NCAA
NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Champions
See a complete list of NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Champions. The 2025 Championship game was played by the Florida Gators and the Houston Cougars. The Gators won 65–63 to win their 3rd national title.
Fast Facts:
- Coach John Wooden won his 10 national titles which is the most of any other coach.
- UCLA has the most NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball titles with 11, while Kentucky has 8, North Carolina and UConn have 6.
- The NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship tournament begins with 68 college basketball teams.
- The teams are divided into four regions and are organized into a single elimination “bracket”, which determines which teams will face each other in the tournament.
- Each year in March, which is widely known as “March Madness”, the teams play through the rounds to get to the “Sweet Sixteen” (16 teams left in the competition), the “Final Four” (4 teams left in the competition) ending with the Championship game that decides who will be crowned the top tier college basketball team in the country.
- Many NCAA standouts have carried their success into the highest ranks of men’s basketball as NBA champions.
2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship game highlights
NCAA Men’s Basketball Division I Champions:
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Location |
| 2025 | Florida | 65–63 | Houston | San Antonio, Texas |
| 2024 | UConn | 75–60 | Purdue | Glendale, Arizona |
| 2023 | UConn | 76–69 | San Diego State | Houston, Texas |
| 2022 | Kansas | 72–69 | North Carolina | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2021 | Baylor | 86–70 | Gonzaga | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 2020 | CANCELED | |||
| 2019 | Virginia | 85–77 | Texas Tech | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 2018 | Villanova | 79–62 | Michigan | San Antonio, Texas |
| 2017 | North Carolina | 71-65 | Gonzaga | Glendale, Arizona |
| 2016 | Villanova | 77-74 | North Carolina | Houston, Texas |
| 2015 | Duke | 68-63 | Wisconsin | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 2014 | Connecticut | 60-54 | Kentucky | Arlington, Texas |
| 2013 | Louisville | 82-76 | Michigan | Atlanta, Ga. |
| 2012 | Kentucky | 67-59 | Kansas | New Orleans, La. |
| 2011 | Connecticut | 53-41 | Butler | Houston, Texas |
| 2010 | Duke | 61-59 | Butler | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 2009 | North Carolina | 89-72 | Michigan State | Detroit, Mich. |
| 2008 | Kansas | 75-68 (OT) | Memphis | San Antonio, Texas |
| 2007 | Florida | 84-75 | Ohio State | Atlanta, Ga. |
| 2006 | Florida | 73-57 | UCLA | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 2005 | North Carolina | 75-70 | Illinois | St. Louis, Mo. |
| 2004 | Connecticut | 82-73 | Georgia Tech | San Antonio, Texas |
| 2003 | Syracuse | 81-78 | Kansas | New Orleans, La. |
| 2002 | Maryland | 64-52 | Indiana | Atlanta, Ga. |
| 2001 | Duke | 82-72 | Arizona | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 2000 | Michigan State | 89-76 | Florida | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 1999 | Connecticut | 77-74 | Duke | St. Petersburg, Fla. |
| 1998 | Kentucky | 78-69 | Utah | San Antonio, Texas |
| 1997 | Arizona | 84-79 (OT) | Kentucky | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 1996 | Kentucky | 76-67 | Syracuse | East Rutherford, N.J. |
| 1995 | UCLA | 89-78 | Arkansas | Seattle, Wash. |
| 1994 | Arkansas | 76-72 | Duke | Charlotte, N.C. |
| 1993 | North Carolina | 77-71 | Michigan | New Orleans, La. |
| 1992 | Duke | 71-51 | Michigan | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 1991 | Duke | 72-65 | Kansas | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 1990 | UNLV | 103-73 | Duke | Denver, Colo. |
| 1989 | Michigan | 80-79 (OT) | Seton Hall | Seattle, Wash. |
| 1988 | Kansas | 83-79 | Oklahoma | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1987 | Indiana | 74-73 | Syracuse | New Orleans, La. |
| 1986 | Louisville | 72-69 | Duke | Dallas, Texas |
| 1985 | Villanova | 66-64 | Georgetown | Lexington, Ky, |
| 1984 | Georgetown | 84-75 | Houston | Seattle, Wash. |
| 1983 | North Carolina State | 54-52 | Houston | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| 1982 | North Carolina | 63-62 | Georgetown | New Orleans, La. |
| 1981 | Indiana | 63-50 | North Carolina | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1980 | Louisville | 59-54 | UCLA | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 1979 | Michigan State | 75-64 | Indiana State | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 1978 | Kentucky | 94-88 | Duke | St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1977 | Marquette | 67-59 | North Carolina | Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1976 | Indiana | 86-68 | Michigan | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1975 | UCLA | 92-85 | Kentucky | San Diego, Calif. |
| 1974 | North Carolina State | 76-64 | Marquette | Greensboro, N.C. |
| 1973 | UCLA | 87-66 | Memphis State | St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1972 | UCLA | 81-76 | Florida State | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1971 | UCLA | 68-62 | Villanova | Houston, Texas |
| 1970 | UCLA | 80-69 | Jacksonville | College Park, Md. |
| 1969 | UCLA | 92-72 | Purdue | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1968 | UCLA | 78-55 | North Carolina | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1967 | UCLA | 79-64 | Dayton | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1966 | UTEP | 72-65 | Kentucky | College Park, Md. |
| 1965 | UCLA | 91-80 | Michigan | Portland, Ore. |
| 1964 | UCLA | 98-83 | Duke | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1963 | Loyola | 60-58 (OT) | Cincinnati | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1962 | Cincinnati | 71-59 | Ohio State | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1961 | Cincinnati | 70-65 (OT) | Ohio State | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1960 | Ohio State | 75-55 | California | Daly City, Calif. |
| 1959 | California | 71-70 | West Virginia | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1958 | Kentucky | 84-72 | Seattle | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1957 | North Carolina | 54-53 (3OT) | Kansas | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1956 | San Francisco | 83-71 | Iowa | Evanston, Ill. |
| 1955 | San Francisco | 77-63 | LaSalle | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1954 | La Salle | 92-76 | Bradley | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1953 | Indiana | 69-68 | Kansas | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1952 | Kansas | 80-63 | St. John’s | Seattle, Wash. |
| 1951 | Kentucky | 68-58 | Kansas State | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 1950 | CCNY | 71-68 | Bradley | New York, N.Y. |
| 1949 | Kentucky | 46-36 | Oklahoma A&M | Seattle, Wash. |
| 1948 | Kentucky | 58-42 | Baylor | New York, N.Y. |
| 1947 | Holy Cross | 58-47 | Oklahoma | New York, N.Y. |
| 1946 | Oklahoma State | 43-40 | North Carolina | New York, N.Y. |
| 1945 | Oklahoma State | 49-45 | NYU | New York, N.Y. |
| 1944 | Utah | 42-40 (OT) | Dartmouth | New York, N.Y. |
| 1943 | Wyoming | 46-34 | Georgetown | New York, N.Y. |
| 1942 | Stanford | 53-38 | Dartmouth | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1941 | Wisconsin | 39-34 | Washington State | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1940 | Indiana | 60-42 | Kansas | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1939 | Oregon | 46-33 | Ohio State | Evanston, Ill. |