Every March, the cream of the College Basketball crop converges, crossing the country to see which program, propelled by future stars, is to be named champions.
In a month-long whirlwind, 68 teams are whittled down to a Sweet Sixteen, an Elite Eight, a Final Four, and, eventually, the kings of the bracket, the national champion.
From long-term Bruin brilliance in the City of Angels to a run of Wildcat wins and tremendous Tar Heel turnouts, here is every national champion since the dawn of the NCAA era.
2023ย UConn (31-8)
2022ย Kansas (34-6)
2021ย Baylor (28-2)
2020ย Canceled due to COVID-19
2019ย Virginia (35-3)
2018ย Villanova (36-4)
2017ย North Carolina (33-7)
2016ย Villanova (35-5)
2015ย Duke (35-4)
2014ย Connecticut (32-8)
2013ย Louisville (35-5)*
2012ย Kentucky (38-2)
2011ย Connecticut (32-9)
2010ย Duke (35-5)
2009ย North Carolina (34-4)
2008ย Kansas (37-3)
2007ย Florida (35-5)
2006ย Florida (33-6)
2005ย North Carolina (33-4)
2004ย Connecticut (33-6)
2003ย Syracuse (30-5)
2002ย Maryland (32-4)
2001ย Duke (35-4)
2000ย Michigan State (32-7)
1999ย Connecticut (34-2)
1998ย Kentucky (35-4)
1997ย Arizona (25-9)
1996ย Kentucky (34-2)
1995ย UCLA (31-2)
1994ย Arkansas (31-3)
1993ย North Carolina (34-4)
1992ย Duke (34-2)
1991ย Duke (32-7)
1990ย UNLV (35-5)
1989ย Michigan (30-7)
1988ย Kansas (27-11)
1987ย Indiana (30-4)
1986ย Louisville (32-7)
1985ย Villanova (25-10)
1984ย Georgetown (34-3)
1983ย North Carolina State (26-10)
1982ย North Carolina (32-2)
1981ย Indiana (26-9)
1980ย Louisville (33-3)
1979ย Michigan State (26-6)
1978ย Kentucky (30-2)
1977ย Marquette (25-7)
1976ย Indiana (32-0)
1975ย UCLA (28-3)
1974ย North Carolina State (30-1)
1973ย UCLA (30-0)
1972ย UCLA (30-0)
1971ย UCLA (29-1)
1970ย UCLA (28-2)
1969ย UCLA (29-1)
1968ย UCLA (29-1)
1967ย UCLA (30-0)
1966ย UTEP (28-1)
1965ย UCLA (28-2)
1964ย UCLA (30-0)
1963ย Loyola Chicago (29-2)
1962ย Cincinnati (29-2)
1961ย Cincinnati (27-3)
1960ย Ohio State (25-3)
1959ย California (25-4)
1958ย Kentucky (23-6)
1957ย North Carolina (32-0)
1956ย San Francisco (29-0)
1955ย San Francisco (28-1)
1954ย La Salle (26-4)
1953ย Indiana (23-3)
1952ย Kansas (28-3)
1951ย Kentucky (32-2)
1950ย CCNY (24-5)
1949ย Kentucky (32-2)
1948ย Kentucky (36-3)
1947ย Holy Cross (27-3)
1946ย Oklahoma State (31-2)
1945ย Oklahoma State (27-4)
1944ย Utah (21-4)
1943ย Wyoming (31-2)
1942ย Stanford (28-4)
1941ย Wisconsin (20-3)
1940ย Indiana (20-3)
1939ย Oregon (29-5)
*Vacated due to infractions
