It’s fitting that no matter what happens in the Untouchables Regional Final, two players from Rick Pitino’s 1996 National Championship team will make the Final Four of KSR’s BBN Jam Tournament.
The 1996 Kentucky team was absolutely loaded. Pitino went 10-deep to keep fresh legs on the court to apply fullcourt defensive pressure. Picking just two players to represent the squad was difficult, but it had to be done. When the dust settled Anderson and Walker were the 96 team’s representatives, while Delk and McCarty appeared as juniors on the 95 squad whose season ended against North Carolina in the Elite Eight.