Year |
Championship game |
Score |
2001 |
Duke def. Arizona |
82-72 |
2000 |
Michigan State def. Florida |
89-76 |
1999 |
Connecticut def. Duke |
77-74 |
1998 |
Kentucky def. Utah |
78-69 |
1997 |
Arizona def. Kentucky |
84-79 (OT) |
1996 |
Kentucky def. Syracuse |
76-67 |
1995 |
UCLA def. Arkansas |
89-78 |
1994 |
Arkansas def. Duke |
76-72 |
1993 |
North Carolina def Michigan |
77-71 |
1992 |
Duke def. Michigan |
71-51 |
1991 |
Duke def. Kansas |
72-65 |
1990 |
UNLV def. Duke |
103-73 |
1989 |
Michigan def. Seton Hall |
80-79 (OT) |
1988 |
Kansas def. Oklahoma |
83-79 |
1987 |
Indiana def. Syracuse |
74-73 |
1986 |
Louisville def. Duke |
72-69 |
1985 |
Villanova def. Georgetown |
66-64 |
1984 |
Georgetown def. Houston |
84-75 |
1983 |
NC State def. Houston |
54-52 |
1982 |
North Carolina def. Georgetown |
63-62 |
1981 |
Indiana def. North Carolina |
63-50 |
1980 |
Louisville def. UCLA |
59-54 |
1979 |
Michigan St. def. Indiana St. |
75-64 |
1978 |
Kentucky def. Duke |
94-88 |
1977 |
Marquette def. North Carolina |
67-59 |
1976 |
Indiana def. Michigan |
86-68 |
1975 |
UCLA def. Kentucky |
92-85 |
1974 |
NC State def. Marquette |
76-64 |
1973 |
UCLA def. Memphis |
87-66 |
1972 |
UCLA def. Florida St. |
81-76 |
1971 |
UCLA def. Villanova* |
68-62 |
1970 |
UCLA def. Jacksonville |
80-69 |
1969 |
UCLA def. Purdue |
92-72 |
1968 |
UCLA def. North Carolina |
78-55 |
1967 |
UCLA def. Dayton |
79-64 |
1966 |
UTEP def. Kentucky |
72-65 |
1965 |
UCLA def. Michigan |
91-80 |
1964 |
UCLA def. Duke |
98-83 |
1963 |
Loyola (Ill.) def. Cincinnati |
60-58 (OT) |
1962 |
Cincinnati def. Ohio St. |
71-59 |
1961 |
Cincinnati def. Ohio St. |
70-65 (OT) |
1960 |
Ohio St. def. California |
75-55 |
1959 |
California def. West Virginia |
71-70 |
1958 |
Kentucky def. Seattle |
84-72 |
1957 |
North Carolina def. Kansas |
54-53 (3 OT) |
1956 |
San Francisco def. Iowa |
83-71 |
1955 |
San Francisco def. La Salle |
76-73 |
1954 |
La Salle def. Bradley |
92-76 |
1953 |
Indiana def. Kansas |
69-68 |
1952 |
Kansas def. St. John's |
80-63 |
1951 |
Kentucky def. Kansas St. |
68-58 |
1950 |
CCNY def. Bradley |
71-68 |
1949 |
Kentucky def. Oklahoma St. |
46-36 |
1948 |
Kentucky def. Baylor |
58-42 |
1947 |
Holy Cross def. Oklahoma |
58-47 |
1946 |
Oklahoma A&M def. North Carolina |
43-40 |
1945 |
Oklahoma A&M def. NYU |
49-45 |
1944 |
Utah def. Dartmouth |
42-40 (OT) |
1943 |
Wyoming def. Georgetown |
46-34 |
1942 |
Stanford def. Dartmouth |
53-38 |
1941 |
Wisconsin def. Washington St. |
39-34 |
1940 |
Indiana def. Kansas |
60-42 |
1939 |
Oregon def. Ohio St. |
46-33 |