Front Row (l-r): Trainer Ed Orr, Mgr. Deron Davenport, Asst. Coach Phil Johnson, Asst. Coach Jessie Evans, Head Coach Lute Olson, Asst. Coach Jim Rosborough, Basketball Coord. Brad Jepson, Equipi. Mgr. Walter Teike, Video Coord. Ryan Hansen
Back Row (l-r): Josh Pastner, Mike Bibby, Quynn Tebbs, Jason Lee, Miles Simon, Justin Wessel, A.J. Bramlett, Donnell Harris, Bennett Davison, Eugene Edgerson, Michael Dickerson, Ortege Jenkins, Jason Terry, John Ash, Jason Stewart
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| LUTE OLSON | MILES SIMON | ARIZONA |
| Location: RCA Dome | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| March 31, 1997 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | PF | PTS |
| Arizona | |||||
| Davison | 3-9 | 3-3 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Dickerson | 1-8 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Bramlett | 1-3 | 1-1 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Bibby | 5-12 | 6-6 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| Simon | 8-18 | 14-17 | 3 | 1 | 30 |
| Terry | 2-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Edgerson | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Harris | 2-2 | 4-8 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Team | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 22-58 | 34-41 | 45 | 16 | 84 |
| Kentucky | |||||
| Mercer | 5-9 | 1-1 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| Padgett | 5-16 | 4-4 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| Magloire | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Turner | 4-9 | 0-1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Epps | 4-13 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Edwards | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prickett | 1-4 | 4-5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Mohammed | 6-11 | 0-6 | 11 | 3 | 12 |
| Mills | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Massiello | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 30-72 | 9-17 | 40 | 29 | 79 |