1997 Arizona Wildcats Basketball Roster

1 seeds in the same tournament kansas north carolina and kentucky.

1997 arizona wildcats basketball roster. Ed orr trainer deron davenport senior manager phil johnson assistant coach jessie evans assistant coach lute olson head coach jim rosborough assistant coach brad jepson coordinator of basketball operations walter teike equipment manager ryan hansen video coordinator back row l r. Bramlett donnell harris bennett davison eugene. The 1997 ncaa division i mens basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single elimination play to determine the national champion of mens ncaa division i college basketballit began on march 13 1997 and ended with the championship game on march 31 in indianapolis indiana at the rca domea total of 63 games were played. 1997 mens basketball team.

30 5 17 1 1st in pac 10 coach. The team put together one of the most impressive runs in ncaa tournament history becoming the first team to defeat three no. 1997 98 arizona wildcats roster and stats. Mike bibby cuts down the net after the wildcats defeated kentucky their third 1 seed that they knocked off during their championship run.

Won the programs first national title by defeating national champion kentucky in overtime 84 79 at indianapolis. Josh pastner mike bibby quynn tebbs jason lee miles simon justin wessel aj. 1996 1997 arizona wildcats. David sanders arizona daily star.

The 199798 arizona wildcats mens basketball team represented the university of arizona in the 199798 ncaa division i mens basketball seasonthe head coach was lute olsonthe team played its home games in the mckale center in tucson arizona and was a member of the pacific 10 conferencethe wildcats finished the season in first place in the pacific 10 conference with a 171 record. 1996 1997 arizona wildcats roster player class pos ht wt. Previous season next season record. Unlv 77 duke 79 kentucky 103 duke 104 unc 54 kansas 53 nc state 54 houston 52.