NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

Year Site Result 1939 Evanston, Ill. Oregon 46, Ohio St. 34 1940 Kansas City Indiana 60, Kansas 42 1941 Kansas City Wisconsin 39, Washington St. 34 1942 Kansas City Stanford 53, Dartmouth 38 1943 New York Wyoming 46, Georgetown 34 1944 New York Utah 42, Dartmouth 40, OT 1945 New York Oklahoma St. 49, NYU 45 1946 New York Oklahoma St. 43, N. Carolina 40 1947 New York Holy Cross 58, Oklahoma 47 1948 New York Kentucky 58, Baylor 42 1949 Seattle Kentucky 46, Oklahoma St. 36 1950 New York CCNY 71, Bradley 68 1951 Minneapolis Kentucky 68, Kansas St. 58 1952 Seattle Kansas 80, St. John’s 63 1953 Kansas City Indiana 69, Kansas 68 1954 Kansas City LaSalle 92, Bradley 76 1955 Kansas City San Francisco 77, LaSalle 63 1956 Evanston, Ill San Francisco 83, Iowa 71 1957 Kansas City N. Carolina 54, Kansas 53, 3OT 1958 Louisville Kentucky 84, Seattle 72 1959 Louisville California 71, West Virginia 70 1960 San Francisco Ohio St. 75, California 55 1961 Kansas City Cincinnati 70, Ohio St. 65, OT 1962 Louisville Cincinnati 71, Ohio St. 59 1963 Louisville Loyola, Ill 60, Cincinnati 58, OT 1964 Kansas City UCLA 98, Duke 83 1965 Portland, Ore. UCLA 91, Michigan 80 1966 College Park, Md. Texas Western 72, Kentucky 65 1967 Louisville UCLA 79, Dayton 64 1968 Los Angeles UCLA 78, N. Carolina 55 1969 Louisville UCLA 92, Purdue 72 1970 College Park, Md. UCLA 80, Jacksonville 69 1971 Houston UCLA 68, Villanova 62-x 1972 Los Angeles UCLA 81, Florida St. 76 1973 St. Louis UCLA 87, Memphis St. 66 1974 Greensboro, N.C. N.C. State 76, Marquette 64 1975 San Diego UCLA 92, Kentucky 85 1976 Philadelphia Indiana 86, Michigan 68 1977 Atlanta Marquette 67, N. Carolina 59 1978 St. Louis Kentucky 94, Duke 88 1979 Salt Lake City Michigan St. 75, Indiana St. 64 1980 Indianapolis Louisville 59, UCLA 54-x 1981 Philadelphia Indiana 63, N. Carolina 50 1982 New Orleans N. Carolina 63, Georgetown 62 1983 Albuquerque, N.M. N.C. State 54, Houston 52 1984 Seattle Georgetown 84, Houston 75 1985 Lexington, Ky. Villanova 66, Goergetown 64 1986 Dallas Louisville 72, Duke69 1987 New Orleans Indiana 74, Syracuse 73 1988 Kansas City

Year MVP 1939 None Selected 1940 Marvin Huffman, Ind. 1941 John Kotz, Wisconsin 1942 Howie Dallmar, Stanford 1943 Ken Sailors, Wyoming 1944 Arnie Ferrin, Utah 1945 Bob Kurland, Okla. St 1946 Bob Kurland, Okla. St. 1947 George Kaftan, HC 1948 Alex Groza, Kentucky 1949 Alex Groza, Kentucky 1950 Irv Dambrot, CCNY 1951 None Selected 1952 Clyde Lovellette, Kan. 1953 B.H. Born, Kansas 1954 Tom Gola, LaSalle 1955 Bill Russell, USF 1956 Hal Lear, Temple 1957 Wilt Chamberlain, Kan. 1958 Elgin Baylor, Seattle 1959 Jerry West, W. Virginia 1960 Jerry Lucas, Ohio St. 1961 Jerry Lucas, Ohio St. 1962 Paul Hogue, Cincinnati 1963 Art Heyman, Duke 1964 Walt Hazzard, UCLA 1965 Bill Bradley, Prince. 1966 Jerry Chambers, Utah 1967 Lew Alcindor, UCLA 1968 Lew Alcindor, UCLA 1969 Lew Alcindor, UCLA 1970 Sidney Wicks, UCLA 1971 Howard Porter, Vill-x 1972 Bill Walton, UCLA 1973 Bill Walton, UCLA 1974 David Thompson, NC St. 1975 R. Washington, UCLA 1976 Kent Benson, Indiana 1977 Butch Lee, Marquette 1978 Jack Givens, Kentucky 1979 Earvin Johnson, MSU 1980 Darrell Griffith, Lvll 1981 Isiah Thomas, Indiana 1982 James Worthy, UNC 1983 Akeem Olajuwon, Hou. 1984 Patrick Ewing, Gtown 1985 Ed Pinckney, Vill. 1986 Pervis Ellison, Lville 1987 Keith Smart, Indiana 1988

x-Student-athletes representing Villanova (1971) and UCLA (1980) were declared ineligible subsequent to the tournament and all records were officially deleted.