NCAA Division I men’s college basketball champions

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NCAA Division I men’s college basketball champions, winners of the annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s college basketball tournament (commonly referred to as March Madness). The tournament’s field consists of 68 teams that either automatically qualify by winning their conference championship tournament or are selected as at-large entrants on the basis of their regular-season performance. The bracket consists of four 16-team regions (East, West, South, and Midwest) with teams seeded 1–16 and matched up accordingly within each region. (Before the tournament proper begins, the four overall lowest-seeded teams and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams are matched up in play-in games to determine the last four participants [two from the overall lowest seeds and two from the at-large seeds] in the 64-team field.) The teams then play in single-elimination games on neutral courts over three successive weeks of competition to determine a national champion. Below is a list of NCAA men’s tournament championship game results.

Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship—men
year	winner	runner-up	score
*Louisville's title was vacated in 2018 because of rules violations committed between 2011 and 2015.
**Tournament canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
1939	Oregon	Ohio State	46–43
1940	Indiana	Kansas	60–42
1941	Wisconsin	Washington State	39–34
1942	Stanford	Dartmouth	53–38
1943	Wyoming	Georgetown	46–34
1944	Utah	Dartmouth	42–40
1945	Oklahoma A&M	New York	49–45
1946	Oklahoma A&M	North Carolina	43–40
1947	Holy Cross	Oklahoma	58–47
1948	Kentucky	Baylor	58–42
1949	Kentucky	Oklahoma State	46–36
1950	CCNY	Bradley	71–68
1951	Kentucky	Kansas State	68–58
1952	Kansas	St. John's (N.Y.)	80–63
1953	Indiana	Kansas	69–68
1954	La Salle	Bradley	92–76
1955	San Francisco	La Salle	77–63
1956	San Francisco	Iowa	83–71
1957	North Carolina	Kansas	54–53
1958	Kentucky	Seattle	84–72
1959	California (Berkeley)	West Virginia	71–70
1960	Ohio State	California (Berkeley)	75–55
1961	Cincinnati	Ohio State	70–65
1962	Cincinnati	Ohio State	71–59
1963	Loyola (Ill.)	Cincinnati	60–58
1964	UCLA	Duke	98–83
1965	UCLA	Michigan	91–80
1966	Texas Western	Kentucky	72–65
1967	UCLA	Dayton	79–64
1968	UCLA	North Carolina	78–55
1969	UCLA	Purdue	92–72
1970	UCLA	Jacksonville	80–69
1971	UCLA	Villanova	68–62
1972	UCLA	Florida State	81–76
1973	UCLA	Memphis State	87–66
1974	North Carolina State	Marquette	76–64
1975	UCLA	Kentucky	92–85
1976	Indiana	Michigan	86–68
1977	Marquette	North Carolina	67–59
1978	Kentucky	Duke	94–88
1979	Michigan State	Indiana State	75–64
1980	Louisville	UCLA	59–54
1981	Indiana	North Carolina	63–50
1982	North Carolina	Georgetown	63–62
1983	North Carolina State	Houston	54–52
1984	Georgetown	Houston	84–75
1985	Villanova	Georgetown	66–64
1986	Louisville	Duke	72–69
1987	Indiana	Syracuse	74–73
1988	Kansas	Oklahoma	83–79
1989	Michigan	Seton Hall	80–79
1990	UNLV	Duke	103–73
1991	Duke	Kansas	72–65
1992	Duke	Michigan	71–51
1993	North Carolina	Michigan	77–71
1994	Arkansas	Duke	76–72
1995	UCLA	Arkansas	89–78
1996	Kentucky	Syracuse	76–67
1997	Arizona	Kentucky	84–79
1998	Kentucky	Utah	78–69
1999	Connecticut	Duke	77–74
2000	Michigan State	Florida	89–76
2001	Duke	Arizona	82–72
2002	Maryland	Indiana	64–52
2003	Syracuse	Kansas	81–78
2004	Connecticut	Georgia Tech	82–73
2005	North Carolina	Illinois	75–70
2006	Florida	UCLA	73–57
2007	Florida	Ohio State	84–75
2008	Kansas	Memphis	75–68
2009	North Carolina	Michigan State	89–72
2010	Duke	Butler	61–59
2011	Connecticut	Butler	53–41
2012	Kentucky	Kansas	67–59
2013	Louisville*	Michigan	82–76
2014	Connecticut	Kentucky	60–54
2015	Duke	Wisconsin	68–63
2016	Villanova	North Carolina	77–74
2017	North Carolina	Gonzaga	71–65
2018	Villanova	Michigan	79–62
2019	Virginia	Texas Tech	85–77
2020	not held**
2021	Baylor	Gonzaga	86–70
2022	Kansas	North Carolina	72–69
2023	Connecticut	San Diego State	76–59
2024	Connecticut	Purdue	75–60

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