Arizona's Mike Bibby celebrates the 66-58 win over North Carolina as Miles Simon (34) looks on in the first semifinal game at the NCAA Final Four on Saturday, March 29, 1997, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

Name: Mike Bibby 

Years at UA: 1996-98

Year inducted: 1997 (as member of 1997 national championship team), 2006 (individual) 

Accomplishments: As a freshman in 1996-97, Bibby led the Wildcats to an NCAA national championship. That year he was named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and National Freshman of the Year (Basketball Weekly), and was named to the 1997 NCAA All-Final Four team.

As a sophomore in 1997-98, Bibby was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year and was a consensus first-team All-American selection. He started all 69 games he played at UA and is part of Arizona's Ring of Honor. He was selected No. 2 overall in the 1998 NBA Draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies, which is tied for Arizona's highest draft selection ever. He was inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor in 2010. 

The UA has retired Bibby's No. 10 jersey. Bibby also ranks in the top 10 in UA history in the following categories: 

• Career steals: 10th, 164 steals 

• Single-season 3-pointers: Ninth, 77 made (1997-98)

• Single-season 3-pointers attempted: Tied for ninth, 199 attempted (1997-98)

• Single-season assists: Ninth, 199 assists (1997-98)

• Single-season steals: First, 87 steals (1997-98); and sixth, 76 steals (1996-97)

Bibby led the Wildcats in assists in 1996-97 (178, 5.2 per game) and in 1997-98 (199, 5.7 per game). He also led the team in steals in 1997-98 (84, 2.4 per game). 

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