NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Champions

Last Updated: April 9, 2024

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See a complete list of NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Champions. The 2024 Championship game was played by the UConn Huskies and the Purdue Boilermakers. The Huskies won 75–60 to win their 6th 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.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Division I Champions:

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Location
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.

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