Front Row (l-r): Daron Lamb, Marquis Teague, Jarrod Polson, Brian Long, Ryan Harrow, Sam Malone, Stacey Poole Jr.
Back Row (l-r): Twany Beckham, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kyle Wiltjer, Eloy Vargas, Anthony Davis, Terrence Jones, Darius Miller, Jon Hood
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| JOHN CALIPARI | ANTHONY DAVIS | KENTUCKY |
| Location: Mercedes-Benz Superdome | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| April 2, 2012 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | PF | PTS |
| Kansas | |||||
| Robinson | 6-17 | 6-7 | 17 | 2 | 18 |
| Withey | 2-8 | 1-1 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Taylor | 8-17 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| Johnson | 5-13 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Releford | 1-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Teahen | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wesley | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Young | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-62 | 10-15 | 35 | 16 | 59 |
| Kentucky | |||||
| Jones | 4-7 | 1-2 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Davis | 1-10 | 4-6 | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| Kidd-Gilchrist | 4-7 | 3-4 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| Lamb | 7-12 | 5-6 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| Teague | 5-14 | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Miller | 2-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Vargas | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wiltjer | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-56 | 15-21 | 43 | 15 | 67 |