NCAA Basketball Men's Division I Champions Year Champion Coach Runner-up Score 1939 Oregon Howard Hobson Ohio State 46-33 1940 Indiana Branch McCracken Kansas 60-42 1941 Wisconsin Harold Foster Washington

NCAA Basketball Men's Division I Champions Year Champion Coach Runner-up Score 1939 Oregon Howard Hobson Ohio State 46-33 1940 Indiana Branch McCracken Kansas 60-42 1941 Wisconsin Harold Foster Washington State 39-34 1942 Stanford Everett Dean Dartmouth 53-38 1943 Wyoming Everett Shelton Georgetown 1944 Utah Vadal Peterson Dartmouth 1945 Oklahoma A&M2 Henry Iba NYU 49-45 1946 Oklahoma A&M2 Henry Iba North Carolina 43-40 1947 Holy Cross Alvin Julian Oklahoma 58-47 1948 Kentucky Adolph Rupp Baylor 58-42 1949 Kentucky Adolph Rupp Oklahoma State 46-36 1950 CCNY Nat Holman Bradley 71-68 1951 Kentucky Adolph Rupp Kansas State 68-58 1952 Kansas Forrest Allen St. John's (NY) 80-63 1953 Indiana Branch McCracken Kansas 69-68 1954 La Salle Kenneth Loeffler Bradley 92-76 1955 San Francisco Phil Woolpert La Salle 77-63 1956 San Francisco Phil Woolpert Iowa 1957 North Carolina Frank McGuire Kansas 54-53 1 1958 Kentucky Adolph Rupp Seattle 84-72 1959 California Pete Newell West Virginia 71-70 1960 Ohio State Fred Taylor California 1961 Cincinnati Edwin Jucker Ohio State 1962 Cincinnati Edwin Jucker Ohio State 71-59 1963 Loyola (IL) George Ireland Cincinnati 60-58 1 1964 UCLA John Wooden Duke 98-83 1965 UCLA John Wooden Michigan 91-80 1966 Texas Western3 Don Haskins Kentucky 72-65 1967 UCLA John Wooden Dayton 79-64 1968 UCLA John Wooden North Carolina 78-55 1969 UCLA John Wooden Purdue 92-72 1970 UCLA John Wooden Jacksonville 80-69 1971 UCLA John Wooden Villanova4 68-62 1972 UCLA John Wooden Florida State 81-76 1973 UCLA John Wooden Memphis State 87-66 1974 North Carolina State Norm Sloan Marquette 76-64 1975 UCLA John Wooden Kentucky 92-85 1976 Indiana Bob Knight Michigan 86-68 1977 Marquette Al McGuire North Carolina 67-59 1978 Kentucky Joe Hall Duke 94-88 1979 Michigan State Jud Heathcote Indiana St. 75-64 1980 Louisville Denny Crum UCLA 4 59-54 1981 Indiana Bob Knight North Carolina 63-50 1982 North Carolina Dean Smith Georgetown 63-62 1983 North Carolina State Jim Valvano Houston 54-52 1984 Georgetown John Thompson Houston 84-75 1985 Villanova Rollie Massimino Georgetown 66-64 1986 Louisville Denny Crum Duke 72-69 1987 Indiana Bob Knight Syracuse 74-73 1988 Kansas Larry Brown Oklahoma 83-79 1989 Michigan Steve Fisher Seton Hall 80-79 1 1990 Nevada-Las Vegas Jerry Tarkanian Duke 103-73 1991 Duke Mike Krzyzewski Kansas 72-65 1992 Duke Mike Krzyzewski Michigan 71-51 1993 North Carolina Dean Smith Michigan 77-71 1994 Arkansas Nolan Richardson Duke 76-72 1995 UCLA Jim Harrick Arkansas 89-78 1996 Kentucky Rick Pitino Syracuse 76-67 1997 Arizona Lute Olson Kentucky 84-79 1 1998 Kentucky Tubby Smith Utah 78-69 1999 Connecticut Jim Calhoun Duke 77-74 2000 Michigan State Tom Izzo Florida 89-76 2001 Duke Mike Krzyzewski Arizona 82-72 2002 Maryland Gary Williams Indiana 64-52 2003 Syracuse Jim Boeheim Kansas 81-78 2004 Connecticut Jim Calhoun Georgia Tech 82-73 2005 North Carolina Roy Williams Illinois 75-70 2006 Florida Billy Donovan UCLA 73-57 2007 Florida Billy Donovan Ohio State 2008 Kansas Bill Self Memphis 1. Overtime was played. 46-34 42-40 1 83-71 75-55 70-65 1 84-75 75-68 1 2. Now Oklahoma State. 3. Now Texas-El Paso. 4. Standing vacated because team included ineligible players. Source: National Collegiate Athletic Association. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.