NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship records

Contents 1 Champions, runners-up and locations 2 All-time team records 2.1 NCAA Championships 2.2 NCAA Championship Game Appearances 2.3 NCAA Tournament Final Four appearances 2.4 NCAA Tournament appearances 2.5 NCAA Tournament victories 2.6 Multiple championship coaches 3 Individual single-game records 4 Team single-game records 5 Final Four records 6 Notes and references

Champions, runners-up and locations

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and city
1939	Oregon	46	Ohio State	33	Patten Gymnasium	Evanston, Illinois
1940	Indiana	60	Kansas	42	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri
1941	Wisconsin	39	Washington State	34	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (2)
1942	Stanford	53	Dartmouth	38	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (3)
1943	Wyoming	46	Georgetown	34	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York
1944†	Utah	42	Dartmouth	40	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York (2)
1945	Oklahoma A&M	49	NYU	45	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York (3)
1946	Oklahoma A&M (2)	43	North Carolina	40	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York (4)
1947	Holy Cross	58	Oklahoma	47	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York (5)
1948	Kentucky	58	Baylor	42	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York (6)
1949	Kentucky (2)	46	Oklahoma A&M	36	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle, Washington
1950	CCNY	71	Bradley	68	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York (7)
1951	Kentucky (3)	68	Kansas State	58	Williams Arena	Minneapolis, Minnesota
1952	Kansas	80	St. John's	63	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle, Washington (2)
1953	Indiana (2)	69	Kansas	68	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (4)
1954	La Salle	92	Bradley	76	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (5)
1955	San Francisco	76	La Salle	73	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (6)
1956	San Francisco (2)	83	Iowa	71	Welsh-Ryan Arena	Evanston, Illinois (2)
1957†††	North Carolina	54	Kansas	53	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (7)
1958	Kentucky (4)	84	Seattle	72	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky
1959	California	71	West Virginia	70	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky (2)
1960	Ohio State	75	California	55	Cow Palace	San Francisco, California
1961†	Cincinnati	70	Ohio State	65	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (8)
1962	Cincinnati (2)	71	Ohio State	59	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky (3)
1963†	Loyola	60	Cincinnati	58	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky (4)
1964	UCLA	98	Duke	83	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (9)
1965	UCLA (2)	91	Michigan	80	Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Oregon
1966	Texas Western	72	Kentucky	65	Cole Fieldhouse	College Park, Maryland
1967	UCLA (3)	79	Dayton	64	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky (5)
1968	UCLA (4)	78	North Carolina	55	Los Angeles Memorial Arena	Los Angeles, California
1969	UCLA (5)	92	Purdue	72	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky (6)
1970	UCLA (6)	80	Jacksonville	69	Cole Fieldhouse	College Park, Maryland (2)
1971	UCLA (7)	68	Villanova*	62	Astrodome	Houston, Texas
1972	UCLA (8)	81	Florida State	76	Los Angeles Memorial Arena	Los Angeles, California (2)
1973	UCLA (9)	87	Memphis	66	St. Louis Arena	St. Louis, Missouri
1974	NC State	76	Marquette	64	Greensboro Coliseum	Greensboro, North Carolina
1975	UCLA (10)	92	Kentucky	85	San Diego Arena	San Diego, California
1976	Indiana (3)	86	Michigan	68	Wachovia Center	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977	Marquette	67	North Carolina	59	Omni Coliseum	Atlanta, Georgia
1978	Kentucky (5)	94	Duke	88	Checkerdome	St. Louis, Missouri (2)
1979	Michigan State	75	Indiana State	64	Jon M. Huntsman Center	Salt Lake City, Utah
1980	Louisville	59	UCLA*	54	Market Square Arena	Indianapolis, Indiana
1981	Indiana (4)	63	North Carolina	50	Wachovia Center	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2)
1982	North Carolina (2)	63	Georgetown	62	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana
1983	NC State (2)	54	Houston	52	University Arena	Albuquerque, New Mexico
1984	Georgetown	84	Houston	75	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington (3)
1985	Villanova	66	Georgetown	64	Rupp Arena	Lexington, Kentucky
1986	Louisville (2)	72	Duke	69	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Texas
1987	Indiana (5)	74	Syracuse	73	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (2)
1988	Kansas (2)	83	Oklahoma	79	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, Missouri (10)
1989†	Michigan	80	Seton Hall	79	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington (4)
1990	UNLV	103	Duke	73	McNichols Arena	Denver, Colorado
1991	Duke	72	Kansas	65	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana (2)
1992	Duke (2)	71	Michigan*	51	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Minneapolis, Minnesota (2)
1993	North Carolina (3)	77	Michigan*	71	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (3)
1994	Arkansas	76	Duke	72	Charlotte Coliseum	Charlotte, North Carolina
1995	UCLA (11)	89	Arkansas	78	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington (5)
1996	Kentucky (6)	76	Syracuse	67	Continental Airlines Arena	East Rutherford, New Jersey
1997†	Arizona	84	Kentucky	79	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana (3)
1998	Kentucky (7)	78	Utah	69	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas
1999	Connecticut	77	Duke	74	Tropicana Field	St. Petersburg, Florida
2000	Michigan State (2)	89	Florida	76	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana (4)
2001	Duke (3)	82	Arizona	72	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Minneapolis, Minnesota (3)
2002	Maryland	64	Indiana	52	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (2)
2003	Syracuse	81	Kansas	78	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (4)
2004	Connecticut (2)	82	Georgia Tech	73	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas (2)
2005	North Carolina (4)	75	Illinois	70	Edward Jones Dome	St. Louis, Missouri (3)
2006	Florida	73	UCLA	57	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana (5)
2007	Florida (2)	84	Ohio State	75	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (3)
2008†	Kansas (3)	75	Memphis*	68	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas (3)
2009	North Carolina (5)	89	Michigan State	72	Ford Field	Detroit, Michigan
2010					Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana (6)
2011					Reliant Stadium	Houston, Texas (2)
2012					Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (5)
2013					Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (4)
2014					Cowboys Stadium	Arlington, Texas
2015					Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana (7)
2016					Reliant Stadium	Houston, Texas (3)

* Vacated this due to NCAA violations. † denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate number of overtimes.

All-time team records

NCAA Championships

Rank	School	#
1	UCLA	11
2	Kentucky	7
3	Indiana	5
3	North Carolina	5
5	Duke	3
5	Kansas	3
7	Cincinnati	2
7	Connecticut	2
7	Florida	2
7	Louisville	2
7	Michigan State	2
7	NC State	2
7	Oklahoma State	2
7	San Francisco	2

NCAA Championship Game Appearances

Rank	School	#
1	UCLA	12*
2	Kentucky	10
3	Duke	9
3	North Carolina	9
5	Kansas	8
6	Indiana	6
7	Ohio State	5
8	Georgetown	4
9	Cincinnati	3
9	Florida	3
9	Michigan State	3
9	Michigan	3*
9	Syracuse	3

*Does not include appearances vacated by the NCAA.

NCAA Tournament Final Four appearances

Rank	School	#
1	North Carolina	18
2	UCLA	17*
3	Duke	14
4	Kansas	13
4	Kentucky	13
6	Ohio State	9*
7	Louisville	8
7	Indiana	8
9	Michigan State	7
10	Arkansas	6
10	Cincinnati	6
10	Oklahoma State	6

*Does not include appearances vacated by the NCAA.

NCAA Tournament appearances

Rank	School	#
1	Kentucky	48*
2	North Carolina	41
3	UCLA	40^
4	Kansas	38
5	Indiana	35
5	Louisville	35
7	Duke	33
8	Villanova	30
9	Illinois	28
10	Arizona	27†
10	St. John's	27

* NCAA vacated 2-1 tournament record (1988). Actual number of appearances is 49.
^ NCAA vacated 5-2 tournament record (1980, 1999). Actual number of appearances is 42
† NCAA vacated 1999 appearance. Actual number of appearances is 28

NCAA Tournament victories

Rank	School	#
1	North Carolina	101
2	Kentucky	98*
3	UCLA	94^
4	Duke	88
5	Kansas	84
6	Indiana	60
6	Louisville	60

* NCAA vacated 2-1 tournament record (1988). Actual number of wins is 100.
^ NCAA vacated 5-2 tournament record (1980, 1999). Actual number of wins is 99.

Multiple championship coaches

Coach	School	Championships
John Wooden	UCLA	10
Adolph Rupp	Kentucky	4
Bob Knight	Indiana	3
Mike Krzyzewski	Duke	3
Dean Smith	North Carolina	2
Roy Williams	North Carolina	2
Branch McCracken	Indiana	2
Billy Donovan	Florida	2
Denny Crum	Louisville	2
Ed Jucker	Cincinnati	2
Henry Iba	Oklahoma State	2
Jim Calhoun	Connecticut	2
Phil Woolpert	San Francisco	2

• Margin of 10 points: Indiana (1981) 22.6 avg, UCLA (1967), Michigan State (1979, 2000) 20.8 avg (1979) 15.3avg(2000), Duke (2001) 16.7 avg, and North Carolina (2009)20.2avg, are teams to win every game in the tournament by 10 points or more on their way to a championship

Individual single-game records

• Points

61, Austin Carr, Notre Dame vs. Ohio, 1970

• Field Goals

25, Austin Carr, Notre Dame vs. Ohio, 1970

• Field Goal Attempts

44, Austin Carr, Notre Dame vs. Ohio, 1970

• Three-point Field Goals

11, Jeff Fryer, Loyola Marymount vs. Michigan, 1990

• Three-point Field Goal Attempts

22, Jeff Fryer, Loyola Marymount vs. Arkansas, 1989

• Free Throws Made

23, Bob Carney, Bradley vs. Colorado, 1954

23, Travis Mays, Texas vs. Georgia, 1990

• Free Throws Attempted

27, Travis Mays, Texas vs. Georgia, 1990

27, David Robinson, Navy vs. Syracuse, 1986

• Rebounds

34, Fred Cohen, Temple vs. Connecticut, 1956

• Assists

18, Mark Wade, UNLV vs. Indiana, 1987

• Blocked Shots

12, Shaquille O'Neal, LSU vs. BYU, 1992

• Steals

8, Ty Lawson, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, 2009

• Triple-doubles (see Final Four records section for other tournament triple-doubles)

Shaquille O'Neal, LSU — 26 points, 13 rebounds, 11 blocks vs. BYU, West Regional first round, March 19, 1992^[1]

Andre Miller, Utah — 18 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists vs. Arizona, West Regional Final, March 21, 1998^[1]

Dwyane Wade, Marquette — 29 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists vs. Kentucky, Midwest Regional Final, March 29, 2003^[1]

Cole Aldrich, Kansas — 13 points, 20 rebounds, 10 blocked shots vs. Dayton, Midwest Regional Second Round, March 22, 2009

Team single-game records

• Points

149, Loyola Marymount vs. Michigan, 1990

• Fewest Points

20, North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh, 1941

Fewest since the adoption of the shot clock:

29, Mississippi Valley State vs. UCLA, 2008

• Half Time Margin

21, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, 2009

• Largest Half Time Score

55, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, 2009

• Field Goals

52, Iowa vs. Notre Dame, 1970

• Field Goals Attempted

112, Marshall vs. Southwestern Louisiana, 1972

• Three-point Field Goals

21, Loyola Marymount vs. Michigan, 1990

• Three-point Field Goal Attempts

43, Saint Joseph's vs. Boston College, 1997

• Free Throws Made

43, Arizona vs. Illinois, 2001

• Free Throws Attempted

56, Arizona vs. Illinois, 2001

• Rebounds

86, Notre Dame vs. Tennessee Tech, 1958

• Assists

36, North Carolina vs. Loyola Marymount, 1988

• Blocked Shots

14, Kentucky vs. UCLA, 1998

• Steals

19, Providence vs. Austin Peay, 1987

19, Connecticut vs. Boston College, 1990

• Combined Steals

35, UCLA vs. Kansas, 2007

Final Four records

Final Four Single Game - Individual

• Points

59, Bill Bradley, Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3rd, 3-20-1965

• Field Goals Made

22, Bill Bradley, Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3rd, 3-20-1965

• Field Goals Attempted

42, Lennie Rosenbluth, North Carolina vs. Michigan St., NSF, 3-22-1957

• Three-Point Field Goals

10, Freddie Banks, UNLV vs. Indiana, NSF, 3-28-1987

• Rebounds

27, Bill Russell, San Francisco vs. Iowa, CH, 3-23-1956

• Assists

18, Mark Wade, UNLV vs. Indiana, NSF, 3-28-1987

• Blocked Shots

6, Danny Manning, Kansas vs. Duke, NSF, 4-2-1988

6, Joakim Noah, Florida vs. UCLA, CH, 4-3-2006

• Free Throws Attempted

18, Ty Lawson, Michigan State vs. North Carolina, CH, 4-6-2009

• Steals

8, Ty Lawson, Michigan State vs. North Carolina, CH, 4-6-2009

• Final Four Triple-Doubles

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati vs. Louisville, N3rd, 3-21-1959: 39 pts., 17 rebs. & 10 asts.

Magic Johnson, Michigan St. vs. Pennsylvania, NSF, 3-24-1979: 29 pts., 10 rebs. & 10 asts.

Key to initials: NSF- National Semi-Final; N3rd - National Third-Place Game (Discontinued after 1981); CH - Championship Game.

Notes and references

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