Winners of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship[]
Year
|
Winner
|
Score
|
Opponent
|
Venue
|
Most Outstanding Player
|
1939
|
Oregon
|
46-33
|
Ohio State
|
Evanston, IL
|
None
|
1940
|
Indiana
|
60-42
|
Kansas
|
Kansas City
|
Marvin Huffman, Indiana
|
1941
|
Wisconsin
|
39-34
|
Washington State
|
Kansas City
|
John Kotz, Wisconsin
|
1942
|
Stanford
|
53-38
|
Dartmouth
|
Kansas City
|
Howard Dallmar, Stanford
|
1943
|
Wyoming
|
46-34
|
Georgetown
|
New York
|
Ken Sailors, Wyoming
|
1944
|
Utah
|
42-40 (OT)
|
Dartmouth
|
New York
|
Arnie Ferrin, Utah
|
1945
|
Oklahoma A&M
|
49-45
|
NYU
|
New York
|
Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
|
1946
|
Oklahoma A&M
|
43-40
|
North Carolina
|
New York
|
Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
|
1947
|
Holy Cross
|
58-47
|
Oklahoma
|
New York
|
George Kaftan, Holy Cross
|
1948
|
Kentucky
|
58-42
|
Baylor
|
New York
|
Alex Groza, Kentucky
|
1949
|
Kentucky
|
46-36
|
Oklahoma A&M
|
Seattle
|
Alex Groza, Kentucky
|
1950
|
CCNY
|
71-68
|
Bradley
|
New York
|
Irwin Dambrot, CCNY
|
1951
|
Kentucky
|
68-58
|
Kansas State
|
Minneapolis
|
None
|
1952
|
Kansas
|
80-63
|
St. John's
|
Seattle
|
Clyde Lovellette, Kansas
|
1953
|
Indiana
|
69-68
|
Kansas
|
Kansas City
|
B.H. Horn, Kansas
|
1954
|
La Salle
|
92-76
|
Bradley
|
Kansas City
|
Tom Gola, LaSalle
|
1955
|
San Francisco
|
76-73
|
La Salle
|
Kansas City
|
Bill Russell, San Francisco
|
1956
|
San Francisco
|
83-71
|
Iowa
|
Evanston, IL
|
Hal Lear, Temple
|
1957
|
North Carolina
|
54-53 (3 OT)
|
Kansas
|
Kansas City
|
Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas
|
1958
|
Kentucky
|
84-72
|
Seattle
|
Louisville
|
Elgin Baylor, Seattle
|
1959
|
California
|
71-70
|
West Virginia
|
Louisville
|
Jerry West, West Virginia
|
1960
|
Ohio State
|
75-55
|
California
|
San Francisco
|
Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
|
1961
|
Cincinnati
|
70-65 (OT)
|
Ohio State
|
Kansas City
|
Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
|
1962
|
Cincinnati
|
71-59
|
Ohio State
|
Louisville
|
Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
|
1963
|
Loyola (IL)
|
60-58 (OT)
|
Cincinnati
|
Louisville
|
Art Heyman, Duke
|
1964
|
UCLA
|
98-83
|
Duke
|
Kansas City
|
Walt Hazzard, UCLA
|
1965
|
UCLA
|
91-80
|
Michigan
|
Portland
|
Bill Bradley, Princeton
|
1966
|
Texas Western
|
72-65
|
Kentucky
|
College Park, MD
|
Jerry Chambers, Utah
|
1967
|
UCLA
|
79-64
|
Dayton
|
Louisville
|
Lew Alcindor, UCLA
|
1968
|
UCLA
|
78-55
|
North Carolina
|
Los Angeles
|
Lew Alcindor, UCLA
|
1969
|
UCLA
|
92-72
|
Purdue
|
Louisville
|
Lew Alcindor, UCLA
|
1970
|
UCLA
|
80-69
|
Jacksonville
|
College Park, MD
|
Sidney Wicks, UCLA
|
1971
|
UCLA
|
68-62
|
Villanova
|
Houston
|
Howard Porter1, Villanova
|
1972
|
UCLA
|
81-76
|
Florida State
|
Los Angeles
|
Bill Walton, UCLA
|
1973
|
UCLA
|
87-66
|
Memphis State
|
St. Louis
|
Bill Walton, UCLA
|
1974
|
N.C. State
|
76-64
|
Marquette
|
Greensboro, NC
|
David Thompson, NC State
|
1975
|
UCLA
|
92-85
|
Kentucky
|
San Diego
|
Richard Washington, UCLA
|
1976
|
Indiana
|
86-68
|
Michigan
|
Philadelphia
|
Kent Benson, Indiana
|
1977
|
Marquette
|
67-59
|
North Carolina
|
Atlanta
|
Butch Lee, Marquette
|
1978
|
Kentucky
|
94-88
|
Duke
|
St. Louis
|
Jack Givens, Kentucky
|
1979
|
Michigan State
|
75-64
|
Indiana State
|
Salt Lake City
|
Magic Johnson, Michigan State
|
1980
|
Louisville
|
59-54
|
UCLA
|
Indianapolis
|
Darrell Griffith, Louisville
|
1981
|
Indiana
|
63-50
|
North Carolina
|
Philadelphia
|
Isiah Thomas, Indiana
|
1982
|
North Carolina
|
63-62
|
Georgetown
|
New Orleans
|
James Worthy, North Carolina
|
1983
|
N.C. State
|
54-52
|
Houston
|
Albuquerque, NM
|
Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
|
1984
|
Georgetown
|
84-75
|
Houston
|
Seattle
|
Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
|
1985
|
Villanova
|
66-64
|
Georgetown
|
Lexington, KY
|
Ed Pickney, Villanova
|
1986
|
Louisville
|
72-69
|
Duke
|
Dallas, Texas
|
Pervis Ellison, Louisville
|
1987
|
Indiana
|
74-73
|
Syracuse
|
New Orleans
|
Keith Smart, Indiana
|
1988
|
Kansas
|
83-79
|
Oklahoma
|
Kansas City
|
Danny Manning, Kansas
|
1989
|
Michigan
|
80-79 (OT)
|
Seton Hall
|
Seattle
|
Glen Rice, Michigan
|
1990
|
UNLV
|
103-73
|
Duke
|
Denver
|
Anderson Hunt, UNLV
|
1991
|
Duke
|
72-65
|
Kansas
|
Indianapolis
|
Christian Laettner, Duke
|
1992
|
Duke
|
71-51
|
Michigan
|
Minneapolis
|
Bobby Hurley, Duke
|
1993
|
North Carolina
|
77-71
|
Michigan
|
New Orleans
|
Donald Williams, North Carolina
|
1994
|
Arkansas
|
76-72
|
Duke
|
Charlotte
|
Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
|
1995
|
UCLA
|
89-78
|
Arkansas
|
Seattle
|
Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
|
1996
|
Kentucky
|
76-67
|
Syracuse
|
East Rutherford, NJ
|
Tony Delk, Kentucky
|
1997
|
Arizona
|
84-79 (OT)
|
Kentucky
|
Indianapolis
|
Miles Simon, Arizona
|
1998
|
Kentucky
|
78-69
|
Utah
|
San Antonio
|
Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky
|
1999
|
UConn
|
77-74
|
Duke
|
St. Petersburg, FL
|
Richard Hamilton, UConn
|
2000
|
Michigan State
|
89-76
|
Florida
|
Indianapolis
|
Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
|
2001
|
Duke
|
82-72
|
Arizona
|
Minneapolis
|
Shane Battier, Duke
|
2002
|
Maryland
|
64-52
|
Indiana
|
Atlanta
|
Juan Dixon, Maryland
|
2003
|
Syracuse
|
81-78
|
Kansas
|
New Orleans
|
Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
|
2004
|
UConn
|
82-73
|
Georgia Tech
|
San Antonio
|
Emeka Okafor, UConn
|
2005
|
North Carolina
|
75-70
|
Illinois
|
St. Louis
|
Sean May, North Carolina
|
2006
|
Florida
|
73-57
|
UCLA
|
Indianapolis
|
Joakim Noah, Florida
|
2007
|
Florida
|
84-75
|
Ohio State
|
Atlanta
|
Corey Brewer, Florida
|
2017
|
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|
|
Atlanta
|
|
1- Later declared ineligible, award vacated
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
|
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1939
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1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
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1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
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1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
|
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1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
|
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1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
|
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1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
|
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2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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