Record: 35-5 (13-3, 2nd in SEC East)
Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Rick Pitino
NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in West)
Won West First Round (92-54) versus #16 Montana
Won West Second Round (75-69) versus #8 Iowa
Won West Regional Semifinal (83-68) versus #4 Saint Joseph’s
Won West Regional Final (72-59) versus #2 Utah
Won National Semifinal (78-69) versus #1 Minnesota
Lost National Final (84-79) versus #4 Arizona
Team – Per Game
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 40 | 31.0 | 65.8 | .471 | 23.8 | 46.4 | .513 | 7.2 | 19.4 | .369 | 14.1 | 20.6 | .682 | 16.0 | 23.4 | 39.4 | 19.4 | 12.0 | 5.1 | 14.7 | 20.1 | 83.1 | |
| Rank | 2nd | 11th | 39th | 11th | 23rd | 44th | 46th | 69th | 52nd | 190th | 204th | 125th | 10th | 160th | 35th | 1st | 2nd | 20th | 206th | 104th | 7th | ||
| Opponent | 40 | 21.4 | 53.7 | .398 | 16.7 | 39.0 | .429 | 4.6 | 14.7 | .314 | 15.5 | 23.1 | .671 | 12.6 | 21.6 | 34.2 | 12.1 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 22.7 | 18.3 | 62.8 | |
| Rank | 19th | 64th | 29th | 48th | 105th | 28th | 22nd | 47th | 54th | 192nd | 204th | 146th | 143rd | 76th | 93rd | 306th | 52nd | 61st | 306th | 76th | 32nd |
Team – Totals
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 40 | 1238 | 2631 | .471 | 951 | 1854 | .513 | 287 | 777 | .369 | 562 | 824 | .682 | 641 | 934 | 1575 | 776 | 480 | 203 | 589 | 802 | 3325 | |
| Rank | 1st | 1st | 39th | 1st | 1st | 44th | 4th | 6th | 52nd | 20th | 20th | 125th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 305th | 306th | 1st | ||
| Opponent | 40 | 854 | 2147 | .398 | 669 | 1558 | .429 | 185 | 589 | .314 | 619 | 922 | .671 | 504 | 863 | 1367 | 484 | 256 | 99 | 907 | 731 | 2512 | |
| Rank | 291st | 304th | 29th | 293rd | 305th | 28th | 229th | 271st | 54th | 306th | 306th | 146th | 300th | 301st | 304th | 287th | 265th | 205th | 306th | 300th | 304th |
Individual – Per Game
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Mercer | 40 | 40 | 32.5 | 7.4 | 15.1 | .493 | 6.2 | 11.6 | .537 | 1.2 | 3.5 | .348 | 2.1 | 2.6 | .781 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 18.1 | ||
| 2 | Derek Anderson | 19 | 16 | 25.3 | 5.8 | 11.9 | .491 | 3.8 | 6.9 | .553 | 2.0 | 4.9 | .404 | 4.1 | 5.0 | .811 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 17.7 | ||
| 3 | Scott Padgett | 32 | 25 | 23.7 | 3.1 | 7.6 | .410 | 1.7 | 3.3 | .500 | 1.5 | 4.3 | .341 | 1.9 | 2.5 | .763 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 4 | Anthony Epps | 40 | 37 | 27.2 | 2.7 | 6.8 | .393 | 0.9 | 2.3 | .402 | 1.7 | 4.5 | .388 | 1.9 | 2.3 | .833 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 8.9 | ||
| 5 | Allen Edwards | 38 | 18 | 23.9 | 3.2 | 7.4 | .424 | 2.3 | 4.6 | .506 | 0.8 | 2.9 | .294 | 1.5 | 2.2 | .667 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 8.6 | ||
| 6 | Nazr Mohammed | 39 | 12 | 15.8 | 3.4 | 6.6 | .510 | 3.4 | 6.6 | .514 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.2 | 2.3 | .506 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 7.9 | ||
| 7 | Jared Prickett | 38 | 19 | 24.6 | 3.1 | 5.6 | .550 | 2.9 | 5.2 | .558 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .417 | 1.7 | 2.7 | .624 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 7.9 | ||
| 8 | Wayne Turner | 40 | 10 | 22.7 | 2.8 | 6.0 | .467 | 2.7 | 5.6 | .480 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .267 | 0.9 | 1.7 | .529 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 9 | Cameron Mills | 31 | 0 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 3.8 | .538 | 0.7 | 1.2 | .553 | 1.4 | 2.5 | .532 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .750 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 10 | Jamaal Magloire | 40 | 21 | 15.7 | 1.9 | 3.8 | .490 | 1.9 | 3.8 | .490 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 | .549 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.9 | |||
| 11 | Steve Masiello | 23 | 0 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | .240 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .313 | 0.0 | 0.4 | .111 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .700 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 12 | Oliver Simmons | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Individual – Totals
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Mercer | 40 | 40 | 1299 | 297 | 603 | .493 | 248 | 462 | .537 | 49 | 141 | .348 | 82 | 105 | .781 | 210 | 97 | 66 | 10 | 68 | 95 | 725 | ||
| 2 | Anthony Epps | 40 | 37 | 1089 | 106 | 270 | .393 | 37 | 92 | .402 | 69 | 178 | .388 | 75 | 90 | .833 | 126 | 193 | 68 | 4 | 62 | 38 | 356 | ||
| 3 | Derek Anderson | 19 | 16 | 481 | 111 | 226 | .491 | 73 | 132 | .553 | 38 | 94 | .404 | 77 | 95 | .811 | 77 | 67 | 37 | 2 | 32 | 39 | 337 | ||
| 4 | Allen Edwards | 38 | 18 | 907 | 120 | 283 | .424 | 88 | 174 | .506 | 32 | 109 | .294 | 56 | 84 | .667 | 226 | 109 | 45 | 7 | 73 | 77 | 328 | ||
| 5 | Nazr Mohammed | 39 | 12 | 617 | 132 | 259 | .510 | 132 | 257 | .514 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 45 | 89 | .506 | 226 | 12 | 33 | 52 | 59 | 101 | 309 | ||
| 6 | Scott Padgett | 32 | 25 | 759 | 100 | 244 | .410 | 53 | 106 | .500 | 47 | 138 | .341 | 61 | 80 | .763 | 162 | 56 | 48 | 16 | 57 | 91 | 308 | ||
| 7 | Jared Prickett | 38 | 19 | 933 | 116 | 211 | .550 | 111 | 199 | .558 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 63 | 101 | .624 | 225 | 79 | 66 | 20 | 76 | 109 | 300 | ||
| 8 | Wayne Turner | 40 | 10 | 908 | 112 | 240 | .467 | 108 | 225 | .480 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 36 | 68 | .529 | 107 | 120 | 79 | 9 | 72 | 85 | 264 | ||
| 9 | Jamaal Magloire | 40 | 21 | 626 | 75 | 153 | .490 | 75 | 153 | .490 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 82 | .549 | 177 | 15 | 25 | 79 | 64 | 120 | 195 | |||
| 10 | Cameron Mills | 31 | 0 | 324 | 63 | 117 | .538 | 21 | 38 | .553 | 42 | 79 | .532 | 15 | 20 | .750 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 44 | 183 | ||
| 11 | Steve Masiello | 23 | 0 | 79 | 6 | 25 | .240 | 5 | 16 | .313 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 12 | Oliver Simmons | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| School Totals | 40 | 1238 | 2631 | .471 | 951 | 1854 | .513 | 287 | 777 | .369 | 562 | 824 | .682 | 641 | 934 | 1575 | 776 | 480 | 203 | 589 | 802 | 3325 |
Schedule and Results
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 15, 1996 | REG | N | Clemson (20) | ACC | L | 71 | 79 | OT | 0 | 1 | L 1 | RCA Dome |
| 2 | Thu, Nov 28, 1996 | REG | N | Syracuse (12) | Big East | W | 87 | 53 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | Sullivan Arena | |
| 3 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | N | Alaska-Anchorage | W | 104 | 72 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | Sullivan Arena | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | N | College of Charleston | TAAC | W | 92 | 65 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | Sullivan Arena | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 3, 1996 | REG | N | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 101 | 87 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | United Center | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | N | Indiana (8) | Big Ten | W | 99 | 65 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | Freedom Hall | |
| 7 | Mon, Dec 9, 1996 | REG | Wright State | MW Coll | W | 90 | 62 | 6 | 1 | W 6 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | Notre Dame | Big East | W | 80 | 56 | 7 | 1 | W 7 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | N | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 88 | 59 | 8 | 1 | W 8 | Georgia Dome | |
| 10 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | W | 105 | 51 | 9 | 1 | W 9 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 11 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 81 | 65 | 10 | 1 | W 10 | Quicken Loans Arena | |
| 12 | Tue, Dec 31, 1996 | REG | @ | Louisville (14) | CUSA | W | 74 | 54 | 11 | 1 | W 11 | Freedom Hall | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 74 | 40 | 12 | 1 | W 12 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 14 | Tue, Jan 7, 1997 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 90 | 61 | 13 | 1 | W 13 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | Canisius | MAAC | W | 68 | 45 | 14 | 1 | W 14 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | L | 69 | 73 | 14 | 2 | L 1 | C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum | |
| 17 | Tue, Jan 14, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia (21) | SEC | W | 86 | 65 | 15 | 2 | W 1 | Stegeman Coliseum | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 77 | 53 | 16 | 2 | W 2 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 19 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | N | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 58 | 46 | 17 | 2 | W 3 | Riverfront Coliseum | |
| 20 | Sun, Jan 26, 1997 | REG | @ | Arkansas | SEC | W | 83 | 73 | 18 | 2 | W 4 | Bud Walton Arena | |
| 21 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | W | 92 | 65 | 19 | 2 | W 5 | Stephen C. O’Connell Center | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 82 | 57 | 20 | 2 | W 6 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 23 | Tue, Feb 4, 1997 | REG | @ | South Carolina (19) | SEC | L | 79 | 84 | OT | 20 | 3 | L 1 | Carolina Coliseum |
| 24 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 82 | 55 | 21 | 3 | W 1 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 25 | Sun, Feb 9, 1997 | REG | Villanova (16) | Big East | W | 93 | 56 | 22 | 3 | W 2 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 84 | 48 | 23 | 3 | W 3 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 85 | 56 | 24 | 3 | W 4 | Rupp Arena | ||
| 28 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | W | 75 | 61 | 25 | 3 | W 5 | Coleman Coliseum | |
| 29 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 82 | 79 | 26 | 3 | W 6 | Memorial Gymnasium | |
| 30 | Tue, Feb 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | W | 74 | 64 | 27 | 3 | W 7 | Thompson-Boling Arena | |
| 31 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | REG | South Carolina (6) | SEC | L | 66 | 72 | 27 | 4 | L 1 | Rupp Arena | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
| 32 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Auburn | SEC | W | 92 | 50 | 28 | 4 | W 1 | The Pyramid | |
| 33 | Sat, Mar 8, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Mississippi | SEC | W | 88 | 70 | 29 | 4 | W 2 | The Pyramid | |
| 34 | Sun, Mar 9, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Georgia (24) | SEC | W | 95 | 68 | 30 | 4 | W 3 | The Pyramid | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
| 35 | Thu, Mar 13, 1997 | NCAA | N | Montana | Big Sky | W | 92 | 54 | 31 | 4 | W 4 | Jon M. Huntsman Center | |
| 36 | Sat, Mar 15, 1997 | NCAA | N | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 75 | 69 | 32 | 4 | W 5 | Jon M. Huntsman Center | |
| 37 | Thu, Mar 20, 1997 | NCAA | N | Saint Joseph’s (12) | A-10 | W | 83 | 68 | 33 | 4 | W 6 | SAP Center | |
| 38 | Sat, Mar 22, 1997 | NCAA | N | Utah (2) | WAC | W | 72 | 59 | 34 | 4 | W 7 | SAP Center | |
| 39 | Sat, Mar 29, 1997 | NCAA | N | Minnesota (3) | Big Ten | W | 78 | 69 | 35 | 4 | W 8 | RCA Dome | |
| 40 | Mon, Mar 31, 1997 | NCAA | N | Arizona (15) | Pac-10 | L | 79 | 84 | OT | 35 | 5 | L 1 | RCA Dome |
