Men's NCAA basketball champions by year
Every men's national title game since 1939 with the beaten finalist and the final score. The 2020 tournament was cancelled, so no year is missing by accident.
Every men's NCAA basketball champion since 1939, year by year
Men's NCAA basketball champions in the 2020s
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
2026
Michigan
UConn
69-63
2025
Florida
Houston
65-63
2024
UConn
Purdue
75-60
2023
UConn
San Diego State
76-59
2022
Kansas
North Carolina
72-69
2021
Baylor
Gonzaga
86-70
Men's NCAA basketball champions in the 2010s
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
2019
Virginia
Texas Tech
85-77
2018
Villanova
Michigan
79-62
2017
North Carolina
Gonzaga
71-65
2016
Villanova
North Carolina
77-74
2015
Duke
Wisconsin
68-63
2014
UConn
Kentucky
60-54
2013
Louisville
Michigan
82-76
2012
Kentucky
Kansas
67-59
2011
UConn
Butler
53-41
2010
Duke
Butler
61-59
Men's NCAA basketball champions in the 2000s
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
2009
North Carolina
Michigan State
89-72
2008
Kansas
Memphis
75-68
2007
Florida
Ohio State
84-75
2006
Florida
UCLA
73-57
2005
North Carolina
Illinois
75-70
2004
UConn
Georgia Tech
82-73
2003
Syracuse
Kansas
81-78
2002
Maryland
Indiana
64-52
2001
Duke
Arizona
82-72
2000
Michigan State
Florida
89-76
Men's NCAA basketball champions in the 1990s
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
1999
UConn
Duke
77-74
1998
Kentucky
Utah
78-69
1997
Arizona
Kentucky
84-79
1996
Kentucky
Syracuse
76-67
1995
UCLA
Arkansas
89-78
1994
Arkansas
Duke
76-72
1993
North Carolina
Michigan
77-71
1992
Duke
Michigan
71-51
1991
Duke
Kansas
72-65
1990
UNLV
Duke
103-73
Men's NCAA basketball champions in the 1980s
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
1989
Michigan
Seton Hall
80-79
1988
Kansas
Oklahoma
83-79
1987
Indiana
Syracuse
74-73
1986
Louisville
Duke
72-69
1985
Villanova
Georgetown
66-64
1984
Georgetown
Houston
84-75
1983
NC State
Houston
54-52
1982
North Carolina
Georgetown
63-62
1981
Indiana
North Carolina
63-50
1980
Louisville
UCLA
59-54
Men's NCAA basketball champions in the 1970s
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
1979
Michigan State
Indiana State
75-64
1978
Kentucky
Duke
94-88
1977
Marquette
North Carolina
67-59
1976
Indiana
Michigan
86-68
1975
UCLA
Kentucky
92-85
1974
NC State
Marquette
76-64
1973
UCLA
Memphis State
87-66
1972
UCLA
Florida State
81-76
1971
UCLA
Villanova
68-62
1970
UCLA
Jacksonville
80-69
Men's NCAA basketball champions in the 1960s
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
1969
UCLA
Purdue
92-72
1968
UCLA
North Carolina
78-55
1967
UCLA
Dayton
79-64
1966
UTEP
Kentucky
72-65
1965
UCLA
Michigan
91-80
1964
UCLA
Duke
98-83
1963
Loyola Chicago
Cincinnati
60-58
1962
Cincinnati
Ohio State
71-59
1961
Cincinnati
Ohio State
70-65
1960
Ohio State
California
75-55
Men's NCAA basketball champions in the 1950s
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
1959
California
West Virginia
71-70
1958
Kentucky
Seattle
84-72
1957
North Carolina
Kansas
54-53
1956
San Francisco
Iowa
83-71
1955
San Francisco
La Salle
77-63
1954
La Salle
Bradley
92-76
1953
Indiana
Kansas
69-68
1952
Kansas
St. John's
80-63
1951
Kentucky
Kansas State
68-58
1950
CCNY
Bradley
71-68
Men's NCAA basketball champions in the 1940s
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
1949
Kentucky
Oklahoma A&M
46-36
1948
Kentucky
Baylor
58-42
1947
Holy Cross
Oklahoma
58-47
1946
Oklahoma A&M
North Carolina
43-40
1945
Oklahoma A&M
NYU
49-45
1944
Utah
Dartmouth
42-40
1943
Wyoming
Georgetown
46-34
1942
Stanford
Dartmouth
53-38
1941
Wisconsin
Washington State
39-34
1940
Indiana
Kansas
60-42
Men's NCAA basketball champions in 1939
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
1939
Oregon
Ohio State
46-33
Most men's NCAA basketball titles since 1939
How we counted: each line in the year by year tables counts for the school name exactly as the table writes it, so a school the table writes two ways counts separately under each. The table does not always use the name of the day, so a renamed school may sit under one name or several. Nothing is listed for 2020, so no title is counted for that year.
Out in front: UCLA, 11 titles.
School
Titles under this name
Years
UCLA
11
1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995
Kentucky
8
1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012
North Carolina
6
1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017
UConn
6
1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024
Duke
5
1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015
Indiana
5
1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987
Kansas
4
1952, 1988, 2008, 2022
Florida
3
2006, 2007, 2025
Louisville
3
1980, 1986, 2013
Villanova
3
1985, 2016, 2018
Cincinnati
2
1961, 1962
Michigan
2
1989, 2026
Michigan State
2
1979, 2000
NC State
2
1974, 1983
Oklahoma A&M
2
1945, 1946
San Francisco
2
1955, 1956
21 more school names appear once.
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