NCAA Tournament Final Four Summary

Year Champion Coach Score Runner-up Coach Third place Fourth place Most Outstanding Player Site of finals
1939 Oregon Howard Hobson 46-33 Ohio State Harold Olsen *Oklahoma *Villanova Jimmy Hull, Ohio State Evanston, IL
1940 Indiana Branch McCracken 60-42 Kansas Phog Allen *Duquesne *Southern Cal Marvin Huffman, Indiana Kansas City
1941 Wisconsin Bud Foster 39-34 Washington State Jack Friel *Pittsburgh *Arkansas John Kotz, Wisconsin Kansas City
1942 Stanford Everett Dean 53-38 Dartmouth Ozzie Cowles *Colorado *Kentucky Howie Dallmar, Stanford Kansas City
1943 Wyoming Everett Shelton 46-34 Georgetown Elmer Ripley *Texas *DePaul Ken Sailors, Wyoming New York City
1944 Utah Vadal Peterson 42-40 (OT) Dartmouth Earl Brown *Iowa State *Ohio State Arnie Ferrin, Utah New York City
1945 Oklahoma State Henry Iba 49-45 NYU Howard Cann *Arkansas *Ohio State Bob Kurland, Oklahoma State New York City
1946 Oklahoma State Henry Iba 43-40 North Carolina Ben Carnevale Ohio State California Bob Kurland, Oklahoma State New York City
1947 Holy Cross Doggie Julian 58-47 Oklahoma Bruce Drake Texas CCNY George Kaftan, Holy Cross New York City
1948 Kentucky Adolph Rupp 58-42 Baylor Bill Henderson Holy Cross Kansas State Alex Groza, Kentucky New York City
1949 Kentucky Adolph Rupp 46-36 Oklahoma State Henry Iba Illinois Oregon State Alex Groza, Kentucky Seattle
1950 CCNY Nat Holman 71-68 Bradley Forddy Anderson N.C. State Baylor Irwin Dambrot, CCNY New York City
1951 Kentucky Adolph Rupp 68-58 Kansas State Jack Gardner Illinois Okla. State Bill Spivey, Kentucky Minneapolis
1952 Kansas Phog Allen 80-63 St. John's Frank McGuire Illinois Santa Clara Clyde Lovellette, Kansas Seattle
1953 Indiana Branch McCracken 69-68 Kansas Phog Allen Washington Louisiana St. B.H. Born, Kansas Kansas City
1954 La Salle Ken Loeffler 92-76 Bradley Forddy Anderson Penn State Southern Cal Tom Gola, La Salle Kansas City
1955 San Francisco Phil Woolpert 77-63 La Salle Ken Loeffler Colorado Iowa Bill Russell, San Francisco Kansas City
1956 San Francisco Phil Woolpert 83-71 Iowa Bucky O'Connor Temple SMU Hal Lear, Temple Evanston, IL
1957 North Carolina Frank McGuire 54-53 (3OT) Kansas Dick Harp San Francisco Michigan State Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas Kansas City
1958 Kentucky Adolph Rupp 84-72 Seattle John Castellani Temple Kansas State Elgin Baylor, Seattle Louisville, KY
1959 California Pete Newell 71-70 West Virginia Fred Schaus Cincinnati Louisville Jerry West, West Virginia Louisville, KY
1960 Ohio State Fred Taylor 75-55 California Pete Newell Cincinnati New York Univ. Jerry Lucas, Ohio State San Francisco
1961 Cincinnati Ed Jucker 70-65 (OT) Ohio State Fred Taylor St. Joseph's Utah Jerry Lucas, Ohio State Kansas City
1962 Cincinnati Ed Jucker 71-59 Ohio State Fred Taylor Wake Forest UCLA Paul Hogue, Cincinnati Louisville, KY
1963 Loyola, Ill. George Ireland 60-58 (OT) Cincinnati Ed Jucker Duke Oregon State Art Heyman, Duke Louisville, KY
1964 UCLA John Wooden 98-83 Duke Vic Bubas Michigan Kansas State Walt Hazzard, UCLA Kansas City
1965 UCLA John Wooden 91-80 Michigan Dave Strack Princeton Wichita State Bill Bradley, Princeton Portland, OR
1966 Texas Western Don Haskins 72-65 Kentucky Adolph Rupp Duke Utah Jerry Chambers, Utah College Park, MD
1967 UCLA John Wooden 79-64 Dayton Don Donoher Houston North Carolina Lew Alcindor, UCLA Louisville, KY
1968 UCLA John Wooden 78-55 North Carolina Dean Smith Ohio State Houston Lew Alcindor, UCLA Los Angeles
1969 UCLA John Wooden 92-72 Purdue George King Drake North Carolina Lew Alcindor, UCLA Louisville, KY
1970 UCLA John Wooden 80-69 Jacksonville Joe Williams New Mexico St. St. Bonaventure Sidney Wicks, UCLA College Park, MD
1971 UCLA John Wooden 68-62 Villanova Jack Kraft Western Ky. Kansas Howard Porter, Villanova Houston
1972 UCLA John Wooden 81-76 Florida State Hugh Durham North Carolina Louisville Bill Walton, UCLA Los Angeles
1973 UCLA John Wooden 87-66 Memphis State Gene Bartow Indiana Providence Bill Walton, UCLA St. Louis
1974 N.C. State Norman Sloan 76-64 Marquette Al McGuire UCLA Kansas David Thompson, N.C. State Greensboro, NC
1975 UCLA John Wooden 92-85 Kentucky Joe B. Hall Louisville Syracuse Richard Washington, UCLA San Diego
1976 Indiana Bob Knight 86-68 Michigan Johnny Orr UCLA Rutgers Kent Benson, Indiana Philadelphia
1977 Marquette Al McGuire 67-59 North Carolina Dean Smith UNLV UNC Charlotte Butch Lee, Marquette Atlanta
1978 Kentucky Joe B. Hall 94-88 Duke Bill E. Foster Arkansas Notre Dame Jack Givens, Kentucky St. Louis
1979 Michigan State Jud Heathcote 75-64 Indiana State Bill Hodges DePaul Penn Magic Johnson, Michigan St. Salt Lake City
1980 Louisville Denny Crum 59-54 UCLA Larry Brown Purdue Iowa Darrell Griffith, Louisville Indianapolis
1981 Indiana Bob Knight 63-50 North Carolina Dean Smith Virginia Louisiana State Isiah Thomas, Indiana Philadelphia
1982 North Carolina Dean Smith 63-62 Georgetown John Thompson *Houston *Louisville James Worthy, North Carolina New Orleans
1983 N.C. State Jim Valvano 54-52 Houston Guy Lewis *Louisville *Georgia Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Albuquerque, NM
1984 Georgetown John Thompson 84-75 Houston Guy Lewis *Kentucky *Virginia Patrick Ewing, Georgetown Seattle
1985 Villanova Rollie Massimino 66-64 Georgetown John Thompson *St. John's *Memphis State Ed Pinckney, Villanova Lexington, KY
1986 Louisville Denny Crum 72-69 Duke Mike Krzyzewski *Kansas *Louisiana St. Pervis Ellison, Louisville Dallas
1987 Indiana Bob Knight 74-73 Syracuse Jim Boeheim *Providence *UNLV Keith Smart, Indiana New Orleans
1988 Kansas Larry Brown 83-79 Oklahoma Billy Tubbs *Arizona *Duke Danny Manning, Kansas Kansas City
1989 Michigan Steve Fisher 80-79 (OT) Seton Hall P.J. Carlesimo *Duke *Illinois Glen Rice, Michigan Seattle
1990 UNLV Jerry Tarkanian 103-73 Duke Mike Krzyzewski *Arkansas *Georgia Tech Anderson Hunt, UNLV Denver
1991 Duke Mike Krzyzewski 72-65 Kansas Roy Williams *North Carolina *UNLV Christian Laettner, Duke Indianapolis
1992 Duke Mike Krzyzewski 71-51 Michigan Steve Fisher *Cincinnati *Indiana Bobby Hurley, Duke Minneapolis
1993 North Carolina Dean Smith 77-71 Michigan Steve Fisher *Kansas *Kentucky Donald Williams, N. Carolina New Orleans
1994 Arkansas Nolan Richardson 76-72 Duke Mike Krzyzewski *Arizona *Florida Corliss Williamson, Arkansas Charlotte
1995 UCLA Jim Harrick 89-78 Arkansas Nolan Richardson *N. Carolina *Okla. State Ed O'Bannon, UCLA Seattle
1996 Kentucky Rick Pitino 76-67 Syracuse Jim Boeheim *Massachusetts *Miss. State Tony Delk, Kentucky East Rutherford, NJ
1997 Arizona Lute Olson 84-79 (OT) Kentucky Rick Pitino *Minnesota *North Carolina Miles Simon, Arizona Indianapolis
1998 Kentucky Tubby Smith 78-69 Utah Rick Majerus *North Carolina *Stanford Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky San Antonio
1999 Connecticut Jim Calhoun 77-74 Duke Mike Krzyzewski *Michigan State *Ohio State Richard Hamilton, Connecticut St. Petersburg
2000 Michigan State Tom Izzo 89-76 Florida Billy Donovan *North Carolina *Wisconsin Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State Indianapolis
2001 Duke Mike Krzyzewski 82-72 Arizona Lute Olson *Maryland *Michigan State Shane Battier, Duke Minneapolis
2002 Maryland Gary Williams 64-52 Indiana Mike Davis *Kansas *Oklahoma Juan Dixon, Maryland Atlanta
2003 Syracuse Jim Boeheim 81-78 Kansas Roy Williams *Marquette *Texas Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse New Orleans
2004 Connecticut Jim Calhoun 82-73 Georgia Tech Paul Hewitt *Duke *Oklahoma State Emeka Okafor, Connecticut San Antonio
2005 North Carolina Roy Williams 75-70 Illinois Bruce Weber *Louisville *Michigan State Sean May, North Carolina St. Louis
2006 Florida Billy Donovan 73-57 UCLA Ben Howland *George Mason *Louisiana State Joakim Noah, Florida Indianapolis
2007 Florida Billy Donovan 84-75 Ohio State Thad Matta *Georgetown *UCLA Corey Brewer, Florida Atlanta
2008 Kansas Bill Self 75-68 (OT) Memphis John Calipari *North Carolina *UCLA Mario Chalmers, Kansas San Antonio
2009 North Carolina Roy Williams 89-72 Michigan State Tom Izzo *Connecticut *Villanova Wayne Ellington, North Carolina Detroit
2010 Duke Mike Krzyzewski 61-59 Butler Brad Stevens *Michigan State *West Virginia Kyle Singler, Duke Indianapolis
2011 Connecticut Jim Calhoun 54-41 Butler Brad Stevens *Kentucky *Va. Commonwealth Kemba Walker, Connecticut Houston

* Tied for third position because there was no consolation game.

Most NCAA Tournament championships by school (through 2011): UCLA (11), Kentucky (7), Indiana (5), North Carolina (5), Duke (4), Connecticut (3), Kansas (3).

Most Final Four appearances by school: North Carolina (18), UCLA (18), Duke (15), Kentucky (14), Kansas (13), Ohio State (10), Indiana (8), Louisville (8), Michigan State (8).

Most Final Four victories by school: UCLA (26), Kentucky (17), Duke (15), North Carolina (15), Indiana (12), Kansas (11), Ohio State (8).

Most NCAA Tournament appearances by school: Kentucky (52), UCLA (44), North Carolina (42), Kansas (40), Louisville (37), Duke (35), Indiana (35), Syracuse (34), Notre Dame (31), Villanova (30).

Most NCAA Tournament victories by school: Kentucky (107), North Carolina (105), UCLA (100), Duke (96), Kansas (88), Indiana (60), Louisville (60), Syracuse (53), Connecticut (52), Michigan State (52).

Most NCAA Tournament championships by coach: John Wooden (10), Mike Krzyzewski (4), Adolph Rupp (4), Jim Calhoun (3), Bob Knight (3).

Most Final Four appearances by coach: John Wooden (12), Mike Krzyzewski (11), Dean Smith (11), Denny Crum (6), Tom Izzo (6), Adolph Rupp (6), Bob Knight (5), Guy Lewis (5), Lute Olson (5), Rick Pitino (5).

Most Final Four victories by coach: John Wooden (21), Mike Krzyzewski (12), Adolph Rupp (9), Dean Smith (8), Bob Knight (7), Jim Calhoun (6), Roy Williams (6).

Most NCAA Tournament appearances by coach: Lute Olson (29), Jim Boeheim (28), Bob Knight (28), Mike Krzyzewski (27), Dean Smith (27), Denny Crum (23), Jim Calhoun (22), Eddie Sutton (22), Roy Williams (21).

Most NCAA Tournament victories by coach: Mike Krzyzewski (79), Dean Smith (65), Roy Williams (58), Jim Calhoun (51), John Wooden (47), Lute Olson (46), Jim Boeheim (45), Bob Knight (45), Denny Crum (42), Rick Pitino (38).