April 4, 201214 yr No. Will Bynum, Jarret Jack, BJ Elder... Wow. Yeah, I distinctly remember not watching that game after UConn beat Duke in the Final Four.
April 4, 201214 yr Author Don't forget the Giant Ginger from Down Under, Luke Schenscher. Totally forgot that guy!
April 4, 201214 yr Top 5 1996 UK 1990 UNLV Fab Five Duke 1992 This group should fit in somewhere with those. I realize Fab Five didn't win one but was a team that changed basketball. For the purists who say you have to win one to be considered then maybe replace them with another Duke team from the era (2001?) You have to include the 1991 Duke team that beat the best college basketball I have ever seen in my 37 years of life....1991 UNLV.
April 4, 201214 yr Teague> Epps Delk>Lamb MKG>Mercer Jones=Walker(due to the fact that Walker was allergic to defense) and the deal breaker for me............ Davis>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pope And who is coming off the bench for 96? Davis and Jones>>>>>>>>>>>>>Prickett Miller>>>>>>>>>than the guys I can't remember coming off of the bench. That's all I am saying. By the end of the season, the starters for 1996 looked like this: Anthony Epps Tony Delk Derek Anderson Antoine Walker Walter McCarty Subs that played meaningful minutes: Ron Mercer Mark Pope Jeff Sheppard Allen Edwards Wayne Turner Jared Prickett red-shirted that year. Nazr Mohammed was still fat & a project. Cameron Mills seldom saw the floor. Oliver Simmons was ugly. Jason Lathrem was a walk-on.
April 4, 201214 yr Okay.... MKG>McCarty Miller=Mercer I still feel 2012 is better than 1996. I have been told the 1996 celebration was better than the 2012 celebration though. And that's from people who were at both. :lol: I'm with you, love the 96' team but think this team has them. Guess you can kind of equal it to the discussions of the dream team vs. 2012 olympic team thread we had on here a little while ago. Basketball has just changed so much since then and with all the athletiscm and ability at every position I think you go with 2012. Terrence Jones could handle Antoine', Davis certaintly handles McCarty, MKG has Delk, DA, or whoever else he has to guard. Just matchup wise I don't see the 96 team getting them. Depth wise they do but as long as that's not a factor 2012 is the best team.
April 4, 201214 yr :lol: That is dreadful. I didn't even remember it was UConn/GaTech. Was Bosh on that team? In that season's defense, part of what made it so horrible was that UConn had Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva and Emeka Okafor that year. It's also easy to forget what an imposing presence, if not a huge talent, Josh Boone was for them in the middle.
April 4, 201214 yr I thought 1996 was the season Derek Anderson had to sit out for transferring. I don't recall him being a factor in 1996. I do remember Mercer scoring 20 in the title game if I am not mistaken.
April 4, 201214 yr I would take all the repeat champions over this 2012 squad, meaning the 91-92 Duke team & the Florida team from a few years ago. Additionally, I would put 1996 Kentucky & 2009 North Carolina ahead of this 2012 team.
April 4, 201214 yr I'm with you, love the 96' team but think this team has them. Guess you can kind of equal it to the discussions of the dream team vs. 2012 olympic team thread we had on here a little while ago. Basketball has just changed so much since then and with all the athletiscm and ability at every position I think you go with 2012. Terrence Jones could handle Antoine', Davis certaintly handles McCarty, MKG has Delk or whoever else he has to guard. Just matchup wise I don't see the 96 team getting them. Depth wise they do but as long as that's not a factor 2012 is the best team. This is exactly my thought process.
April 4, 201214 yr I thought 1996 was the season Derek Anderson had to sit out for transferring. I don't recall him being a factor in 1996. I do remember Mercer scoring 20 in the title game if I am not mistaken. No, Anderson sat out in 1994-95. He was the starting Small forward on 1995-96. The next year, his senior year, he was leading the team in scoring before tearing his ACL against Auburn. 1995-96 Kentucky Wildcats
April 4, 201214 yr Teague> Epps Delk>Lamb MKG>Mercer Jones=Walker(due to the fact that Walker was allergic to defense) and the deal breaker for me............ Davis>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pope And who is coming off the bench for 96? Davis and Jones>>>>>>>>>>>>>Prickett Miller>>>>>>>>>than the guys I can't remember coming off of the bench. That's all I am saying. The Starting lineup at the end of the year for the '96 squad was: Epps PG Delk 2G Anderson SF/Guard Walker PF McCarty Center Bench was: Pope (Center), Mercer (Forward), Turner (PG), Sheppard (2G), Edwards (2G) The difference between '96 and '12 is in the Bench. That's why this team could not "throttle" or "Blowout" teams like the '96 squad did. You have to have depth to do that on a consistant basis so you are wearing the other team out by bringing in a 2nd five that's as good as their 1st five. It's the talent on that bench that separates the '96 team from most and puts them in the rankings of the elite of all time. BTW, the Walker of '96 vs. the NBA Walker are two different players. He played great defense in the NCAA Tourney. Ask Tim Duncan or Marcus Camby that. His double teams with the center were unbelievable. Stats for 1996: Games FG FGA % 3Pt FG 3Pt FGA % FT FTA % Off Def Team Total Reb Asst. St. BS F TO Total Points Kentucky 36 1198 2461 .487 266 670 .397 630 883 .713 517 886 120 1501 783 435 176 729 554 3292 Opponents 36 885 2135 .415 191 569 .336 536 799 .671 469 820 118 1289 487 256 141 748 799 2497 Stats for 2012: Games FG FGA % 3Pt FG 3Pt FGA % FT FTA % Off Def Team Total Reb Asst. St. BS F TO Total Points Kentucky 40 1096 2248 .488 225 595 .378 678 938 .723 487 1069 111 1556 531 242 344 593 453 3095 Opponents 40 889 2379 .374 219 689 .318 426 614 .694 483 797 135 1281 420 218 133 750 466 2423 Schedule for 2011-12
April 4, 201214 yr I would take all the repeat champions over this 2012 squad, meaning the 91-92 Duke team & the Florida team from a few years ago. Additionally, I would put 1996 Kentucky & 2009 North Carolina ahead of this 2012 team. I think Davis would handle Hansbrough with ease and MKG would guard Ty Lawson. I give UK12 the advantage everywhere else on the court against the 09 UNC team which is why I chose UK12 over them. That was a really good UNC team though. Anthony Davis is the deciding factor in a lot of my UK12 picks.
April 4, 201214 yr Teague> Epps Delk>Lamb MKG>Mercer Jones=Walker(due to the fact that Walker was allergic to defense) and the deal breaker for me............ Davis>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pope And who is coming off the bench for 96? Davis and Jones>>>>>>>>>>>>>Prickett Miller>>>>>>>>>than the guys I can't remember coming off of the bench. That's all I am saying. Derek Anderson if I'm not mistaken started on this team, as did Walter McCarty. Mercer wasn't that big of a contributer on this team, but besides him you had Jeff Shepard, Wayne Turner, Allen Edwards. A lot of people also forget that most of these guys (just like this team) had to give up a lot of their game for the better of the team. I say the 96 team beats the 12 team, but that's just my opinion. The 96 team had to beat a Tim Duncan led Wake Forest team followed by a Marcus Camby led UMASS team. I think they could've gotten the job done against Anthony Davis as well.
April 4, 201214 yr The Starting lineup at the end of the year for the '96 squad was: Epps PG Delk 2G Anderson SF/Guard Walker PF McCarty Center Bench was: Pope (Center), Mercer (Forward), Turner (PG), Sheppard (2G), Edwards (2G) The difference between '96 and '12 is in the Bench. That's why this team could not "throttle" or "Blowout" teams like the '96 squad did. You have to have depth to do that on a consistant basis so you are wearing the other team out by bringing in a 2nd five that's as good as their 1st five. It's the talent on that bench that separates the '96 team from most and puts them in the rankings of the elite of all time. BTW, the Walker of '96 vs. the NBA Walker are two different players. He played great defense in the NCAA Tourney. Ask Tim Duncan or Marcus Camby that. His double teams with the center were unbelievable. Stats for 1996: Games FG FGA % 3Pt FG 3Pt FGA % FT FTA % Off Def Team Total Reb Asst. St. BS F TO Total Points Kentucky 36 1198 2461 .487 266 670 .397 630 883 .713 517 886 120 1501 783 435 176 729 554 3292 Opponents 36 885 2135 .415 191 569 .336 536 799 .671 469 820 118 1289 487 256 141 748 799 2497 Stats for 2012: Games FG FGA % 3Pt FG 3Pt FGA % FT FTA % Off Def Team Total Reb Asst. St. BS F TO Total Points Kentucky 40 1096 2248 .488 225 595 .378 678 938 .723 487 1069 111 1556 531 242 344 593 453 3095 Opponents 40 889 2379 .374 219 689 .318 426 614 .694 483 797 135 1281 420 218 133 750 466 2423 Schedule for 2011-12 The 96 team played in much tougher SEC conference and blew teams out by a much higher margin of victory, which as you say, was no doubt due to the depth on the bench. The main thing, in my opinion that seperates the two teams, is that the 96 team was a much, much better 3-point shooting team.
April 4, 201214 yr Anthony Davis is the deciding factor in a lot of my UK12 picks. Total game-changer. Really difficult to evaluate what sort of impact he could have had against these other teams. I definitely agree that he could have handled Hansbrough defensively.
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