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NCAA Tournament Champions
This article highlights the all the past NCAA Tournament champions and
includes some observations about some of the teams. It doesn’t take long to look
through this list and see why so much tradition follows several of these
schools.
Year Champ Score Runner-Up
1939 Oregon 46-33 Ohio St.
1940 Indiana 60-42 Kansas
1941 Wisconsin 39-34 Washington St.
This was the lowest scoring game in NCAA championship game history.
1942 Stanford 53-38 Dartmouth
1943 Wyoming 46-34 Georgetown
1944 Utah 42-40 Dartmouth
1945 Oklahoma St. 49-45 New York U.
1946 Oklahoma St. 43-40 (ot) North Carolina
1947 Holy Cross 58-47 Oklahoma
1948 Kentucky 58-42 Baylor
1949 Kentucky 46-36 Oklahoma St.
1950 CCNY 71-68 Bradley
Ever heard of CCNY? In 1950, City College accomplished perhaps the greatest feat
in basketball history, winning the National Invitation and the NCAA tournaments.
A year later, seven CCNY players were sentenced for fixing games along 25
players from other schools across the country.
1951 Kentucky 68-58 Kansas St.
1952 Kansas 80-63 St. John's (N.Y.)
1953 Indiana 69-68 Kansas
1954 La Salle 92-76 Bradley
1955 San Francisco 77-63 La Salle
1956 San Francisco 83-71 Iowa
1957 North Carolina 54-53 (3ot) Kansas
This was the longest game in championship game history. No other last multiple
overtimes. It also marked the first title by one of the nation’s best basketball
programs.
1958 Kentucky 84-72 Seattle
1959 California 71-70 West Virginia
1960 Ohio St. 75-55 California
1961 Cincinnati 70-65 (ot) Ohio St.
1962 Cincinnati 71-59 Ohio St.
1963 Loyola (Ill.) 60-58 (ot) Cincinnati
1964 UCLA 98-83 Duke
1965 UCLA 91-80 Michigan
1966 UTEP 72-65 Kentucky
1967 UCLA 79-64 Dayton
1968 UCLA 78-55 North Carolina
1969 UCLA 92-72 Purdue
1970 UCLA 80-69 Jacksonville
1971 UCLA 68-62 Villanova
1972 UCLA 81-76 Florida St.
1973 UCLA 87-66 Memphis St.
1974 North Carolina St. 76-64 Marquette
1975 UCLA 92-85 Kentucky
John Wooden solidified himself as the greatest coach in NCAA history by winning
10 titles in 12 seasons. It is only fitting that his last one came over
Kentucky, the second winningest program in division 1 men’s basketball.
1976 Indiana 86-68 Michigan
1977 Marquette 67-59 North Carolina
1978 Kentucky 94-88 Duke
1979 Michigan St. 75-64 Indiana St.
1980 Louisville 59-54 UCLA
1981 Indiana 63-50 North Carolina
1982 North Carolina 63-62 Georgetown
This is the one where Michael Jordan hit the shot from the left wing that put
him on the map and gave Dean Smith his first championship at storied North
Carolina.
1983 North Carolina St. 54-52 Houston
1984 Georgetown 84-75 Houston
1985 Villanova 66-64 Georgetown
1986 Louisville 72-69 Duke
1987 Indiana 74-73 Syracuse
1988 Kansas 83-79 Oklahoma
1989 Michigan 80-79 (ot) Seton Hall
1990 UNLV 103-73 Duke
1991 Duke 72-65 Kansas
1992 Duke 71-51 Michigan
1993 North Carolina 77-71 Michigan
Michigan’s hyped Fab 5 makes it to the championship game in back-to-back
seasons, but cannot cut down the nets.
1994 Arkansas 76-72 Duke
1995 UCLA 89-78 Arkansas
This was UCLA’s 11th championship. It is the winningest program in division 1
NCAA basketball history.
1996 Kentucky 76-67 Syracuse
1997 Arizona 84-79 (ot) Kentucky
This OT loss kept Kentucky from being the second team ever to 3-peat.
1998 Kentucky 78-69 Utah
This win over the Utes gave the Wildcats their seventh NCAA title.
1999 Connecticut 77-74 Duke
2000 Michigan St. 89-76 Florida
2001 Duke 82-72 Arizona
2002 Maryland 64-52 Indiana
2003 Syracuse 81-78 Kansas
Carmelo Anthony leads Syracuse to a title as a freshman.
2004 Connecticut 82-73 Georgia Tech
2005 North Carolina 75-70 Illinois
2006 Florida 73-58 UCLA
2007 Florida 84-75 Ohio State
Florida became the 7th school to win back-to-back championships. UCLA won
back-to-back titles in 1964 and 1965 and then won seven in a row from 1967-1973.
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