Division I Tournament Finals History

1939

Oregon 46, Ohio St.33

Howard Hobson

1940

Indiana 60, Kansas 42

Branch McCracken

1941

Wisconsin 39, Washington St.34

Harold Foster

1942

Stanford 53, Dartmouth 38

Everett Dean

1943

Wyoming 46, Georgetown 34

Everett Shelton

1944

Utah 42, Dartmouth 40 (OT)

Vadal Peterson

1945

Oklahoma A&M 49, NYU 45

Hank Iba

1946

Oklahoma A&M 43, North Carolina 40

Hank Iba

1947

Holy Cross 58, Oklahoma 47

Alvin "Doggy" Julian

1948

Kentucky 58, Baylor 42

Adolph Rupp

1949

Kentucky 46, Oklahoma A&M 36

Adolph Rupp

1950

CCNY 71, Bradley 68

Nat Holman

1951

Kentucky 68, Kansas St. 58

Adolph Rupp

1952

Kansas 80, St. John's 63

Forrest Allen

1953

Indiana 69, Kansas 68

Branch McCracken

1954

La Salle 92, Bradley 76

Kenneth Loeffler

1955

San Francisco 77, La Salle 63

Phil Woolpert

1956

San Francisco 83, Iowa, 71

Phil Woolpert

1957

North Carolina 54, Kanas 53 (3 OT)

Frank McGuire

1958

Kentucky 84, Seattle 72

Adolph Rupp

1959

California 71, West Virginia 70

Pete Newell

1960

Ohio St. 75, California 55

Fred Taylor

1961

Cincinnati 70, Ohio St. 65 (OT)

Edwin Jucker

1962

Cincinnati 71, Ohio St. 59

Edwin Jucker

1963

Loyola (IL) 60, Cincinnati 58 (OT)

George Ireland

1964

UCLA 98, Duke 83

John Wooden

1965

UCLA 91, Michigan 80

John Wooden

1966

Texas Western 72, Kentucky 65

Don Haskins

1967

UCLA 79, Dayton 64

John Wooden

1968

UCLA 78, North Carolina 55

John Wooden

1969

UCLA 92, Purdue 72

John Wooden

1970

UCLA 80, Jacksonville 69

John Wooden

1971

UCLA 68, Villanova 62

John Wooden

1972

UCLA 81, Florida St. 76

John Wooden

1973

UCLA 87, Memphis St. 66

John Wooden

1974

N.C. State 76, Marquette 64

Norm Sloan

1975

UCLA 92, Kentucky 85

John Wooden

1976

Indiana 86, Michigan 68

Bob Knight

1977

Marquette 67, North Carolina 59

Al McGuire

1978

Kentucky 94, Duke 88

Joe Hall

1979

Michigan St. 75, Indiana St. 64

Jud Heathcote

1980

Louisville 59, UCLA 54

Denny Crum

1981

Indiana 63, North Carolina 50

Bob Knight

1982

North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62

Dean Smith

1983

N.C. State 54, Houston 52

Jim Valvano

1984

Georgetown 84, Houston 75

John Thompson

1985

Villanova 66, Georgetown 64

Rollie Massimino

1986

Louisville 72, Duke 69

Denny Crum

1987

Indiana 74, Syracuse 73

Bob Knight

1988

Kansas 83, Oklahoma 79

Larry Brown

1989

Michigan 80, Seton Hall 79 (OT)

Steve Fisher

1990

UNLV 103, Duke 73

Jerry Tarkanian

1991

Duke 72, Kansas 65

Mike Krzyzewski

1992

Duke 71, Michigan 51

Mike Krzyzewski

1993

North Carolina 77, Michigan 71

Dean Smith

1994

Arkansas 76, Duke 72

Nolan Richardson

1995

UCLA 89, Arkansas 78

Jim Harrick

1996

Kentucky 76, Syracuse 67

Rick Pitino

1997

Arizona 84, Kentucky 79 (OT)

Lute Olson

1998

Kentucky 78, Utah 69

Tubby Smith

1999

Connecticut 77, Duke 74

Jim Calhoun

2000

Michigan St. 89, Florida 76

Tom Izzo

2001

Duke 82, Arizona 72

Mike Krzyzewski

2002

Maryland 64, Indiana 52

Gary Williams

2003

Syracuse 81, Kansas 78

Jim Boeheim

2004

Connecticut 82, Georgia Tech 73

Jim Calhoun