List of The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four Participants

List of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four Participants (A third-place game was played from 1946 to 1981.)


Year School Conference Tournament Region Final Four Outcome
1939 Oregon Pacific Coast West National Champions
Ohio State Big Ten East National Runner-Up
Oklahoma Big Six West
Villanova Independent East
1940 Indiana Big Ten East National Champions
Kansas Big Six West National Runner-Up
Duquesne Independent East
Southern California Pacific Coast West
1941 Wisconsin Big Ten East National Champions
Washington State Pacific Coast West National Runner-Up
Arkansas Southwest West
Pittsburgh Eastern East
1942 Stanford Pacific Coast West National Champions
Dartmouth Ivy League East National Runner-Up
Colorado Mountain States West
Kentucky Southeastern East
1943 Wyoming Mountain States West National Champions
Georgetown Independent East National Runner-Up
DePaul Independent East
Texas Southwest West
1944 Utah Mountain States West National Champions
Dartmouth EIL (Ivy) East National Runner-Up
Iowa State Big Six West
Ohio State Big Ten East
1945 Oklahoma A&M Missouri Valley West National Champions
NYU Independent East National Runner-Up
Arkansas Southwest West
Ohio State Big Ten East
1946 Oklahoma A&M Missouri Valley West National Champions
North Carolina Southern East National Runner-Up
Ohio State Big Ten East Third Place
California Pacific Coast West
1947 Holy Cross Independent East National Champions
Oklahoma Big Six West National Runner-Up
Texas Southwest West Third Place
CCNY Independent East
1948 Kentucky Southeastern East National Champions
Baylor Southwest West National Runner-Up
Holy Cross Independent East Third Place
Kansas State Big Seven West
1949 Kentucky Southeastern East National Champions
Oklahoma A&M Missouri Valley West National Runner-Up
Illinois Big Ten East Third Place
Oregon State Pacific Coast West
1950 CCNY Independent East National Champions
Bradley Missouri Valley West National Runner-Up
North Carolina State Southern East Third Place
Baylor Southwest West
1951 Kentucky Southeastern East National Champions
Kansas State Big Seven West National Runner-Up
Illinois Big Ten East Third Place
Oklahoma A&M Missouri Valley West
1952 Kansas Big Seven West National Champions
St. John's Independent East National Runner-Up
Illinois Big Ten East Third Place
Santa Clara Independent West
1953 Indiana Big Ten East National Champions
Kansas Big Seven West National Runner-Up
Washington Pacific Coast West Third Place
LSU Southeastern East
1954 La Salle Independent (Mid Atlantic) East National Champions
Bradley Independent West National Runner-Up
Penn State Independent East Third Place
Southern California Pacific Coast West
1955 San Francisco West Coast West National Champions
La Salle Independent (Mid Atlantic) East National Runner-Up
Colorado Big Seven West Third Place
Iowa Big Ten East
1956 San Francisco West Coast Far West National Champions
Iowa Big Ten Midwest National Runner-Up'
Temple Independent (Mid Atlantic) East Third Place
SMU Southwest West
1957 North Carolina Atlantic Coast East National Champions
Kansas Big Seven Midwest National Runner-Up'
San Francisco West Coast West Third Place
Michigan State Big Ten Mideast
1958 Kentucky Southeastern Mideast National Champions
Seattle Independent West National Runner-Up'
Temple Independent (Mid Atlantic) East Third Place
Kansas State Big Seven Midwest
1959 California Pacific Coast West National Champions
West Virginia Southern East National Runner-Up'
Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest Third Place
Louisville Independent Mideast
1960 Ohio State Big Ten Mideast National Champions
California AAWU West National Runner-Up'
Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest Third Place
NYU Independent East
1961 Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest National Champions
Ohio State Big Ten Mideast National Runner-Up'
St. Joseph's* Middle Atlantic East Third Place
Utah Mountain States West
1962 Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest National Champions
Ohio State Big Ten Mideast National Runner-Up'
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast East Third Place
UCLA AAWU West
1963 Loyola-Chicago Independent Mideast National Champions
Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest National Runner-Up
Duke Atlantic Coast East Third Place
Oregon State Independent West
1964 UCLA AAWU West National Champions
Duke Atlantic Coast East National Runner-Up
Michigan Big Ten Mideast Third Place
Kansas State Big Eight Midwest
1965 UCLA AAWU West National Champions
Michigan Big Ten Mideast National Runner-Up
Princeton Ivy East Third Place
Wichita State Missouri Valley Midwest
1966 Texas Western Independent Midwest National Champions
Kentucky Southeastern Mideast National Runner-Up
Duke Atlantic Coast East Third Place
Utah Western Athletic West
1967 UCLA AAWU West National Champions
Dayton Independent Mideast National Runner-Up
Houston Independent Midwest Third Place
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East
1968 UCLA AAWU West National Champions
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East National Runner-Up
Ohio State Big Ten Mideast Third Place
Houston Independent Midwest
1969 UCLA Pacific-8 West National Champions
Purdue Big Ten Mideast National Runner-Up
Drake Missouri Valley Midwest Third Place
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East
1970 UCLA Pacific-8 West National Champions
Jacksonville Independent Mideast National Runner-Up
New Mexico State Independent Midwest Third Place
St. Bonaventure Independent East
1971 UCLA Pacific-8 West National Champions'
Villanova* Independent East National Runner-Up
Western Kentucky* Ohio Valley Mideast Third Place
Kansas Big Eight Midwest
1972 UCLA Pacific-8 West National Champions
Florida State Independent Mideast National Runner-Up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East Third Place
Louisville Missouri Valley Midwest
1973 UCLA Pacific-8 West National Champions
Memphis State Missouri Valley Midwest National Runner-Up
Indiana Big Ten Mideast Third Place
Providence Independent East
1974 North Carolina State Atlantic Coast East National Champions
Marquette Independent Mideast National Runner-Up
UCLA Pacific-8 West Third Place
Kansas Big Eight Midwest
1975 UCLA Pacific-8 West National Champions
Kentucky Southeastern Mideast National Runner-Up
Louisville Missouri Valley Midwest Third Place
Syracuse Independent (ECAC Up) East
1976 Indiana Big Ten Mideast National Champions
Michigan Big Ten Midwest National Runner-Up
UCLA Pacific-8 West Third Place
Rutgers Independent (ECAC Met) East
1977 Marquette Independent Midwest National Champions
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East National Runner-Up
UNLV Independent West Third Place
Charlotte Sun Belt Mideast
1978 Kentucky Southeastern Mideast National Champions
Duke Atlantic Coast East National Runner-Up
Arkansas Southwest West Third Place
Notre Dame Independent Midwest
1979 Michigan State Big Ten Mideast National Champions
Indiana State Missouri Valley Midwest National Runner-Up
DePaul Independent West Third Place
Pennsylvania Ivy East
1980 Louisville Metro Midwest National Champions
UCLA* Pacific-10 West National Runner-Up
Purdue Big Ten Mideast Third Place
Iowa Big Ten East
1981 Indiana Big Ten Mideast National Champions
North Carolina Atlantic Coast West National Runner-Up
Virginia Atlantic Coast East Third Place
LSU Southeastern Midwest
1982 North Carolina Atlantic Coast East National Champions
Georgetown Big East West National Runner-Up
Louisville Metro Mideast
Houston Southwest Midwest
1983 North Carolina State Atlantic Coast West National Champions
Houston Southwest Midwest National Runner-Up
Louisville Metro Mideast
Georgia Southeastern East
1984 Georgetown Big East West National Champions
Houston Southwest Midwest National Runner-Up
Kentucky Southeastern Mideast
Virginia Atlantic Coast East
1985 Villanova Big East Southeast National Champions
Georgetown Big East East National Runner-Up
Memphis State* Metro Midwest
St. John's Big East West
1986 Louisville Metro West National Champions
Duke Atlantic Coast East National Runner-Up
Kansas Big Eight Midwest
LSU Southeastern Southeast
1987 Indiana Big Ten Midwest National Champions
Syracuse Big East East National Runner-Up
UNLV Big West West
Providence Big East Southeast
1988 Kansas Big Eight Midwest National Champions
Oklahoma Big Eight Southeast National Runner-Up
Duke Atlantic Coast East
Arizona Pacific-10 West
1989 Michigan Big Ten Southeast National Champions
Seton Hall Big East West National Runner-Up
Illinois Big Ten Midwest
Duke Atlantic Coast East
1990 UNLV Big West West National Champions
Duke Atlantic Coast East National Runner-Up
Arkansas Southwest Midwest
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast Southeast
1991 Duke Atlantic Coast Midwest National Champions
Kansas Big Eight Southeast National Runner-Up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East
UNLV Big West West
1992 Duke Atlantic Coast East National Champions
Michigan* Big Ten Southeast National Runner-Up
Indiana Big Ten West
Cincinnati Great Midwest Midwest
1993 North Carolina Atlantic Coast East National Champions
Michigan* Big Ten West National Runner-Up
Kentucky Southeastern Southeast
Kansas Big Eight Midwest
1994 Arkansas Southeastern Midwest National Champions
Duke Atlantic Coast Southeast National Runner-Up
Arizona Pacific-10 West
Florida Southeastern East
1995 UCLA Pacific-10 West National Champions
Arkansas Southeastern Midwest National Runner-Up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast Southeast
Oklahoma State Big Eight East
1996 Kentucky Southeastern Midwest National Champions
Syracuse Big East West National Runner-Up
Massachusetts* Atlantic 10 East
Mississippi State Southeastern Southeast
1997 Arizona Pacific-10 Southeast National Champions
Kentucky Southeastern West National Runner-Up
Minnesota* Big Ten Midwest
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East
1998 Kentucky Southeastern South National Champions
Utah Western Athletic West National Runner-Up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East
Stanford Pacific-10 Midwest
1999 Connecticut Big East West National Champions
Duke Atlantic Coast East National Runner-Up
Michigan State Big Ten Midwest
Ohio State* Big Ten South
2000 Michigan State Big Ten Midwest National Champions
Florida Southeastern East National Runner-Up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast South
Wisconsin Big Ten West
2001 Duke Atlantic Coast East National Champions
Arizona Pacific-10 Midwest National Runner-Up
Michigan State Big Ten South
Maryland Atlantic Coast West
2002 Maryland Atlantic Coast East National Champions
Indiana Big Ten South National Runner-Up
Kansas Big 12 Midwest
Oklahoma Big 12 West
2003 Syracuse Big East East National Champions
Kansas Big 12 West National Runner-Up
Texas Big 12 South
Marquette Conference USA Midwest
2004 Connecticut Big East Phoenix National Champions
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast St. Louis National Runner-Up
Duke Atlantic Coast Atlanta
Oklahoma State Big 12 E. Rutherford
2005 North Carolina Atlantic Coast Syracuse National Champions
Illinois Big Ten Chicago National Runner-Up
Louisville Conference USA Albuquerque
Michigan State Big Ten Austin
2006 Florida Southeastern Minneapolis National Champions
UCLA Pacific-10 Oakland National Runner-Up
LSU Southeastern Atlanta
George Mason Colonial Washington, D.C.
2007 Florida Southeastern Midwest National Champions
Ohio State Big Ten South National Runner-Up
UCLA Pacific-10 West
Georgetown Big East East
2008 Kansas Big 12 Midwest National Champions
Memphis* Conference USA South National Runner-Up
UCLA Pacific-10 West
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East
2009 North Carolina Atlantic Coast South National Champions
Michigan State Big Ten Midwest National Runner-Up
Connecticut Big East West
Villanova Big East East
2010 Duke Atlantic Coast South National Champions
Butler Horizon West National Runner-Up
Michigan State Big Ten Midwest
West Virginia Big East East
2011 Connecticut Big East West National Champions
Butler Horizon Southeast National Runner-Up
Kentucky Southeastern East
VCU Colonial Southwest
2012 Kentucky Southeastern South National Champions
Kansas Big 12 Midwest National Runner-Up
Ohio State Big Ten East
Louisville Big East West

Teams marked with an * vacated its Final Four appearances due to violations of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules aimed at preserving the integrity and amateur status of its student athletes.

  • St. Joseph's, 1961: Three players involved in a point-shaving scandal.
  • Villanova, 1971: Tournament Most Valuable Player Howard Porter had signed a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Condors of the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the regular season.
  • Western Kentucky, 1971: Jim McDaniels had signed a professional contract with the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association and accepted money during the regular season.
  • UCLA, 1980: Kiki Vandeweghe and Rod Foster were declared ineligible due to their connection with recruiting violations involving booster Sam Gilbert.
  • Memphis State (now Memphis), 1985: Leading scorer Keith Lee had received $40,000 in illegal payoffs from head coach Dana Kirk.
  • The University of Michigan vacated the results of 114 games won while four players (Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock) were not eligible, including the 1992 and 1993 Final Fours. See University of Michigan basketball scandal.
  • Massachusetts, 1996: Marcus Camby had accepted money and gifts from a pair of sports agents.
  • Minnesota, 1997: Academic fraud involving head coach Clem Haskins, five other university employees and at least eighteen players.
  • NCAA gave Ohio State three years' probation and ordered it to pay back all tournament money earned from 1999-2002 when Boban Savović was on the Buckeyes' roster. Ohio State had to remove all references to team accomplishments from those years including a 1999 visit to the Final Four.
  • Memphis had its entire 2007-08 season vacated by the NCAA due to issues related to star guard Derrick Rose, whose SAT score was invalidated after the 07-08 season.

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