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The 1996–97 season

29 belt games · 13 title changes

Kentucky carried the belt into the 1996–97 season. It changed hands 13 times among 11 programs, 5 of those in the playoffs, and Arizona finished the season with it. Most defenses: Kentucky, 10.

Who held it, in order

KentuckyOle MissMississippi StateArkansasKentuckySouth CarolinaGeorgiaArkansasSouth CarolinaCoppin StateTexasLouisvilleNorth CarolinaArizona

Every belt game

Belt gameDateResult
1,171Dec 8, 1996Kentucky beat Wright State 90–62Defense
1,172Dec 13, 1996Kentucky beat Notre Dame 80–56Defense
1,173Dec 20, 1996Kentucky beat Georgia Tech 88–59Defense
1,174Dec 22, 1996Kentucky beat UNC Asheville 105–51Defense
1,175Dec 30, 1996Kentucky beat Louisville 74–54Defense
1,176Jan 3, 1997Kentucky beat Tennessee 74–40Defense
1,177Jan 6, 1997Kentucky beat Mississippi State 90–61Defense
1,178Jan 8, 1997Kentucky beat Canisius 68–45Defense
1,179Jan 10, 1997Ole Miss beat Kentucky 73–69Title change
1,180Jan 14, 1997Mississippi State beat Ole Miss 75–64Title change
1,181Jan 20, 1997Arkansas beat Mississippi State 98–64Title change
1,182Jan 25, 1997Kentucky beat Arkansas 83–73Title change
1,183Jan 28, 1997Kentucky beat Florida 92–65Defense
1,184Jan 31, 1997Kentucky beat Georgia 82–57Defense
1,185Feb 3, 1997South Carolina beat Kentucky 84–79Title change
1,186Feb 7, 1997South Carolina beat Florida 76–68Defense
1,187Feb 11, 1997Georgia beat South Carolina 77–74Title change
1,188Feb 14, 1997Arkansas beat Georgia 79–74Title change
1,189Feb 17, 1997South Carolina beat Arkansas 78–65Title change
1,190Feb 19, 1997South Carolina beat The Citadel 85–55Defense
1,191Feb 21, 1997South Carolina beat Tennessee 69–58Defense
1,192Feb 25, 1997South Carolina beat Vanderbilt 74–53Defense
1,193Mar 1, 1997South Carolina beat Kentucky 72–66Defense
1,194Mar 13, 1997Coppin State beat South Carolina 78–65 PostseasonTitle change
1,195Mar 15, 1997Texas beat Coppin State 82–81 PostseasonTitle change
1,196Mar 20, 1997Louisville beat Texas 78–63 PostseasonTitle change
1,197Mar 22, 1997North Carolina beat Louisville 97–74 PostseasonTitle change
1,198Mar 28, 1997Arizona beat North Carolina 66–58 PostseasonTitle change
1,199Mar 30, 1997Arizona beat Kentucky 84–79 PostseasonDefense

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