Men's Division 1 Basketball : Champions : Schools : Streaks : Series records : Most frequent matchups
3rd
Year Champion Runner-Up Result 3rd Place ++ 4th Place place game Teams
2024 Connecticut Purdue 75-60 Alabama North Carolina St none 68
2023 Connecticut San Diego State 76-59 Miami (FL) Florida Atlantic none 68
2022 Kansas North Carolina 72-69 Villanova Duke none 68
2021 Baylor Gonzaga 86-70 Houston UCLA none 68
2020 CHAMPIONSHIP CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC
2019 Virginia Texas Tech 85-77 (OT) Auburn Michigan State none 68
2018 Villanova Michigan 79-62 Kansas Loyola (IL) none 68
2017 North Carolina Gonzaga 71-65 Oregon South Carolina none 68
2016 Villanova North Carolina 77-74 Oklahoma Syracuse none 68
2015 Duke Wisconsin 68-63 Michigan State Kentucky none 68
2014 Connecticut Kentucky 60-54 Florida Wisconsin none 68
2013 Louisville Michigan 82-76 Wichita State Syracuse none 68
2012 Kentucky Kansas 67-59 Louisville Ohio State none 68
2011 Connecticut Butler 53-41 Kentucky Virginia Commonwealth none 68
2010 Duke Butler 61-59 West Virginia Michigan State none 65
2009 North Carolina Michigan State 89-72 Villanova Connecticut none 65
2008 Kansas Memphis 75-68 (OT) North Carolina UCLA none 65
2007 Florida Ohio State 84-75 UCLA Georgetown none 65
2006 Florida UCLA 73-57 George Mason Louisiana State none 65
2005 North Carolina Illinois 75-70 Michigan State Louisville none 65
2004 Connecticut Georgia Tech 82-73 Duke Oklahoma State none 65
2003 Syracuse Kansas 81-78 Texas Marquette none 65
2002 Maryland Indiana 64-52 Kansas Oklahoma none 65
2001 Duke Arizona 82-72 Maryland Michigan State none 65
2000 Michigan State Florida 89-76 Wisconsin North Carolina none 64
1999 Connecticut Duke 77-74 Ohio State Michigan State none 64
1998 Kentucky Utah 78-69 Stanford North Carolina none 64
1997 Arizona Kentucky 84-79 (OT) North Carolina Minnesota none 64
1996 Kentucky Syracuse 76-67 Massachusetts Mississippi State none 64
1995 UCLA Arkansas 89-78 Oklahoma State North Carolina none 64
1994 Arkansas Duke 76-72 Arizona Florida none 64
1993 North Carolina Michigan 77-71 Kansas Kentucky none 64
1992 Duke Michigan 71-51 Indiana Cincinnati none 64
1991 Duke Kansas 72-65 Nevada-Las Vegas North Carolina none 64
1990 Nevada-Las Vegas Duke 103-73 Georgia Tech Arkansas none 64
1989 Michigan Seton Hall 80-79 (OT) Illinois Duke none 64
1988 Kansas Oklahoma 83-79 Duke Arizona none 64
1987 Indiana Syracuse 74-73 Nevada-Las Vegas Providence none 64
1986 Louisville Duke 72-69 Louisiana State Kansas none 64
1985 Villanova Georgetown 66-64 Memphis St. John's (NY) none 64
1984 Georgetown Houston 84-75 Kentucky Virginia none 53
1983 North Carolina St Houston 54-52 Georgia Louisville none 52
1982 North Carolina Georgetown 63-62 Houston Louisville none 48
1981 Indiana North Carolina 63-50 Virginia Louisiana State 78-74 48
1980 Louisville UCLA 59-54 Purdue Iowa 75-58 48
1979 Michigan State Indiana State 75-64 DePaul Pennsylvania 96-93 40
1978 Kentucky Duke 94-88 Arkansas Notre Dame 71-69 32
1977 Marquette North Carolina 67-59 Nevada-Las Vegas UNC-Charlotte 106-94 32
1976 Indiana Michigan 86-68 UCLA Rutgers 106-92 32
1975 UCLA Kentucky 92-85 Louisville Syracuse 96-88 (OT) 32
1974 North Carolina St Marquette 76-64 UCLA Kansas 78-61 25
1973 UCLA Memphis 87-66 Indiana Providence 97-79 25
1972 UCLA Florida State 81-76 North Carolina Louisville 105-91 25
1971 UCLA Villanova 68-62 Western Kentucky Kansas 77-75 25
1970 UCLA Jacksonville 80-69 New Mexico State St. Bonaventure 79-73 25
1969 UCLA Purdue 92-72 Drake North Carolina 104-84 25
1968 UCLA North Carolina 78-55 Ohio State Houston 89-85 23
1967 UCLA Dayton 79-64 Houston North Carolina 84-62 23
1966 Texas-El Paso Kentucky 72-65 Duke Utah 79-77 22
1965 UCLA Michigan 91-80 Princeton Wichita State 118-82 23
1964 UCLA Duke 98-83 Michigan Kansas State 100-90 25
1963 Loyola (IL) Cincinnati 60-58 (OT) Duke Oregon State 85-63 25
1962 Cincinnati Ohio State 71-59 Wake Forest UCLA 82-80 25
1961 Cincinnati Ohio State 70-65 (OT) St. Joseph's Utah 127-120 (4OT) 24
1960 Ohio State California 75-55 Cincinnati New York Univ. 95-71 25
1959 California West Virginia 71-70 Cincinnati Louisville 98-85 23
1958 Kentucky Seattle 84-72 Temple Kansas State 67-57 24
1957 North Carolina Kansas 54-53 (3OT) San Francisco Michigan State 67-60 23
1956 San Francisco Iowa 83-71 Temple Southern Methodist 90-81 25
1955 San Francisco La Salle 77-63 Colorado Iowa 75-54 24
1954 La Salle Bradley 92-76 Penn State Southern California 70-61 24
1953 Indiana Kansas 69-68 Washington Louisiana State 88-69 22
1952 Kansas St. John's (NY) 80-63 Illinois Santa Clara 67-64 16
1951 Kentucky Kansas State 68-58 Illinois Oklahoma State 61-46 16
1950 CC of New York Bradley 71-68 North Carolina St Baylor 53-41 8
1949 Kentucky Oklahoma State 46-36 Illinois Oregon State 57-53 8
1948 Kentucky Baylor 58-42 Holy Cross Kansas State 60-54 8
1947 Holy Cross Oklahoma 58-47 Texas CC of New York 54-50 8
1946 Oklahoma State North Carolina 43-40 Ohio State California 63-45 8
1945 Oklahoma State New York Univ. 49-45 Arkansas Ohio State none 8
1944 Utah Dartmouth 42-40 (OT) Iowa State Ohio State none 8
1943 Wyoming Georgetown 46-34 Texas DePaul none 8
1942 Stanford Dartmouth 53-38 Colorado Kentucky none 8
1941 Wisconsin Washington State 39-34 Pittsburgh Arkansas none 8
1940 Indiana Kansas 60-42 Duquesne Southern California none 8
1939 Oregon Ohio State 46-33 Oklahoma Villanova none 8
++ Semi-finalist that lost to champion is shown in this column in years that there was no third place game
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