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NCAA Tournament History - Final Four Champions & Participants
| Year | Site | Champion | Second | Score | Semifinalist | Semifinalist | Most Outstanding Player |
| 2008 | San Antonio | Kansas | Memphis | 75-68* | UCLA | North Carolina | Mario Chalmers, Kansas |
| 2007 | Atlanta | Florida | Ohio State | 84-75 | UCLA | Georgetown | Corey Brewer, Florida |
| 2006 | Indianapolis | Florida | UCLA | 73-57 | LSU | George Mason | Joakim Noah, Florida |
| 2005 | St. Louis | North Carolina | Illinois | 75-70 | Louisville | Michigan St. | Sean May, North Carolina |
| 2004 | San Antonio | Connecticut | Georgia Tech | 82-73 | Oklahoma St. | Duke | Emeka Okafor, UConn |
| 2003 | New Orleans | Syracuse | Kansas | 81-78 | Texas | Marquette | Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse |
| 2002 | Atlanta | Maryland | Indiana | 64-52 | Kansas | Oklahoma | Juan Dixon, Maryland |
| 2001 | Minneapolis | Duke | Arizona | 82-72 | Michigan St. | Maryland | Shane Battier, Duke |
| 2000 | Indianapolis | Michigan St. | Florida | 89-76 | North Carolina | Wisconsin | Mateen Cleaves, Mich. St. |
| 1999 | St. Petersburg | Connecticut | Duke | 77-74 | Michigan St. | Ohio St. | Richard Hamilton, UConn |
| 1998 | San Antonio | Kentucky | Utah | 78-69 | North Carolina | Stanford | Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky |
| 1997 | Indianapolis | Arizona | Kentucky | 84-79* | North Carolina | Minnesota | Miles Simon, Arizona |
| 1996 | E. Rutherford | Kentucky | Syracuse | 76-67 | Massachusetts | Miss. St. | Tony Delk, Kentucky |
| 1995 | Seattle | UCLA | Arkansas | 89-78 | North Carolina | Oklahoma St. | Ed O'Bannon, UCLA |
| 1994 | Charlotte | Arkansas | Duke | 76-72 | Arizona | Florida | Corliss Williamson, Ark. |
| 1993 | New Orleans | North Carolina | Michigan | 77-71 | Kentucky | Kansas | Donald Williams, UNC |
| 1992 | Minneapolis | Duke | Michigan | 71-51 | Indiana | Cincinnati | Bobby Hurley, Duke |
| 1991 | Indianapolis | Duke | Kansas | 72-65 | UNLV | North Carolina | Christian Laettner, Duke |
| 1990 | Denver | UNLV | Duke | 103-73 | Georgia Tech | Arkansas | Anderson Hunt, UNLV |
| 1989 | Seattle | Michigan | Seton Hall | 80-79* | Illinois | Duke | Glen Rice, Michigan |
| 1988 | Kansas City | Kansas | Oklahoma | 83-79 | Arizona | Duke | Danny Manning, Kansas |
| 1987 | New Orleans | Indiana | Syracuse | 74-73 | UNLV | Providence | Keith Smart, Indiana |
| 1986 | Dallas | Louisville | Duke | 72-69 | Kansas | LSU | Pervis Ellison, Louisville |
| 1985 | Lexington | Villanova | Georgetown | 66-64 | St. John's | Memphis | Ed Pinckney, Villanova |
| 1984 | Seattle | Georgetown | Houston | 84-75 | Kentucky | Virginia | Patrick Ewing, Georgetown |
| 1983 | Albuquerque | NC State | Houston | 54-52 | Georgia | Louisville | $Akeem Olajuwon, Houston |
| 1982 | New Orleans | North Carolina | Georgetown | 63-62 | Louisville | Houston | James Worthy, UNC |
| Year | Site | Champion | Second | Score | Third Place | Fourth Place | Most Outstanding Player |
| 1981 | Philadelphia | Indiana | North Carolina | 63-50 | Virginia | LSU | Isiah Thomas, Indiana |
| 1980 | Indianapolis | Louisville | UCLA | 59-54 | Purdue | Iowa | Darrell Griffith, Louisville |
| 1979 | Salt Lake City | Michigan St. | Indiana St. | 75-64 | DePaul | Pennsylvania | Earvin Johnson, Mich. St. |
| 1978 | St. Louis | Kentucky | Duke | 94-88 | Arkansas | Notre Dame | Jack Givens, Kentucky |
| 1977 | Atlanta | Marquette | North Carolina | 67-59 | UNLV | UNC-Charlotte | Butch Lee, Marquette |
| 1976 | Philadelphia | Indiana | Michigan | 86-68 | UCLA | Rutgers | Kent Benson, Indiana |
| 1975 | San Diego | UCLA | Kentucky | 92-85 | Louisville | Syracuse | R. Washington, UCLA |
| 1974 | Greensboro | NC State | Marquette | 76-64 | UCLA | Kansas | David Thompson, NC State |
| 1973 | St. Louis | UCLA | Memphis | 87-66 | Indiana | Providence | Bill Walton, UCLA |
| 1972 | Los Angeles | UCLA | Florida St. | 81-76 | North Carolina | Louisville | Bill Walton, UCLA |
| 1971 | Houston | UCLA | Villanova$ | 68-62 | W. Kentucky | Kansas | $Howard Porter, Villanova |
| 1970 | Coll. Park, MD | UCLA | Jacksonville | 80-69 | New Mexico St. | S. Bonaventure | Sidney Wicks, UCLA |
| 1969 | Louisville | UCLA | Purdue | 92-72 | Drake | North Carolina | Lew Alcindor, UCLA |
| 1968 | Los Angeles | UCLA | North Carolina | 78-55 | Ohio St. | Houston | Lew Alcindor, UCLA |
| 1967 | Louisville | UCLA | Dayton | 79-64 | Houston | North Carolina | Lew Alcindor, UCLA |
| 1966 | Coll. Park, MD | Texas Western | Kentucky | 72-65 | Duke | Utah | $Jerry Chambers, Utah |
| 1965 | Portland, OR | UCLA | Michigan | 91-80 | Princeton | Wichita St. | $Bill Bradley, Princeton |
| 1964 | Kansas City | UCLA | Duke | 98-83 | Michigan | Kansas St. | Walt Hazzard, UCLA |
| 1963 | Louisville | Loyola (IL) | Cincinnati | 60-58* | Duke | Oregon St. | $Art Heyman, Duke |
| 1962 | Louisville | Cincinnati | Ohio St. | 71-59 | Wake Forest | UCLA | Paul Hogue, Cincinnati |
| 1961 | Kansas City | Cincinnati | Ohio St. | 70-65* | St. Joe's (PA) | Utah | $Jerry Lucas, Ohio State |
| 1960 | San Francisco | Ohio St. | California | 75-55 | Cincinnati | NYU | Jerry Lucas, Ohio State |
| 1959 | Louisville | California | West Virginia | 71-70 | Cincinnati | Louisville | Jerry West, West Virginia |
| 1958 | Louisville | Kentucky | Seattle | 84-72 | Temple | Kansas St. | $Elgin Baylor, Seattle |
| 1957 | Kansas City | North Carolina | Kansas | 54-53^ | San Francisco | Michigan St. | $Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas |
| 1956 | Evanston, IL | San Francisco | Iowa | 83-71 | Temple | SMU | $Hal Lear, Temple |
| 1955 | Kansas City | San Francisco | La Salle | 76-73 | Colorado | Iowa | Bill Russell, San Francisco |
| 1954 | Kansas City | La Salle | Bradley | 92-76 | Penn St. | USC | Tom Gola, La Salle |
| 1953 | Kansas City | Indiana | Kansas | 69-68 | Washington | LSU | $B.H. Born, Kansas |
| 1952 | Seattle | Kansas | St. John's | 80-63 | Illinois | Santa Clara | Clyde Lovellette, Kansas |
| 1951 | Minneapolis | Kentucky | Kansas St. | 68-58 | Illinois | Okla. A&M | Bill Spivey, Kentucky |
| 1950 | New York | CCNY | Bradley | 71-68 | NC St. | Baylor | Irwin Dambrot, CCNY |
| 1949 | Seattle | Kentucky | Okla. A&M | 46-36 | Illinois | Oregon St. | Alex Groza, Kentucky |
| 1948 | New York | Kentucky | Baylor | 58-42 | Holy Cross | Kansas St. | Alex Groza, Kentucky |
| 1947 | New York | Holy Cross | Oklahoma | 58-47 | Texas | CCNY | George Kaftan, Holy Cross |
| 1946 | New York | Okla. A&M | North Carolina | 43-40 | Ohio St. | California | Bob Kurland, Okla. A&M |
| Year | Site | Champion | Second | Score | Semifinalist | Semifinalist | Most Outstanding Player |
| 1945 | New York | Okla. A&M | NYU | 49-45 | Arkansas | Ohio St. | Bob Kurland, Okla. A&M |
| 1944 | New York | Utah | Dartmouth | 42-40* | Iowa St. | Ohio St. | Arnie Ferrin, Utah |
| 1943 | New York | Wyoming | Georgetown | 46-34 | DePaul | Texas | Ken Sailors, Wyoming |
| 1942 | Kansas City | Stanford | Dartmouth | 53-38 | Colorado | Kentucky | Howie Dallmar, Stanford |
| 1941 | Kansas City | Wisconsin | Washington St. | 39-34 | Arkansas | Pittsburgh | John Kotz, Wisconsin |
| 1940 | Kansas City | Indiana | Kansas | 60-42 | Duquesne | USC | Marv Huffman, Indiana |
| 1939 | Evanston, IL | Oregon | Ohio St. | 46-33 | Oklahoma | Villanova | $Jimmy Hull, Ohio St. |
* - Overtime
^ - Three overtimes
$ - MOP did not play for national champion
From 1939 until 1951, the site listed hosted only the championship game
A third-place game was held from 1946 through 1981
Source - NCAA