National Champions
Year Champion Score Opponent Location
2021-22 Kansas 72 - 69 North Carolina New Orleans, LA
2020-21 Baylor 86 - 70 Gonzaga Indianapolis, IN
2019-20 0 - 0 Atlanta, GA
2018-19 Virginia 85 - 77 Texas Tech Minneapolis, MN
2017-18 Villanova 79 - 62 Michigan San Antonio, TX
2016-17 North Carolina 71 - 65 Gonzaga Phoenix, AZ
2015-16 Villanova 77 - 74 North Carolina Houston, TX
2014-15 Duke 68 - 63 Wisconsin Indianapolis, IN
2013-14 Connecticut 60 - 54 Kentucky Arlington, TX
2012-13 Louisville 82 - 76 Michigan Atlanta, GA
2011-12 Kentucky 67 - 59 Kansas New Orleans, LA
2010-11 Connecticut 53 - 41 Butler Houston, TX
2009-10 Duke 61 - 59 Butler Indianapolis, IN
2008-09 North Carolina 89 - 72 Michigan State Detroit, MI
2007-08 Kansas 75 - 68 Memphis San Antonio, TX
2006-07 Florida 84 - 75 Ohio State Atlanta, GA
2005-06 Florida 73 - 57 UCLA Indianapolis, IN
2004-05 North Carolina 75 - 70 Illinois St. Louis, MO
2003-04 Connecticut 82 - 73 Georgia Tech San Antonio, TX
2002-03 Syracuse 81 - 78 Kansas New Orleans, LA
2001-02 Maryland 64 - 52 Indiana Atlanta, GA
2000-01 Duke 82 - 72 Arizona Minneapolis, MN
1999-00 Michigan State 89 - 76 Florida Indianapolis, IN
1998-99 Connecticut 77 - 74 Duke St. Petersburg, FL
1997-98 Kentucky 78 - 69 Utah San Antonio, TX
1996-97 Arizona 84 - 79 Kentucky Indianapolis, IN
1995-96 Kentucky 76 - 67 Syracuse E. Rutherford, NJ
1994-95 UCLA 89 - 78 Arkansas Seattle, WA
1993-94 Arkansas 76 - 72 Duke Charlotte, NC
1992-93 North Carolina 77 - 71 Michigan New Orleans, LA
Year Champion Score Opponent Location
1991-92 Duke 71 - 51 Michigan Minneapolis, MN
1990-91 Duke 72 - 65 Kansas Indianapolis, IN
1989-90 UNLV 103 - 73 Duke Denver, CO
1988-89 Michigan 80 - 79 Seton Hall Seattle, WA
1987-88 Kansas 83 - 79 Oklahoma Kansas City, MO
1986-87 Indiana 74 - 73 Syracuse New Orleans, LA
1985-86 Louisville 72 - 69 Duke Dallas, TX
1984-85 Villanova 66 - 64 Georgetown Lexington, KY
1983-84 Georgetown 84 - 75 Houston Seattle, WA
1982-83 North Carolina State 54 - 52 Houston Albuquerque, NM
1981-82 North Carolina 63 - 62 Georgetown New Orleans, LA
1980-81 Indiana 63 - 50 North Carolina Philadelphia, PA
1979-80 Louisville 59 - 54 UCLA Indianapolis, IN
1978-79 Michigan State 75 - 64 Indiana State Salt Lake City, UT
1977-78 Kentucky 94 - 88 Duke St. Louis, MO
1976-77 Marquette 67 - 59 North Carolina Atlanta, GA
1975-76 Indiana 86 - 68 Michigan Philadelphia, PA
1974-75 UCLA 92 - 85 Kentucky San Diego, CA
1973-74 North Carolina State 76 - 64 Marquette Greensboro, NC
1972-73 UCLA 87 - 66 Memphis State St. Louis, MO
1971-72 UCLA 81 - 76 Florida State Los Angeles, CA
1970-71 UCLA 68 - 62 Villanova Houston, TX
1969-70 UCLA 80 - 69 Jacksonville College Park, MD
1968-69 UCLA 92 - 72 Purdue Louisville, KY
1967-68 UCLA 78 - 55 North Carolina Los Angeles, CA
1966-67 UCLA 79 - 64 Dayton Louisville, KY
1965-66 UTEP 72 - 65 Kentucky College Park, MD
1964-65 UCLA 91 - 80 Michigan Portland, OR
1963-64 UCLA 98 - 83 Duke Kansas City, MO
1962-63 Loyola-Chicago 60 - 58 Cincinnati Louisville, KY
Year Champion Score Opponent Location
1961-62 Cincinnati 71 - 59 Ohio State Louisville, KY
1960-61 Cincinnati 70 - 65 Ohio State Kansas City, MO
1959-60 Ohio State 75 - 55 California San Francisco, CA
1958-59 California 71 - 70 West Virginia Louisville, KY
1957-58 Kentucky 84 - 72 Seattle Louisville, KY
1956-57 North Carolina 54 - 53 Kansas Kansas City, MO
1955-56 San Francisco 83 - 71 Iowa Evanston, IL
1954-55 San Francisco 77 - 63 La Salle Kansas City, MO
1953-54 La Salle 92 - 76 Bradley Kansas City, MO
1952-53 Indiana 69 - 68 Kansas Kansas City, MO
1951-52 Kansas 80 - 63 St. John's Seattle, WA
1950-51 Kentucky 68 - 58 Kansas State Minneapolis, MN
1949-50 City College of NY 71 - 68 Bradley New York, NY
1948-49 Kentucky 46 - 36 Oklahoma State Seattle, WA
1947-48 Kentucky 58 - 42 Baylor New York, NY
1946-47 Holy Cross 58 - 47 Oklahoma New York, NY
1945-46 Oklahoma State 43 - 40 North Carolina New York, NY
1944-45 Oklahoma State 49 - 45 NYU New York, NY
1943-44 Utah 42 - 40 Dartmouth New York, NY
1942-43 Wyoming 46 - 34 Georgetown New York, NY
1941-42 Stanford 53 - 38 Dartmouth Kansas City, MO
1940-41 Wisconsin 39 - 34 Washington State Kansas City, MO
1939-40 Indiana 60 - 42 Kansas Kansas City, MO
1938-39 Oregon 46 - 33 Ohio State Evanston, IL
Team Total Championships
UCLA 11
Kentucky 8
North Carolina 6
Duke 5
Indiana 5
Connecticut 4
Kansas 4
Louisville 3
Villanova 3
Cincinnati 2
Florida 2
Michigan State 2
North Carolina State 2
Oklahoma State 2
San Francisco 2
1
Arizona 1
Arkansas 1
Baylor 1
California 1
City College of NY 1
Georgetown 1
Holy Cross 1
La Salle 1
Loyola-Chicago 1
Marquette 1
Maryland 1
Michigan 1
Ohio State 1
Oregon 1
Stanford 1
Syracuse 1
UNLV 1
Utah 1
UTEP 1
Virginia 1
Wisconsin 1
Wyoming 1