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List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four participants

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This is a list of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four participants.

Final Four by year

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From the first tournament in 1939 to 1951, the National Semifinals were also considered the Regional Championships, with the National Championship was held separately a week later. During this period, the tournament was divided into the East and West Regions. From 1952 to 1955, the Regional Championships were held at four sites, with two designated for the East and two for the West. In 1956, the four regions were given unique names for the first time.

From 1946 to 1981, a consolation game was conducted before the Championship for the losing teams of the National Semifinals; the winning team was awarded third place and the losing team was awarded fourth place. In 1982, the NCAA eliminated the game and the two losing teams of the semifinal games are considered tied for third place in the official record book.

At the conclusion of the championship game, one player is awarded the Most Outstanding Player award. Eleven times a player was awarded the MOP without being on the championship team. Five players have won the award twice, one player, Lew Alcindor, won the award three times.

Year Team Conference Region Seed Coach Result MOP
1939 Oregon Pacific Coast[a] West Howard Hobson Champion
Ohio State Big Ten East Harold Olsen Runner-up Jimmy Hull
Oklahoma Big Six[b] West Bruce Drake
Villanova Independent East Alexander Severance
1940 Indiana Big Ten East Branch McCracken Champion Marvin Huffman
Kansas Big Six[b] West Phog Allen Runner-up
Duquesne Independent East Chick Davies
USC Pacific Coast[a] West Sam Barry
1941 Wisconsin Big Ten East Harold E. Foster Champion John Kotz
Washington State Pacific Coast[a] West Jack Friel Runner-up
Arkansas Southwest West Glen Rose
Pittsburgh Independent East Doc Carlson
1942 Stanford Pacific Coast[a] West Everett Dean Champion Howie Dallmar
Dartmouth EIBL[c] East Osborne Cowles Runner-up
Colorado Mountain States[d] West Frosty Cox
Kentucky Southeastern East Adolph Rupp
1943 Wyoming Mountain States[d] West Everett Shelton Champion Ken Sailors
Georgetown Independent East Elmer Ripley Runner-up
DePaul Independent East Ray Meyer
Texas Southwest West Bully Gilstrap
1944 Utah Mountain States[d] West Vadal Peterson Champion Arnie Ferrin
Dartmouth EIBL[c] East Earl Brown Runner-up
Iowa State Big Six[b] West Louis Menze
Ohio State Big Ten East Harold Olsen
1945 Oklahoma A&M[e] Missouri Valley West Henry Iba Champion Bob Kurland
NYU Independent East Howard Cann Runner-up
Arkansas Southwest West Eugene Lambert
Ohio State Big Ten East Harold Olsen
1946 Oklahoma A&M[e] Missouri Valley West Henry Iba Champion Bob Kurland
North Carolina Southern East Ben Carnevale Runner-up
Ohio State Big Ten East Harold Olsen Third place
California Pacific Coast[a] West Nibs Price
1947 Holy Cross Independent East Doggie Julian Champion George Kaftan
Oklahoma Big Six[b] West Bruce Drake Runner-up
Texas Southwest West Jack Gray Third place
CCNY Independent East Nat Holman
1948 Kentucky Southeastern East Adolph Rupp Champion Alex Groza
Baylor Southwest West Bill Henderson Runner-up
Holy Cross Independent East Doggie Julian Third place
Kansas State Big Seven[b] West Jack Gardner
1949 Kentucky Southeastern East Adolph Rupp Champion Alex Groza
Oklahoma A&M[e] Missouri Valley West Henry Iba Runner-up
Illinois Big Nine[f] East Harry Combes Third place
Oregon State Pacific Coast[a] West Slats Gill
1950 CCNY Independent East Nat Holman Champion Irwin Dambrot
Bradley Missouri Valley West Forddy Anderson Runner-up
NC State Southern East Everett Case Third place
Baylor Southwest West Bill Henderson
1951 Kentucky Southeastern East Adolph Rupp Champion Bill Spivey
Kansas State Big Seven[b] West Jack Gardner Runner-up
Illinois Big Nine[f] East Harry Combes Third place
Oklahoma A&M[e] Missouri Valley West Henry Iba
1952 Kansas Big Seven[b] West-1 Phog Allen Champion Clyde Lovellette
St. John's Independent East-1 Frank McGuire Runner-up
Illinois Big Nine[f] East-2 Harry Combes Third place
Santa Clara Independent West-2 Bob Feerick
1953 Indiana Big Nine[f] East-2 Branch McCracken Champion
Kansas Big Seven[b] West-1 Phog Allen Runner-up B. H. Born
Washington Pacific Coast[a] West-2 Tippy Dye Third place
LSU Southeastern East-1 Harry Rabenhorst
1954 La Salle Independent East-1 Ken Loeffler Champion Tom Gola
Bradley Independent West-1 Forddy Anderson Runner-up
Penn State Independent East-2 Elmer Gross Third place
USC Pacific Coast[a] West-2 Forrest Twogood
1955 San Francisco CBA[g] West-2 Phil Woolpert Champion Bill Russell
La Salle Independent East-1 Ken Loeffler Runner-up
Colorado Big Seven[b] West-1 Bebe Lee Third place
Iowa Big Ten East-2 Bucky O'Connor
1956 San Francisco West Coast Athletic[g] Far West Phil Woolpert Champion
Iowa Big Ten Midwest Bucky O'Connor Runner-up
Temple Independent East Harry Litwack Third place Hal Lear
SMU Southwest West Doc Hayes
1957 North Carolina Atlantic Coast East Frank McGuire Champion
Kansas Big Seven[b] Midwest Dick Harp Runner-up Wilt Chamberlian
San Francisco West Coast Athletic[g] West Phil Woolpert Third place
Michigan State Big Ten Mideast Forddy Anderson
1958 Kentucky Southeastern Mideast Adolph Rupp Champion
Seattle Independent West John Castellani Runner-up Elgin Baylor
Temple Independent East Harry Litwack Third place
Kansas State Big Seven[b] Midwest Tex Winter
1959 California Pacific Coast[a] West Pete Newell Champion
West Virginia Southern East Fred Schaus Runner-up Jerry West
Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest George Smith Third place
Louisville Independent Mideast Bernard Hickman
1960 Ohio State Big Ten Mideast Fred Taylor Champion Jerry Lucas
California AAWU[a] West Pete Newell Runner-up
Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest George Smith Third place
NYU Independent East Lou Rossini
1961 Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest Ed Jucker Champion
Ohio State Big Ten Mideast Fred Taylor Runner-up Jerry Lucas
Saint Joseph's (vac.) Middle Atlantic[h] East Jack Ramsay Third place
Utah Skyline Eight[d] West Jack Gardner
1962 Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest Ed Jucker Champion Paul Hogue
Ohio State Big Ten Mideast Fred Taylor Runner-up
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast East Bones McKinney Third place
UCLA AAWU[a] West John Wooden
1963 Loyola Chicago Independent Mideast George Ireland Champion
Cincinnati Missouri Valley Midwest Ed Jucker Runner-up Art Heyman
Duke Atlantic Coast East Vic Bubas Third place
Oregon State Independent West Slats Gill
1964 UCLA AAWU[a] West John Wooden Champion Walt Hazzard
Duke Atlantic Coast East Vic Bubas Runner-up
Michigan Big Ten Mideast Dave Strack Third place
Kansas State Big Eight Midwest Tex Winter
1965 UCLA AAWU[a] West John Wooden Champion
Michigan Big Ten Mideast Dave Strack Runner-up Bill Bradley
Princeton Ivy League East Butch van Breda Kolff Third place
Wichita State Missouri Valley Midwest Gary Thompson
1966 Texas Western[i] Independent Midwest Don Haskins Champion Jerry Chambers
Kentucky Southeastern Mideast Adolph Rupp Runner-up
Duke Atlantic Coast East Vic Bubas Third place
Utah Western Athletic West Jack Gardner
1967 UCLA AAWU[a] West John Wooden Champion Lew Alcindor
Dayton Independent Mideast Don Donoher Runner-up
Houston Independent Midwest Guy Lewis Third place
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East Dean Smith
1968 UCLA AAWU[a] West John Wooden Champion Lew Alcindor
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East Dean Smith Runner-up
Ohio State Big Ten Mideast Fred Taylor Third place
Houston Independent Midwest Guy Lewis
1969 UCLA Pacific-8[a] West John Wooden Champion Lew Alcindor
Purdue Big Ten Mideast George King Runner-up
Drake Missouri Valley Midwest Maury John Third place
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East Dean Smith
1970 UCLA Pacific-8[a] West John Wooden Champion Sidney Wicks
Jacksonville Independent Mideast Joe Williams Runner-up
New Mexico State Independent Midwest Lou Henson Third place
St. Bonaventure Independent East Larry Weise
1971 UCLA Pacific-8[a] West John Wooden Champion
Villanova (vac.) Independent East Jack Kraft Runner-up Howard Porter (vac.)
Western Kentucky (vac.) Ohio Valley Mideast John Oldham Third place
Kansas Big Eight Midwest Ted Owens
1972 UCLA Pacific-8[a] West John Wooden Champion Bill Walton
Florida State Independent Mideast Hugh Durham Runner-up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East Dean Smith Third place
Louisville Missouri Valley Midwest Denny Crum
1973 UCLA Pacific-8[a] West John Wooden Champion Bill Walton
Memphis State[j] Missouri Valley Midwest Gene Bartow Runner-up
Indiana Big Ten Mideast Bob Knight Third place
Providence Independent East Dave Gavitt
1974 NC State Atlantic Coast East Norm Sloan Champion David Thompson
Marquette Independent Mideast Al McGuire Runner-up
UCLA Pacific-8[a] West John Wooden Third place
Kansas Big Eight Midwest Ted Owens
1975 UCLA Pacific-8[a] West John Wooden Champion Richard Washington
Kentucky Southeastern Mideast Joe B. Hall Runner-up
Louisville Missouri Valley Midwest Denny Crum Third place
Syracuse Independent[k] East Roy Danforth
1976 Indiana Big Ten Mideast Bob Knight Champion Kent Benson
Michigan Big Ten Midwest Johnny Orr Runner-up
UCLA Pacific-8[a] West Gene Bartow Third place
Rutgers Independent[l] East Tom Young
1977 Marquette Independent Midwest Al McGuire Champion Butch Lee
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East Dean Smith Runner-up
UNLV Independent West Jerry Tarkanian Third place
UNC Charlotte[m] Sun Belt Mideast Lee Rose
1978 Kentucky Southeastern Mideast 2Q[n] Joe B. Hall Champion Jack Givens
Duke Atlantic Coast East 1Q[n] Bill Foster Runner-up
Arkansas Southwest West 2L[n] Eddie Sutton Third place
Notre Dame Independent Midwest 2L[n] Digger Phelps
1979 Michigan State Big Ten Mideast 2 Jud Heathcote Champion Earvin Johnson
Indiana State Missouri Valley Midwest 1 Bill Hodges Runner-up
DePaul Independent West 2 Ray Meyer Third place
Penn Ivy League East 9 Bob Weinhauer
1980 Louisville Metro Midwest 2 Denny Crum Champion Darrell Griffith
UCLA (vac.) Pacific-10[a] West 8 Larry Brown Runner-up
Purdue Big Ten Mideast 6 Lee Rose Third place
Iowa Big Ten East 5 Lute Olson
1981 Indiana Big Ten Mideast 3 Bob Knight Champion Isiah Thomas
North Carolina Atlantic Coast West 2 Dean Smith Runner-up
LSU Southeastern Midwest 1 Dale Brown
Virginia Atlantic Coast East 1 Terry Holland Third place
1982 North Carolina Atlantic Coast East 1 Dean Smith Champion James Worthy
Georgetown Big East West 1 John Thompson Runner-up
Houston Southwest Midwest 6 Guy Lewis
Louisville Metro Mideast 3 Denny Crum
1983 NC State Atlantic Coast West 6 Jim Valvano Champion
Houston Southwest Midwest 1 Guy Lewis Runner-up Akeem Olajuwon
Georgia Southeastern East 4 Hugh Durham
Louisville Metro Mideast 1 Denny Crum
1984 Georgetown Big East West 1 John Thompson Champion Patrick Ewing
Houston Southwest Midwest 2 Guy Lewis Runner-up
Kentucky Southeastern Mideast 1 Joe B. Hall
Virginia Atlantic Coast East 7 Terry Holland
1985 Villanova Big East Southeast 8 Rollie Massimino Champion Ed Pinckney
Georgetown Big East East 1 John Thompson Runner-up
Memphis State[j] (vac.) Metro Midwest 2 Dana Kirk
St. John's Big East West 1 Lou Carnesecca
1986 Louisville Metro West 2 Denny Crum Champion Pervis Ellison
Duke Atlantic Coast East 1 Mike Krzyzewski Runner-up
Kansas Big Eight Midwest 1 Larry Brown
LSU Southeastern Southeast 11 Dale Brown
1987 Indiana Big Ten Midwest 1 Bob Knight Champion Keith Smart
Syracuse Big East East 2 Jim Boeheim Runner-up
Providence Big East Southeast 6 Rick Pitino
UNLV Big West West 1 Jerry Tarkanian
1988 Kansas Big Eight Midwest 6 Larry Brown Champion Danny Manning
Oklahoma Big Eight Southeast 1 Billy Tubbs Runner-up
Arizona Pacific-10[a] West 1 Lute Olson
Duke Atlantic Coast East 2 Mike Krzyzewski
1989 Michigan Big Ten Southeast 3 Steve Fisher Champion Glen Rice
Seton Hall Big East West 3 P. J. Carlesimo Runner-up
Duke Atlantic Coast East 2 Mike Krzyzewski
Illinois Big Ten Midwest 1 Lou Henson
1990 UNLV Big West West 1 Jerry Tarkanian Champion Anderson Hunt
Duke Atlantic Coast East 3 Mike Krzyzewski Runner-up
Arkansas Southwest Midwest 4 Nolan Richardson
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast Southeast 4 Bobby Cremins
1991 Duke Atlantic Coast Midwest 2 Mike Krzyzewski Champion Christian Laettner
Kansas Big Eight Southeast 3 Roy Williams Runner-up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East 1 Dean Smith
UNLV Big West West 1 Jerry Tarkanian
1992 Duke Atlantic Coast East 1 Mike Krzyzewski Champion Bobby Hurley
Michigan (vac.) Big Ten Southeast 6 Steve Fisher Runner-up
Cincinnati Great Midwest Midwest 4 Bob Huggins
Indiana Big Ten West 2 Bob Knight
1993 North Carolina Atlantic Coast East 1 Dean Smith Champion Donald Williams
Michigan (vac.) Big Ten West 1 Steve Fisher Runner-up
Kansas Big Eight Midwest 2 Roy Williams
Kentucky Southeastern Southeast 1 Rick Pitino
1994 Arkansas Southeastern Midwest 1 Nolan Richardson Champion Corliss Williamson
Duke Atlantic Coast Southeast 2 Mike Krzyzewski Runner-up
Arizona Pacific-10[a] West 2 Lute Olson
Florida Southeastern East 3 Lon Kruger
1995 UCLA Pacific-10[a] West 1 Jim Harrick Champion Ed O'Bannon
Arkansas Southeastern Midwest 2 Nolan Richardson Runner-up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast Southeast 2 Dean Smith
Oklahoma State Big Eight East 4 Eddie Sutton
1996 Kentucky Southeastern Midwest 1 Rick Pitino Champion Tony Delk
Syracuse Big East West 4 Jim Boeheim Runner-up
Mississippi State Southeastern Southeast 5 Richard Williams
UMass (vac.) Atlantic 10 East 1 John Calipari
1997 Arizona Pacific-10[a] Southeast 4 Lute Olson Champion Miles Simon
Kentucky Southeastern West 1 Rick Pitino Runner-up
Minnesota (vac.) Big Ten Midwest 1 Clem Haskins
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East 1 Dean Smith
1998 Kentucky Southeastern South 2 Tubby Smith Champion Jeff Sheppard
Utah Western Athletic West 3 Rick Majerus Runner-up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East 1 Bill Guthridge
Stanford Pacific-10[a] Midwest 3 Mike Montgomery
1999 Connecticut[o] Big East West 1 Jim Calhoun Champion Richard Hamilton
Duke Atlantic Coast East 1 Mike Krzyzewski Runner-up
Michigan State Big Ten Midwest 1 Tom Izzo
Ohio State (vac.) Big Ten South 4 Jim O’Brien
2000 Michigan State Big Ten Midwest 1 Tom Izzo Champion Mateen Cleaves
Florida Southeastern East 5 Billy Donovan Runner-up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast South 8 Bill Guthridge
Wisconsin Big Ten West 8 Dick Bennett
2001 Duke Atlantic Coast East 1 Mike Krzyzewski Champion Shane Battier
Arizona Pacific-10[a] Midwest 2 Lute Olson Runner-up
Maryland Atlantic Coast West 3 Gary Williams
Michigan State Big Ten South 1 Tom Izzo
2002 Maryland Atlantic Coast East 1 Gary Williams Champion Juan Dixon
Indiana Big Ten South 5 Mike Davis Runner-up
Kansas Big 12 Midwest 1 Roy Williams
Oklahoma Big 12 West 2 Kelvin Sampson
2003 Syracuse Big East East 3 Jim Boeheim Champion Carmelo Anthony
Kansas Big 12 West 2 Roy Williams Runner-up
Marquette Conference USA Midwest 3 Tom Crean
Texas Big 12 South 1 Rick Barnes
2004 Connecticut[o] Big East Phoenix 2 Jim Calhoun Champion Emeka Okafor
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast St. Louis 3 Paul Hewitt Runner-up
Duke Atlantic Coast Atlanta 1 Mike Krzyzewski
Oklahoma State Big 12 East Rutherford 2 Eddie Sutton
2005 North Carolina Atlantic Coast Syracuse 1 Roy Williams Champion Sean May
Illinois Big Ten Chicago 1 Bruce Weber Runner-up
Louisville Conference USA Albuquerque 4 Rick Pitino
Michigan State Big Ten Austin 5 Tom Izzo
2006 Florida Southeastern Minneapolis 3 Billy Donovan Champion Joakim Noah
UCLA Pacific-10[a] Oakland 2 Ben Howland Runner-up
George Mason Colonial Washington, D.C. 11 Jim Larrañaga
LSU Southeastern Atlanta 4 John Brady
2007 Florida Southeastern Midwest 1 Billy Donovan Champion Corey Brewer
Ohio State Big Ten South 1 Thad Matta Runner-up
Georgetown Big East East 2 John Thompson III
UCLA Pacific-10[a] West 2 Ben Howland
2008 Kansas Big 12 Midwest 1 Bill Self Champion Mario Chalmers
Memphis (vac.) Conference USA South 1 John Calipari Runner-up
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East 1 Roy Williams
UCLA Pacific-10[a] West 1 Ben Howland
2009 North Carolina Atlantic Coast South 1 Roy Williams Champion Wayne Ellington
Michigan State Big Ten Midwest 2 Tom Izzo Runner-up
Connecticut[o] Big East West 1 Jim Calhoun
Villanova Big East East 3 Jay Wright
2010 Duke Atlantic Coast South 1 Mike Krzyzewski Champion Kyle Singler
Butler Horizon West 5 Brad Stevens Runner-up
Michigan State Big Ten Midwest 5 Tom Izzo
West Virginia Big East East 2 Bob Huggins
2011 Connecticut[o] Big East West 3 Jim Calhoun Champion Kemba Walker
Butler Horizon Southeast 8 Brad Stevens Runner-up
Kentucky Southeastern East 4 John Calipari
VCU Colonial Southwest 11 Shaka Smart
2012 Kentucky Southeastern South 1 John Calipari Champion Anthony Davis
Kansas Big 12 Midwest 2 Bill Self Runner-up
Louisville (vac.) Big East West 4 Rick Pitino
Ohio State Big Ten East 2 Thad Matta
2013 Louisville (vac.) Big East Midwest 1 Rick Pitino' Champion Luke Hancock[p]
Michigan Big Ten South 4 John Beilein Runner-up
Syracuse Big East East 4 Jim Boeheim
Wichita State Missouri Valley West 9 Gregg Marshall
2014 UConn American East 7 Kevin Ollie Champion Shabazz Napier
Kentucky Southeastern Midwest 8 John Calipari Runner-up
Florida Southeastern South 1 Billy Donovan
Wisconsin Big Ten West 2 Bo Ryan
2015 Duke Atlantic Coast South 1 Mike Krzyzewski Champion Tyus Jones
Wisconsin Big Ten West 1 Bo Ryan Runner-up
Kentucky Southeastern Midwest 1 John Calipari
Michigan State Big Ten East 7 Tom Izzo
2016 Villanova Big East South 2 Jay Wright Champion Ryan Arcidiacono
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East 1 Roy Williams Runner-up
Oklahoma Big 12 West 2 Lon Kruger
Syracuse Atlantic Coast Midwest 10 Jim Boeheim
2017 North Carolina Atlantic Coast South 1 Roy Williams Champion Joel Berry II
Gonzaga West Coast West 1 Mark Few Runner-up
Oregon Pac-12[a] Midwest 3 Dana Altman
South Carolina Southeastern East 7 Frank Martin
2018 Villanova Big East East 1 Jay Wright Champion Donte DiVincenzo
Michigan Big Ten West 3 John Beilein Runner-up
Kansas (vac.) Big 12 Midwest 1 Bill Self
Loyola-Chicago Missouri Valley South 11 Porter Moser
2019 Virginia Atlantic Coast South 1 Tony Bennett Champion Kyle Guy
Texas Tech Big 12 West 3 Chris Beard Runner-up
Auburn Southeastern Midwest 5 Bruce Pearl
Michigan State Big Ten East 2 Tom Izzo
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
2021 Baylor Big 12 South 1 Scott Drew Champion Jared Butler
Gonzaga West Coast West 1 Mark Few Runner-up
Houston American Midwest 2 Kelvin Sampson
UCLA Pac-12[a] East 11 Mick Cronin
2022 Kansas Big 12 Midwest 1 Bill Self Champion Ochai Agbaji
North Carolina Atlantic Coast East 8 Hubert Davis Runner-up
Duke Atlantic Coast West 2 Mike Krzyzewski
Villanova Big East South 2 Jay Wright
2023 UConn Big East West 4 Dan Hurley Champion Adama Sanogo
San Diego State Mountain West South 5 Brian Dutcher Runner-up
Miami Atlantic Coast Midwest 5 Jim Larrañaga
Florida Atlantic Conference USA East 9 Dusty May
2024 UConn Big East East 1 Dan Hurley Champion Tristen Newton
Purdue Big Ten Midwest 1 Matt Painter Runner-up
Alabama Southeastern West 4 Nate Oats
NC State Atlantic Coast South 11 Kevin Keatts

Final Four appearances by school

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Since 1939, 95 schools have appeared in the Final Four. Four additional schools, Minnesota, Saint Joseph's, UMass, and Western Kentucky, had their only appearance vacated. This table shows non-vacated Final Four appearances and victories by school; vacated records are shown in parentheses. The Third Place column is blank for schools whose Final Four appearances were before 1946 or after 1981.

School State Final Fours Third Place Runner Up Champion
First Last Appearances
Alabama Alabama 2024 2024 1 0 0
Arizona Arizona 1988 2001 4 1 1
Arkansas Arkansas 1941 1995 6 1 1 1
Auburn Alabama 2019 2019 1 0 0
Baylor Texas 1948 2021 3 0 1 1
Bradley Illinois 1950 1954 2 0 2 0
Butler Indiana 2010 2011 2 2 0
California California 1946 1960 3 0 1 1
CCNY New York 1947 1950 2 0 0 1
Charlotte[m] North Carolina 1977 1977 1 0 0 0
Cincinnati Ohio 1959 1992 6 2 1 2
Colorado Colorado 1942 1955 2 1 0 0
Dartmouth New Hampshire 1942 1944 2 2 0
Dayton Ohio 1967 1967 1 0 1 0
DePaul Illinois 1943 1979 2 1 0 0
Drake Iowa 1969 1969 1 1 0 0
Duke North Carolina 1963 2022 17 2 6 5
Duquesne Pennsylvania 1940 1940 1 0 0 0
Florida Florida 1994 2014 5 1 2
Florida Atlantic Florida 2023 2023 1 0 0
Florida State Florida 1972 1972 1 0 1 0
George Mason Virginia 2006 2006 1 0 0
Georgetown Washington, DC 1943 2007 5 0 3 1
Georgia Georgia 1983 1983 1 0 0
Georgia Tech Georgia 1990 2004 2 1 0
Gonzaga Washington 2017 2021 2 2 0
Holy Cross Massachusetts 1947 1948 2 1 0 1
Houston Texas 1967 2021 6 1 2 0
Illinois Illinois 1949 2005 5 3 1 0
Indiana Indiana 1940 2002 8 1 1 5
Indiana State Indiana 1979 1979 1 0 1 0
Iowa Iowa 1955 1980 3 0 1 0
Iowa State Iowa 1944 1944 1 0 0
Jacksonville Florida 1970 1970 1 0 1 0
Kansas Kansas 1940 2022 15 0 6 4
Kansas State Kansas 1948 1964 4 0 1 0
Kentucky Kentucky 1942 2015 17 0 4 8
La Salle Pennsylvania 1954 1955 2 0 1 1
Louisville Kentucky 1959 2013 8 1 0 3
Loyola Chicago Illinois 1963 2018 2 0 0 1
LSU Louisiana 1953 2006 4 0 0 0
Marquette Wisconsin 1974 2003 3 0 1 1
Maryland Maryland 2001 2002 2 0 1
Memphis[j] Tennessee 1973 2008 1 0 1 0
Miami Florida 2023 2023 1 0 0
Michigan Michigan 1964 2018 6 1 4 1
Michigan State Michigan 1957 2019 10 0 1 2
Minnesota Minnesota 1997 1997 0 0 0
Mississippi State Mississippi 1996 1996 1 0 0
NC State North Carolina 1950 2024 4 1 0 2
New Mexico State New Mexico 1970 1970 1 1 0 0
North Carolina North Carolina 1946 2022 21 1 6 6
Notre Dame Indiana 1978 1978 1 0 0 0
NYU New York 1945 1960 2 0 1 0
Ohio State Ohio 1939 2012 10 2 4 1
Oklahoma Oklahoma 1939 2016 5 0 2 0
Oklahoma State[e] Oklahoma 1945 2004 6 0 1 2
Oregon Oregon 1939 2017 2 0 0 1
Oregon State Oregon 1949 1963 2 0 0 0
Penn Pennsylvania 1979 1979 1 0 0 0
Penn State Pennsylvania 1954 1954 1 1 0 0
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1941 1941 1 0 0 0
Princeton New Jersey 1965 1965 1 1 0 0
Providence Rhode Island 1973 1987 2 0 0 0
Purdue Indiana 1969 2024 3 1 2 0
Rutgers New Jersey 1976 1976 1 0 0 0
St. Bonaventure New York 1970 1970 1 0 0 0
St. John's New York 1952 1985 2 0 1 0
Saint Joseph's Pennsylvania 1961 1961 0 0 0 0
San Diego State California 2023 2023 1 1 0
San Francisco California 1955 1957 3 1 0 2
Santa Clara California 1952 1952 1 0 0 0
Seattle Washington 1958 1958 1 0 1 0
Seton Hall New Jersey 1989 1989 1 0 1 0
SMU Texas 1956 1956 1 0 0 0
South Carolina South Carolina 2017 2017 1 0 0
Stanford California 1942 1998 2 0 0 1
Syracuse New York 1975 2016 6 0 2 1
Temple Pennsylvania 1956 1958 2 2 0 0
Texas Texas 1943 2003 3 1 0 0
Texas Tech Texas 2019 2019 1 1 0
UCLA California 1962 2021 18 2 1 11
UConn[o] Connecticut 1999 2024 7 0 6
UMass Massachusetts 1996 1996 0 0 0
UNLV Nevada 1977 1991 4 1 0 1
USC California 1940 1954 2 0 0 0
Utah Utah 1944 1998 4 0 1 1
UTEP[i] Texas 1966 1966 1 0 0 1
VCU Virginia 2011 2011 1 0 0
Villanova Pennsylvania 1939 2022 6 0 1 3
Virginia Virginia 1981 2019 3 1 0 1
Wake Forest North Carolina 1962 1962 1 1 0 0
Washington Washington 1953 1953 1 1 0 0
Washington State Washington 1941 1941 1 1 0
West Virginia West Virginia 1959 2010 2 0 1 0
Western Kentucky Kentucky 1971 1971 0 0 0 0
Wichita State Kansas 1965 2013 2 0 0 0
Wisconsin Wisconsin 1941 2015 4 0 1 1
Wyoming Wyoming 1943 1943 1 0 0 1

Teams appearing in consecutive Final Fours

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Eleven teams have appeared three or more times in the Final Four in consecutive tournaments. In the following table, National Champions are indicated by bold years, runners-up by underlined years, and third place by italics.

School Number Final Fours Coach(es)
UCLA 10 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 John Wooden (1967–75) & Gene Bartow (1976)
Cincinnati 5 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 George Smith (1959–60) & Ed Jucker (1961–63)
Duke 5 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Mike Krzyzewski
Houston 3 1982, 1983, 1984 Guy Lewis
Kentucky 3 1996, 1997, 1998 Rick Pitino (1996–97) & Tubby Smith (1998)
Michigan State 3 1999, 2000, 2001 Tom Izzo
North Carolina 3 1967, 1968, 1969 Dean Smith
Ohio State 3 1944, 1945, 1946 Harold Olsen
Ohio State 3 1960, 1961, 1962 Fred Taylor
San Francisco 3 1955, 1956, 1957 Phil Woolpert
UCLA 3 2006, 2007, 2008 Ben Howland

Final Four appearances by coach

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Since 1939, 158 head coaches have appeared in the Final Four. Six additional coaches have had their only Final Four appearance vacated. This table shows non-vacated Final Four appearances and victories by coach; vacated records are shown in parentheses. The Third Place column is blank for coaches whose Final Four appearances were before 1946 or after 1981.

Coaches still active in Division I are highlighted in green.

Head Coach School(s) Final Fours Third Place NCG App. Champion
First Last Appearances
Mike Krzyzewski Duke 1986 2022 13 4 5
John Wooden UCLA 1962 1975 12 1 0 10
Dean Smith North Carolina 1967 1997 11 1 3 2
Roy Williams Kansas & North Carolina 1991 2017 9 3 3
Tom Izzo Michigan State 1999 2019 8 1 1
Denny Crum Louisville 1972 1986 6 1 0 2
Adolph Rupp Kentucky 1942 1966 6 0 1 4
Jim Boeheim Syracuse 1987 2016 5 2 1
Bob Knight Indiana 1973 1992 5 1 0 3
Guy Lewis Houston 1967 1984 5 1 2 0
Lute Olson Iowa & Arizona 1980 2001 5 0 1 1
Rick Pitino Providence, Kentucky, & Louisville 1987 2013 (vac.) 5 (2 vac.) 1 2 (1 vac.)
Jim Calhoun UConn 1999 2011 4 0 3
John Calipari UMass, Memphis, & Kentucky 1996 (vac.) 2015 4 (2 vac.) 1 (1 vac.) 1
Billy Donovan Florida 2000 2014 4 1 2
Jack Gardner Kansas State & Utah 1948 1966 4 0 1 0
Henry Iba Oklahoma State[e] 1945 1951 4 0 1 2
Harold Olsen Ohio State 1939 1946 4 1 1 0
Bill Self Kansas 2008 2022 3(1 vac.) 1 2
Jerry Tarkanian UNLV 1977 1991 4 1 0 1
Fred Taylor Ohio State 1960 1968 4 1 2 1
Jay Wright Villanova 2009 2022 4 0 2
Phog Allen Kansas 1940 1953 3 0 2 1
Forddy Anderson Bradley & Michigan State 1950 1957 3 0 2 0
Vic Bubas Duke 1963 1966 3 2 1 0
Harry Combes Illinois 1949 1952 3 3 0 0
Joe B. Hall Kentucky 1975 1984 3 0 1 1
Ben Howland UCLA 2006 2008 3 1 0
Ed Jucker Cincinnati 1961 1963 3 0 1 2
Nolan Richardson Arkansas 1990 1995 3 1 1
Eddie Sutton Arkansas & Oklahoma State 1978 2004 3 1 0 0
John Thompson Georgetown 1982 1985 3 2 1
Phil Woolpert San Francisco 1955 1957 3 1 0 2
Gene Bartow Memphis[j] & UCLA 1973 1976 2 1 1 0
John Beilein Michigan 2013 2018 2 2 0
Dale Brown LSU 1981 1986 2 0 0 0
Larry Brown UCLA & Kansas 1980 (vac.) 1988 2 (1 vac.) 0 0 (1 vac.) 1
Bruce Drake Oklahoma 1939 1947 2 0 1 0
Hugh Durham Florida State & Georgia 1972 1983 2 0 1 0
Mark Few Gonzaga 2017 2021 2 2 0
Slats Gill Oregon State 1949 1963 2 0 0 0
Bill Guthridge North Carolina 1998 2000 2 0 0
Bill Henderson Baylor 1948 1950 2 0 1 0
Lou Henson New Mexico State & Illinois 1970 1989 2 1 0 0
Terry Holland Virginia 1981 1984 2 1 0 0
Nat Holman CCNY 1947 1950 2 0 0 1
Bob Huggins Cincinnati & West Virginia 1992 2010 2 0 0
Dan Hurley UConn 2023 2024 2 2 2
Doggie Julian Holy Cross 1947 1948 2 1 0 1
Lon Kruger Florida & Oklahoma 1994 2016 2 0 0
Jim Larrañaga George Mason & Miami 2006 2023 2 0 0
Harry Litwack Temple 1956 1958 2 2 0 0
Ken Loeffler La Salle 1954 1955 2 0 1 1
Thad Matta Ohio State 2007 2012 2 1 0
Branch McCracken Indiana 1940 1953 2 0 0 2
Al McGuire Marquette 1974 1977 2 0 1 1
Frank McGuire St. John's & North Carolina 1952 1957 2 0 1 1
Ray Meyer DePaul 1943 1979 2 1 0 0
Pete Newell California 1959 1960 2 0 1 1
Bucky O'Connor Iowa 1955 1956 2 0 1 0
Ted Owens Kansas 1971 1974 2 0 0 0
Lee Rose Charlotte[m] & Purdue 1977 1980 2 1 0 0
Bo Ryan Wisconsin 2014 2015 2 1 0
Kelvin Sampson Oklahoma & Houston 2002 2021 2 0 0
George Smith Cincinnati 1959 1960 2 2 0 0
Brad Stevens Butler 2010 2011 2 2 0
Dave Strack Michigan 1964 1965 2 1 1 0
Gary Williams Maryland 2001 2002 2 0 1
Tex Winter Kansas State 1958 1964 2 0 0 0
Dana Altman Oregon 2017 2017 1 0 0
Rick Barnes Texas 2003 2003 1 0 0
Sam Barry USC 1940 1940 1 0 0
Chris Beard Texas Tech 2019 2019 1 1 0
Dick Bennett Wisconsin 2000 2000 1 0 0
Tony Bennett Virginia 2019 2019 1 0 1
John Brady LSU 2006 2006 1 0 0
Earl Brown Dartmouth 1944 1944 1 1 0
Howard Cann NYU 1945 1945 1 1 0
P. J. Carlesimo Seton Hall 1989 1989 1 1 0
Doc Carlson Pittsburgh 1941 1941 1 0 0
Lou Carnesecca St. John's 1985 1985 1 0 0
Ben Carnevale North Carolina 1946 1946 1 0 1 0
Everett Case NC State 1950 1950 1 1 0 0
John Castellani Seattle 1958 1958 1 0 1 0
Osborne Cowles Dartmouth 1942 1942 1 1 0
Frosty Cox Colorado 1942 1942 1 0 0
Tom Crean Marquette 2003 2003 1 0 0
Bobby Cremins Georgia Tech 1990 1990 1 0 0
Mick Cronin UCLA 2021 2021 1 0 0
Roy Danforth Syracuse 1975 1975 1 0 0 0
Chick Davies Duquesne 1940 1940 1 0 0
Hubert Davis North Carolina 2022 2022 1 1 0
Mike Davis Indiana 2002 2002 1 1 0
Everett Dean Stanford 1942 1942 1 0 1
Don Donoher Dayton 1967 1967 1 0 1 0
Brian Dutcher San Diego State 2023 2023 1 1 0
Scott Drew Baylor 2021 2021 1 0 1
Tippy Dye Washington 1953 1953 1 1 0 0
Bob Feerick Santa Clara 1952 1952 1 0 0 0
Steve Fisher Michigan 1989 1993 (vac.) 1 (2 vac.) 0 (2 vac.) 1
Bill Foster Duke 1978 1978 1 0 1 0
Harold E. Foster Wisconsin 1941 1941 1 0 1
Jack Friel Washington State 1941 1941 1 1 0
Dave Gavitt Providence 1973 1973 1 0 0 0
Bully Gilstrap Texas 1943 1943 1 0 0
Jack Gray Texas 1947 1947 1 1 0 0
Elmer Gross Penn State 1954 1954 1 1 0 0
Dick Harp Kansas 1957 1957 1 0 1 0
Jim Harrick UCLA 1995 1995 1 0 1
Don Haskins UTEP[i] 1966 1966 1 0 0 1
Doc Hayes SMU 1956 1956 1 0 0 0
Jud Heathcote Michigan State 1979 1979 1 0 0 1
Paul Hewitt Georgia Tech 2004 2004 1 1 0
Bernard Hickman Louisville 1959 1959 1 0 0 0
Howard Hobson Oregon 1939 1939 1 0 1
Bill Hodges Indiana State 1979 1979 1 0 1 0
George Ireland Loyola Chicago 1963 1963 1 0 0 1
Maury John Drake 1969 1969 1 1 0 0
Kevin Keatts NC State 2024 2024 1 0 0
George King Purdue 1969 1969 1 0 1 0
Eugene Lambert Arkansas 1945 1945 1 0 0
Bebe Lee Colorado 1955 1955 1 1 0 0
Rick Majerus Utah 1998 1998 1 1 0
Gregg Marshall Wichita State 2013 2013 1 0 0
Frank Martin South Carolina 2017 2017 1 0 0
Rollie Massimino Villanova 1985 1985 1 0 1
Dusty May Florida Atlantic 2023 2023 1 0 0
Bones McKinney Wake Forest 1962 1962 1 1 0 0
Louis Menze Iowa State 1944 1944 1 0 0
Mike Montgomery Stanford 1998 1998 1 0 0
Porter Moser Loyola Chicago 2018 2018 1 0 0
Matt Painter Purdue 2024 2024 1 1 0
Nate Oats Alabama 2024 2024 1 0 0
Kevin Ollie UConn 2014 2014 1 0 1
Johnny Orr Michigan 1976 1976 1 0 1 0
Bruce Pearl Auburn 2019 2019 1 0 0
Vadal Peterson Utah 1944 1944 1 0 1
Digger Phelps Notre Dame 1978 1978 1 0 0 0
Nibs Price California 1946 1946 1 0 0 0
Harry Rabenhorst LSU 1953 1953 1 0 0 0
Elmer Ripley Georgetown 1943 1943 1 1 0
Glen Rose Arkansas 1941 1941 1 0 0
Lou Rossini NYU 1960 1960 1 0 0 0
Fred Schaus West Virginia 1959 1959 1 0 1 0
Alexander Severance Villanova 1939 1939 1 0 0
Everett Shelton Wyoming 1943 1943 1 0 1
Norm Sloan NC State 1974 1974 1 0 0 1
Shaka Smart VCU 2011 2011 1 0 0
Tubby Smith Kentucky 1998 1998 1 0 1
Gary Thompson Wichita State 1965 1965 1 0 0 0
John Thompson III Georgetown 2007 2007 1 0 0
Billy Tubbs Oklahoma 1988 1988 1 1 0
Forrest Twogood USC 1954 1954 1 0 0 0
Jim Valvano NC State 1983 1983 1 0 1
Butch van Breda Kolff Princeton 1965 1965 1 1 0 0
Bruce Weber Illinois 2005 2005 1 1 0
Bob Weinhauer Penn 1979 1979 1 0 0 0
Larry Weise St. Bonaventure 1970 1970 1 0 0 0
Joe Williams Jacksonville 1970 1970 1 0 1 0
Richard Williams Mississippi State 1996 1996 1 0 0
Tom Young Rutgers 1976 1976 1 0 0 0
Clem Haskins Minnesota 1997 (vac.) 1997 (vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 0
Dana Kirk Memphis[j] 1985 (vac.) 1985 (vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 0
Jack Kraft Villanova 1971 (vac.) 1971 (vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 0 (1 vac.) 0
Jim O'Brien Ohio State 1999 (vac.) 1999 (vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 0
John Oldham Western Kentucky 1971 (vac.) 1971 (vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 0
Jack Ramsay Saint Joseph’s 1961 (vac.) 1961 (vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 0

Multiple Schools

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Fifteen coaches have non-vacated Final Four appearances with multiple schools. Of these, 14 have coached two schools and only one, Rick Pitino, has coached three schools. Two additional coaches appeared with multiple schools but had all appearances with one of those schools vacated. Larry Brown appeared with UCLA and Kansas but his only appearance with UCLA school were vacated. John Calipari appeared with UMass, Memphis, and Kentucky, but his only appearances at UMass and Memphis were vacated. Five coaches are still active, with Calipari, Huggins, Larrañaga, and Sampson coaching at a school they have already taken to the Final Four. Pitino is the only coach on this list currently active at a school he has not taken to the Final Four.

Head Coach Schools Final Fours Third Place Runner Up Champion
Three Schools
Rick Pitino Providence 1 0 0
Kentucky 3 1 1
Louisville 1 (2 vac.) 0 0 (1 vac.)
John Calipari UMass 0 (1 vac.) 0 0
Memphis 0 (1 vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0
Kentucky 4 1 1
Two Schools
Forddy Anderson Bradley 2 0 1 0
Michigan State 1 0 1 0
Gene Bartow Memphis[j] 1 0 1 0
UCLA 1 0 0 0
Larry Brown UCLA 0 (1 vac.) 0 0 (1 vac.) 0
Kansas 1 0 1
Hugh Durham Florida State 1 0 1 0
Georgia 1 0 0 0
Jack Gardner Kansas State 2 0 1 0
Utah 2 0 0 0
Lou Henson New Mexico State 1 1 0 0
Illinois 1 0 0
Bob Huggins Cincinnati 1 0 0
West Virginia 1 0 0
Lon Kruger Florida 1 0 0
Oklahoma 1 0 0
Jim Larrañaga George Mason 1 0 0
Miami 1 0 0
Frank McGuire St. John's 1 0 0 1
North Carolina 1 0 1 0
Lute Olson Iowa 1 0 0 0
Arizona 4 1 1
Lee Rose Charlotte[m] 1 1 0 0
Purdue 1 0 0 0
Kelvin Sampson Oklahoma 1 0 0
Houston 1 0 0
Eddie Sutton Arkansas 1 1 0 0
Oklahoma State 2 0 0
Roy Williams Kansas 4 2 0
North Carolina 5 1 3

Coaches who also played in the Final Four

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Seven coaches have both played and coached in the Final Four. Hubert Davis at North Carolina and Dick Harp at Kansas did so at the same school. Bob Knight and Dean Smith are the only two coaches to win a championship as player and coach.

Head Coach As Player As Coach
Team Year(s) Team First Appearance
Hubert Davis North Carolina 1991 North Carolina 2022
Vic Bubas NC State 1950 Duke 1963
Billy Donovan Providence 1987 Florida 2000
Dick Harp Kansas 1940 Kansas 1957
Bob Knight Ohio State 1960, 1961, 1962 Indiana 1973
Bones McKinney North Carolina 1946 Wake Forest 1962
Dean Smith Kansas 1952 North Carolina 1967

Final Four appearances by conference

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The following table shows Final Four appearance statistics based on teams' conference affiliations contemporaneous to their appearance. Therefore some schools are included across multiple conferences. Conferences are listed by their current or final name as found in the official NCAA record book.

There have been 26 unique conferences appearing in the Final Four, of which 19 are still in existence.

Conference Schools Final Fours Third Place Runner Up Champion
First Last Appearances
American Athletic (2013– ) 2 2014 2021 2 0 1
Atlantic 10 (1976– ) 0 (1 vac.) 1996 1996 0 (1 vac.) 0 0
Atlantic Coast (1953– ) 9 1957 2024 50 5 12 15
Big 12 (1995– ) 5 2002 2022 12 3 3
Big East (1979– )

including original Big East[q]

10 1982 2024 23 (2 vac.) 5 10 (1 vac.)
Big Eight[b] (1928–1996) 6 1939 1995 20 1 7 2
Big Ten[f] (1905– ) 8 (1 vac.) 1939 2024 49 (4 vac.) 8 15 (2 vac.) 10
Big West (1969– ) 1 1987 1991 3 0 1
Colonial Athletic Association(1982– ) 2 2006 2011 2 0 0
Conference USA (1995– ) 4 2003 2023 3 (1 vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0
East Coast (1958–1995) 0 (1 vac.) 1961 1961 0 (1 vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 0
Great Midwest (1991–1995) 1 1992 1992 1 0 0
Horizon League (1982– ) 1 2010 2011 2 2 0
Independent 31 1939 1979 39 (1 vac.) 8 10 (1 vac.) 6
Ivy League[c] (1901– ) 3 1942 1979 4 1 2 0
Metro (1975–1995) 2 1980 1986 4 (1 vac.) 0 0 2
Missouri Valley (1928– ) 9 1945 2018 18 4 5 4
Mountain West (1999– ) 1 2023 2023 1 1 0
Ohio Valley (1948– ) 1 1971 1971 0 (1 vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 0
Pac-12[a] (1915– ) 9 1939 2021 34 (1 vac.) 3 4 (1 vac.) 15
Skyline Eight[d] (1938–1962) 3 1942 1961 4 0 0 2
Southeastern (1932– ) 10 1942 2024 33 0 6 11
Southern (1921– ) 3 1946 1959 3 1 2 0
Southwest (1914–1996) 4 1941 1990 12 2 3 0
Sun Belt (1976– ) 0 (1 vac.) 1977 1977 1 0 0 0
West Coast[g] (1952– ) 2 1955 2021 5 1 2 2
Western Athletic (1962– ) 1 1966 1998 2 0 1 0

Final Fours with multiple schools from the same conference

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There have been 25 Final Fours with multiple teams from the same conference. In two of these Final Fours, one of the conference team's appearance was later vacated later by the NCAA. The Big Ten has achieved this nine times, with one appearance later vacated, tying them with the Atlantic Coast Conference for non-vacated multi-team Final Four appearances. The Big East is the only conference to have three teams in the Final Four, which was in 1985.

Teams from the same conference have played against each other in nine National Semifinal games. Only three times have teams from the same conference played each other in the National Championship.

Final Fours
Atlantic Coast 1981†§, 1990‡§, 1991†, 2001†§, 2004‡, 2016‡§, 2022‡§
Big 12 2003‡
Big East 1985†‡§ (3 teams), 1987‡§, 2009, 2013† (vac.)
Big Eight 1988†‡
Big Ten 1976†‡, 1980, 1989§, 1992‡, 1999 (vac.), 2000†§, 2005‡, 2015‡
Southeastern 1994†, 1996†, 2006†, 2014‡

†National Champion; ‡Runner Up; §Teams played in National Semifinals

†‡Teams played in National Championship game

Final Four appearances by state

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Schools from 38 states, including the District of Columbia, have appeared in the Final Four. An additional state, Minnesota, had its only appearance vacated. This table shows non-vacated Final Four appearances and victories by state; vacated records are shown in parentheses. The Third Place column is blank for states whose Final Four appearances were before 1946 or after 1981. Schools noted as vacated had all their Final Four appearances vacated.

State/Territory Schools Final Fours Third Place Runner Up Champion
First Last Number
Alabama 2 2019 2024 2 0 0
Arizona 1 1988 2001 4 1 1
Arkansas 1 1941 1995 6 1 1 1
California 7 1940 2023 30 (1 vac.) 3 3 (1 vac.) 15
Colorado 1 1942 1955 2 1 0 0
Connecticut 1 1999 2024 7 0 6
District of Columbia 1 1943 2007 5 3 1
Florida 5 1970 2023 9 0 3 2
Georgia 2 1983 2004 3 1 0
Illinois 4 1943 2018 11 4 3 1
Indiana 5 1940 2024 15 2 6 5
Iowa 3 1944 1980 5 1 1 0
Kansas 3 1940 2022 22 0 7 4
Kentucky 2 (1 vac.) 1942 2015 25 (3 vac.) 1 (1 vac.) 4 10 (1 vac.)
Louisiana 1 1953 2006 4 0 0 0
Maryland 1 2001 2002 2 0 1
Massachusetts 2 (1 vac.) 1947 1996 (vac.) 2 (1 vac.) 1 0 1
Michigan 2 1957 2019 16 (2 vac.) 1 5 (2 vac.) 3
Minnesota 0 (1 vac.) 1997 (vac.) 1997 (vac.) 0 (1 vac.) 0 0
Mississippi 1 1996 1996 1 0 0
Nevada 1 1977 1991 4 1 0 1
New Hampshire 1 1942 1944 2 2 0
New Jersey 3 1965 1989 3 1 1 0
New Mexico 1 1970 1970 1 1 0 0
New York 5 1945 2016 13 0 4 2
North Carolina 5 1946 2024 44 5 12 13
Ohio 3 1939 2012 17 (1 vac.) 4 6 3
Oklahoma 2 1939 2016 11 0 3 2
Oregon 2 1939 2017 4 0 0 1
Pennsylvania 7 (1 vac.) 1939 2022 14 (2 vac.) 3 (1 vac.) 1 (1 vac.) 4
Rhode Island 1 1973 1987 2 0 0 0
South Carolina 1 2017 2017 1 0 0
Tennessee 1 1973 2008 (vac.) 1 (2 vac.) 0 1 (1 vac.) 0
Texas 6 1943 2021 15 2 4 2
Utah 1 1944 1998 4 0 1 1
Virginia 3 1981 2019 5 1 0 1
Washington 4 1941 2021 5 1 4 0
West Virginia 1 1959 2010 2 0 1 0
Wisconsin 2 1941 2015 7 0 2 2
Wyoming 1 1943 1943 1 0 1

Final Fours with multiple schools from the same state

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Eleven Final Fours have had two teams from the same state. North Carolina and Ohio both have three Final Fours with two teams, the most, and Kentucky is the only other state to do it more than once. Teams from the same state have played each other four times in a National Semifinal and teams from the same state have played each other twice in the National Championship, both times Cincinnati and Ohio State in 1960 and 1961.

Final Four State Teams Game Played
1954 Pennsylvania La Salle† Penn State§ National Semifinal
1960 Ohio Cincinnati§ Ohio State†
1961 Ohio Cincinnati† Ohio State‡ National Championship
1962 Ohio Cincinnati† Ohio State‡ National Championship
1975 Kentucky Kentucky† Louisville§
1977 North Carolina Charlotte North Carolina‡
1991 North Carolina Duke† North Carolina
2012 Kentucky Kentucky† Louisville (vac.) National Semifinal
2021 Texas Baylor† Houston National Semifinal
2022 North Carolina Duke North Carolina‡ National Semifinal
2023 Florida Florida Atlantic Miami

† National Champion; ‡ Runner-Up; § Third Place

Vacated appearances

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Thirteen Final Four appearances have been vacated by ten schools. Two of these schools won the Third Place Game and five schools were the National Runners Up. Only one school, the University of Louisville, has had its National Championship vacated.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj The Pac-12 Conference was previously named the Pacific Coast Conference, Athletic Association of Western Universities, Pacific-8 Conference, and Pacific-10 Conference. Although the Pacific Coast Conference operated under a separate charter from the current Pac-12, both the Pac-12 and NCAA consider the PCC and Pac-12 to be the same conference.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Big Eight Conference was previously named the Big Seven Conference and Big Six Conference.
  3. ^ a b c The Ivy League succeeded the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League.
  4. ^ a b c d e The Mountain States Athletic Conference was more popularly known as the Skyline Six and Skyline Eight at various points in its history.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Oklahoma State University was named Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and known as Oklahoma A&M before 1957.
  6. ^ a b c d e The Big Ten Conference was known as the Big Nine from the 1946–47 season to 1953–54 season.
  7. ^ a b c d The West Coast Conference was previously named the California Basketball Association and West Coast Athletic Conference.
  8. ^ The East Coast Conference was previously named the Middle Atlantic Conference.
  9. ^ a b c The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was named Texas Western College before 1967.
  10. ^ a b c d e f The University of Memphis was named Memphis State University before 1995.
  11. ^ Syracuse qualified for the tournament via the ECAC Upstate tournament.
  12. ^ Rutgers qualified for the tournament via the ECAC Metro tournament.
  13. ^ a b c d Charlotte was branded as UNC Charlotte during its 1977 appearance.
  14. ^ a b c d In the 1978 tournament teams were seeded in two pools of automatic qualifiers (Q) and at-large teams (L). Each region had seeds 1Q–4Q and 1L–4L.
  15. ^ a b c d e UConn was officially known as Connecticut before 2013, when it adopted the short form as its official athletic brand name.
  16. ^ The NCAA allowed Luke Hancock to retain his Most Outstanding Player award as part of a settlement.
  17. ^ The official NCAA records book considers both iterations of the Big East the same conference despite the original Big East legally being succeeded by the American Athletic Conference in 2013 and the current Big East Conference being a completely new entity.

References

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General

Men's Final Four 2023 Records Book(PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

Specific

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  5. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (1987-11-23). "Sam Gilbert Is Dead at Age 74 : Controversial UCLA Booster Succumbs After Long Illness". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  6. ^ Alfano, Peter (1985-05-26). "ANXIETY AND HOPE AT MEMPHIS STATE ON BETTING INQUIRY". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
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  8. ^ Cavanaugh, Jack (1997-05-09). "UMass and UConn Lose '96 Honors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  9. ^ Drape, Joe (2000-10-25). "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Minnesota Penalized by N.C.A.A." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  10. ^ "OSU gets probation". ESPN.com. 2006-03-10. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
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