NCAA Basketball Tournament History and Past Champions
Posted by admin in NCAA Basketball Tournament, tags: Basketball Tournament, Duke Blue Devils Basketball, Final Four, Indiana Hoosiers Basketball, Kentucky Wildcats Basketball, NCAA Basketball Tournament, NCAA Tournament, NCAA Tournament History, NCAA Tournament Information, north carolina tar heels basketball, Sweet Sixteen, ucla bruins basketballThe NCAA Men’s basketball tournament is the premiere collegiate postseason basketball tournament held every March and April in the United States. The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) runs the tournament and it has been held every year since 1939. Every Division I conference receives one automatic bid to the tournament with the left-over spots being chosen by the NCAA selection committee. Factors that play in the selection of “at-large” teams to the tournament are overall record, team ranking, strength of schedule, and RPI rankings. Starting in 2001, a “play-in” game was added to the tournament that pits two of the lowest ranking conference champions against each other.
NCAA Basketball Tournament Championships
The UCLA Bruins hold the most NCAA championships with 11, the Kentucky Wildcats have 7, and the Indiana Hoosiers and North Carolina Tar Heels each have 5. The Duke Blue Devils and Kansas Jayhawks each have 3 NCAA Basketball Tournament victories a piece.
Past NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game Results:
Year Winner Score Opponent Venue
1939 Oregon 46-33 Ohio State Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
1940 Indiana 60-42 Kansas Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1941 Wisconsin 39-34 Washington State Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1942 Stanford 53-38 Dartmouth Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1943 Wyoming 46-34 Georgetown Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1944 Utah 42-40 (OT) Dartmouth Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1945 Oklahoma A&M 49-45 NYU Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1946 Oklahoma A&M 43-40 North Carolina Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1947 Holy Cross 58-47 Oklahoma Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1948 Kentucky 58-42 Baylor Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1949 Kentucky 46-36 Oklahoma State Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
1950 CCNY 71-68 Bradley Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1951 Kentucky 68-58 Kansas State Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
1952 Kansas 80-63 St. John’s Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
1953 Indiana 69-68 Kansas Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1954 La Salle 92-76 Bradley Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1955 San Francisco 76-73 La Salle Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1956 San Francisco 83-71 Iowa Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
1957 North Carolina 54-53 (3 OT) Kansas Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1958 Kentucky 84-72 Seattle Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1959 California 71-70 West Virginia Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1960 Ohio State 75-55 California Cow Palace San Francisco, California
1961 Cincinnati 70-65 (OT) Ohio State Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1962 Cincinnati 71-59 Ohio State Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1963 Loyola (Chicago) 60-58 (OT) Cincinnati Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1964 UCLA 98-83 Duke Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1965 UCLA 91-80 Michigan Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
1966 Texas Western 72-65 Kentucky Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
1967 UCLA 79-64 Dayton Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1968 UCLA 78-55 North Carolina Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
1969 UCLA 92-72 Purdue Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1970 UCLA 80-69 Jacksonville Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
1971 UCLA 68-62 Villanova Astrodome Houston, Texas
1972 UCLA 81-76 Florida State Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
1973 UCLA 87-66 Memphis State St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
1974 NC State 76-64 Marquette Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
1975 UCLA 92-85 Kentucky San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California
1976 Indiana 86-68 Michigan Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977 Marquette 67-59 North Carolina The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
1978 Kentucky 94-88 Duke St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
1979 Michigan State 75-64 Indiana State Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
1980 Louisville 59-54 UCLA Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
1981 Indiana 63-50 North Carolina Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982 North Carolina 63-62 Georgetown Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
1983 N.C. State 54-52 Houston University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico
1984 Georgetown 84-75 Houston Kingdome Seattle, Washington
1985 Villanova 66-64 Georgetown Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
1986 Louisville 72-69 Duke Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
1987 Indiana 74-73 Syracuse Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
1988 Kansas 83-79 Oklahoma Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
1989 Michigan 80-79 (OT) Seton Hall Kingdome Seattle, Washington
1990 UNLV 103-73 Duke McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colorado
1991 Duke 72-65 Kansas RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
1992 Duke 71-51 Michigan Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993 North Carolina 77-71 Michigan Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
1994 Arkansas 76-72 Duke Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
1995 UCLA 89-78 Arkansas Kingdome Seattle, Washington
1996 Kentucky 76-67 Syracuse Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
1997 Arizona 84-79 (OT) Kentucky RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
1998 Kentucky 78-69 Utah Alamodome San Antonio, Texas
1999 Connecticut 77-74 Duke Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida
2000 Michigan State 89-76 Florida RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
2001 Duke 82-72 Arizona Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002 Maryland 64-52 Indiana Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
2003 Syracuse 81-78 Kansas Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
2004 Connecticut 82-73 Georgia Tech Alamodome San Antonio, Texas
2005 North Carolina 75-70 Illinois Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri
2006 Florida 73-57 UCLA RCA Dome, Indianapolis
2007 Florida 84-75 Ohio State Georgia Dome, Atlanta
2008 Kansas 75-68 (OT) Memphis
2009 North Carolina 89-72 Michigan State Ford Field House, Detroit
NCAA Basketball Tournament Victories by School
School Titles Years
Arizona 1 1997
Arkansas 1 1994
California 1 1959
Cincinnati 2 1961, 1962
CCNY 1 1950
Connecticut 2 1999, 2004
Duke 3 1991, 1992, 2001
Florida 2 2006, 2007
Georgetown 1 1984
Holy Cross 1 1947
Indiana 5 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987
Kansas 3 1952, 1988, 2008
Kentucky 7 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998
La Salle 1 1954
Louisville 2 1980, 1986
Loyola (Chicago) 1 1963
Marquette 1 1977
Maryland 1 2002
Michigan 1 1989
Michigan State 2 1979, 2000
North Carolina 5 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009
North Carolina State 2 1974, 1983
Ohio State 1 1960
Oklahoma State 2 1945, 1946
Oregon 1 1939
San Francisco 2 1955, 1956
Stanford 1 1942
Syracuse 1 2003
UCLA 11 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995
UNLV 1 1990
UTEP (Texas Western) 1 1966
Utah 1 1944
Villanova 1 1985
Wisconsin 1 1941
Wyoming 1 1943
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