson Miles Simon
Home arena	McKale Center

1996–97 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#7 UCLA	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
Stanford	12	–	6	.667	22	–	8	.733
California	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
USC	12	–	6	.667	17	–	11	.607
#15 Arizona	11	–	7	.611	25	–	9	.735
Washington	10	–	8	.556	17	–	11	.607
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	17	–	11	.607
Washington State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Oregon State	3	–	15	.167	7	–	20	.259
Arizona State	2	–	16	.111	10	–	20	.333

As of November 23, 2011^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996–97 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona. The Head Coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference.

After going 11–7 in conference play the team was seeded fourth in the Southeast Region of the 1997 NCAA Tournament. They went on to win the national championship, the first in program history, defeating three top-seeded teams in the process.

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Year	Hometown
John Ash	15	G	5'11"	Fr.	Tucson, AZ
Mike Bibby	10	G	6'1"	Fr.	Phoenix, AZ
A. J. Bramlett	42	F	6'11"	So.	Albuquerque, NM
Bennett Davison	21	F	6'8"	Jr.	Sebastopol, CA
Michael Dickerson	23	F	6'5"	Jr.	Seattle, WA
Eugene Edgerson	33	F	6'6"	Fr.	New Orleans, LA
Donnell Harris	13	F	6'11"	So.	Salinas, CA
Jason Lee	40	G	6'4"	Sr.	Irvine, CA
Josh Pastner	12	G	6'0"	Fr.	Kingwood, TX
Miles Simon	34	G	6'5"	Jr.	Fullerton, CA
Jason Stewart	52	G	5'11"	So.	Gardena, CA
Quynn Tebbs	24	G	6'1"	Fr.	Salt Lake City, UT
Jason Terry	31	G	6'2"	So.	Seattle, WA
Justin Wessel	30	F	6'8"	Jr.	Iowa City, IA

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
Nov. 22, 1996*	No. 19	vs. North Carolina Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic	W 83–72	1–0	Springfield Civic Center Springfield, MA
Nov. 26, 1996*	No. 11	Northern Arizona	W 88–70	2–0	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Nov. 30, 1996*	No. 11	at New Mexico	L 77–84	2–1	The Pit Albuquerque, NM
Dec. 7, 1996*	No. 15	vs. Utah John Wooden Classic	W 69–61	3–1	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Anaheim, CA
Dec. 9, 1996*	No. 15	Texas	W 83–78	4–1	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Dec. 14, 1996*	No. 8	Jackson State	W 111–83	5–1	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Dec. 21, 1996*	No. 6	at Michigan	L 71–73 ^OT	5–2	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Dec. 28, 1996*	No. 9	Robert Morris Bank One Fiesta Bowl Classic	W 118–54	6–2	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Dec. 30, 1996*	No. 9	Penn Bank One Fiesta Bowl Classic	W 93–51	7–2	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Jan. 2, 1997	No. 9	California	W 81–80	8–2 (1–0)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Jan. 4, 1997	No. 9	Stanford	W 76–75	9–2 (2–0)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Jan. 11, 1997	No. 7	at Arizona State Rivalry	W 92–84	10–2 (3–0)	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ
Jan. 16, 1997	No. 6	at USC	L 62–75	10–3 (3–1)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 18, 1997	No. 6	at UCLA Rivalry	L 78–84 ^OT	10–4 (3–2)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 23, 1997	No. 11	Oregon State	W 99–48	11–4 (4–2)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Jan. 25, 1997	No. 11	Oregon	W 88–68	12–4 (5–2)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Jan. 30, 1997	No. 10	at Washington State	W 87–78	13–4 (6–2)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
Feb. 2, 1997	No. 10	at Washington	L 88–92	13–5 (6–3)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA
Feb. 5, 1997	No. 14	Arizona State Rivalry	W 87–71	14–5 (7–3)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Feb. 9, 1997*	No. 14	vs. Tulane 7-Up Shootout	W 81–62	15–5	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, AZ
Feb. 13, 1997	No. 11	UCLA Rivalry	L 64–66	15–6 (7–4)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Feb. 15, 1997	No. 11	USC	W 101–77	16–6 (8–4)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Feb. 20, 1997	No. 13	at Oregon	L 72–78	16–7 (8–5)	McArthur Court Eugene, OR
Feb. 22, 1997	No. 13	at Oregon State	W 74–64	17–7 (9–5)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
Feb. 27, 1997	No. 15	Washington State	W 100–86	18–7 (10–5)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Mar. 2, 1997	No. 15	Washington	W 103–82	19–7 (11–5)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Mar. 6, 1997	No. 12	at Stanford	L 80–81	19–8 (11–6)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
Mar. 8, 1997	No. 12	at California	L 77–79	19–9 (11–7)	Cow Palace¹ Daly City, CA
NCAA Tournament
Mar. 13, 1997*	(4 SE) No. 15	vs. (13 SE) South Alabama First round	W 65–57	20–9	Pyramid Arena Memphis, TN
Mar. 15, 1997*	(4 SE) No. 15	vs. (12 SE) College of Charleston Second round	W 73–69	21–9	Pyramid Arena Memphis, TN
Mar. 21, 1997*	(4 SE) No. 15	vs. (1 SE) Kansas Sweet Sixteen	W 85–82	22–9	BJCC Arena Birmingham, AL
Mar. 23, 1997*	(4 SE) No. 15	vs. (10 SE) Providence Elite Eight	W 96–92 ^OT	23–9	BJCC Arena Birmingham, AL
Mar. 29, 1997*	(4 SE) No. 15	vs. (1 E) North Carolina Final Four	W 66–58	24–9	RCA Dome Indianapolis, IN
Mar. 31, 1997*	(4 SE) No. 15	vs. (1 W) Kentucky National Championship	W 84–79 ^OT	25–9	RCA Dome Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. ¹Game played here since Haas Pavilion was being renovated.

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Awards and honors

NCAA Tournament, Champions

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1998	1	2	Mike Bibby	Vancouver Grizzlies
1998	1	14	Michael Dickerson	Houston Rockets
1998	2	42	Miles Simon	Orlando Magic
1999	1	10	Jason Terry	Atlanta Hawks
1999	2	39	A. J. Bramlett	Cleveland Cavaliers

References

↑ "Pacific 10 conference 1996–97 standings". Retrieved November 21, 2007.
↑ 2014-15 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team. Retrieved 2015-Apr-12.
↑ College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Apr-12.

Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

Venues	Bear Down Gym (1926–1973) McKale Center (1973–present)

Rivalries	Arizona State UCLA

Culture & lore	History Bear Down Wilbur and Wilma "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!"

People	Head coaches Notable players NBA draftees

Seasons	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 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Arizona Wildcats Men's Basketball 1996–97 NCAA Champions

10 Mike Bibby 12 Josh Pastner 21 Bennett Davison 23 Michael Dickerson 31 Jason Terry 33 Eugene Edgerson 34 Miles Simon (MOP) 42 A. J. Bramlett Head Coach Lute Olson Assistant Coaches Jessie Evans Phil Johnson

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke
2016: Villanova

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