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National Champions NCAA Tournament   NIT Tournament
Women's NCCA Tournament  Women's NIT Tournament
Through the 2004 Tournaments
From 1901-1937 national champions were named by the Helms Foundation before the NCAA Tournament was started
YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP RECORD
1901 Yale None-Based on record 10-4
1902 Minnesota None-Based on record 11-0
1903 Yale None-Based on record 15-1
1904 Columbia None-Based on record 17-1
1905 Columbia None-Based on record 19-1
1906 Dartmouth None-Based on record 16-2
1907 Chicago None-Based on record 22-2
1908 Chicago None-Based on record 21-2
1909 Chicago None-Based on record 12-0
1910 Columbia None-Based on record 11-1
1911 St. John's None-Based on record 14-0
1912 Wisconsin None-Based on record 15-0
1913 Navy None-Based on record 9-0
1914 Wisconsin None-Based on record 15-0
1915 Illinois None-Based on record 16-0
1916 Wisconsin None-Based on record 20-1
1917 Washington State None-Based on record 25-1
1918 Syracuse None-Based on record 16-1
1919 Minnesota None-Based on record 13-0
1920 Pennsylvania None-Based on record 22-1
1921 Pennsylvania None-Based on record 21-2
1922 Kansas None-Based on record 16-2
1923 Kansas None-Based on record 17-1
1924 North Carolina None-Based on record 25-0
1925 Princeton None-Based on record 21-2
1926 Syracuse None-Based on record 19-1
1927 Notre Dame None-Based on record 19-1
1928 Pittsburgh None-Based on record 21-0
1929 Montana State None-Based on record 36-2
1930 Pittsburgh None-Based on record 23-2
1931 Northwestern None-Based on record 16-1
1932 Purdue None-Based on record 17-1
1933 Kentucky None-Based on record 20-3
1934 Wyoming None-Based on record 26-3
1935 New York University None-Based on record 19-1
1936 Notre Dame None-Based on record 22-2-1
1937 Stanford None-Based on record 25-2
NCAA Tournament  National Champions   NIT Tournament
YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE
1939 Oregon Ohio State 46-33
1940 Indiana Kansas 60-42
1941 Wisconsin Washington State 39-34
1942 Stanford Dartmouth 53-38
1943 Wyoming Georgetown 46-34
1944 Utah Dartmouth 42-40(OT)
1945 Oklahoma State New York University 49-45
1946 Oklahoma State North Carolina 43-40
1947 Holy Cross Oklahoma 58-47
1948 Kentucky Baylor 58-42
1949 Kentucky Oklahoma State 46-36
1950 City College of New York Bradley 71-68
1951 Kentucky Kansas State 68-58
1952 Kansas St. John's 80-63
1953 Indiana Kansas 69-68
1954 La Salle Bradley 92-76
1955 San Francisco La Salle 77-63
1956 San Francisco Iowa 83-71
1957 North Carolina Kansas 54-53(OT)
1958 Kentucky Seattle 84-72
1959 California West Virginia 71-70
1960 Ohio State California 75-55
1961 Cincinnati Ohio State 70-65(OT)
1962 Cincinnati Ohio State 71-59
1963 Loyola (IL) Cincinnati 60-58(OT)
1964 UCLA Duke 98-83
1965 UCLA Michigan 91-80
1966 Texas Western(UTEP) Kentucky 72-65
1967 UCLA Dayton 79-64
1968 UCLA North Carolina 78-55
1969 UCLA Purdue 92-72
1970 UCLA Jacksonville 80-69
1971 UCLA Villanova 68-62
1972 UCLA Florida State 81-76
1973 UCLA Memphis State 87-66
1974 North Carolina State Marquette 76-64
1975 UCLA Kentucky 92-85
1976 Indiana Michigan 86-68
1977 Marquette North Carolina 67-59
1978 Kentucky Duke 94-88
1979 Michigan State Indiana State 75-64
1980 Louisville UCLA 59-54
1981 Indiana North Carolina 63-50
1982 North Carolina Georgetown 63-62
1983 North Carolina State Houston 54-52
1984 Georgetown Houston 84-75
1985 Villanova Georgetown 66-64
1986 Louisville Duke 72-69
1987 Indiana Syracuse 74-73
1988 Kansas Oklahoma 83-79
1989 Michigan Seton Hall 80-79(OT)
1990 UNLV Duke 103-73
1991 Duke Kansas 72-65
1992 Duke Michigan 71-51
1993 North Carolina Michigan 77-71
1994 Arkansas Duke 76-72
1995 UCLA Arkansas 89-78
1996 Kentucky Syracuse 76-67
1997 Arizona Kentucky 84-79(OT)
1998 Kentucky Utah 78-69
1999 Connecticut Duke 77-74
2000 Michigan State Florida 89-76
2001 Duke Arizona 82-72
2002 Maryland Indiana 64-52
2003
 Syracuse
 Kansas
 81-78
2004
 Connecticut
 Georgia Tech
 82-73
NIT Tournament  National Champions   NCAA Tournament
YEAR
 CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE
1938 Temple Colorado 60-36
1939 LIU-Brooklyn Loyola (IL) 44-32
1940 Colorado Duquesne 51-40
1941 LIU-Brooklyn Ohio Univeristy 56-42
1942 West Virginia Western Kentucky 47-45
1943 St. John's Toledo 48-27
1944 St. John's DePaul 47-39
1945 DePaul Bowling Green 71-54
1946 Kentucky Rhode Island 46-45
1947 Utah Kentucky 49-45
1948 Saint Louis New York University 65-52
1949 San Francisco Loyola (IL) 48-47
1950 City College of New York Bradley 69-61
1951 BYU Dayton 62-43
1952 La Salle Dayton 75-64
1953 Seton Hall St. John's 58-46
1954 Holy Cross Duquesne 71-62
1955 Duquesne Dayton 70-58
1956 Louisville Dayton 93-80
1957 Bradley Memphis State 84-83
1958 Xavier Dayton 78-74(OT)
1959 St. John's Bradley 76-71(OT)
1960 Bradley Providence 88-72
1961 Providence Saint Louis 62-59
1962 Dayton St. John's 73-67
1963 Providence Canisius 81-66
1964 Bradley New Mexico 86-54
1965 St. John's Villanova 55-51
1966 BYU New York University 97-84
1967 Southern Illinois Marquette 71-56
1968 Dayton Kansas 61-48
1969 Temple Boston College 89-76
1970 Marquette St. John's 65-53
1971 North Carolina Georgia Tech 84-66
1972 Maryland Niagara 100-69
1973 Virginia Tech Notre Dame 92-91(OT)
1974 Purdue Utah 97-81
1975 Princeton Providence 80-69
1976 Kentucky UNC-Charlotte 71-67
1977 St. Bonaventure Houston 94-91
1978 Texas North Carolina State 101-93
1979 Indiana Purdue 53-52
1980 Virginia Minnesota 58-55
1981 Tulsa Syracuse 86-84(OT)
1982 Bradley Purdue 67-58
1983 Fresno State DePaul 69-60
1984 Michigan Notre Dame 83-63
1985 UCLA Indiana 65-62
1986 Ohio State Wyoming 73-63
1987 Southern Mississippi La Salle 84-80
1988 Connecticut Ohio State 72-67
1989 St. John's Saint Louis 73-65
1990 Vanderbilt Saint Louis 74-72
1991 Stanford Oklahoma 78-72
1992 Virginia Notre Dame 81-76(OT)
1993 Minnesota Georgetown 62-61
1994 Villanova Vanderbilt 80-73
1995 Virginia Tech Marquette 65-64(OT)
1996 Nebraska St. Joseph's 60-56
1997 Michigan Florida State 82-72
1998 Minnesota Penn State 79-72
1999 California Clemson 61-60
2000 Wake Forest Notre Dame 71-61
2001 Tulsa Alabama 79-60
2002 Memphis South Carolina 72-62
2003
 St. John's
 Georgetown
 70-67
2004
 Michigan
 Rutgers
 62-55
Women's NCAA Tournament  Women's NIT
YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE
1972 Immaculta West Chester State 52-48
1973 Immaculta Queens College 59-52
1974 Immaculta Mississippi College 68-53
1975 Delta State Immaculta 90-81
1976 Delta State Immaculta 69-64
1977 Delta State Immaculta 69-64
1978 UCLA Maryland 90-74
1979 Old Dominion Louisiana Tech 75-65
1980 Old Dominion Tennessee 68-53
1981 Louisiana Tech Tennessee 79-59
1982 Louisiana Tech Cheyney State 76-62
1983 USC Louisiana Tech 72-67
1984 USC Tennessee 72-61
1985 Old Dominion Georgia 70-65
1986 Texas USC 97-81
1987 Tennessee Louisiana Tech 67-44
1988 Louisiana Tech Auburn 56-54
1989 Tennessee Auburn 76-54
1990 Stanford Western Kentucky 78-62
1991 Tennessee Virginia 70-67(OT)
1992 Stanford Western Kentucky 78-62
1993 Texas Tech Ohio State 84-82
1994 North Carolina Louisiana Tech 60-59
1995 Connecticut Tennessee 70-64
1996 Tennessee Georgia 83-65
1997 Tennessee Old Dominion 68-59
1998 Tennessee Louisiana Tech 93-75
1999 Purdue Duke 62-45
2000 Connecticut Tennessee 71-52
2001 Notre Dame Purdue 68-66
2002 Connecticut Oklahoma 82-70
2003
 Connecticut
 Tennessee
 73-68
2004
 Connecticut
 Tennessee
 70-61
Women's NIT  Women's NCAA Tournament
YEAR WINNER RUNNER-UP SCORE
1969 Wayland Baptist Ouachita Baptist 54-34
1970 Wayland Baptist Midwestern State 50-46
1971 Wayland Baptist Parsons 63-44
1972 Wayland Baptist John F. Kennedy 48-41
1973 Wayland Baptist John F. Kennedy 52-49
1974 Wayland Baptist John F. Kennedy 59-52
1975 Wayland Baptist UCLA 79-41
1976 Wayland Baptist UCLA 90-77
1977 Wayland Baptist UCLA 79-75
1978 Old Dominion Texas 70-60
1979 South Carolina Drake 74-71
1980 Oregon State North Carolina 71-62
1981 Georgia Arizona State 75-73
1982 Oregon State Florida State 76-60
1983 New Orleans Memphis State 68-58
1984 Vanderbilt Tennessee-Chattanooga 67-66
1985 LSU Florida 74-54
1986 Idaho Northwestern State 100-91
1987 Arkansas California N/A
1988 DePaul Purdue N/A
1989 Oregon San Diego State N/A
1990 Kentucky Toledo 85-76
1991 Santa Clara Indiana 71-68
1992 Georgia Tech Hawaii 90-72
1993 Arkansas State SMU 67-54
1994 Oklahoma Arkansas State 69-65
1995 Texas A&M Northwestern State 85-81
1996 Arizona Northwestern N/A
1997 N/A N/A N/A
1998 Penn State Baylor 59-56
1999 Arkansas Wisconsin 67-64
2000 Wisconsin Florida 75-74
2001 Ohio State New Mexico 62-61
2002 Oregon Houston 54-52
2003
 Auburn
 Baylor
 64-63
2004
 Creighton
 UNLV
 72-53