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NCAA Tournament History

Finals History
Year Winner Score Runner-up Winning Coach
2004 UCONN 82-73 Georgia Tech Jim Calhoun
2003 Syracuse 81-78 Kansas Jim Boeheim
2002 Maryland 64-52 Indiana Gary Williams
2001 Duke 82-72 Arizona Mike Krzyzewski
2000 Michigan St. 89-76 Florida Tom Izzo
1999 Connecticut 77-74 Duke Jim Calhoun
1998 Kentucky 78-69 Utah Tubby Smith
1997 Arizona 84-79 (OT) Kentucky Lute Olson
1996 Kentucky 76-67 Syracuse Rick Pitino
1995 UCLA 89-78 Arkansas Jim Harrick
1994 Arkansas 76-72 Duke Nolan Richardson
1993 North Carolina 77-71 Michigan Dean Smith
1992 Duke 71-51 Michigan Mike Krzyzewski
1991 Duke 72-65 Kansas Mike Krzyzewski
1990 UNLV 103-73 Duke Jerry Tarkanian
1989 Michigan 80-79 (OT) Seton Hall Steve Fisher
1988 Kansas 83-79 Oklahoma Larry Brown
1987 Indiana 74-73 Syracuse Bob Knight
1986 Louisville 72-69 Duke Denny Crum
1985 Villanova 66-64 Georgetown Rollie Massimino
1984 Georgetown 84-75 Houston John Thompson
1983 N.C. State 54-52 Houston Jim Valvano
1982 North Carolina 63-62 Georgetown Dean Smith
1981 Indiana 63-50 North Carolina Bob Knight
1980 Louisville 59-54 Vacated Denny Crum
1979 Michigan St. 75-64 Indiana St. Jud Heathcote
1978 Kentucky 94-88 Duke Joe Hall
1977 Marquette 67-59 North Carolina Al McGuire
1976 Indiana 86-68 Michigan Bob Knight
1975 UCLA 92-85 Kentucky John Wooden
1974 N.C. State 76-64 Marquette Norm Sloan
1973 UCLA 87-66 Memphis State John Wooden
1972 UCLA 81-76 Florida State John Wooden
1971 UCLA 68-62 Vacated John Wooden
1970 UCLA 80-69 Jacksonville John Wooden
1969 UCLA 92-72 Purdue John Wooden
1968 UCLA 78-55 North Carolina John Wooden
1967 UCLA 79-64 Dayton John Wooden
1966 UTEP 72-65 Kentucky Don Haskins
1965 UCLA 91-80 Michigan John Wooden
1964 UCLA 98-83 Duke John Wooden
1963 Loyola (IL) 60-58 (OT) Cincinnati George Ireland
1962 Cincinnati 71-59 Ohio State Edwin Jucker
1961 Cincinnati 70-65 (OT) Ohio State Edwin Jucker
1960 Ohio State 75-55 California Fred Taylor
1959 California 71-70 West Virginia Pete Newell
1958 Kentucky 84-72 Seattle Adolph Rupp
1957 North Carolina 54-53 (3OT) Kansas Frank McGuire
1956 San Francisco 83-71 Iowa Phil Woolpert
1955 San Francisco 77-63 La Salle Phil Woolpert
1954 La Salle 92-76 Bradley Kenneth Loeffler
1953 Indiana 69-68 Kansas Branch McCracken
1952 Kansas 80-63 St. John's Forrest Allen
1951 Kentucky 68-58 Kansas St. Adolph Rupp
1950 CCNY 71-68 Bradley Nat Holman
1949 Kentucky 46-36 Oklahoma St. Adolph Rupp
1948 Kentucky 58-42 Baylor Adolph Rupp
1947 Holy Cross 58-47 Oklahoma Alvin Julian
1946 Oklahoma St. 43-40 North Carolina Hank Iba
1945 Oklahoma St. 49-45 NYU Hank Iba
1944 Utah 42-40 (OT) Dartmouth Vadal Peterson
1943 Wyoming 46-34 Georgetown Everett Shelton
1942 Stanford 53-38 Dartmouth Everett Dean
1941 Wisconsin 39-34 Washington St. Harold Foster
1940 Indiana 60-42 Kansas Branch McCracken
1939 Oregon 46-33 Ohio St. Howard Hobson

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