Il Torneo di pallacanestro maschile NCAA Division I 1996 si concluse con la vittoria di Kentucky contro Syracuse.
Tony Delk di Kentucky fu nominato Most Outstanding Player.
| Ottavi di finale | | | Quarti di finale | | | Sweet Sixteen | | | Elite Eight | |
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| 1 | Massachusetts | 92 | | | | |
| 16 | Central Florida | 70 | | | 1 | Massachusetts | 79 | |
| 8 | Bradley | 58 | | | 9 | Stanford | 74 | |
| 9 | Stanford | 66 | | | | | | 1 | Massachusetts | 77 | |
| 5 | Penn St. | 80 | | | | | 12 | Arkansas | 63 | |
| 12 | Arkansas | 86 | | | 12 | Arkansas | 65 | | | | |
| 4 | Marquette | 68 | | | 4 | Marquette | 56 | |
| 13 | Monmouth | 44 | | | | 1 | Massachusetts | 86 | |
| 6 | North Carolina | 83 | | | | | | 2 | Georgetown | 62 | |
| 11 | New Orleans | 62 | | | 6 | North Carolina | 73 | | | | |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 74 | | | 3 | Texas Tech | 92 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois | 73 | | | | | | 3 | Texas Tech | 90 | |
| 7 | New Mexico | 69 | | | | | 2 | Georgetown | 98 | |
| 10 | Kansas St. | 48 | | | 7 | New Mexico | 65 | | |
| 2 | Georgetown | 93 | | | 2 | Georgetown | 75 | |
| 15 | Mississippi Valley St. | 56 | | |
| Ottavi di finale | | | Quarti di finale | | | Sweet Sixteen | | | Elite Eight | |
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| 1 | Kentucky | 110 | | | | |
| 16 | San Jose St. | 72 | | | 1 | Kentucky | 84 | |
| 8 | UW-Green Bay | 49 | | | 9 | Virginia Tech | 60 | |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 61 | | | | | | 1 | Kentucky | 101 | |
| 5 | Iowa St. | 74 | | | | | 4 | Utah | 70 | |
| 12 | California | 64 | | | 5 | Iowa St. | 67 | | | | |
| 4 | Utah | 72 | | | 4 | Utah | 73 | |
| 13 | Canisius | 43 | | | | 1 | Kentucky | 83 | |
| 6 | Louisville | 82 | | | | | | 2 | Wake Forest | 63 | |
| 11 | Tulsa | 80* | | | 6 | Louisville | 68 | | | | |
| 3 | Villanova | 92 | | | 3 | Villanova | 64 | |
| 14 | Portland | 58 | | | | | | 6 | Louisville | 59 | |
| 7 | Michigan | 76 | | | | | 2 | Wake Forest | 60 | |
| 10 | Texas | 80 | | | 10 | Texas | 62 | | |
| 2 | Wake Forest | 64 | | | 2 | Wake Forest | 65 | |
| 15 | Northeast Louisiana | 50 | | |
| Ottavi di finale | | | Quarti di finale | | | Sweet Sixteen | | | Elite Eight | |
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| 1 | Connecticut | 68 | | | | |
| 16 | Colgate | 59 | | | 1 | Connecticut | 95 | |
| 8 | Duke | 60 | | | 9 | Eastern Michigan | 81 | |
| 9 | Eastern Michigan | 75 | | | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 55 | |
| 5 | Mississippi St. | 58 | | | | | 5 | Mississippi St. | 60 | |
| 12 | Virginia Commonwealth | 51 | | | 5 | Mississippi St. | 65 | | | | |
| 4 | UCLA | 41 | | | 13 | Princeton | 45 | |
| 13 | Princeton | 43 | | | | 5 | Mississippi St. | 73 | |
| 6 | Indiana | 51 | | | | | | 2 | Cincinnati | 63 | |
| 11 | Boston College | 64 | | | 11 | Boston College | 89 | | | | |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | 90 | | | 3 | Georgia Tech | 103 | |
| 14 | Austin Peay | 79 | | | | | | 3 | Georgia Tech | 70 | |
| 7 | Temple | 61 | | | | | 2 | Cincinnati | 87 | |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 43 | | | 7 | Temple | 65 | | |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 66 | | | 2 | Cincinnati | 78 | |
| 15 | NC-Greensboro | 61 | | |
| Ottavi di finale | | | Quarti di finale | | | Sweet Sixteen | | | Elite Eight | |
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| 1 | Purdue | 73 | | | | |
| 16 | Western Carolina | 71 | | | 1 | Purdue | 69 | |
| 8 | Georgia | 81 | | | 8 | Georgia | 76 | |
| 9 | Clemson | 74 | | | | | | 8 | Georgia | 81 | |
| 5 | Memphis | 63 | | | | | 4 | Syracuse | 85 | |
| 12 | Drexel | 75 | | | 12 | Drexel | 58 | | | | |
| 4 | Syracuse | 88 | | | 4 | Syracuse | 69 | |
| 13 | Montana St. | 55 | | | | 4 | Syracuse | 60 | |
| 6 | Iowa | 81 | | | | | | 2 | Kansas | 57 | |
| 11 | George Washington | 79 | | | 6 | Iowa | 73 | | | | |
| 3 | Arizona | 90 | | | 3 | Arizona | 87 | |
| 14 | Valparaiso | 51 | | | | | | 3 | Arizona | 80 | |
| 7 | Maryland | 79 | | | | | 2 | Kansas | 83 | |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 91 | | | 10 | Santa Clara | 51 | | |
| 2 | Kansas | 92 | | | 2 | Kansas | 76 | |
| 15 | South Carolina St. | 54 | | |
| Semifinali nazionali | | | Finale nazionale | |
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| 1 | Massachusetts | 74 | | |
| 1 | Kentucky | 81 | | | 1 | Kentucky | 76 | |
| 5 | Mississippi St. | 69 | | | 4 | Syracuse | 67 | |
| 4 | Syracuse | 77 | | | | |