List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions
Championship games

List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions

Section Title: Championship games
Table Section Text: None

Year	Winning team	Winning head coach	Score	Losing team	Losing head coach	Venue	City	Ref.

1939	Oregon	Howard Hobson	46–33	Ohio State	Harold Olsen	Patten Gymnasium	Evanston, Illinois

1940	Indiana	Branch McCracken	60–42	Kansas	Phog Allen	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri

1941	Wisconsin	Bud Foster	39–34	Washington State	Jack Friel	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri

1942	Stanford	Everett Dean	53–38	Dartmouth	O. B. Cowles	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri

1943	Wyoming	Everett Shelton	46–34	Georgetown	Elmer Ripley	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York

1944	Utah	Vadal Peterson	42–40*	Dartmouth	Earl Brown	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York

1945	Oklahoma A&M	Henry Iba	49–45	NYU	Howard Cann	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York

1946	Oklahoma A&M	Henry Iba	43–40	North Carolina	Ben Carnevale	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York

1947	Holy Cross	Doggie Julian	58–47	Oklahoma	Bruce Drake	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York

1948	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	58–42	Baylor	Bill Henderson	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York

1949	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	46–36	Oklahoma A&M	Henry Iba	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle, Washington

1950	CCNY	Nat Holman	71–68	Bradley	Forddy Anderson	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York

1951	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	68–58	Kansas State	Jack Gardner	Williams Arena	Minneapolis, Minnesota

1952	Kansas	Phog Allen	80–63	St. John's	Frank McGuire	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle, Washington

1953	Indiana	Branch McCracken	69–68	Kansas	Phog Allen	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri

1954	La Salle	Ken Loeffler	92–76	Bradley	Forddy Anderson	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri

1955	San Francisco	Phil Woolpert	77–63	La Salle	Ken Loeffler	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri

1956	San Francisco	Phil Woolpert	83–71	Iowa	Bucky O'Connor	McGaw Hall	Evanston, Illinois

1957	North Carolina	Frank McGuire	54–53	Kansas	Dick Harp	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri

1958	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	84–72	Seattle	John Castellani	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky

1959	California	Pete Newell	71–70	West Virginia	Fred Schaus	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky

1960	Ohio State	Fred Taylor	75–55	California	Pete Newell	Cow Palace	Daly City, California

1961	Cincinnati	Ed Jucker	70–65*	Ohio State	Fred Taylor	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri

1962	Cincinnati	Ed Jucker	71–59	Ohio State	Fred Taylor	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky

1963	Loyola Chicago	George Ireland	60–58*	Cincinnati	Ed Jucker	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky

1964	UCLA	John Wooden	98–83	Duke	Vic Bubas	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri

1965	UCLA	John Wooden	91–80	Michigan	Dave Strack	Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Oregon

1966	Texas Western	Don Haskins	72–65	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Cole Field House	College Park, Maryland

1967	UCLA	John Wooden	79–64	Dayton	Don Donoher	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky

1968	UCLA	John Wooden	78–55	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Sports Arena	Los Angeles, California

1969	UCLA	John Wooden	92–72	Purdue	George King	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky

1970	UCLA	John Wooden	80–69	Jacksonville	Joe Williams	Cole Field House	College Park, Maryland

1971	UCLA	John Wooden	68–62	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Astrodome	Houston, Texas

1972	UCLA	John Wooden	81–76	Florida State	Hugh Durham	Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles, California

1973	UCLA	John Wooden	87–66	Memphis State	Gene Bartow	St. Louis Arena	St. Louis, Missouri

1974	North Carolina State	Norm Sloan	76–64	Marquette	Al McGuire	Greensboro Coliseum	Greensboro, North Carolina

1975	UCLA	John Wooden	92–85	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	San Diego Sports Arena	San Diego, California

1976	Indiana	Bob Knight	86–68	Michigan	Johnny Orr	Spectrum	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1977	Marquette	Al McGuire	67–59	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Omni Coliseum	Atlanta, Georgia

1978	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	94–88	Duke	Bill Foster	The Checkerdome	St. Louis, Missouri

1979	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	75–64	Indiana State	Bill Hodges	Special Events Center	Salt Lake City, Utah

1980	Louisville	Denny Crum	59–54	UCLA	Larry Brown	Market Square Arena	Indianapolis, Indiana

1981	Indiana	Bob Knight	63–50	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Spectrum	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1982	North Carolina	Dean Smith	63–62	Georgetown	John Thompson	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana

1983	North Carolina State	Jim Valvano	54–52	Houston	Guy Lewis	University Arena	Albuquerque, New Mexico

1984	Georgetown	John Thompson	84–75	Houston	Guy Lewis	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington

1985	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	66–64	Georgetown	John Thompson	Rupp Arena	Lexington, Kentucky

1986	Louisville	Denny Crum	72–69	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Texas

1987	Indiana	Bob Knight	74–73	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana

1988	Kansas	Larry Brown	83–79	Oklahoma	Billy Tubbs	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, Missouri

1989	Michigan	Steve Fisher	80–79*	Seton Hall	P. J. Carlesimo	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington

1990	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	103–73	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	McNichols Sports Arena	Denver, Colorado

1991	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	72–65	Kansas	Roy Williams	Hoosier Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana

1992	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	71–51	Michigan	Steve Fisher	Metrodome	Minneapolis, Minnesota

1993	North Carolina	Dean Smith	77–71	Michigan	Steve Fisher	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana

1994	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	76–72	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Charlotte Coliseum	Charlotte, North Carolina

1995	UCLA	Jim Harrick	89–78	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington

1996	Kentucky	Rick Pitino	76–67	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Continental Airlines Arena	East Rutherford, New Jersey

1997	Arizona	Lute Olson	84–79*	Kentucky	Rick Pitino	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana

1998	Kentucky	Tubby Smith	78–69	Utah	Rick Majerus	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas

1999	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	77–74	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Tropicana Field	St. Petersburg, Florida

2000	Michigan State	Tom Izzo	89–76	Florida	Billy Donovan	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana

2001	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	82–72	Arizona	Lute Olson	Metrodome	Minneapolis, Minnesota

2002	Maryland	Gary Williams	64–52	Indiana	Mike Davis	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia

2003	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	81–78	Kansas	Roy Williams	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana

2004	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	82–73	Georgia Tech	Paul Hewitt	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas

2005	North Carolina	Roy Williams	75–70	Illinois	Bruce Weber	Edward Jones Dome	St. Louis, Missouri

2006	Florida	Billy Donovan	73–57	UCLA	Ben Howland	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana

2007	Florida	Billy Donovan	84–75	Ohio State	Thad Matta	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia

2008	Kansas	Bill Self	75–68*	Memphis	John Calipari	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas

2009	North Carolina	Roy Williams	89–72	Michigan State	Tom Izzo	Ford Field	Detroit, Michigan

2010	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	61–59	Butler	Brad Stevens	Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana

2011	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	53–41	Butler	Brad Stevens	Reliant Stadium	Houston, Texas

2012	Kentucky	John Calipari	67–59	Kansas	Bill Self	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana

2013	Louisville	Rick Pitino	82–76	Michigan	John Beilein	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia

2014	Connecticut	Kevin Ollie	60–54	Kentucky	John Calipari	AT&T Stadium	Arlington, Texas

2015	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	68–63	Wisconsin	Bo Ryan	Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana

2016	Villanova	Jay Wright	77–74	North Carolina	Roy Williams	NRG Stadium	Houston, Texas

2017	North Carolina	Roy Williams	71–65	Gonzaga	Mark Few	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona

2018	Villanova	Jay Wright	79–62	Michigan	John Beilein	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas

2019	Virginia	Tony Bennett	85–77*	Texas Tech	Chris Beard	U.S. Bank Stadium	Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sentence(s)

Phil Woolpert led San Francisco to consecutive championships in 1955 and 1956.

final_sentence: Phil Woolpert led San Francisco to consecutive championships in 1955 and 1956.