There are several teams that can lay claim to the title of greatest NCAA championship team ever, including Kentucky's 38-2 Anthony Davis-led title team of 2012.
But many on campus consider the 1996 Kentucky Wildcats the best college basketball team of all time. That team, coached by pre-Boston Celtics and pre-Louisville Rick Pitino and headlined by Tony Delk and Walter McCarty, is holding a reunion this weekend in Miami to celebrate the title 20 years later. Former UK sharpshooter Cameron Mills is acting as the cameraman for the event.
One of the most special nights since April 1, 1996. #GreatestTeamEver #96Reunion #96Champions pic.twitter.com/bLf0qIXGob
— CAMERON MILLS (@CameronMillz) August 26, 2016
SWAG #96reunion #96Champions pic.twitter.com/62CSY2AqJV
— CAMERON MILLS (@CameronMillz) August 26, 2016
The 1996 team boasted nine players who went on to play in the NBA including former All-Star Antoine Walker. Walker is due to arrive later in the weekend for the reunion.
The team went 34-2 and was a perfect 16-0 in the SEC. In the Final Four the Wildcats beat UMass, which was coached at the time by current UK coach John Calipari. The Wildcats beat Syracuse 76-67 in the national championship game.