Front Row (l-r): Asst. Coach Delray Brooks, Head Coach Rick Pitino, Allen Edwards, Derek Anderson, Jeff Sheppard, Tony Delk, Anthony Epps, Cameron Mills, Wayne Turner, Assoc. Coach: Jim O'Brien, Asst. Coach Winston Bennett
Back Row (l-r): Equip. Mgr. Bill Keightley, Admin. Asst.: George Barber, Jason Lathrem, Oliver Simmons, Nazr Mohammed, Mark Pope, Walter McCarty, Antoine Walker, Jared Prickett, Ron Mercer, Trainer Eddie Jamiel, Asst. Strength Coach Layne Kaufman, Strength Coach Shawn Brown
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| RICK PITINO | TONY DELK | KENTUCKY |
| Location: Continental Airlines Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | |
| April 1, 1996 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | PF | PTS |
| Syracuse | |||||
| Burgan | 7-10 | 2-5 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| Wallace | 11-19 | 5-5 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| Hill | 3-9 | 1-1 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
| Sims | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Cipolla | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Janulis | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nelson | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 26-52 | 9-13 | 38 | 17 | 67 |
| Kentucky | |||||
| Anderson | 4-8 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Walker | 4-12 | 3-6 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| McCarty | 2-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Delk | 8-20 | 1-2 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| Epps | 0-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Pope | 1-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Mercer | 8-12 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| Sheppard | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Edwards | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 28-73 | 8-13 | 40 | 19 | 76 |