Arizona Wildcats 1996-1997 Retro Shorts (Home) NCAA Audience winning the conference outright

winning the conference outright

SLAM 244 chronicles Scoot's past and present and how the years leading up to this moment have made him a lock to get drafted extremely highly this June

The Hoyas entered the NCAA Tournament as the 3 seed in the South Region where they easily advanced to the Sweet 16 after defeating Mississippi Valley State and New Mexico

The win put the Cornhuskers on the cusp on their first ever conference tournament championship

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Arizona Wildcats 1996-1997 Retro Shorts (Home) NCAA Audience winning the conference outrightLute Olson's 1996 1997 Arizona Wildcats team was loaded with 5 future NBA players. The biggest addition to the U of A program was freshman phenom, Mike Bibby. Bibby teamed with Miles Simon to give Arizona the best 1 2 backcourt punch in the nation. Add Jason Terry, Michael Dickerson and AJ Bramlett to the mix and you start to understand why expectations were high in Tucson. A win over #7 UNC to start the season and another win over #3 Utah was a sign