NCAA Men's Basketball Champions
| Year |
Champ |
Score |
Runner-Up |
Third |
Fourth |
| 1939 |
Oregon |
46-33 |
Ohio St. |
+Oklahoma |
+Villanova |
| 1940 |
Indiana |
60-42 |
Kansas |
+Duquesne |
+Southern California |
| 1941 |
Wisconsin |
39-34 |
Washington St. |
+Pittsburgh |
+Arkansas |
| 1942 |
Stanford |
53-38 |
Dartmouth |
+Colorado |
+Kentucky |
| 1943 |
Wyoming |
46-34 |
Georgetown |
+Texas |
+DePaul |
| 1944 |
Utah |
42-40 |
Dartmouth |
+Iowa St. |
+Ohio St. |
| 1945 |
Oklahoma St. |
49-45 |
New York U. |
+Arkansas |
+Ohio St. |
| 1946 |
Oklahoma St. |
43-40 (ot) |
North Carolina |
Ohio St. |
California |
| 1947 |
Holy Cross |
58-47 |
Oklahoma |
Texas |
CCNY |
| 1948 |
Kentucky |
58-42 |
Baylor |
Holy Cross |
Kansas St. |
| 1949 |
Kentucky |
46-36 |
Oklahoma St. |
Illinois |
Oregon St. |
| |
| 1950 |
CCNY |
71-68 |
Bradley |
North Carolina St. |
Baylor |
| 1951 |
Kentucky |
68-58 |
Kansas St. |
Illinois |
Oklahoma St. |
| 1952 |
Kansas |
80-63 |
St. John's (N.Y.) |
Illinois |
Santa Clara |
| 1953 |
Indiana |
69-68 |
Kansas |
Washington |
LSU |
| 1954 |
La Salle |
92-76 |
Bradley |
Penn St. |
Southern Cal |
| 1955 |
San Francisco |
77-63 |
La Salle |
Colorado |
Iowa |
| 1956 |
San Francisco |
83-71 |
Iowa |
Temple |
Southern Methodist |
| 1957 |
North Carolina |
54-53 (3ot) |
Kansas |
San Francisco |
Michigan St. |
| 1958 |
Kentucky |
84-72 |
Seattle |
Temple |
Kansas St. |
| 1959 |
California |
71-70 |
West Virginia |
Cincinnati |
Louisville |
| |
| 1960 |
Ohio St. |
75-55 |
California |
Cincinnati |
New York U. |
| 1961 |
Cincinnati |
70-65 (ot) |
Ohio St. |
*St. Joseph's |
Utah |
| 1962 |
Cincinnati |
71-59 |
Ohio St. |
Wake Forest |
UCLA |
| 1963 |
Loyola (Ill.) |
60-58 (ot) |
Cincinnati |
Duke |
Oregon St. |
| 1964 |
UCLA |
98-83 |
Duke |
Michigan |
Kansas St. |
| 1965 |
UCLA |
91-80 |
Michigan |
Princeton |
Wichita St. |
| 1966 |
UTEP |
72-65 |
Kentucky |
Duke |
Utah |
|
| 1967 |
UCLA |
79-64 |
Dayton |
Houston |
North Carolina |
| 1968 |
UCLA |
78-55 |
North Carolina |
Ohio St. |
Houston |
| 1969 |
UCLA |
92-72 |
Purdue |
Drake |
North Carolina |
| |
| 1970 |
UCLA |
80-69 |
Jacksonville |
New Mexico St. |
St. Bonaventure |
| 1971 |
UCLA |
68-62 |
*Villanova |
*Western Ky. |
Kansas |
| 1972 |
UCLA |
81-76 |
Florida St. |
North Carolina |
Louisville |
| 1973 |
UCLA |
87-66 |
Memphis St. |
Indiana |
Providence |
| 1974 |
North Carolina St. |
76-64 |
Marquette |
UCLA |
Kansas |
| 1975 |
UCLA |
92-85 |
Kentucky |
Louisville |
Syracuse |
| 1976 |
Indiana |
86-68 |
Michigan |
UCLA |
Rutgers |
| 1977 |
Marquette |
67-59 |
North Carolina |
UNLV |
Charlotte |
| 1978 |
Kentucky |
94-88 |
Duke |
Arkansas |
Notre Dame |
| 1979 |
Michigan St. |
75-64 |
Indiana St. |
DePaul |
Penn |
| |
| 1980 |
Louisville |
59-54 |
*UCLA |
Purdue |
Iowa |
| 1981 |
Indiana |
63-50 |
North Carolina |
Virginia |
LSU |
| 1982 |
North Carolina |
63-62 |
Georgetown |
+Houston |
+Louisville |
| 1983 |
North Carolina St. |
54-52 |
Houston |
+Georgia |
+Louisville |
| 1984 |
Georgetown |
84-75 |
Houston |
+Kentucky |
+Virginia |
| 1985 |
Villanova |
66-64 |
Georgetown |
+St. John's (N.Y.) |
*+Memphis |
| 1986 |
Louisville |
72-69 |
Duke |
+Kansas |
+LSU |
| 1987 |
Indiana |
74-73 |
Syracuse |
+UNLV |
+Providence |
| 1988 |
Kansas |
83-79 |
Oklahoma |
+Arizona |
+Duke |
| 1989 |
Michigan |
80-79 (ot) |
Seton Hall |
+Duke |
+Illinois |
| |
| 1990 |
UNLV |
103-73 |
Duke |
+Arkansas |
+Georgia Tech |
| 1991 |
Duke |
72-65 |
Kansas |
+UNLV |
+North Carolina |
| 1992 |
Duke |
71-51 |
*Michigan |
+Cincinnati |
+Indiana |
| 1993 |
North Carolina |
77-71 |
*Michigan |
+Kansas |
+Kentucky |
| 1994 |
Arkansas |
76-72 |
Duke |
+Arizona |
+Florida |
| 1995 |
UCLA |
89-78 |
Arkansas |
+North Carolina |
+Oklahoma St. |
| 1996 |
Kentucky |
76-67 |
Syracuse |
+Massachusetts |
+Mississippi St. |
| 1997 |
Arizona |
84-79 (ot) |
Kentucky |
+Minnesota |
+North Carolina |
| 1998 |
Kentucky |
78-69 |
Utah |
+North Carolina |
+Stanford |
| 1999 |
Connecticut |
77-74 |
Duke |
+Michigan St. |
+Ohio St. |
| |
| 2000 |
Michigan St. |
89-76 |
Florida |
+North Carolina |
+Wisconsin |
| 2001 |
Duke |
82-72 |
Arizona |
+Maryland |
+Michigan St. |
| 2002 |
Maryland |
64-52 |
Indiana |
+Kansas |
+Oklahoma |
| 2003 |
Syracuse |
81-78 |
Kansas |
+Marquette |
+Texas |
| 2004
|
Connecticut |
82-73 |
Georgia Tech |
+Duke |
+Oklahoma St. |
| 2005
|
North Carolina |
75-70 |
Illinois |
+Louisville |
+Michigan St. |
| +Tied for third place
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| *Record later vacated
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