NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship records

Champions, runners-up, and locations

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and city
1999	Connecticut	77	Duke	74	Tropicana Field	St. Petersburg, Florida
2000	Michigan State (2)	89	Florida	76	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana (4)
2001	Duke (3)	82	Arizona	72	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Minneapolis, Minnesota (3)
2002	Maryland	64	Indiana	52	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (2)
2003	Syracuse	81	Kansas	78	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (4)
2004	Connecticut (2)	82	Georgia Tech	73	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas (2)
2005	North Carolina (4)	75	Illinois	70	Edward Jones Dome	St. Louis, Missouri (3)
2006	Florida	73	UCLA	57	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana (5)
2007	Florida (2)	84	Ohio State	75	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (3)
2008†	Kansas (3)	75	Memphis*	68	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas (3)
2009	North Carolina (5)	89	Michigan State	72	Ford Field	Detroit, Michigan
2010	Duke (4)	61	Butler	59	Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana (6)
2011	Connecticut (3)	53	Butler	41	Reliant Stadium	Houston, Texas (2)
2012	Kentucky (8)	67	Kansas	59	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (5)
2013	Louisville (3)	82	Michigan	76	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (4)
2014	Connecticut (4)	60	Kentucky	54	AT&T Stadium	Arlington, Texas
2015	Duke (5)	68	Wisconsin	63	Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana (7)
2016	Villanova (2)	77	North Carolina	74	NRG Stadium	Houston, Texas (3)

* Appearance vacated due to NCAA violations.
† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate number of overtimes.

All-time coaching records

Single game wins

Coach	School	Wins
Mike Krzyzewski	Duke	90
Roy Williams	Kansas, North Carolina	70
Dean Smith	North Carolina	65
Jim Boeheim	Syracuse	57
Rick Pitino	Providence, Kentucky, Louisville	53
Jim Calhoun	Connecticut	49
John Wooden	UCLA	47
Lute Olson	Iowa, Arizona	46
Tom Izzo	Michigan State	46
Bob Knight	Indiana, Texas Tech	45
Denny Crum	Louisville	42

Final Four appearances

Coach	School	Appearances
Mike Krzyzewski	Duke	12
John Wooden	UCLA	12
Dean Smith	North Carolina	11
Roy Williams	North Carolina, Kansas	8
Tom Izzo	Michigan State	7
Rick Pitino	Providence, Kentucky, Louisville	7
Denny Crum	Louisville	6
Adolph Rupp	Kentucky	6
John Calipari	Kentucky, Memphis*, UMass*	6*
Bob Knight	Indiana	5
Guy Lewis	Houston	5
Lute Olson	Iowa, Arizona	5
Jim Boeheim	Syracuse	5

• Denotes Final Four appearances vacated by NCAA.

Multiple championship coaches

Coach	School	Championships
John Wooden	UCLA	10
Mike Krzyzewski	Duke	5
Adolph Rupp	Kentucky	4
Jim Calhoun	Connecticut	3
Bob Knight	Indiana	3
Denny Crum	Louisville	2
Billy Donovan	Florida	2
Henry Iba	Oklahoma State	2
Ed Jucker	Cincinnati	2
Branch McCracken	Indiana	2
Rick Pitino	Kentucky, Louisville	2
Dean Smith	North Carolina	2
Roy Williams	North Carolina	2
Phil Woolpert	San Francisco	2

All-time team records

NCAA Championships

Rank	School	# and Coach(es)
1	UCLA	11 - John Wooden (10), Jim Harrick (1)
2	Kentucky	8 - Adolph Rupp (4), Joe B. Hall (1), Rick Pitino (1), Tubby Smith (1) John Calipari (1)
3	North Carolina	5 - Frank McGuire (1), Dean Smith (2), Roy Williams (2)
3	Indiana	5 - Branch McCracken (2), Bob Knight (3)
3	Duke	5 - Mike Krzyzewski
6	Connecticut	4 - Jim Calhoun (3), Kevin Ollie (1)
7	Kansas	3 - Phog Allen (1), Larry Brown (1), Bill Self (1)
7	Louisville	3 - Denny Crum (2), Rick Pitino (1)
9	Villanova	2- Jay Wright (1), Rollie Massimino (1)
9	Cincinnati	2 - Ed Jucker
9	Florida	2 - Billy Donovan
9	Michigan State	2 - Jud Heathcote (1), Tom Izzo (1)
9	NC State	2 - Norm Sloan (1), Jim Valvano (1)
9	Oklahoma State	2 - Henry Iba
9	San Francisco	2 - Phil Woolpert

NCAA Championship Game appearances

Rank	School	Appearances	Wins	Losses
1	UCLA*	12	11	1
2	Kentucky	12	8	4
3	Duke	11	5	6
4	North Carolina	10	5	5
5	Kansas	9	3	6
6	Indiana	6	5	1
7	Ohio State	5	1	4
8	Connecticut	4	4	0
8	Georgetown	4	1	3
8	Michigan*	4	1	3

*Does not include appearances vacated by the NCAA.

NCAA Tournament Final Four appearances

Rank	School	#
1	North Carolina	19
2	UCLA	17*
2	Kentucky	17
4	Duke	16
5	Kansas	14
6	Louisville	10
6	Ohio State	10*
8	Michigan State	9
9	Indiana	8
10	Arkansas	6
10	Cincinnati	6
10	Oklahoma State	6

*Does not include appearances vacated by the NCAA.

NCAA Tournament appearances

Rank	School	#
1	Kentucky	55*
2	North Carolina	47
3	Kansas	45
3	UCLA	45^
5	Louisville	41
6	Duke	40
7	Indiana	39
8	Syracuse	38
9	Notre Dame	35
9	Villanova	35†

* NCAA vacated 2-1 tournament record (1988). ^ NCAA vacated 5-2 tournament record (1980, 1999). † NCAA vacated 4-1 tournament record (1971).

Consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances

Rank	School	Number of Years
1	North Carolina	27 (1975–2001)
2	Kansas	27 (1990–2016)
3	Arizona	25 (1985–2009)*
4	Duke	20 (1996–2015)
5	Indiana	18 (1986–2003)
6	Michigan State	18 (1998–2015)
7	Kentucky	17 (1992–2008)
7	Gonzaga	17 (1999–2015)
7	Wisconsin	17 (1999–2015)
10	UCLA	15 (1967–1981)^
11	Cincinnati	14 (1992–2005)
11	UCLA	14 (1989–2002)†
11	Georgetown	14 (1979–1992)
11	Texas	14 (1999–2012)
15	Temple	12 (1990–2001)
16	Duke	11 (1984–1994)
16	Maryland	11 (1994–2004)
18	Pittsburgh	10 (2002–2011)
18	Syracuse	10 (1983–1992)
Teams in bold denote an active streak.

* NCAA vacated 1999 and 2008 appearances. ^ NCAA vacated 1980 appearance. † NCAA vacated 1999 appearance.

NCAA Tournament victories

Rank	School	#
1	Kentucky	121*
2	North Carolina	117
3	Duke	107
4	Kansas	100
5	UCLA	98^
6	Louisville	75
7	Indiana	66
8	Syracuse	65
9	Michigan State	63
10	Connecticut	57†

* NCAA vacated 2-1 tournament record (1988). Otherwise wins would be 123. ^ NCAA vacated 5-2 tournament record (1980, 1999). Otherwise wins would be 102. † NCAA vacated 2-1 tournament record (1996). Otherwise wins would be 59.

• Margin of 10 points: Oregon (1939), Kentucky (1949), San Francisco (1956), Ohio State (1960), UCLA (1967, 1970, 1973), Michigan State (1979, 2000), Indiana (1981), Duke (2001), and North Carolina (2009), are teams to win every game in the tournament by 10 points or more on their way to a championship.

Individual single-game records

• Points

61, Austin Carr, Notre Dame vs. Ohio, 1970

• Field Goals

25, Austin Carr, Notre Dame vs. Ohio, 1970

• Field Goal Attempts

44, Austin Carr, Notre Dame vs. Ohio, 1970

• Three-point Field Goals

11, Jeff Fryer, Loyola Marymount vs. Michigan, 1990

• Three-point Field Goal Attempts

22, Jeff Fryer, Loyola Marymount vs. Arkansas, 1989

• Free Throws Made

23, Bob Carney, Bradley vs. Colorado, 1954

23, Travis Mays, Texas vs. Georgia, 1990

• Free Throws Attempted

27, Travis Mays, Texas vs. Georgia, 1990

27, David Robinson, Navy vs. Syracuse, 1986

• Rebounds

34, Fred Cohen, Temple vs. Connecticut, 1956

• Assists

18, Mark Wade, UNLV vs. Indiana, 1987

• Blocked Shots

11, Shaquille O'Neal, LSU vs. BYU, 1992

• Steals

8, Ty Lawson, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, 2009

8, Russ Smith, Louisville vs. North Carolina A&T, 2013

• Triple-doubles (see Final Four records section for other tournament triple-doubles)
  • Assists were not recorded nationally by the NCAA until the 1984–85 season, and steals and blocks were not officially added as NCAA statistics until the 1986–87 season. As a result, the NCAA only officially recognizes tournament triple-doubles recorded from 1987 onward.^[1]

Gary Grant, Michigan — 24 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists vs. North Carolina, East Regional second round, March 14, 1987^[2]

Shaquille O'Neal, LSU — 26 points, 13 rebounds, 11 blocks vs. BYU, West Regional first round, March 19, 1992^[3]

David Cain, St. John's — 12 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists vs. Texas Tech, East Regional first round, March 18, 1993^[4]

Andre Miller, Utah — 18 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists vs. Arizona, West Regional Final, March 21, 1998^[3]

Dwyane Wade, Marquette — 29 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists vs. Kentucky, Midwest Regional Final, March 29, 2003^[3]

Cole Aldrich, Kansas — 13 points, 20 rebounds, 10 blocks vs. Dayton, Midwest Regional Second Round, March 22, 2009

Draymond Green, Michigan State — 23 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists vs. UCLA, Southeast Regional Second Round, March 18, 2011^[1]

Draymond Green, Michigan State — 24 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists vs. LIU–Brooklyn, West Regional Second Round, March 16, 2012^[5]

Team single-game records

All tournament games

• Most combined points

264, Loyola Marymount vs. Michigan, 1990

• Fewest points for a single team

20, North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh, 1941

• Most Field Goals Made

52, Iowa vs. Notre Dame, 1970

• Field Goals Attempted

112, Marshall vs. Southwestern Louisiana, 1972

• Three-point Field Goals

21, Loyola Marymount vs. Michigan, 1990

• Three-point Field Goal Attempts

43, Saint Joseph's vs. Boston College, 1997

• Free Throws Made

43, Arizona vs. Illinois, 2001

• Free Throws Attempted

56, Arizona vs. Illinois, 2001

• Rebounds

86, Notre Dame vs. Tennessee Tech, 1958

• Assists

36, North Carolina vs. Loyola Marymount, 1988

• Blocked Shots

15, Kentucky vs. Stony Brook, 2016

• Steals

20, Louisville vs. North Carolina A&T, 2013

• Combined Steals

35, UCLA vs. Kansas, 2007

National Championship game

• Most combined points

181, UCLA vs. Duke, 1964

• Most points by a single team

103, UNLV vs. Duke, 1990

• Largest margin at half time

21, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, 2009

• Largest score at half time

55, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, 2009

• Largest margin of victory

30, UNLV vs. Duke, 1990

Final Four records

Final Four Single Game - Individual

• Points

58, Bill Bradley, Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3rd, 3-20-1965

• Field Goals Made

22, Bill Bradley, Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3rd, 3-20-1965

• Field Goals Attempted

42, Lennie Rosenbluth, North Carolina vs. Michigan St., NSF, 3-22-1957

• Three-Point Field Goals

10, Freddie Banks, UNLV vs. Indiana, NSF, 3-28-1987

• Rebounds

27, Bill Russell, San Francisco vs. Iowa, CH, 3-23-1956

• Assists

18, Mark Wade, UNLV vs. Indiana, NSF, 3-28-1987

• Blocked Shots

7, Jeff Withey, Kansas vs. Ohio State, NSF, 3-31-2012

• Free Throws Attempted

18, Ty Lawson, Michigan State vs. North Carolina, CH, 4-6-2009

• Steals

8, Ty Lawson, Michigan State vs. North Carolina, CH, 4-6-2009

• Final Four Triple-Doubles
  • The NCAA recognizes these achievements as unofficial triple-doubles. As noted earlier, assists, steals, and blocks were not kept on a national basis until well into the 1980s; the current array of national statistics did not fully take shape until the 1986–87 season.^[1]

B.H. Born, Kansas vs. Indiana, CH, 3-18-1953: 26 pts., 15 rebs. & 13 blocked shots.^[6]

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati vs. Louisville, N3rd, 3-21-1959: 39 pts., 17 rebs. & 10 asts.

Magic Johnson, Michigan St. vs. Pennsylvania, NSF, 3-24-1979: 29 pts., 10 rebs. & 10 asts.

• Largest margin of victory: 44, Villanova vs. Oklahoma, 4-2-2016

Key to initials: NSF- National Semi-Final; N3rd - National Third-Place Game (Discontinued after 1981); CH - Championship Game.

See also

NCAA Tournament Records Book

References

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2. Megargee, Steve (2011-03-17). "Bruins fail to close". Rivals.com (Yahoo! Sports). Retrieved 2011-03-21.
3. "Legendary Performances: Top individual March performances". ESPN.com. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
4. Moran, Malcolm (1993-03-19). "Cain's Triple-Double Doubly Sweet for Redmen". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
5. Associated Press (March 16, 2012). "Draymond Green's triple-double helps Michigan State advance". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
6. "Born first to triple double". kusports.com. 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2010-01-09.