NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is held each spring featuring 65 of the top college basketball teams in the United States. The 20-day tournament, colloquially known as "March Madness" or the Big Dance, has become one of the country's most prominent sports events.

The tournament, whose field includes regional conference champions and other top teams, is staged in a single elimination format. Since its 1939 inception, it has built a legacy that includes dynasty teams and dramatic underdog stories. In recent years, friendly wagering on the event has become something of a national pastime, spawning countless "office pools" that attract expert fans and novices alike.

The tournament bracket is made up of champions from each Division I conference, which receive automatic bids. The remaining slots are at-large berths, with teams chosen by an NCAA selection committee. The selection process and tournament seedings are based on several factors, including team rankings, win-loss records and RPI data.

The two lowest-seeded teams (usually the teams below .500 & the SWAC champion) play a pre-tournament game to determine which will advance into the first round of the tournament. This play-in game was added in 2001 and has been played in Dayton, Ohio each subsequent year.

A Most Outstanding Player honor is awarded by the Associated Press at the end of each tournament.

See also: Division II, Division III

Contents

1 Winners of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

2 Upcoming Final Four championship locations and dates

3 Number of championships by school

4 See also

5 External links

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Winners of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Venue
1939	Oregon	46-33	Ohio State	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
1940	Indiana	60-42	Kansas	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1941	Wisconsin	39-34	Washington State	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1942	Stanford	53-38	Dartmouth	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1943	Wyoming	46-34	Georgetown	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1944	Utah	42-40 (OT)	Dartmouth	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1945	Oklahoma A&M	49-45	NYU	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1946	Oklahoma A&M	43-40	North Carolina	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1947	Holy Cross	58-47	Oklahoma	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1948	Kentucky	58-42	Baylor	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1949	Kentucky	46-36	Oklahoma A&M	Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
1950	CCNY	71-68	Bradley	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1951	Kentucky	68-58	Kansas State	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
1952	Kansas	80-63	St. John's	Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
1953	Indiana	69-68	Kansas	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1954	La Salle	92-76	Bradley	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1955	San Francisco	76-73	La Salle	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1956	San Francisco	83-71	Iowa	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
1957	North Carolina	54-53 (3 OT)	Kansas	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1958	Kentucky	84-72	Seattle	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1959	California	71-70	West Virginia	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1960	Ohio State	75-55	California	Cow Palace San Francisco, California
1961	Cincinnati	70-65 (OT)	Ohio State	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1962	Cincinnati	71-59	Ohio State	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1963	Loyola (Chicago)	60-58 (OT)	Cincinnati	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1964	UCLA	98-83	Duke	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1965	UCLA	91-80	Michigan	Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
1966	Texas Western	72-65	Kentucky	Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
1967	UCLA	79-64	Dayton	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1968	UCLA	78-55	North Carolina	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
1969	UCLA	92-72	Purdue	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1970	UCLA	80-69	Jacksonville	Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
1971	UCLA	68-62	Villanova	Astrodome Houston, Texas
1972	UCLA	81-76	Florida State	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
1973	UCLA	87-66	Memphis State	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
1974	NC State	76-64	Marquette	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
1975	UCLA	92-85	Kentucky	San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California
1976	Indiana	86-68	Michigan	Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977	Marquette	67-59	North Carolina	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
1978	Kentucky	94-88	Duke	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
1979	Michigan State	75-64	Indiana State	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
1980	Louisville	59-54	UCLA	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
1981	Indiana	63-50	North Carolina	Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982	North Carolina	63-62	Georgetown	Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
1983	N.C. State	54-52	Houston	University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico
1984	Georgetown	84-75	Houston	Kingdome Seattle, Washington
1985	Villanova	66-64	Georgetown	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
1986	Louisville	72-69	Duke	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
1987	Indiana	74-73	Syracuse	Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
1988	Kansas	83-79	Oklahoma	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
1989	Michigan	80-79 (OT)	Seton Hall	Kingdome Seattle, Washington
1990	UNLV	103-73	Duke	McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colorado
1991	Duke	72-65	Kansas	RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
1992	Duke	71-51	Michigan	Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993	North Carolina	77-71	Michigan	Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
1994	Arkansas	76-72	Duke	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
1995	UCLA	89-78	Arkansas	Kingdome Seattle, Washington
1996	Kentucky	76-67	Syracuse	Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
1997	Arizona	84-79 (OT)	Kentucky	RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
1998	Kentucky	78-69	Utah	Alamodome San Antonio, Texas
1999	Connecticut	77-74	Duke	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida
2000	Michigan State	89-76	Florida	RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana
2001	Duke	82-72	Arizona	Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002	Maryland	64-52	Indiana	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
2003	Syracuse	81-78	Kansas	Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
2004	Connecticut	82-73	Georgia Tech	Alamodome San Antonio, Texas
2005	North Carolina	75-70	Illinois	Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri