1997 NCAA Tournament

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1997 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

It began on March 13, 1997, and ended with the championship game on March 31 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the RCA Dome. A total of 63 games were played.

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1997 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

March 13 and 15
- East Region
  - Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Host: Wake Forest University)
- Midwest Region
  - The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan (Host: Mid-American Conference)
- Southeast Region
  - Memphis Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee (Host: University of Memphis)
- West Region
  - Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah)
March 14 and 16
- East Region
  - Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Duquesne University)
- Midwest Region
  - Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: University of Kansas)
- Southeast Region
  - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: Davidson College)
- West Region
  - McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)

Round of 64

945

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	#1 North Carolina 82	16	, #16 Fairfield 74
		2	#2 South Carolina 65	15	#15 Coppin State 78,
		3	#3 New Mexico 59,	14	#14 Old Dominion 55
		4	#4 Villanova 101,	13	#13 Long Island 91
		5	#5 California 55,	12	#12 Princeton 52
		6	#6 Louisville 65,	11	#11 Massachusetts 57
		7	#7 Wisconsin 58	10	#10 Texas 71,
		8	, #8 Indiana 62	9	#9 Colorado 80

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	#1 Minnesota 78,	16	#16 Southwest Texas State 46
		2	#2 UCLA 109,	15	#15 Charleston Southern 75
		3	#3 Cincinnati 86,	14	#14 Butler 69
		4	#4 Clemson 68,	13	#13 Miami of Ohio 56
		5	#5 Tulsa 81,	12	#12 Boston University 52
		6	#6 Iowa State 69,	11	#11 Illinois State 57
		7	#7 Xavier 80,	10	#10 Vanderbilt 68
		8	#8 Mississippi 40	9	#9 Temple 62,

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	#1 Kansas 78,	16	#16 Jackson State 64
		2	#2 Duke 71,	15	#15 Murray State 68
		3	#3 Georgia 70	14	#14 Tennessee-Chattanooga 73,
		4	#4 Arizona 65,	13	#13 South Alabama 57
		5	, #5 Maryland 66	12	#12 College of Charleston 75
		6	#6 Illinois 90,	11	#11 Southern California 77
		7	, #7 Marquette 59	10	#10 Providence 81
		8	#8 Purdue 83,	9	#9 Rhode Island 76 (OT)

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	#1 Kentucky 92,	16	#16 Montana 54
		2	#2 Utah 75,	15	#15 Navy 61
		3	#3 Wake Forest 68,	14	#14 St. Mary's 46
		4	#4 St. Joseph's 75,	13	#13 Pacific 65
		5	#5 Boston College 73,	12	#12 Valparaiso 66
		6	#6 Stanford 80,	11	#11 Oklahoma 67
		7	#7 UNC Charlotte 79,	10	#10 Georgetown 67
		8	#8 Iowa 73,	9	#9 Virginia 60

Round of 32

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	North Carolina 73,	9	Colorado 56
		4	Villanova 68	5	California 75,
		6	Louisville 64,	3	New Mexico 63
		10	Texas 82,	15	Coppin State 81

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Minnesota 76,	9	Temple 57
		2	UCLA 96,	7	Xavier 83
		3	, Cincinnati 66	6	Iowa State 67
		4	Clemson 65,	5	Tulsa 59

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Kansas 75	8	, Purdue 61
		2	Duke 87	10	Providence 98,
		4	Arizona 73	12	, College of Charleston 69
		6	, Illinois 63	14	Tennessee-Chattanooga 75

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Kentucky 75,	8	Iowa 69
		2	Wake Forest 66	6	Stanford 72
		3	Utah 77,	7	UNC Charlotte 58
		4	St. Joseph's 81,	5	Boston College 77 (OT)

Sweet 16

East REGIONAL at Carrier Dome, Syracuse,March 21 and 23
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	North Carolina 63,	5	California 57
	6	Louisville 78,	10	Texas 63

Midwest REGIONAL at Alamodome, San Antonio, March 20 and 22
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Minnesota 90,	4	Clemson 84 (2OT)
	2	UCLA 74,	6	Iowa State 73 (OT)

Southeast REGIONAL at BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham, March 21 and 23
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	, Kansas 82	4	Arizona 85
	10	Providence 71,	14	Tennessee-Chattanooga 65

West REGIONAL at San Jose Arena,March 20 and 22
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kentucky 83,	4	St. Joseph's 68
	3	Utah 82,	6	Stanford 77 (OT)

Elite 8

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	North Carolina 97,	6	Louisville 74

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Minnesota 80,	2	UCLA 72

Southeast REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	4	Arizona 96,	10	Providence 92 (OT)

West REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kentucky 72	3	, Utah 59

Final 4

at Indianapolis

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

March 29 and 31
- RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana (Hosts: Butler University and IUPUI)

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	North Carolina 58	4	Arizona 66,
	1	Kentucky 78,	1	Minnesota 69

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Indianapolis


Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kentucky 79	4	Arizona 84,

NCAA Results

First Round

Second Round

Arizona leaders: Michael Dickerson, Jr., F; Miles Simon, Jr., G; Mike Bibby, Fr., G; Jason Terry, So., G; Bennett Davison, Jr., F

Top 10 Teams

Rank Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1. Kansas	32-1	Lost in NCAA regional to Arizona
2. Utah	26-3	Lost in NCAA regional to Kentucky
3. Minnesota	27-3	Lost to Kentucky in NCAA semfinals
4. No. Carolina	24-6	Lost to Arizonain NCAA semifinals
5. Kentucky	30-4	Lost to Arizona in NCAA final
6. So. Carolina	24-7	Lost to Coppin St. in NCAA 1st round
7. UCLA	21-7	Lost to Minnesota in NCAA regional
8. Duke	23-8	Lost to Providence in NCAA 2nd round
9. Wake Forest	23-6	Lost to Stanford in 2nd round
10. Cincinnati	25-7	Lost to Iowa State in 2nd round

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
F	Raef LaFrentz	6-11	Kansas
F	Ron Mercer	6-7	Kentucky
F	Keith Van Horn	6-10	Utah
C	Tim Duncan	6-10	Wake Forest
F-C	Danny Fortson	6-7	Cincinnati

All NCAA Tournament Team

Name	Pos	Team
Scott Padgett	F	Kentucky
Ron Mercer	F	Kentucky
Miles Simon (MVP)	G	Arizona
Mike Bibby	G	Arizona
Bobby Jackson	G	Minnesota

Team Offense

LIU, 91.5

Notes

Arizona finished the regular season ranked 15th.
Arizona became the first team to def. three No. 1 seeds in NCAA tourney.
Michigan def. Florida State, 82-72, to win behind MVP Robert "Tractor" Traylor.

Team Defense

Princeton, 53.4

Individual Scoring

1. Kevin Granger	Tex. Southern	27.0
2. Bubba Wells	Austin Peay	26.7
3. Marcus Brown	Murray St.	26.3
4. Anquell McCollum	W. Carolina	25.8
5. JaFonde Williams	Hampton	25.7

Individual Rebounding

1. Marcus Mann	Miss. Valley	13.2
2. Malik Rose	Drexel	12.9
3. Adonal Foyle	Colgate	12.4