List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions

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The University of California, Los Angeles (trophy room pictured) has won the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship a record 11 times.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Championship, or NCAA Tournament, is a single-elimination tournament for men's college basketball teams in the United States. It determines the champion of Division I, the top level of play in the NCAA,1 and the media often describes the winner as the national champion of college basketball.23 The NCAA Tournament has been held annually since 1939, and its field grew from eight teams in the beginning to sixty-five teams by 2001; as of 2011, sixty-eight teams take part in the tournament.45 Teams can gain invitations by winning a conference championship or receiving an at-large bid from a 10-person committee.6 The semifinals of the tournament are known as the Final Four and are held in a different city each year, along with the championship game;7 Indianapolis, the city where the NCAA is based, will host the Final Four every five years until 2040.8 Since 1952, each winning university has received a rectangular, gold-plated trophy made of wood; in previous years, a silver cup was awarded to the champion.9

The first NCAA Tournament, was organized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.10 Oregon won the inaugural tournament, defeating Ohio State 46–33 in the first championship game. After the second tournament in 1940, control of the event was transferred to the NCAA.10 In the early years of the tournament, it was considered less important than the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), a New York City-based event.1112 Teams were able to compete in both events in the same year, and three of those that did so—Utah in 1944, Kentucky in 1949, and City College of New York (CCNY) in 1950—won the NCAA Tournament.13 The 1949–50 CCNY team won both tournaments, and is the only college basketball team to accomplish this feat.14 By the 1950s, the NCAA Tournament became the more prestigious of the two events,15 and in 1971 the NCAA barred universities from playing in other tournaments, such as the NIT, if they were invited to the NCAA Tournament.16

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been the most successful college in the NCAA Tournament, winning 11 national titles. Ten of those championships came during a 12-year stretch from 1964 to 1975. UCLA also holds the record for the most consecutive championships, winning seven in a row from 1967 to 1973. Kentucky has the second-most titles, with eight, and Indiana and North Carolina follow with five championships each. Louisville is the most recent champion, having defeated Michigan in the final of the 2013 tournament. Among head coaches, John Wooden is the all-time leader with 10 championships; he coached UCLA during their period of success in the 1960s and 1970s. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Kentucky's Adolph Rupp are tied for the second-most titles among head coaches with four apiece.

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Championship games

Legend for "Championship games" table below
Indicator Meaning
* Game was decided in an overtime period
dagger Game was decided in a third overtime period
Year Each year is linked to an article about that particular NCAA Tournament
Championship games, by year, showing winners and losers, final scores and venues
Year Winning team Winning head coach Score Losing team Losing head coach Venue City Ref.
1939 Oregon Hobson, HowardHoward Hobson 46–33 Ohio State Olsen, HaroldHarold Olsen Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 17
1940 Indiana McCracken, BranchBranch McCracken 60–42 Kansas Allen, PhogPhog Allen Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri 18
1941 Wisconsin Foster, BudBud Foster 39–34 Washington State Friel, JackJack Friel Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri 19
1942 Stanford Dean, EverettEverett Dean 53–38 Dartmouth Cowles, O. B.O. B. Cowles Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri 20
1943 Wyoming Shelton, EverettEverett Shelton 46–34 Georgetown Ripley, ElmerElmer Ripley Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 21
1944 Utah Peterson, VadalVadal Peterson 42–40* Dartmouth Brown, EarlEarl Brown Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 22
1945 Oklahoma A&M Iba, HenryHenry Iba 49–45 NYU Cann, HowardHoward Cann Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 23
1946 Oklahoma A&M Iba, HenryHenry Iba 43–40 North Carolina Carnevale, BenBen Carnevale Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 24
1947 Holy Cross Julian, DoggieDoggie Julian 58–47 Oklahoma Drake, BruceBruce Drake Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 25
1948 Kentucky Rupp, AdolphAdolph Rupp 58–42 Baylor Henderson, BillBill Henderson Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 26
1949 Kentucky Rupp, AdolphAdolph Rupp 46–36 Oklahoma A&M Iba, HenryHenry Iba Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington 27
1950 CCNY Holman, NatNat Holman 71–68 Bradley Anderson, ForddyForddy Anderson Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 28
1951 Kentucky Rupp, AdolphAdolph Rupp 68–58 Kansas State Gardner, JackJack Gardner Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 29
1952 Kansas Allen, PhogPhog Allen 80–63 St. John's McGuire, FrankFrank McGuire Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington 30
1953 Indiana McCracken, BranchBranch McCracken 69–68 Kansas Allen, PhogPhog Allen Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri 31
1954 La Salle Loeffler, KenKen Loeffler 92–76 Bradley Anderson, ForddyForddy Anderson Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri 32
1955 San Francisco Woolpert, PhilPhil Woolpert 77–63 La Salle Loeffler, KenKen Loeffler Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri 33
1956 San Francisco Woolpert, PhilPhil Woolpert 83–71 Iowa O'Connor, BuckyBucky O'Connor McGaw Hall Evanston, Illinois 34
1957 North Carolina McGuire, FrankFrank McGuire 54–53dagger Kansas Harp, DickDick Harp Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri 35
1958 Kentucky Rupp, AdolphAdolph Rupp 84–72 Seattle Castellani, JohnJohn Castellani Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky 36
1959 California Newell, PetePete Newell 71–70 West Virginia Schaus, FredFred Schaus Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky 37
1960 Ohio State Taylor, FredFred Taylor 75–55 California Newell, PetePete Newell Cow Palace Daly City, California 38
1961 Cincinnati Jucker, EdEd Jucker 70–65* Ohio State Taylor, FredFred Taylor Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri 39
1962 Cincinnati Jucker, EdEd Jucker 71–59 Ohio State Taylor, FredFred Taylor Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky 40
1963 Loyola Chicago Ireland, GeorgeGeorge Ireland 60–58* Cincinnati Jucker, EdEd Jucker Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky 41
1964 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 98–83 Duke Bubas, VicVic Bubas Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri 42
1965 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 91–80 Michigan Strack, DaveDave Strack Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon 43
1966 Texas Western Haskins, DonDon Haskins 72–65 Kentucky Rupp, AdolphAdolph Rupp Cole Field House College Park, Maryland 44
1967 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 79–64 Dayton Donoher, DonDon Donoher Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky 45
1968 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 78–55 North Carolina Smith, DeanDean Smith Sports Arena Los Angeles, California 46
1969 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 92–72 Purdue King, GeorgeGeorge King Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky 47
1970 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 80–69 Jacksonville Williams, JoeJoe Williams Cole Field House College Park, Maryland 48
1971 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 68–62 Villanova[a] Kraft, JackJack Kraft Astrodome Houston, Texas 49
1972 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 81–76 Florida State Durham, HughHugh Durham Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California 50
1973 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 87–66 Memphis State Bartow, GeneGene Bartow St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri 51
1974 North Carolina State Sloan, NormNorm Sloan 76–64 Marquette McGuire, AlAl McGuire Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 52
1975 UCLA Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden 92–85 Kentucky Hall, Joe B.Joe B. Hall San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California 53
1976 Indiana Knight, BobBob Knight 86–68 Michigan Orr, JohnnyJohnny Orr Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 54
1977 Marquette McGuire, AlAl McGuire 67–59 North Carolina Smith, DeanDean Smith Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia 55
1978 Kentucky Hall, Joe B.Joe B. Hall 94–88 Duke Foster, BillBill Foster The Checkerdome St. Louis, Missouri 56
1979 Michigan State Heathcote, JudJud Heathcote 75–64 Indiana State Hodges, BillBill Hodges Special Events Center Salt Lake City, Utah 57
1980 Louisville Crum, DennyDenny Crum 59–54 UCLA[a] Brown, LarryLarry Brown Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana 58
1981 Indiana Knight, BobBob Knight 63–50 North Carolina Smith, DeanDean Smith Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 59
1982 North Carolina Smith, DeanDean Smith 63–62 Georgetown Thompson, JohnJohn Thompson Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 60
1983 North Carolina State Valvano, JimJim Valvano 54–52 Houston Lewis, GuyGuy Lewis University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico 61
1984 Georgetown Thompson, JohnJohn Thompson 84–75 Houston Lewis, GuyGuy Lewis Kingdome Seattle, Washington 62
1985 Villanova Massimino, RollieRollie Massimino 66–64 Georgetown Thompson, JohnJohn Thompson Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky 63
1986 Louisville Crum, DennyDenny Crum 72–69 Duke Krzyzewski, MikeMike Krzyzewski Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas 64
1987 Indiana Knight, BobBob Knight 74–73 Syracuse Boeheim, JimJim Boeheim Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 65
1988 Kansas Brown, LarryLarry Brown 83–79 Oklahoma Tubbs, BillyBilly Tubbs Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri 66
1989 Michigan Fisher, SteveSteve Fisher 80–79* Seton Hall Carlesimo, P. J.P. J. Carlesimo Kingdome Seattle, Washington 67
1990 UNLV Tarkanian, JerryJerry Tarkanian 103–73 Duke Krzyzewski, MikeMike Krzyzewski McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colorado 68
1991 Duke Krzyzewski, MikeMike Krzyzewski 72–65 Kansas Williams, RoyRoy Williams Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, Indiana 69
1992 Duke Krzyzewski, MikeMike Krzyzewski 71–51 Michigan[a] Fisher, SteveSteve Fisher Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota 70
1993 North Carolina Smith, DeanDean Smith 77–71 Michigan[a] Fisher, SteveSteve Fisher Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 71
1994 Arkansas Richardson, NolanNolan Richardson 76–72 Duke Krzyzewski, MikeMike Krzyzewski Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina 72
1995 UCLA Harrick, JimJim Harrick 89–78 Arkansas Richardson, NolanNolan Richardson Kingdome Seattle, Washington 73
1996 Kentucky Pitino, RickRick Pitino 76–67 Syracuse Boeheim, JimJim Boeheim Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey 74
1997 Arizona Olson, LuteLute Olson 84–79* Kentucky Pitino, RickRick Pitino RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana 75
1998 Kentucky Smith, TubbyTubby Smith 78–69 Utah Majerus, RickRick Majerus Alamodome San Antonio, Texas 76
1999 Connecticut Calhoun, JimJim Calhoun 77–74 Duke Krzyzewski, MikeMike Krzyzewski Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida 77
2000 Michigan State Izzo, TomTom Izzo 89–76 Florida Donovan, BillyBilly Donovan RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana 78
2001 Duke Krzyzewski, MikeMike Krzyzewski 82–72 Arizona Olson, LuteLute Olson Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota 79
2002 Maryland Williams, GaryGary Williams 64–52 Indiana Davis, MikeMike Davis Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia 80
2003 Syracuse Boeheim, JimJim Boeheim 81–78 Kansas Williams, RoyRoy Williams Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 81
2004 Connecticut Calhoun, JimJim Calhoun 82–73 Georgia Tech Hewitt, PaulPaul Hewitt Alamodome San Antonio, Texas 82
2005 North Carolina Williams, RoyRoy Williams 75–70 Illinois Weber, BruceBruce Weber Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri 83
2006 Florida Donovan, BillyBilly Donovan 73–57 UCLA Howland, BenBen Howland RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana 84
2007 Florida Donovan, BillyBilly Donovan 84–75 Ohio State Matta, ThadThad Matta Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia 85
2008 Kansas Self, BillBill Self 75–68* Memphis[a] Calipari, JohnJohn Calipari Alamodome San Antonio, Texas 86
2009 North Carolina Williams, RoyRoy Williams 89–72 Michigan State Izzo, TomTom Izzo Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 87
2010 Duke Krzyzewski, MikeMike Krzyzewski 61–59 Butler Stevens, BradBrad Stevens Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, Indiana 88
2011 Connecticut Calhoun, JimJim Calhoun 53–41 Butler Stevens, BradBrad Stevens Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas 89
2012 Kentucky Calipari, JohnJohn Calipari 67–59 Kansas Self, BillBill Self Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 90
2013 Louisville Pitino, RickRick Pitino 82–76 Michigan Beilein, JohnJohn Beilein Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia 91

Multiple champions

Teams that have won the championship more than once
Team Wins Years won
UCLA 11 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995
Kentucky 8 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012
Indiana 5 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987
North Carolina 5 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009
Duke 4 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010
Connecticut 3 1999, 2004, 2011
Kansas 3 1952, 1988, 2008
Louisville 3 1980, 1986, 2013
Cincinnati 2 1961, 1962
Florida 2 2006, 2007
Michigan State 2 1979, 2000
North Carolina State 2 1974, 1983
Oklahoma A&M 2 1945, 1946
San Francisco 2 1955, 1956

Champions by conference

Championships by conference membership at the time of tournaments
Conference Wins Years won Ref(s)
Pacific-12 Conference 15 1939, 1942, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995, 1997 17379293
Atlantic Coast Conference 12 1957, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010 94959697
Southeastern Conference 11 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2012 9899100101102103104105106107108
Big Ten Conference 10 1940, 1941, 1953, 1960, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1989, 2000 109
Big East Conference 7 1984, 1985, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2013 91110111
Independents 6 1944, 1947, 1954, 1963, 1966, 1977 44112113114115116
Missouri Valley Conference 4 1945, 1946, 1961, 1962 117118119120
Big 8 Conference 2 1952, 1988 3066
Metro Conference 2 1980, 1986 121
West Coast Conference 2 1955, 1956 122
Big 12 Conference 1 2008 123
Big West Conference 1 1990 124
Metropolitan New York Conference 1 1950 125
Mountain States Conference 1 1943 126

Championships by current conference membership

Championships by current conference membership
Conference Wins Years won Ref(s)
Pacific-12 Conference 16 1939, 1942, 1944, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995, 1997 127128
Atlantic Coast Conference 12 1957, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010 129
Big East Conference 12 1961, 1962, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2013 130131132133
Southeastern Conference 11 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2012 134
Big Ten Conference 10 1940, 1941, 1953, 1960, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1989, 2000 135
Big 12 Conference 5 1945, 1946, 1952, 1988, 2008 136137138
Mountain West Conference 2 1943, 1990 139140
West Coast Conference 2 1955, 1956 141
Atlantic 10 Conference 1 1954 142
City University of New York Athletic Conference 1 1950 143
Conference USA 1 1966 144
Horizon League 1 1963 145
Patriot League 1 1947 146

See also

Notes

  • a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 The result was later stricken from the NCAA record books after it was discovered that the team had committed a rules violation.147148

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