March Madness
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is often referred to as "March Madness" or "The Big Dance". The single elimination tournament currently includes 65 teams - some of which are automatic qualifiers, with the remainder of the teams picked by a selection committee. The games are held at various locations. The 2008 Final Four will be held in San Antonio.
| Yr | Champion | Score | Runner Up |
| 2008 | Kansas Jayhawks | 75-68 (OT) | Memphis |
| 2007 | Florida Gators | 84-75 | Ohio State |
| 2006 | Florida Gators | 73-57 | UCLA |
| 2005 | North Carolina Tarheels | 75-70 | University of Illinois |
| 2004 | Connecticut Huskies | 82-73 | Georgia Tech |
| 2003 | Syracuse Orange | 81-78 | Kansas |
| 2002 | Maryland Terrapins | 64-52 | Indiana |
| 2001 | Duke Blue Devils | 82-72 | Arizona |
| 2000 | Michigan State Spartans | 89-76 | Florida |
| 1999 | Connecticut Huskies | 77-74 | Duke |
| 1998 | Kentucky Wildcats | 78-69 | Utah |
| 1997 | Arizona Wildcats | 84-79 (OT) | Kentucky |
| 1996 | Kentucky Wildcats | 76-67 | Syracuse |
| 1995 | UCLA Bruins | 89-78 | Arkansas |
| 1994 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 76-72 | Duke |
| 1993 | North Carolina Tarheels | 77-71 | Michigan |
| 1992 | Duke Blue Devils | 71-51 | Michigan |
| 1991 | Duke Blue Devils | 72-65 | Kansas |
| 1990 | UNLV Rebels | 103-73 | Duke |
| 1989 | Michigan Wolverines | 80-79 (OT) | Seton Hall |
| 1988 | Kansas Jayhawks | 83-79 | Oklahoma |
| 1987 | Indiana Hoosiers | 74-73 | Syracuse |
| 1986 | Louisville Cardinals | 72-69 | Duke |
| 1985 | Villanova Wildcats | 66-64 | Georgetown |
| 1984 | Georgetown Hoyas | 84-75 | Houston |
| 1983 | North Carolina State Wolfpack | 54-52 | Houston |
| 1982 | North Carolina Tarheels | 63-62 | Georgetown |
| 1981 | Indiana Hoosiers | 63-50 | North Carolina |
| 1980 | Louisville Cardinals | 59-54 | UCLA |
| 1979 | Michigan State Spartans | 75-64 | Indiana State |
| 1978 | Kentucky Wildcats | 94-88 | Duke |
| 1977 | Marquette Warriors | 67-59 | North Carolina |
| 1976 | Indiana Hoosiers | 86-68 | Michigan |
| 1975 | UCLA Bruins | 92-85 | Kentucky |
| 1974 | North Carolina State Wolfpack | 76-64 | Marquette |
| 1973 | UCLA Bruins | 87-66 | Memphis State |
| 1972 | UCLA Bruins | 81-76 | Florida State |
| 1971 | UCLA Bruins | 68-62 | Villanova |
| 1970 | UCLA Bruins | 80-69 | Jacksonville |
| 1969 | UCLA Bruins | 92-72 | Purdue |
| 1968 | UCLA Bruins | 78-55 | North Carolina |
| 1967 | UCLA Bruins | 79-64 | Dayton |
| 1966 | UTEP Miners | 72-65 | Kentucky |
| 1965 | UCLA Bruins | 91-80 | Michigan |
| 1964 | UCLA Bruins | 98-83 | Duke |
| 1963 | Loyola (IL) Ramblers | 60-58 (OT) | Cincinnati |
| 1962 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 71-59 | Ohio State |
| 1961 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 70-65 (OT) | Ohio State |
| 1960 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 75-55 | California |
| 1959 | California Golden Bears | 71-70 | West Virginia |
| 1958 | Kentucky Wildcats | 84-72 | Seattle |
| 1957 | North Carolina Tarheels | 54-53 (3OT) | Kansas |
| 1956 | San Francisco Dons | 83-71 | Iowa |
| 1955 | San Francisco Dons | 77-63 | La Salle |
| 1954 | La Salle Explorers | 92-76 | Bradley |
| 1953 | Indiana Hoosiers | 69-68 | Kansas |
| 1952 | Kansas Jayhawks | 80-63 | St Johns (NY) |
| 1951 | Kentucky Wildcats | 68-58 | Kansas State |
| 1950 | CCNY Beavers | 71-68 | Bradley |
| 1949 | Kentucky Wildcats | 46-36 | Oklahoma State |
| 1948 | Kentucky Wildcats | 58-42 | Baylor |
| 1947 | Holy Cross Saints | 58-47 | Oklahoma |
| 1946 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 43-40 | North Carolina |
| 1945 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 49-45 | NYU |
| 1944 | Utah Utes | 42-40 (OT) | Dartmouth |
| 1943 | Wyoming Cowboys | 46-34 | Georgetown |
| 1942 | Stanford Cardinal | 53-38 | Dartmouth |
| 1941 | Wisconsin Badgers | 39-34 | Washington State |
| 1940 | Indiana Hoosiers | 60-42 | Kansas |
| 1939 | Oregon Ducks | 46-33 | Ohio State |
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