"Austin Peay"@en . . "Purdue"@en . . "Milwaukee"@en . "Drexel"@en . "Il Torneo di pallacanestro maschile NCAA Division I 1996 si concluse con la vittoria di Kentucky contro Syracuse. Tony Delk di Kentucky fu nominato Most Outstanding Player."@it . . . "Drexel"@en . "A. Epps 6"@en . . . "Cincinnati"@en . "Monmouth"@en . . . "Kansas State"@en . "Cincinnati"@en . . . "D. Jones 13"@en . . "4381202"^^ . "New Mexico"@en . . . "Purdue"@en . "Cincinnati"@en . "Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN"@en . . "L. Sims 4"@en . "Cincinnati"@en . "Villanova"@en . "#2 Wake Forest Demon Deacons"@en . "Regional semifinals"@en . ", NJ"@en . "UCLA"@en . . "Villanova"@en . "S. Goolsby, T. Duncan 14"@en . . "New Mexico"@en . . . "64"^^ . "Georgia Tech"@en . . . . . . "Georgia Tech"@en . . . . "Georgia Tech"@en . "A. Walker 6"@en . "--04-01"^^ . "8"^^ . "D. Fortson 13"@en . "11"^^ . . . . . . . . "Texas"@en . . "Albuquerque"@en . "Texas"@en . "40979"^^ . . "*"@en . . . "McNichols Sports Arena Denver, CO"@en . . . . . . . . . "Colgate"@en . . "110"^^ . "Maryland"@en . "T. Duncan 6"@en . "1.0"^^ . . "Virginia Tech"@en . "101"^^ . "W4"@en . "98"^^ . . "T. Delk 24"@en . "103"^^ . . "68"^^ . . "69"^^ . "89"^^ . "70"^^ . "71"^^ . "#4 Syracuse Orangemen"@en . "83"^^ . "New Orleans"@en . "64"^^ . "92"^^ . . . "66"^^ . "86"^^ . "90"^^ . "95"^^ . "76"^^ . "D. Bright 9"@en . "81"^^ . "77"^^ . . . "UCF"@en . . "87"^^ . "79"^^ . "72"^^ . "80"^^ . "84"^^ . "Virginia Tech"@en . "73"^^ . "81"^^ . "74"^^ . . "83"^^ . "87"^^ . "75"^^ . "73"^^ . "86"^^ . "74"^^ . "Torneo de la Divisi\u00F3n I de Baloncesto Masculino de la NCAA de 1996"@es . "79"^^ . "75"^^ . . "80"^^ . "76"^^ . . "81"^^ . "Orlando"@en . "82"^^ . "78"^^ . "83"^^ . "79"^^ . "92"^^ . "64"^^ . . "73"^^ . "65"^^ . "93"^^ . "70"^^ . "--03-23"^^ . "67"^^ . "88"^^ . "68"^^ . "69"^^ . . "90"^^ . "91"^^ . . "60"^^ . "56"^^ . "Michigan"@en . . "58"^^ . . "63"^^ . . "60"^^ . . "T. Delk 25"@en . . "62"^^ . "1996"^^ . "63"^^ . "59"^^ . "44"^^ . "Indiana"@en . "57"^^ . . "Torneo di pallacanestro maschile NCAA Division I 1996"@it . "55"^^ . "51"^^ . . "60"^^ . "41"^^ . "62"^^ . "43"^^ . "63"^^ . "41"^^ . "54"^^ . "Indianapolis"@en . . "55"^^ . "48"^^ . "49"^^ . "50"^^ . "1120960773"^^ . . "51"^^ . "60"^^ . . "61"^^ . "62"^^ . "C. Travieso 6"@en . "63"^^ . . . . "56"^^ . "Providence"@en . "58"^^ . "Penn State"@en . . "59"^^ . . "J. Wallace, O. Hill 15"@en . "Syracuse"@en . "#ffdead"@en . . "131"^^ . . "#2 Kansas Jayhawks"@en . "Syracuse"@en . . . "North Carolina"@en . . . . "Syracuse"@en . . "North Carolina"@en . "Syracuse"@en . "45"^^ . . "42"^^ . . . "41"^^ . . "38"^^ . "36"^^ . . "37"^^ . "J. Wallace 9"@en . "34"^^ . . "35"^^ . "Arkansas"@en . "#2 Georgetown Hoyas"@en . "J. Touomou, J. Williams, O. Harrington 2"@en . . . "Memphis"@en . . "Arkansas"@en . . "Kentucky"@en . "Arkansas"@en . . . . "L. Siims 9"@en . "48"^^ . "10"^^ . "4"^^ . "2"^^ . . "5"^^ . "3"^^ . "11"^^ . "Marquette"@en . . "8"^^ . . "1"^^ . "9"^^ . "6"^^ . "D. Wilson 6"@en . . "1"^^ . "Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA"@en . "12"^^ . "2"^^ . "4"^^ . "Massachusetts #"@en . "5"^^ . "13"^^ . "2"^^ . "Santa Clara"@en . "3"^^ . . "8"^^ . "Boston College"@en . . "1"^^ . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . "Marquette"@en . . "4"^^ . "12"^^ . "5"^^ . . . "CBS"@en . . . "6"^^ . "25"^^ . "Texas Tech"@en . "E. Dampier 14"@en . "Kentucky"@en . . "UW\u2013Green Bay"@en . "T. Burgan 7"@en . "Valparaiso"@en . "L. Sims 7"@en . . . "SE5"@en . "--03-30"^^ . . "Louisville"@en . . "El Torneo de la Divisi\u00F3n I de Baloncesto Masculino de la NCAA de 1996 se celebr\u00F3 para determinar el Campe\u00F3n de la Divisi\u00F3n I de la NCAA. Fueron 64 los equipos que disputaron la fase final, jug\u00E1ndose la Final Four en el Continental Airlines Arena de East Rutherford, Nueva Jersey.\u200B Los ganadores fueron el equipo de la Universidad de Kentucky, que lograba su sexto t\u00EDtulo, el primero desde 1978, derrotando a la Universidad de Syracuse, en su segunda aparici\u00F3n en una final. John Wallace, de los Orangemen, fue el m\u00E1ximo anotador del torneo, mientras que Tony Delk fue considerado Mejor Jugador del Torneo."@es . . . "Kentucky"@en . . "Santa Clara"@en . . "150"^^ . "Boston College"@en . "Georgetown"@en . . "Utah"@en . "Texas Tech"@en . . "Canisius"@en . "Kentucky"@en . . "Georgetown"@en . "Utah"@en . "Texas Tech"@en . "Kentucky"@en . . "Wake Forest"@en . "Utah"@en . "Georgetown"@en . "D. Wilson 20"@en . . . . "Louisville"@en . "Wake Forest"@en . "2"^^ . . "A. Iverson 23"@en . "Louisville"@en . "Wake Forest"@en . "The 1996 NCAA Division I men's 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 (now known as Izod Center) in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. A total of 63 games were played. The Final Four venue was notable for several reasons: Kentucky won its sixth national championship by defeating Syracuse in the final game 76\u201367."@en . . . . "Georgetown"@en . . "Duke"@en . . . "Wake Forest"@en . . "Regional Finals"@en . . "right"@en . . . . "UNC Greensboro"@en . . . . . . . . . . "W. McCarty 10"@en . . . . "T. Delk 20"@en . . "E. Padilla 12"@en . . . . . . "Kansas"@en . "A. Epps 7"@en . . . . "J. Haase 6"@en . . . "1.0"^^ . . . "Kansas"@en . . . . "Continental Airlines Arena"@en . "1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament"@en . "Kansas"@en . . "California"@en . . "Northern Illinois"@en . . . "Montana State"@en . . . "Kansas"@en . . . . . "El Torneo de la Divisi\u00F3n I de Baloncesto Masculino de la NCAA de 1996 se celebr\u00F3 para determinar el Campe\u00F3n de la Divisi\u00F3n I de la NCAA. Fueron 64 los equipos que disputaron la fase final, jug\u00E1ndose la Final Four en el Continental Airlines Arena de East Rutherford, Nueva Jersey.\u200B"@es . . . . "Connecticut"@en . "Tempe"@en . . . "Connecticut"@en . . . "631834"^^ . . "M.Camby 22"@en . . . "--03-24"^^ . . "Connecticut"@en . "National semifinals"@en . . . "M1"@en . "J. Wallace, O. Hill 10"@en . "1996"^^ . "E1"@en . . . . . . . . . "#2 Cincinnati Bearcats"@en . "T. Duncan 16"@en . . "#1 Kentucky Wildcats"@en . . . . . "Georgia"@en . . . . "Temple"@en . . . "Mississippi State"@en . "R. LaFrentz 9"@en . . . "Oklahoma"@en . "D. Jones 23"@en . . . "South Carolina State"@en . . "Mississippi State"@en . . . . "Clemson"@en . "Il Torneo di pallacanestro maschile NCAA Division I 1996 si concluse con la vittoria di Kentucky contro Syracuse. Tony Delk di Kentucky fu nominato Most Outstanding Player."@it . "Georgia"@en . "East Rutherford"@en . "Mississippi State"@en . "#5 Mississippi State Bulldogs"@en . "Georgia"@en . "Portland"@en . "Mississippi State"@en . . . "Temple"@en . "The 1996 NCAA Division I men's 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 (now known as Izod Center) in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. A total of 63 games were played. The Final Four venue was notable for several reasons: \n* This marked the first time that the NCAA finals had been held in Greater New York since 1950. \n* 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. Therefore, this was also the last time the NCAA finals have been held in the Greater New York area and the Northeastern United States (for the time being). The Final Four consisted of Kentucky, making its first appearance in the Final Four since 1993 and eleventh overall, Massachusetts, making its first ever appearance in the Final Four, Syracuse, making its third appearance in the Final Four and first since 1987, and Mississippi State, also making its first appearance. Kentucky won its sixth national championship by defeating Syracuse in the final game 76\u201367. 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 seemed to be the best two teams in college basketball \u2013 Massachusetts and Kentucky \u2013 on the same side of the bracket so that they faced each other in the national semifinal \u2013 not the final game itself. 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. Although Kentucky was the tourney favorite, Connecticut, led by star guard Ray Allen, was the presumed #1 overall seed that season, after compiling a 30\u20132 record during the season in a strong Big East Conference, including a conference tournament victory over Georgetown-led by Allen Iverson, who went on to be the number one pick in the draft following the season. Meanwhile, Kentucky was apparently dropped to #3 overall seed following its defeat to Mississippi State in the SEC conference tournament final. Kentucky also could not be placed in the Southeast region since the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games were being played in Kentucky's home arena, Rupp Arena. Massachusetts, coached by John Calipari, was later stripped of its wins, including the UMass Minutemen's Final Four appearance, by the NCAA because UMass star Marcus Camby had accepted illegal gifts from agents. Connecticut, coached by Jim Calhoun, was additionally punished monetarily due to players accepting illegal gifts from agents. The 1996 tournament was the last to feature teams from the Big Eight and Southwest Conferences; later that year the two would form the Big Twelve Conference. As of 2022 they are the last Division I conferences to disband and/or merge after sending teams to the NCAA tournament."@en . "K. Legree 4"@en . . . . . . "Princeton"@en . . . . . "Stanford"@en . "83"^^ . "81"^^ . "86"^^ . . . "74"^^ . "Richmond"@en . . "A. Walker 9"@en . "VCU"@en . "73"^^ . . . "Princeton"@en . "76"^^ . . "77"^^ . . "67"^^ . . "M1"@en . . "Stanford"@en . . "Arizona"@en . . . "Mississippi Valley State"@en . "Tulsa"@en . "69"^^ . "J. Vaughn 21"@en . . . "Arizona"@en . . "57"^^ . . "62"^^ . "Arizona"@en . "63"^^ . "60"^^ . . . "Iowa State"@en . . . "Western Carolina"@en . . . . "Iowa"@en . . "#1 Massachusetts Minutemen"@en . . . . "M. Camby 25"@en . . "Iowa State"@en . "Dallas"@en . "Iowa"@en . "J. Wallace 21"@en . "Northeast Louisiana"@en . "D. Bright, M. Camby 7"@en . "W4"@en . . ""@en . . . . . "16"^^ . . "Eastern Michigan"@en . "Massachusetts"@en . . . . . . . . . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . . "4"^^ . "5"^^ . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "Eastern Michigan"@en . . "1"^^ . "14"^^ . "15"^^ . "12"^^ . . "13"^^ . "10"^^ . "11"^^ . "A. Epps, A. Walker, D. Anderson, W. McCarty 4"@en . "8"^^ . "J. Wallace 29"@en . "9"^^ . . "Massachusetts"@en . . "Massachusetts"@en . . . . "Massachusetts"@en . "D. Fortson 24"@en . . . . . . "J. Williams 8"@en . . . "M. Bullard 8"@en . . . "450"^^ . . "Rupp Arena Lexington, KY"@en . "#e3e3e3"@en . . . . . . . "George Washington"@en . . . . "San Jose State"@en . . . . . . "Bradley"@en . "3.0"^^ . "National Championship Game"@en . . . . . . .