Every March, the cream of the College Basketball crop converges, crossing the country to see which program, propelled by future stars, is to be named champions.
In a month-long whirlwind, 68 teams are whittled down to a Sweet Sixteen, an Elite Eight, a Final Four, and, eventually, the kings of the bracket, the national champion.
From long-term Bruin brilliance in the City of Angels to a run of Wildcat wins and tremendous Tar Heel turnouts, here is every national champion since the dawn of the NCAA era.
2023Â UConn (31-8)
2022Â Kansas (34-6)
2021Â Baylor (28-2)
2020Â Canceled due to COVID-19
2019Â Virginia (35-3)
2018Â Villanova (36-4)
2017Â North Carolina (33-7)
2016Â Villanova (35-5)
2015Â Duke (35-4)
2014Â Connecticut (32-8)
2013Â Louisville (35-5)*
2012Â Kentucky (38-2)
2011Â Connecticut (32-9)
2010Â Duke (35-5)
2009Â North Carolina (34-4)
2008Â Kansas (37-3)
2007Â Florida (35-5)
2006Â Florida (33-6)
2005Â North Carolina (33-4)
2004Â Connecticut (33-6)
2003Â Syracuse (30-5)
2002Â Maryland (32-4)
2001Â Duke (35-4)
2000Â Michigan State (32-7)
1999Â Connecticut (34-2)
1998Â Kentucky (35-4)
1997Â Arizona (25-9)
1996Â Kentucky (34-2)
1995Â UCLA (31-2)
1994Â Arkansas (31-3)
1993Â North Carolina (34-4)
1992Â Duke (34-2)
1991Â Duke (32-7)
1990Â UNLV (35-5)
1989Â Michigan (30-7)
1988Â Kansas (27-11)
1987Â Indiana (30-4)
1986Â Louisville (32-7)
1985Â Villanova (25-10)
1984Â Georgetown (34-3)
1983Â North Carolina State (26-10)
1982Â North Carolina (32-2)
1981Â Indiana (26-9)
1980Â Louisville (33-3)
1979Â Michigan State (26-6)
1978Â Kentucky (30-2)
1977Â Marquette (25-7)
1976Â Indiana (32-0)
1975Â UCLA (28-3)
1974Â North Carolina State (30-1)
1973Â UCLA (30-0)
1972Â UCLA (30-0)
1971Â UCLA (29-1)
1970Â UCLA (28-2)
1969Â UCLA (29-1)
1968Â UCLA (29-1)
1967Â UCLA (30-0)
1966Â UTEP (28-1)
1965Â UCLA (28-2)
1964Â UCLA (30-0)
1963Â Loyola Chicago (29-2)
1962Â Cincinnati (29-2)
1961Â Cincinnati (27-3)
1960Â Ohio State (25-3)
1959Â California (25-4)
1958Â Kentucky (23-6)
1957Â North Carolina (32-0)
1956Â San Francisco (29-0)
1955Â San Francisco (28-1)
1954Â La Salle (26-4)
1953Â Indiana (23-3)
1952Â Kansas (28-3)
1951Â Kentucky (32-2)
1950Â CCNY (24-5)
1949Â Kentucky (32-2)
1948Â Kentucky (36-3)
1947Â Holy Cross (27-3)
1946Â Oklahoma State (31-2)
1945Â Oklahoma State (27-4)
1944Â Utah (21-4)
1943Â Wyoming (31-2)
1942Â Stanford (28-4)
1941Â Wisconsin (20-3)
1940Â Indiana (20-3)
1939Â Oregon (29-5)
*Vacated due to infractions