NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT RECORDS BY CONFERENCE
Conference Bid W-L W%
Big East 3 9–2 .818
Atlantic Coast 5 12–5 .705
Big Ten 6 10–5 .667
Pacific-12 4 6–4 .600
Southeastern 8 8–8 .500
West Coast 2 2–2 .500
Atlantic 10 2 2–2 .500
Horizon League 1 1–1 .500
Ivy League 1 1–1 .500
Sun Belt 1 1–1 .500
Western Athletic 1 1–1 .500
Northeast 1 1–1 .500
Southwestern Athletic 1 1–1 .500
Big 12 8 7–8 .467
Mountain West 6 4–6 .400
American Athletic 2 0–2 .000
America East 1 0–1 .000
Atlantic Sun 1 0–1 .000
Big South 1 0–1 .000
Big West 1 0–1 .000
Coastal Athletic 1 0–1 .000
Conference USA 1 0–1 .000
Metro Atlantic Athletic 1 0–1 .000
Mid American 1 0–1 .000
Missouri Valley 1 0–1 .000
Ohio Valley 1 0–1 .000
Patriot League 1 0–1 .000
Southern 1 0–1 .000
Southland 1 0–1 .000
Summit League 1 0–1 .000
Big Sky 1 0–1 .000
Mid-Eastern Athletic 1 0–1 .000
NCAA TOURNAMENT TOP GAMES
through National semifinal
POINTS PT Team Opp
Jermaine Couisnard 40 Oregon SCarolina
Zach Edey 40 Purdue Tenn.
Dalton Knecht 37 Tennessee Purdue
Walter Clayton Jr. 33 Florida Colorado
Jack Gohlke 32 Oakland Kentucky
Jaedon Ledee 32 SDgo St UAB
Jared McCain 32 Duke NC State
Jermaine Couisnard 32 Oregon Creighton
Emanuel Sharp 30 Houston TX A&M
Jared McCain 30 Duke JMU
Mark Sears 30 Alabama CofChas
Ter. Shannon Jr. 30 Illinois Duquesne
Trey Townsend 30 Oakland NC State
Zach Edey 30 Purdue Grambling
RECENT MEN’S TOURNEY FINALS
YR CHAMPION OPPOENT SCORE
2023: #4 UConn #5 San Dgo St 76–59
MOP: Adama Sanogo, UConn
2022: #1 Kansas #8 N. Carolina 72-69
MOP: Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
2021: #1 Baylor #1 Gonzaga 86-70
MOP: Jared Butler, Baylor
2019: #1 Virginia #3 TX Tech 85-77(OT)
MOP: Kyle Guy, Virginia
2018: #1 Villanova #3 Michigan 74–54
MOP: Donte DiVincenzo, Villanova
2017: #1 N. Carolina #1 Gonzaga 71-65
MOP: Joel Berry II, North Carolina
2016: #2 Villanova #1 N. Carolina 77-74
MOP: Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova
2015: #1 Duke #1 Wisconsin 68-63
MOP: Tyus Jones, Duke
2014: #7 UConn #8 Kentucky 60-54
MOP: Shabazz Napier, UConn
2013: #1 Louisville #4 Michigan 82-76
MOP: Luke Hancock, Louisville
2012: #1 Kentucky #2 Kansas 67-59
MOP: Anthony Davis, Kentucky
2011: #3 UConn #8 Butler 53-41
MOP: Kemba Walker, UConn
2010: #1 Duke #5 Butler 61-59
MOP: Kyle Singler, Duke
2009: #1 N. Carolina #2 Mich St. 89-72
MOP: Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
2008: #1 Kansas #1 Memphis 75-68(OT)
MOP: Mario Chalmers, Kansas
2007: #1 Florida #1 Ohio State 84-75
MOP: Corey Brewer, Florida
2006: #3 Florida #1 UCLA 73-57
MOP: Joakim Noah, Florida
2005: #1 N. Carolina #1 Illinois 75-70
MOP: Sean May, North Carolina
2004: #2 UConn #3 Ga. Tech 82-73
2003: #3 Syracuse #2 Kansas 81-78
MOP: Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
2002: #1 Maryland #5 Indiana 64-52
MOP: Juan Dixon, Maryland
2001: #1 Duke #2 Arizona 82-72
MOP: Shane Battier, Duke
2000: #1 Mich St. #5 Florida 89-76
MOP: Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
1999: #1 UConn #1 Duke 77-74
MOP: Richard Hamilton, UConn
1998: #2 Kentucky #3 Utah 78-69
MOP: Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky
1997: #4 Arizona #1 Kentucky 84-79(OT)
MOP: Miles Simon, Arizona
1996: #1 Kentucky #4 Syracuse 76-67
MOP: Tony Delk, Kentucky
1995: #1 UCLA #2 Arkansas 89-78
MOP: Ed O’Bannon, UCLA
1994: #1 Arkansas #2 Duke 76-72
MOP: Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
1993: #1 N. Carolina #1 Michigan 77-71
MOP: Donald Williams, North Carolina
1992: #1 Duke #6 Michigan 71-51
MOP: Bobby Hurley, Duke
1991: #2 Duke #3 Kansas 72-65
MOP: Christian Laettner, Duke
1990: 31 UNLV #3 Duke 103-73
MOP: Anderson Hunt, UNLV
1989: #3 Michigan #3 Seton Hall 80-79(OT)
MOP: Glen Rice, Michigan
1988: #6 Kansas #1 Oklahoma 83-79
MOP: Danny Manning, Kansas
1987: #1 Indiana #2 Syracuse 74-73
MOP: Keith Smart, Indiana
1986: #2 Louisville #1 Duke 72-69
MOP: Pervis Ellison, Louisville
1985: #8 Villanova #1 Georgetown 66-64
MOP: Ed Pinckney, Villanova
1984: #1 Georgetown #2 Houston 84-75
MOP: Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
1983: #6 NC State #1 Houston 54-52
MOP: Akeem Olajuwon, Houston
1982: #1 N. Carolina #1 Georgetown 63-62
MOP: James Worthy, North Carolina
1981: #3 Indiana #2 N. Carolina 63-50
MOP: Isiah Thomas, Indiana
1980: #2 Louisville #8 UCLA 59-54
MOP: Darrell Griffith, Louisville
1979: #2 Mich St. #1 Indiana St. 75-64
MOP: Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, Michigan St.
1978: Kentucky Duke 94-88
MOP: Jack Givens, Kentucky
1977: Marquette North Carolina 67-59
MOP: Butch Lee, Marquette
1976: Indiana Michigan 86-68
MOP: Kent Benson, Indiana
1975: UCLA Kentucky 92-85
MOP: Richard Washington, UCLA
1974: NC State Marquette 76-64
MOP: David Thompson, NC State
1973: UCLA Memphis 87-66
MOP: Bill Walton, UCLA
1972: UCLA Florida St. 81-76
MOP: Bill Walton, UCLA
1971: UCLA Villanova 68-62
MOP: Howard Porter, Villanova
1970: UCLA Jacksonville 80-69
MOP: Sidney Wicks, UCLA
1969: UCLA Purdue 92-72
MOP: Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1968: UCLA North Carolina 78-55
MOP: Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1967: UCLA Dayton 79-64
MOP: Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1966: UTEP Kentucky 72-65
MOP: Jerry Chambers, Utah
1965: UCLA Michigan 91-80
MOP: Bill Bradley, Princeton
1964: UCLA Duke 98-83
MOP: Walt Hazzard, UCLA
1963: Loyola Cincinnati 60-58(OT)
MOP: Art Heyman, Duke
1962: Cincinnati Ohio State 71-59
MOP: Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
1961: Cincinnati Ohio St. 70-65 (OT)
MOP: Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1960 Ohio St. California 75-55
MOP: Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1959: California West Virginia 71-70
MOP: Jerry West, West Virginia
1958: Kentucky Seattle 84-72
MOP: Elgin Baylor, Seattle
1957: North Carolina Kansas 54-53 (3OT)
MOP: Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas
1956: San Fran. Iowa 83-71
MOP: Hal Lear, Temple
1955: San Fran. La Salle 76-73
MOP: Bill Russell, San Francisco
1954: La Salle Bradley 92-76
MOP: Tom Gola, La Salle
1953: Indiana Kansas 69-68
MOP: B.H. Born, Kansas
1952: Kansas St. John’s 80-63
MOP: Clyde Lovellette, Kansas
1951: Kentucky Kansas State 68-58
MOP: None selected
1950: CCNY Bradley 71-68
MOP: Irwin Dambrot, CCNY
1949: Kentucky Oklahoma St. 46-36
1948: Kentucky Baylor 58-42
MOP: Alex Groza, Kentucky
1947: Holy Cross Oklahoma 58-47
MOP: George Kaftan, Holy Cross
1946: Oklahoma St. North Carolina 43-40
MOP: Bob Kurland, Oklahoma State
1945: Oklahoma St. NYU 49-45
MOP: Bob Kurland, Oklahoma State
1944: Utah Dartmouth 42-40 (OT)
MOP: Arnie Ferrin, UCLA
1943: Wyoming Georgetown 46-34
MOP: Kenny Sailors, Wyoming
1942: Stanford Dartmouth 53-38
MOP: Howie Dallmar, Stanford
1941: Wisconsin Washington St. 39-34
MOP: John Kotz, Wisconsin
1940: Indiana Kansas 60-42
MOP: Marv Huffman, Indiiana
1939: Oregon Ohio State 46-33
MOP: Jimmy Hull, Ohio State
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