Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Men's NCAA basketball Championship, otherwise known as "March Madness", is held each year to determine the college basketball champion in the United States. NCAA basketball is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organize the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. Past winners of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 2003 - Syracuse University wins 81-78 over the University of Kansas 2002 - The University of Maryland wins 64-52 over Indiana University 2001 - Duke University wins 82-72 over The University of Arizona 2000 - Michigan State University wins 89-76 over the University of Florida 1999 - The University of Connecticut wins 77-74 over Duke 1998 - The University of Kentucky wins 78-69 over the University of Utah 1997 - Arizona wins 84-79 over Kentucky 1996 - Kentucky wins 76-67 over Syracuse 1995 - UCLA wins 89-78 over The University of Arkansas 1994 - Arkansas wins 76-72 over Duke 1993 - The University of North Carolina wins 77-71 over The University of Michigan 1992 - Duke wins 71-51 over Michigan 1991 - Duke wins 72-65 over Kansas 1990 - The University of Nevada, Las Vegas wins 103-73 over Duke 1989 - Michigan wins 80-79 over Seton Hall University 1988 - Kansas wins 83-79 over The University of Oklahoma 1987 - Indiana wins 74-73 over Syracuse 1986 - Louisville University wins 72-69 over Duke 1985 - Villanova University wins 66-64 over Georgetown University 1984 - Georgetown wins 84-75 over The University of Houston 1983 - North Carolina State University wins 54-52 over Houston 1982 - North Carolina wins 63-62 over Georgetown 1981 - Indiana wins 63-50 over North Carolina 1980 - Nebraska wins 59-54 over UCLA 1979 - Michigan State wins 75-64 over Indiana State University 1978 - Kentucky wins 94-88 over Duke 1977 - Marquette University wins 67-59 over North Carolina 1976 - Indiana wins 86-68 over Michigan 1975 - UCLA wins 92-85 over Kentucky 1974 - NC State wins 76-64 over Marquette 1973 - UCLA wins 87-66 over Memphis State University 1972 - UCLA wins 81-76 over Florida State University 1971 - UCLA wins 68-62 over Villanova 1970 - UCLA wins 80-69 over Jacksonville University 1969 - UCLA wins 92-72 over Purdue University 1968 - UCLA wins 78-55 over North Carolina 1967 - UCLA wins 79-64 over The University of Dayton 1966 - The University of Texas, El Paso wins 72-65 over Kentucky 1965 - UCLA wins 91-80 over Michigan 1964 - UCLA wins 98-83 over Duke 1963 - Loyola University Chicago wins 60-58 over Cincinnati University 1962 - Cincinnati wins 71-59 over Ohio State University 1961 - Cincinnati wins 70-65 over Ohio State 1960 - Ohio State wins 75-55 over Cal 1959 - California wins 71-70 over West Virginia University 1958 - Kentucky wins 84-72 over Seattle University 1957 - North Carolina wins 54-53 over Kansas 1956 - The University of San Francisco wins 83-71 over The University of Iowa 1955 - San Francisco wins 76-73 over La Salle University 1954 - La Salle wins 92-76 over Bradley University 1953 - Indiana wins 69-68 over Kansas 1952 - Kansas wins 80-63 over St. John's University 1951 - Kentucky wins 68-58 over Kansas St. 1950 - City College of New York wins 71-68 over Bradley 1949 - Kentucky wins 46-36 over Oklahoma State University 1948 - Kentucky wins 58-42 over Baylor University 1947 - Holy Cross University wins 58-47 over Oklahoma 1946 - Oklahoma A&M wins 43-40 over North Carolina 1945 - Oklahoma A&M wins 49-45 over New York University 1944 - Utah wins 42-40 over Dartmouth College 1943 - The University of Wyoming wins 46-34 over Georgetown 1942 - Stanford University wins 53-38 over Dartmouth 1941 - The University of Wisconsin wins 39-34 over Washington State University 1940 - Indiana wins 60-42 over Kansas 1939 - The University of Oregon wins 46-33 over Ohio St. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.