NCAA Men's Division 1 Final Four

The NCAA basketball tournament began in 1939 under the sponsorship of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, but was taken over by the NCAA in 1940. From 1939-51, the winners of the Eastern and Western Regionals played for the national championship, while regional runners-up shared third place. The concept of a Final Four originated in 1952 when four teams qualified for the first national semifinals. Consolation games to determine overall third place were held between regional finalists from 1946-51 and then national semifinalists from 1952-81. Consolation games were discontinued in 1982.

MULTIPLE CHAMPIONS: UCLA (11); Kentucky (7); Indiana (5); North Carolina (3); Cincinnati, Duke, Kansas, Louisville, North Carolina State, Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State) and San Francisco (2).

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Site	Third Place
1939	Oregon	Ohio State	46-33	Evanston, IL	Oklahoma	Villanova
1940	Indiana	Kansas	60-42	Kansas City	Duquesne	USC
1941	Wisconsin	Washington St	39-34	Kansas City	Arkansas	Pittsburgh
1942	Stanford	Dartmouth	53-38	Kansas City	Colorado	Kentucky
1943	Wyoming	Georgetown	46-34	New York	DePaul	Texas
1944	Utah	Dartmouth	42-40 (ot)	New York	Iowa State	Ohio State
1945	Oklahoma A&M	NYU	49-45	New York	Arkansas	Ohio State

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Site	Third Place	Fourth Place
1946	Oklahoma A&M	North Carolina	43-40	New York	Ohio State	California
1947	Holy Cross	Oklahoma	58-47	New York	Texas	CCNY
1948	Kentucky	Baylor	58-42	New York	Holy Cross	Kansas State
1949	Kentucky	Oklahoma A&M	46-36	Seattle	Illinois	Oregon State
1950	CCNY	Bradley	71-68	New York	NC State	Baylor
1951	Kentucky	Kansas State	68-58	Minneapolis	Illinois	Oklahoma A&M
1952	Kansas	St John's	80-63	Seattle	Illinois	Santa Clara
1953	Indiana	Kansas	69-68	Kansas City	Washington	LSU
1954	La Salle	Bradley	92-76	Kansas City	Penn State	USC
1955	San Francisco	La Salle	77-63	Kansas City	Colorado	Iowa
1956	San Francisco	Iowa	83-71	Evanston, IL	Temple	SMU
1957	North Carolina	Kansas	54-53 (3 ot)	Kansas City	San Francisco	Michigan St
1958	Kentucky	Seattle	84-72	Louisville	Temple	Kansas St
1959	California	West Virginia	71-70	Louisville	Cincinnati	Louisville
1960	Ohio State	California	75-55	San Francisco	Cincinnati	NYU
1961	Cincinnati	Ohio State	70-65 (ot)	Kansas City	St Joseph's-PA	Utah
1962	Cincinnati	Ohio State	71-59	Louisville	Wake Forest	UCLA
1963	Loyola-IL	Cincinnati	60-58 (ot)	Louisville	Duke	Oregon State
1964	UCLA	Duke	98-83	Kansas City	Michigan	Kansas State
1965	UCLA	Michigan	91-80	Portland, OR	Princeton	Wichita State
1966	Texas Western	Kentucky	72-65	College Park, MD	Duke	Utah
1967	UCLA	Dayton	79-64	Louisville	Houston	North Carolina
1968	UCLA	North Carolina	78-55	Los Angeles	Ohio State	Houston
1969	UCLA	Purdue	92-72	Louisville	Drake	North Carolina
1970	UCLA	Jacksonville	80-69	College Park, MD	New Mexico St	St Bonaventure
1971	UCLA	Villanova	68-62	Houston	W Kentucky	Kansas
1972	UCLA	Florida State	81-76	Los Angeles	North Carolina	Louisville
1973	UCLA	Memphis State	87-66	St Louis	Indiana	Providence
1974	NC State	Marquette	76-64	Greensboro, NC	UCLA	Kansas
1975	UCLA	Kentucky	92-85	San Diego	Louisville	Syracuse
1976	Indiana	Michigan	86-68	Philadelphia	UCLA	Rutgers
1977	Marquette	North Carolina	67-59	Atlanta	UNLV	NC-Charlotte
1978	Kentucky	Duke	94-88	St Louis	Arkansas	Notre Dame
1979	Michigan St	Indiana State	75-64	Salt Lake City	DePaul	Penn
1980	Louisville	UCLA	59-54	Indianapolis	Purdue	Iowa
1981	Indiana	North Carolina	63-50	Philadelphia	Virginia	LSU

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Site	Third Place
1982	North Carolina	Georgetown	63-62	New Orleans	Houston	Louisville
1983	NC State	Houston	54-52	Albuquerque	Georgia	Louisville
1984	Georgetown	Houston	84-75	Seattle	Kentucky	Virginia
1985	Villanova	Georgetown	66-64	Lexington	Memphis State	St John's
1986	Louisville	Duke	72-69	Dallas	Kansas	LSU
1987	Indiana	Syracuse	74-73	New Orleans	Providence	UNLV
1988	Kansas	Oklahoma	83-79	Kansas City	Arizona	Duke
1989	Michigan	Seton Hall	80-79 (ot)	Seattle	Duke	Illinois
1990	UNLV	Duke	103-73	Denver	Arkansas	Georgia Tech
1991	Duke	Kansas	72-65	Indianapolis	North Carolina	UNLV
1992	Duke	Michigan	71-51	Minneapolis	Cincinnati	Indiana
1993	North Carolina	Michigan	77-71	New Orleans	Kansas	Kentucky
1994	Arkansas	Duke	76-72	Charlotte	Arizona	Florida
1995	UCLA	Arkansas	89-78	Seattle	North Carolina	Oklahoma St
1996	Kentucky	Syracuse	76-67	E Rutherford, NJ	UMass	Mississippi St
1997	Arizona	Kentucky	84-79 (ot)	Indianapolis	Minnesota	North Carolina
1998	Kentucky	Utah	78-69	San Antonio	Stanford	North Carolina
1999	Connecticut	Duke	77-74	St Petersburg, FL	Michigan St	Ohio State
	NOTE: Six teams have had their standing in the Final Four vacated for using ineligible players: 1961–St. Joseph's-PA (3rd place); 1971–Villanova (Runner-up) and Western Kentucky (3rd place); 1980–UCLA (Runner-up); 1985–Memphis St. (3rd place 1996–UMass (3rd place).