NCAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Year Champ Score Runner-Up Third Fourth 2009 North Carolina 89-72 Michigan State +Connecticut +Villanova 2008 Kansas 75-68 Memphis +North Carolina +UCLA 2007 Florida 84-75 Ohio State +Georgetown +UCLA 2006 Florida 73-58 UCLA +George Mason +LSU 2005 North Carolina 75-70 Illinois +Louisville +Michigan St. 2004 Connecticut 82-73 Georgia Tech +Duke +Oklahoma St. 2003 Syracuse 81-78 Kansas +Marquette +Texas 2002 Maryland 64-52 Indiana +Kansas +Oklahoma 2001 Duke 82-72 Arizona +Maryland +Michigan St. 2000 Michigan St. 89-76 Florida +North Carolina +Wisconsin 1999 Connecticut 77-74 Duke +Michigan St. +Ohio St. 1998 Kentucky 78-69 Utah +North Carolina +Stanford 1997 Arizona 84-79, ot Kentucky +Minnesota +North Carolina 1996 Kentucky 76-67 Syracuse +Massachusetts +Mississippi St. 1995 UCLA 89-78 Arkansas +North Carolina +Oklahoma St. 1994 Arkansas 76-72 Duke +Arizona +Florida 1993 North Carolina 77-71 *Michigan +Kansas +Kentucky 1992 Duke 71-51 *Michigan +Cincinnati +Indiana 1991 Duke 72-65 Kansas +UNLV +North Carolina 1990 UNLV 103-73 Duke +Arkansas +Georgia Tech 1989 Michigan 80-79, ot Seton Hall +Duke +Illinois 1988 Kansas 83-79 Oklahoma +Arizona +Duke 1987 Indiana 74-73 Syracuse +UNLV +Providence 1986 Louisville 72-69 Duke +Kansas +LSU 1985 Villanova 66-64 Georgetown +St. John's (N.Y.) *+Memphis 1984 Georgetown 84-75 Houston +Kentucky +Virginia 1983 N.C. St. 54-52 Houston +Georgia +Louisville 1982 North Carolina 63-62 Georgetown +Houston +Louisville 1981 Indiana 63-50 North Carolina Virginia LSU 1980 Louisville 59-54 *UCLA Purdue Iowa 1979 Michigan St. 75-64 Indiana St. DePaul Penn 1978 Kentucky 94-88 Duke Arkansas Notre Dame 1977 Marquette 67-59 North Carolina UNLV Charlotte 1976 Indiana 86-68 Michigan UCLA Rutgers 1975 UCLA 92-85 Kentucky Louisville Syracuse 1974 N.C St. 76-64 Marquette UCLA Kansas 1973 UCLA 87-66 Memphis St. Indiana Providence 1972 UCLA 81-76 Florida St. North Carolina Louisville 1971 UCLA 68-62 *Villanova *Western Ky. Kansas 1970 UCLA 80-69 Jacksonville New Mexico St. St. Bonaven. 1969 UCLA 92-72 Purdue Drake North Carolina 1968 UCLA 78-55 North Carolina Ohio St. Houston 1967 UCLA 79-64 Dayton Houston North Carolina 1966 UTEP 72-65 Kentucky Duke Utah 1965 UCLA 91-80 Michigan Princeton Wichita St. 1964 UCLA 98-83 Duke Michigan Kansas St. 1963 Loyola (Ill.) 60-58, ot Cincinnati Duke Oregon St. 1962 Cincinnati 71-59 Ohio St. Wake Forest UCLA 1961 Cincinnati 70-65, ot Ohio St. *St. Joseph's Utah 1960 Ohio St. 75-55 California Cincinnati New York U. 1959 California 71-70 West Virginia Cincinnati Louisville 1958 Kentucky 84-72 Seattle Temple Kansas St. 1957 North Carolina 54-53, 3 ot Kansas San Francisco Michigan St. 1956 San Francisco 83-71 Iowa Temple SMU 1955 San Francisco 77-63 La Salle Colorado Iowa 1954 La Salle 92-76 Bradley Penn St. USC 1953 Indiana 69-68 Kansas Washington LSU 1952 Kansas 80-63 St. John's (N.Y.) Illinois Santa Clara 1951 Kentucky 68-58 Kansas St. Illinois Oklahoma St. 1950 CCNY 71-68 Bradley N.C. St. Baylor 1949 Kentucky 46-36 Oklahoma St. Illinois Oregon St. 1948 Kentucky 58-42 Baylor Holy Cross Kansas St. 1947 Holy Cross 58-47 Oklahoma Texas CCNY 1946 Oklahoma St. 43-40, ot North Carolina Ohio St. California 1945 Oklahoma St. 49-45 New York U. +Arkansas +Ohio St. 1944 Utah 42-40 Dartmouth +Iowa St. +Ohio St. 1943 Wyoming 46-34 Georgetown +Texas +DePaul 1942 Stanford 53-38 Dartmouth +Colorado +Kentucky 1941 Wisconsin 39-34 Washington St. +Pittsburgh +Arkansas 1940 Indiana 60-42 Kansas Duquesne +USC 1939 Oregon 46-33 Ohio St. Oklahoma +Villanova *Record later vacated +Shared third place

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