On April 1, 1996, the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team won its 6th NCAA title by defeating Syracuse 76-67. It was the program’s first championship since the 1978 season. Head coach Rick Pitino, who had arrived in 1989 to cleanup the mess left by his predecessor, Eddie Sutton. Pitino got to Lexington at the program’s lowest point and in short order got it back to the mountaintop. And not only did the 1996 Kentucky Wildcats win the championship, they did it in historic fashion and are certainly in the discussion as one of the best college basketball teams ever.
Kentucky Wildcats: The Untouchables
