NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament records explained

Champions, runners-up, and locations

See main article: List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions.

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and city
2000	Michigan State	89		76
2001	Duke	82		72
2002	Maryland	64		52
2003	Syracuse	81		78
2004	UConn	82		73
2005	North Carolina	75		70
2006	Florida	73		57
2007	Florida	84		75
2008†	Kansas	75	Memphis	68
2009	North Carolina	89		72		Detroit, Michigan
2010	Duke	61		59
2011	UConn	53		41
2012	Kentucky	67		59
2013	Louisville	82		76
2014	UConn	60		54		Arlington, Texas
2015	Duke	68		63
2016	Villanova	77		74
2017	North Carolina	71		65		Glendale, Arizona
2018	Villanova	79		62
2019†	Virginia	85		77
2021	Baylor	86		70
2022	Kansas	72		69
2023	UConn	76		59
2024	UConn	75		60

* Vacated by NCAA.
† Overtime game. Multiple †'s indicate number of overtimes.

All-time coaching records

Active coaches in bold

Tournament Game Wins

Coach	School	Wins
Mike Krzyzewski	Duke	101^[1]
Roy Williams	Kansas, North Carolina	77
Dean Smith	North Carolina	65
Jim Boeheim	Syracuse	61
John Calipari	UMass, Memphis, Kentucky	57
Bill Self	Oral Roberts, Tulsa, Illinois, Kansas	56
Tom Izzo	Michigan State	56
Jim Calhoun	UConn	49
John Wooden	UCLA	47
Lute Olson	Iowa, Arizona	46
Bob Knight	Indiana, Texas Tech	45

Final Four appearances by coach

Coach	School	Appearances
Mike Krzyzewski	Duke	13
John Wooden	UCLA	12
Dean Smith	North Carolina	11
Roy Williams	Kansas, North Carolina	9
Tom Izzo	Michigan State	8
Rick Pitino	Providence, Kentucky, Louisville*	7*
Denny Crum	Louisville	6
Adolph Rupp	Kentucky	6
John Calipari	UMass*, Memphis*, Kentucky	6*
Bob Knight	Indiana	5
Guy Lewis	Houston	5
Lute Olson	Iowa, Arizona	5
Jim Boeheim	Syracuse	5
Billy Donovan	Florida	4
Bill Self	Kansas	4
Jim Calhoun	UConn	4
Jay Wright	Villanova	4

* Vacated by NCAA.

Multiple championship coaches

Coach	School	Championships
John Wooden	UCLA	10
Mike Krzyzewski	Duke	5
Adolph Rupp	Kentucky	4
Roy Williams	North Carolina	3
Jim Calhoun	UConn	3
Bob Knight	Indiana	3
Denny Crum	Louisville	2
Billy Donovan	Florida	2
Henry Iba	Oklahoma State	2
Ed Jucker	Cincinnati	2
Branch McCracken	Indiana	2
Dean Smith	North Carolina	2
Phil Woolpert	San Francisco	2
Jay Wright	Villanova	2
Rick Pitino	Kentucky, Louisville*	2*
Dan Hurley	Connecticut	2
Bill Self	Kansas	2

* Vacated by NCAA.

All-time team records

NCAA Championships

Rank	School	and Coach(es)
1	UCLA	11 – John Wooden (10), Jim Harrick (1)
2	Kentucky	8 – Adolph Rupp (4), Joe B. Hall (1), Rick Pitino (1), Tubby Smith (1), John Calipari (1)
3	North Carolina	6 – Frank McGuire (1), Dean Smith (2), Roy Williams (3)
3	UConn	6 – Jim Calhoun (3), Kevin Ollie (1), Dan Hurley (2)
5	Duke	5 – Mike Krzyzewski
5	Indiana	5 – Branch McCracken (2), Bob Knight (3)
7	Kansas	4 – Phog Allen (1), Larry Brown (1), Bill Self (2)
8	Villanova	3 – Jay Wright (2), Rollie Massimino (1)
9	Louisville	2* – Denny Crum (2)
9	Cincinnati	2 – Ed Jucker
9	Florida	2 – Billy Donovan
9	Michigan State	2 – Jud Heathcote (1), Tom Izzo (1)
9	NC State	2 – Norm Sloan (1), Jim Valvano (1)
9	Oklahoma State	2 – Henry Iba
9	San Francisco	2 – Phil Woolpert

* Does not include appearances vacated by NCAA

NCAA Championship Game appearances

Rank	School	Appearances	Wins	Losses
T-1	UCLA	12	11	1
T-1	Kentucky	12	8	4
T-1	North Carolina	12	6	6
4		11	5	6
5	Kansas	10	4	6
T-6	UConn	6	6	0
T-6	Indiana	6	5	1
T-8	Michigan	5	1	4
T-8	Ohio State	5	1	4
10	Georgetown	4	1	3

* Appearances vacated by NCAA not included

NCAA Tournament Final Four appearances

See main article: NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by school.

Rank	School
1	North Carolina	21
2	UCLA	17*
2	Kentucky	17
2	Duke	17
5	Kansas	16
6	Ohio State	10*
6	Michigan State	10
8	Indiana	8
8	Louisville	8*
10	UConn	7
11	Arkansas	6
11	Cincinnati	6
11	Houston	6
11	Michigan	6*
11	Oklahoma State	6
11	Syracuse	6
11	Villanova	6

* Appearances vacated by NCAA not included

Consecutive NCAA Tournament Final Four appearances

Rank	School	Number of Years
1	UCLA	10 (1967–1976)
2	Cincinnati	5 (1959–1963)
2	Duke	5 (1988–1992)
4	Houston	3 (1982–1984)
4	Kentucky	3 (1996–1998)
4	Michigan State	3 (1999–2001)
4	North Carolina	3 (1967–1969)
4	Ohio State	3 (1944–1946)
4	Ohio State	3 (1960–1962)
4	San Francisco	3 (1955–1957)
4	UCLA	3 (2006–2008)

NCAA Tournament appearances

Rank	School
1	Kentucky	57*
2	North Carolina	49
3	Kansas	48
3	UCLA	47^
5	Duke	42
6	Indiana	40
6	Syracuse	39†
8	Louisville	38††
9	Villanova	37†††
9	Michigan State	37
10	Notre Dame	36

* NCAA vacated 2–1 tournament record (1988)
^ NCAA vacated 5–2 tournament record (1980, 1999)

† NCAA vacated 4–4 tournament record (2005–06, 2011–12), but confirmed Syracuse can claim tournament appearances.^[2]
†† NCAA vacated 15–3 tournament record (2012–15)
††† NCAA vacated 4–1 tournament record (1971)

Consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances

Teams in bold denote an active streak as of the 2023 tournament

Rank	School	Number of Years
1	Kansas	33 (1990–present)
2	North Carolina	27 (1975–2001)
3	Arizona	25 (1985–2009)*
4	Michigan State	25 (1998–present)
5	Duke	24 (1996–2019)
6	Gonzaga	24 (1999–present)
7	Wisconsin	19 (1999–2017)
8	Indiana	18 (1986–2003)
9	Kentucky	17 (1992–2008)
10	UCLA	15 (1967–1981)^

* NCAA vacated 1999 and 2008 appearances
^ NCAA vacated 1980 appearance

NCAA Tournament victories

See main article: NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament all-time team records.

Rank	School
1	North Carolina	132
2	Kentucky	131*
3	Duke	118
4	Kansas	116
5	UCLA	114*
6	Michigan State	73
7	Indiana	67
8	Syracuse	70*
9	Louisville	76*
9	Villanova	71*

* Denotes vacated records not included

• Margin of 10 points: Oregon (1939), Kentucky (1949), San Francisco (1956), Ohio State (1960), UCLA (1967, 1970, 1973), Michigan State (1979, 2000), Indiana (1981), Duke (2001), North Carolina (2009), Villanova (2018), and UConn (2023) are teams to win every game in the tournament by 10 points or more on their way to a championship.

Individual single-game records

• Points

61, Austin Carr, Notre Dame vs. Ohio, 1970

• Field goals

25, Austin Carr, Notre Dame vs. Ohio, 1970

• Field goal attempts

44, Austin Carr, Notre Dame vs. Ohio, 1970

• Three-point field goals

11, Jeff Fryer, Loyola Marymount vs. Michigan, 1990

• Three-point field goal attempts

22, Jeff Fryer, Loyola Marymount vs. Arkansas, 1989

• Free throws made

23, Bob Carney, Bradley vs. Colorado, 1954

23, Travis Mays, Texas vs. Georgia, 1990

• Free throws attempted

27, Travis Mays, Texas vs. Georgia, 1990

27, David Robinson, Navy vs. Syracuse, 1986

• Rebounds

34, Fred Cohen, Temple vs. Connecticut, 1956

• Assists

19, Markquis Nowell, Kansas State vs. Michigan State, 2023

• Blocked shots

11, Shaquille O'Neal, LSU vs. BYU, 1992

• Steals

8, Ty Lawson, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, 2009

8, Russ Smith, Louisville vs. North Carolina A&T, 2013

8, JD Notae, Arkansas vs. New Mexico State, 2022

• Triple-doubles (see Final Four records section for other tournament triple-doubles)
  • The NCAA officially recorded assists for two seasons in the early 1950s, but discontinued the practice after the 1951–52 season, not resuming until the 1984–85 season. Steals and blocks were not officially added as NCAA statistics until the 1986–87 season. As a result, the NCAA only officially recognizes tournament triple-doubles recorded from 1987 onward.^[3]

Gary Grant, Michigan — 24 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists vs. North Carolina, East Regional second round, March 14, 1987^[4]

Shaquille O'Neal, LSU — 26 points, 13 rebounds, 11 blocks vs. BYU, West Regional first round, March 19, 1992^[5]

David Cain, St. John's — 12 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists vs. Texas Tech, East Regional first round, March 18, 1993^[6]

Andre Miller, Utah — 18 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists vs. Arizona, West Regional Final, March 21, 1998^[5]

Dwyane Wade, Marquette — 29 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists vs. Kentucky, Midwest Regional Final, March 29, 2003^[5]

Cole Aldrich, Kansas — 13 points, 20 rebounds, 10 blocks vs. Dayton, Midwest Regional Second Round, March 22, 2009

Draymond Green, Michigan State — 23 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists vs. UCLA, Southeast Regional Second Round, March 18, 2011^[3]

Draymond Green, Michigan State — 24 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists vs. LIU Brooklyn, West Regional Second Round, March 16, 2012^[7]

Ja Morant, Murray State — 17 points, 11 rebounds, 16 assists vs. Marquette, West Regional First Round, March 21, 2019^[8]

Team single-game records

All tournament games

• Most total points scored, one tournament

571, UNLV, 1990

• Most combined points

264, Loyola Marymount vs. Michigan, 1990

• Most points by a single team

149, Loyola Marymount vs. Michigan, 1990

• Fewest points for a single team

20, North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh, 1941

• Most Field Goals Made

52, Iowa vs. Notre Dame, 1970

• Field Goals Attempted

71, Marshall vs. Southwestern Louisiana, 1972 ^[9]

• Three-point Field Goals

26, Kansas vs. Villanova, 2022

• Three-point Field Goal Attempts

59, Purdue vs. Virginia, 2019

• Free Throws Made

43, Arizona vs. Illinois, 2001

• Free Throws Attempted

56, Arizona vs. Illinois, 2001

• Rebounds

86, Notre Dame vs. Tennessee Tech, 1958

• Assists

36, North Carolina vs. Loyola Marymount, 1988

• Blocked Shots

15, Kentucky vs. Stony Brook, 2016

• Steals

20, Louisville vs. North Carolina A&T, 2013

• Combined Steals

35, UCLA vs. Kansas, 2007

National Championship game

• Most combined points

182, Kentucky vs. Duke, 1978

• Most points by a single team

103, UNLV vs. Duke, 1990

• Largest margin at halftime

21, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, 2009

• Largest score at halftime

55, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, 2009

• Largest margin of victory

30, UNLV vs. Duke, 1990

Final Four records

Final Four Single Game – Individual

• Points

58, Bill Bradley, Princeton vs. Wichita State, N3rd, 3-20-1965

• Field goals made

22, Bill Bradley, Princeton vs. Wichita State, N3rd, 3-20-1965

• Field goals attempted

42, Lennie Rosenbluth, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, NSF, 3-22-1957

• Three-point field goals

10, Freddie Banks, UNLV vs. Indiana, NSF, 3-28-1987

• Rebounds

27, Bill Russell, San Francisco vs. Iowa, CH, 3-23-1956

• Assists

18, Mark Wade, UNLV vs. Indiana, NSF, 3-28-1987

• Blocks

7, Jeff Withey, Kansas vs. Ohio State, NSF, 3-31-2012

• Free throws attempted

18, Ty Lawson, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, CH, 4-6-2009

• Steals

8, Ty Lawson, North Carolina vs. Michigan State, CH, 4-6-2009

• Final Four triple-doubles
  • The NCAA recognizes these achievements as unofficial triple-doubles. As noted earlier, assists, steals, and blocks were not kept on a national basis until well into the 1980s; the current array of national statistics did not fully take shape until the 1986–87 season.^[3]

B.H. Born, Kansas vs. Indiana, CH, 3-18-1953: 26 pts., 15 rebs. & 13 blocked shots.^[10]

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati vs. Louisville, N3rd, 3-21-1959: 39 pts., 17 rebs. & 10 asts.

Magic Johnson, Michigan State vs. Penn, NSF, 3-24-1979: 29 pts., 10 rebs. & 10 asts.

• Largest margin of victory: 44, Villanova vs. Oklahoma,

Key to initials: NSF- National Semi-Final; N3rd – National Third-Place Game (Discontinued after 1981); CH – Championship Game.

External links

• • NCAA Tournament Records Book PDF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mike Krzyzewski - Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches.
2. Web site: Syracuse basketball can't keep wins, but it can keep Big East, NCAA banners. syracuse.com. syracuse.com. 19 October 2016. en-US. 2018-12-18.
3. News: Draymond Green earns 7th triple-double . Associated Press . ESPN.com . 2011-03-18 . 2011-03-21.
4. News: Bruins fail to close . Steve . Megargee . Rivals.com (Yahoo! Sports) . 2011-03-17 . 2011-03-21.
5. Web site: Legendary Performances: Top individual March performances . ESPN.com . 2008-03-12 . 2008-03-17.
6. News: Cain's Triple-Double Doubly Sweet for Redmen . Malcolm . Moran . The New York Times . 1993-03-19 . 2011-03-21.
7. News: Draymond Green's triple-double helps Michigan State advance . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319232705/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320760127 . dead . March 19, 2012 . Associated Press . ESPN.com . March 16, 2012 . March 17, 2012.
8. News: Ja Morant records triple double to lead Murray State to an upset over Marquette . USA Today . usatoday.com . March 21, 2019 . March 21, 2019.
9. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/03/12/91322557.html?pageNumber=330
10. Web site: Born first to triple double . kusports.com . 2009-03-27 . 2010-01-09.