Kentucky Can Duplicate Championship Run Ohio Achieved in Early 1960s
Nearly everyone in the state of Kentucky had a chance to celebrate the previous two years after back-to-back NCAA titles by Kentucky and Louisville. Which school will be left standing striving to secure another national championship after they meet in the Midwest Regional?
The only time two different schools from the same state captured three consecutive NCAA titles was from 1960 through 1962 when Ohio State and Cincinnati reigned supreme. North Carolina was twice involved in back-to-back crowns with an in-state counterpart - 1982 and 1983 (N.C. State) plus 2009 and 2010 (Duke).
California is the only state with as many as four different universities win an NCAA Division I Tournament championship. Eight different states have had more than one school capture the NCAA DI Tournament title.
California (15) - California (1959), San Francisco (1955 and 1956), Stanford (1942), UCLA (1964-65-67-68-69-70-71-72-73-75-95)
Kentucky (11) - Kentucky (1948-49-51-58-78-96-98-12), Louisville (1980-86-13)
North Carolina (11) - Duke (1991-92-01-10), North Carolina (1957-82-93-05-09), North Carolina State (1974 and 1983)
Michigan (3) - Michigan (1989), Michigan State (1979 and 2000)
Ohio (3) - Cincinnati (1961 and 1962), Ohio State (1960)
New York (2) - CCNY (1950), Syracuse (2003)