DIVISION I MEN’S Basketball DIVISION I MEN’S History Team Results Championship Championship Year Champion (Record) Coach Score Runner-Up Site Game Attendance Total Attendance 1939 ............. Oregon (29-5) Howard Hobson 46-33 Ohio St. Evanston, Ill. — 15,025 1940 ............. Indiana (20-3) Branch McCracken 60-42 Kansas Kansas City, Mo. — 36,880 1941 ............. Wisconsin (20-3) Harold Foster 39-34 Washington St. Kansas City, Mo. — 48,055 1942 ............. Stanford (28-4) Everett Dean 53-38 Dartmouth Kansas City, Mo. — 24,372 1943 ............. Wyoming (31-2) Everett Shelton 46-34 Georgetown New York City — 56,876 1944 ............. Utah (21-4) Vadal Peterson 42-40 (ot) Dartmouth New York City — 59,369 1945 ............. Oklahoma St. (27-4) Henry Iba 49-45 New York U. New York City — 67,780 1946 ............. Oklahoma St. (31-2) Henry Iba 43-40 North Carolina New York City — 73,116 1947 ............. Holy Cross (27-3) Alvin Julian 58-47 Oklahoma New York City — 72,959 1948 ............. Kentucky (36-3) Adolph Rupp 58-42 Baylor New York City — 72,523 1949 ............. Kentucky (32-2) Adolph Rupp 46-36 Oklahoma St. Seattle — 66,077 1950 ............. CCNY (24-5) Nat Holman 71-68 Bradley New York City — 75,464 1951 ............. Kentucky (32-2) Adolph Rupp 68-58 Kansas St. Minneapolis — 110,645 1952 ............. Kansas (28-3) Forrest Allen 80-63 St. John’s (N.Y.) Seattle — 115,712 1953 ............. Indiana (23-3) Branch McCracken 69-68 Kansas Kansas City, Mo. — 127,149 1954 ............. La Salle (26-4) Kenneth Loeffler 92-76 Bradley Kansas City, Mo. — 115,391 1955 ............. San Francisco (28-1) Phil Woolpert 77-63 La Salle Kansas City, Mo. — 116,983 1956 ............. San Francisco (29-0) Phil Woolpert 83-71 Iowa Evanston, Ill. — 132,513 1957 ............. North Carolina (32-0) Frank McGuire 54-53 (3 ot) Kansas Kansas City, Mo. — 108,891 1958 ............. Kentucky (23-6) Adolph Rupp 84-72 Seattle Louisville, Ky. — 176,878 1959 ............. California (25-4) Pete Newell 71-70 West Virginia Louisville, Ky. — 161,809 1960 ............. Ohio St. (25-3) Fred Taylor 75-55 California San Francisco — 155,491 1961 ............. Cincinnati (27-3) Edwin Jucker 70-65 (ot) Ohio St. Kansas City, Mo. — 169,520 1962 ............. Cincinnati (29-2) Edwin Jucker 71-59 Ohio St. Louisville, Ky. — 177,469 1963 ............. Loyola (Ill.) (29-2) George Ireland 60-58 (ot) Cincinnati Louisville, Ky. — 153,065 1964 ............. UCLA (30-0) John Wooden 98-83 Duke Kansas City, Mo. — 140,790 1965 ............. UCLA (28-2) John Wooden 91-80 Michigan Portland, Ore. — 140,673 1966 ............. UTEP (28-1) Don Haskins 72-65 Kentucky College Park, Md. — 140,925 1967 ............. UCLA (29-1) John Wooden 79-64 Dayton Louisville, Ky. — 159,570 1968 ............. UCLA (29-1) John Wooden 78-55 North Carolina Los Angeles — 160,888 1969 ............. UCLA (29-1) John Wooden 92-72 Purdue Louisville, Ky. 18,669 165,712 1970 ............. UCLA (28-2) John Wooden 80-69 Jacksonville College Park, Md. 14,380 146,794 1971 ............. UCLA (29-1) John Wooden 68-62 * Villanova Houston 31,765 207,200 1972 ............. UCLA (30-0) John Wooden 81-76 Florida St. Los Angeles 15,063 147,304 1973 ............. UCLA (30-0) John Wooden 87-66 Memphis St. Louis 19,301 163,160 1974 ............. North Carolina St. (30-1) Norm Sloan 76-64 Marquette Greensboro, N.C. 15,742 154,112 1975 ............. UCLA (28-3) John Wooden 92-85 Kentucky San Diego 15,151 183,857 1976 ............. Indiana (32-0) Bob Knight 86-68 Michigan Philadelphia 17,540 202,502 1977 ............. Marquette (25-7) Al McGuire 67-59 North Carolina Atlanta 16,086 241,610 1978 ............. Kentucky (30-2) Joe Hall 94-88 Duke St. Louis 18,721 227,149 1979 ............. Michigan St. (26-6) Jud Heathcote 75-64 Indiana St. Salt Lake City 15,410 262,101 1980 ............. Louisville (33-3) Denny Crum 59-54 * UCLA Indianapolis 16,637 321,260 1981 ............. Indiana (26-9) Bob Knight 63-50 North Carolina Philadelphia 18,276 347,414 1982 ............. North Carolina (32-2) Dean Smith 63-62 Georgetown New Orleans 61,612 427,251 1983 ............. North Carolina St. (26-10) Jim Valvano 54-52 Houston Albuquerque, N.M. 17,327 364,356 1984 ............. Georgetown (34-3) John Thompson 84-75 Houston Seattle 38,471 397,481 1985 ............. Villanova (25-10) Rollie Massimino 66-64 Georgetown Lexington, Ky. 23,124 422,519 1986 ............. Louisville (32-7) Denny Crum 72-69 Duke Dallas 16,493 499,704 1987 ............. Indiana (30-4) Bob Knight 74-73 Syracuse New Orleans 64,959 654,744 1988 ............. Kansas (27-11) Larry Brown 83-79 Oklahoma Kansas City, Mo. 16,392 558,998 1989 ............. Michigan (30-7) Steve Fisher 80-79 (ot) Seton Hall Seattle 39,187 613,242 1990 ............. UNLV (35-5) Jerry Tarkanian 103-73 Duke Denver 17,765 537,138 1991 ............. Duke (32-7) Mike Krzyzewski 72-65 Kansas Indianapolis 47,100 665,707 1992 ............. Duke (34-2) Mike Krzyzewski 71-51 Michigan Minneapolis 50,379 580,462 1993 ............. North Carolina (34-4) Dean Smith 77-71 Michigan New Orleans 64,151 707,719 1994 ............. Arkansas (31-3) Nolan Richardson 76-72 Duke Charlotte, N.C. 23,674 578,007 1995 ............. UCLA (31-2) Jim Harrick 89-78 Arkansas Seattle 38,540 539,440 1996 ............. Kentucky (34-2) Rick Pitino 76-67 Syracuse East Rutherford, N.J. 19,229 643,290 1997 ............. Arizona (25-9) Lute Olson 84-79 (ot) Kentucky Indianapolis 47,028 634,588 1998 ............. Kentucky (35-4) Tubby Smith 78-69 Utah San Antonio 40,499 682,530 1999 ............. Connecticut (34-2) Jim Calhoun 77-74 Duke St. Petersburg, Fla. 41,340 720,685 2000 ............. Michigan St. (32-7) Tom Izzo 89-76 Florida Indianapolis 43,116 647,298 2001 ............. Duke (35-4) Mike Krzyzewski 82-72 Arizona Minneapolis 45,994 612,089 2002.............. Maryland (32-4) Gary Williams 64-52 Indiana Atlanta 53,406 720,433 2003.............. Syracuse (30-5) Jim Boeheim 81-78 Kansas New Orleans 54,524 715,080 2004.............. Connecticut (33-6) Jim Calhoun 82-73 Georgia Tech San Antonio 44,468 673,991 2005.............. North Carolina (33-4) Roy Williams 75-70 Illinois St. Louis 47,262 — *Later vacated. DIVISION I MEN’S Year Player, Team G Reb. Avg. Highest Tournament Scoring Average 1959 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati........................................ 4 63 15.8 1960 Howard Jolliff, Ohio ................................................... 3 64 21.3 Year Player, Team G FG FTM Pts. Avg. 1939 Jim Hull, Ohio St. ....................................... 3 22 14 58 19.3 1961 Jerry Lucas, Ohio St.................................................... 4 73 18.3 1940 Howard Engleman, Kansas ......................... 3 18 3 39 13.0 1962 Mel Counts, Oregon St. .............................................. 3 53 17.7 Bob Kinney, Rice ........................................ 2 12 2 26 13.0 1963 Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green .................................. 3 70 23.3 1941 Johnny Adams, Arkansas ............................ 2 21 6 48 24.0 1964 Paul Silas, Creighton................................................... 3 57 19.0 1942 Chet Palmer, Rice ....................................... 2 19 5 43 21.5 1965 James Ware, Oklahoma City....................................... 3 55 18.3 Jim Pollard, Stanford ................................... 2 20 3 43 21.5 1966 Elvin Hayes, Houston .................................................. 3 50 16.7 1943 John Hargis, Texas...................................... 2 21 17 59 29.5 1967 Don May, Dayton....................................................... 5 82 16.4 1944 Nick Bozolich, Pepperdine .......................... 2 17 11 45 22.5 1968 Elvin Hayes, Houston .................................................. 5 97 19.4 1945 Dick Wilkins, Oregon ................................. 2 19 6 44 22.0 1969 Lew Alcindor, UCLA.................................................... 4 64 16.0 1946 Bob Kurland, Oklahoma St.......................... 3 28 16 72 24.0 1970 Artis Gilmore, Jacksonville........................................... 5 93 18.6 1947 George Kaftan, Holy Cross.......................... 3 25 13 63 21.0 1971 *Clarence Glover, Western Ky....................................... 5 89 17.8 1948 Jack Nichols, Washington ........................... 2 13 13 39 19.5 Collis Jones, Notre Dame ............................................ 3 49 16.3 1949 Alex Groza, Kentucky................................. 3 31 20 82 27.3 1972 Bill Walton, UCLA ...................................................... 4 64 16.0 1950 Sam Ranzino, North Carolina St. ................. 3 25 25 75 25.0 1973 Bill Walton, UCLA ...................................................... 4 58 14.5 1951 Bill Kukoy, North Carolina St. ...................... 3 25 19 69 23.0 1974 Marvin Barnes, Providence.......................................... 3 51 17.0 1952 Clyde Lovellette, Kansas .............................. 4 53 35 141 35.3 1975 Mike Franklin, Cincinnati ............................................ 3 49 16.3 1953 Bob Houbregs, Washington......................... 4 57 25 139 34.8 1976 Al Fleming, Arizona.................................................... 3 39 13.0 1954 John Clune, Navy....................................... 3 30 19 79 26.3 1977 Phil Hubbard, Michigan.............................................. 3 45 15.0 1955 Terry Rand, Marquette................................. 3 31 11 73 24.3 1978 Greg Kelser, Michigan St. ........................................... 3 37 12.3 1956 Hal Lear, Temple........................................