| Gender: | Men's |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Finalsfield: | Byrd Stadium |
| Finalscity: | College Park, Maryland |
| Champions: | Princeton |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Runnerup: | Virginia |
| Gamecount: | 5th |
| Semifinal1: | Johns Hopkins |
| Finalfourcount1: | 20th |
| Semifinal2: | Syracuse |
| Finalfourcount2: | 14th |
| Coach: | Bill Tierney |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mop: | Michael Watson |
| Mopteam: | Virginia |
| Topscorer: | Rob Kavovit |
| Topscorerteam: | Syracuse |
| Topscorer2: | Doug Knight and Tim Whiteley |
| Topscorer2team: | Virginia |
| Goals: | 16 |
| Attendfinals: | 22,102 |
| Attendtotal: | 68,978 |
The 1996 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 26th annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 1996 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.
Princeton defeated Virginia in the final, 13–12 in overtime. Jesse Hubbard scored the game-winning goal for Princeton in overtime. This was Princeton's third national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney.[1]
The championship game was played at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, with 22,102 fans in attendance.[2]
Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament. No teams made their debut appearance in the Division I lacrosse tournament in 1996.