Year |
Champion |
Score |
Runner-up |
MVP |
Semifinalists |
2001 | Duke | 82-72 | Arizona | Shane Battier Duke | Michigan St. Maryland |
2000 | Michigan St. | 89-76 | Florida | Mateen Cleaves Michigan St. | North Carolina Wisconsin |
1999 | UConn | 77-74 | Duke | Richard Hamilton UConn | Michigan St. Ohio St. |
1998 | Kentucky | 78-69 | Utah | Jeff Shepherd Kentucky | North Carolina Stanford |
1997 | Arizona | 84-79 (OT) | Kentucky | Miles Simon Arizona | North Carolina Minnesota |
1996 | Kentucky | 76-67 | Syracuse | Tony Delk Kentucky | Massachusetts Mississippi St. |
1995 | UCLA | 89-78 | Arkansas | Ed O'Bannon UCLA | North Carolina Oklahoma St. |
1994 | Arkansas | 76-72 | Duke | Corliss Williamson Arkansas | Arizona Florida |
1993 | North Carolina | 77-71 | Michigan | Donald Williams North Carolina | Kansas Kentucky |
1992 | Duke | 71-51 | Michigan | Bobby Hurley Duke | Indiana Cincinnati |
1991 | Duke | 72-65 | Kansas | Christian Laettner Duke | UNLV North Carolina |
1990 | UNLV | 103-73 | Duke | Anderson Hunt UNLV | Georgia Tech Arkansas |
1989 | Michigan | 80-79 (OT) | Seton Hall | Glen Rice Michigan | Duke Illinois |
1988 | Kansas | 83-79 | Oklahoma | Danny Manning Kansas | Arizona Duke |
1987 | Indiana | 74-73 | Syracuse | Keith Smart Indiana | UNLV Providence |
1986 | Louisville | 72-69 | Duke | Pervis Ellison Louisville | Kansas LSU |
1985 | Villanova | 66-64 | Georgetown | Ed Pinckney Villanova | St. John's Memphis St. |
1984 | Georgetown | 84-75 | Houston | Patrick Ewing Georgetown | Kentucky Virginia |
1983 | N.C. St. | 54-52 | Houston | Akeem Olajuwon Houston | Georgia Louisville |
1982 | North Carolina | 63-62 | Georgetown | James Worthy North Carolina | Houston Louisville |
1981 | Indiana | 63-50 | North Carolina | Isiah Thomas Indiana | Virginia Louisiana St. |
1980 | Louisville | 59-54 | UCLA | Darrell Griffith Louisville | Purdue Iowa |
1979 | Michigan St. | 75-64 | Indiana St. | Earvin Johnson Michigan St. | DePaul Penn |
1978 | Kentucky | 94-88 | Duke | Jack Givens Kentucky | Arkansas Notre Dame |
1977 | Marquette | 67-59 | North Carolina | Butch Lee Marquette | UNLV N.C.-Charlotte |
1976 | Indiana | 86-68 | Michigan | Kent Benson Indiana | UCLA Rutgers |
1975 | UCLA | 92-85 | Kentucky | Richard Washington UCLA | Louisville Syracuse |
1974 | N.C. State | 76-64 | Marquette | David Thompson N.C. State | UCLA Kansas |
1973 | UCLA | 87-66 | Memphis St. | Bill Walton UCLA | Indiana Providence |
1972 | UCLA | 81-76 | Florida St. | Bill Walton UCLA | North Carolina Louisville |
1971 | UCLA | 68-62 | Villanova | Vacated (see note) | Western Kentucky Kansas |
1970 | UCLA | 80-69 | Jacksonville | Sidney Wicks UCLA | New Mexico St. St. Bonaventure |
1969 | UCLA | 92-72 | Purdue | Lew Alcindor UCLA | Drake North Carolina |
1968 | UCLA | 78-55 | North Carolina | Lew Alcindor UCLA | Ohio St. Houston |
1967 | UCLA | 79-64 | Dayton | Lew Alcindor UCLA | Houston North Carolina |
1966 | Texas-El Paso | 72-65 | Kentucky | Jerry Chambers Utah | Duke Utah |
1965 | UCLA | 91-80 | Michigan | Bill Bradley Princeton | Princeton Wichita St. |
1964 | UCLA | 98-83 | Duke | Walt Hazzard UCLA | Michigan Kansas St. |
1963 | Loyola (Ill) | 60-58 (OT) | Cincinnati | Art Heyman Duke | Duke Oregon St. |
1962 | Cincinnati | 71-59 | Ohio St. | Paul Hogue Cincinnati | Wake Forest UCLA |
1961 | Cincinnati | 70-65 (OT) | Ohio St. | Jerry Lucas Ohio St. | St Joseph's Utah |
1960 | Ohio St. | 75-55 | California | Jerry Lucas Ohio St. | Cincinnati NYU |
1959 | California | 71-70 | West Virginia | Jerry West West Virginia | Cincinnati Louisville |
1958 | Kentucky | 84-72 | Seattle | Elgin Baylor Seattle | Temple Kansas St. |
1957 | North Carolina | 54-53 (3OT) | Kansas | Wilt Chamberlain Kansas | San Francisco Michigan St. |
1956 | San Francisco | 83-71 | Iowa | Hal Lear Temple | Temple SMU |
1955 | San Francisco | 77-63 | La Salle | Bill Russell San Francisco | Colorado Iowa |
1954 | La Salle | 92-76 | Bradley | Tom Gola La Salle | Penn St. Southern Cal |
1953 | Indiana | 69-68 | Kansas | B.H. Horn Kansas | Washington Louisiana St. |
1952 | Kansas | 80-63 | St. John's | Clyde Lovelette Kansas | Illinois Santa Clara |
1951 | Kentucky | 68-58 | Kansas St. | none selected | Illinois Oklahoma St. |
1950 | City College of New York | 71-68 | Bradley | Irwin Dambrot CCNY | N.C. State Baylor |
1949 | Kentucky | 46-36 | Oklahoma St. | Alex Groza Kentucky | Illinois Oregon St. |
1948 | Kentucky | 58-42 | Baylor | Alex Groza Kentucky | Holy Cross Kansas St. |
1947 | Holy Cross | 58-47 | Oklahoma | George Kaftan Holy Cross | Texas CCNY |
1946 | Oklahoma St. | 43-40 | North Carolina | Bob Kurland Oklahoma St. | Ohio St. California |
1945 | Oklahoma St. | 49-45 | NYU | Bob Kurland Oklahoma St. | Arkansas Ohio St. |
1944 | Utah | 42-40 (OT) | Dartmouth | Arnold Ferrin Utah | Iowa St. Ohio St. |
1943 | Wyoming | 46-34 | Georgetown | Ken Sailors Wyoming | Texas DePaul |
1942 | Stanford | 53-38 | Dartmouth | Howard Dallmar Stanford | Colorado Kentucky |
1941 | Wisconsin | 39-34 | Washington St. | John Kotz Wisconsin | Pittsburgh Arkansas |
1940 | Indiana | 60-42 | Kansas | Marvin Huffman Indiana | Duquesne Southern Cal |
1939 | Oregon | 46-33 | Ohio St. | none selected | Oklahoma Villanova |