Facts

Men’s Final Four history

YEAR	CHAMPION	SCORE	RUNNER-UP	SEMIFINAL LOSERS
1997	Arizona	84-79(OT)	Kentucky	North Carolina, Minnesota
1996	Kentucky	76-67	Syracuse	Mississippi St, UMass
1995	UCLA	89-78	Arkansas	North Carolina, Oklahoma St
1994	Arkansas	76-72	Duke	Arizona, Florida
1993	North	Carolina	77-71	Michigan Kansas, Kentucky
1992	Duke	71-51	Michigan	Indiana, Cincinnati
1991	Duke	72-65	Kansas	UNLV, North Carolina
1990	UNLV	103-73	Duke	Georgia Tech, Arkansas
1989	Michigan	80-79(OT)	Seton	Hall Duke, Illinois
1988	Kansas	83-79	Oklahoma	Arizona, Duke
1987	Indiana	74-73	Syracuse	Nev-Las Vegas, Providence
1986	Louisville	72-69	Duke	Kansas, Louisiana State
1985	Villanova	66-64	Georgetown	St. John’s, Memphis State
1984	Georgetown	84-75	Houston	Kentucky, Virginia
1983	No	Carolina	St	54-52 Houston Georgia, Louisville
1982	North	Carolina	63-62	Georgetown Houston, Louisville
1981	Indiana	63-50	No.	Carolina Virginia, Louisiana State
1980	Louisville	59-54	UCLA	Purdue, Iowa
1979	Michigan	State	75-64	Indiana State DePaul, Penn
1978	Kentucky	94-88	Duke	Arkansas, Notre Dame
1977	Marquette	67-59	No.	Carolina UNLV, NC-Charlotte
1976	Indiana	86-68	Michigan	UCLA, Rutgers
1975	UCLA	92-85	Kentucky	Louisville, Syracuse
1974	No	Carolina	St	76-64 Marquette UCLA, Kansas
1973	UCLA	87-66	Memphis	State Indiana, Providence
1972	UCLA	81-76	Florida	State North Carolina, Louisville
1971	UCLA	68-62	Villanova	Western Kentucky, Kansas
1970	UCLA	80-69	Jacksonville	New Mexico St, St
1969	UCLA	92-72	Purdue	Drake, North Carolina
1968	UCLA	78-55	No.	Carolina Ohio State, Houston
1967	UCLA	79-64	Dayton	Houston, North Carolina
1966	Texas-El	Paso	72-65	Kentucky Duke, Utah
1965	UCLA	91-80	Michigan	Princeton, Wichita State
1964	UCLA	98-83	Duke	Michigan, Kansas State
1963	Loyola	(Ill)	60-58(OT)	Cincinnati Duke, Oregon State
1962	Cincinnati	71-59	Ohio	State Wake Forest, UCLA
1961	Cincinnati	70-65(OT)	Ohio	State St Joseph’s, Utah
1960	Ohio	State	75-55	California Cincinnati, NYU
1959	California	71-70	West	Virginia Cincinnati, Louisville
1958	Kentucky	84-72	Seattle	Temple, Kansas State
1957	North	Carolina	54-53(3OT)Kansas	San Francisco, Michigan State
1956	San	Francisco	83-71	Iowa Temple, Southern Methodist
1955	San	Francisco	77-63	La Salle Colorado, Iowa
1954	La	Salle	92-76	Bradley Penn State, Southern
1953	Indiana	69-68	Kansas	Washington, Louisiana State
1952	Kansas	80-63	St	John’s Illinois, Santa Clara
1951	Kentucky	68-58	Kansas	State Illinois. Oklahoma State
1950	CCNY	71-68	Bradley	North Carolina St, Baylor
1949	Kentucky	46-36	Oklahoma	St Illinois, Oregon State
1948	Kentucky	58-42	Baylor	Holy Cross, Kansas State
1947	Holy	Cross	58-47	Oklahoma Texas, CCNY
1946	Oklahoma	State	43-40	No. Carolina Ohio State,
1945	Oklahoma	State	49-45	NYU Arkansas, Ohio State
1944	Utah	42-40(OT)	Dartmouth	Iowa State, Ohio State
1943	Wyoming	46-34	Georgetown	Texas, DePaul
1942	Stanford	53-38	Dartmouth	Colorado, Kentucky
1941	Wisconsin	39-34	Washington	St Pittsburgh, Arkansas
1940	Indiana	60-42	Kansas	Duquesne, Southern Cal
1939	Oregon	46-33	Ohio	State Oklahoma, Villanova

Most outstanding players

1997	Miles Simon, Arizona
1996	Tony Delk, Kentucky
1995	Ed O’Bannon, UCLA
1994	Corliss Williamson Arkansas
1993	Donald Williams, North Carolina
1992	Bobby Hurley, Duke
1991	Christian Laettner, Duke
1990	Anderson Hunt, NevadaLas Vegas
1989	Glen Rice, Michigan
1988	Danny Manning, Kansas
1987	Keith Smart, Indiana
1986	Pervis Ellison, Louisville
1985	Ed Pinckney, Villanova
1984	Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
1983	Akeem Olajuwon, Houston
1982	James Worthy, North Carolina
1981	Isiah Thomas, Indiana
1980	Darrell Griffith, Louisville
1979	Earvin Magic Johnson, Michigan State
1978	Jack Givens, Kentucky
1977	Butch Lee, Marquette
1976	Kent Benson, Indiana
1975	Richard Washington, UCLA
1974	David Thompson, North Carolina State
1973	Bill Walton, UCLA
1972	Bill Walton, UCLA
1971	Vacated*
1970	Sidney Wicks, UCLA
1969	Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1968	Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1967	Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1966	Jerry Chambers, Utah
1965	Bill Bradley, Princeton
1964	Walt Hazzard, UCLA
1963	Art Heyman, Duke
1962	Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
1961	Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1960	Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1959	Jerry West, West Virginia
1958	Elgin Baylor, Seattle
1957	Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas
1956	Hal Lear, Temple
1955	Bill Russell, San Francisco
1954	Tom Gola, La Salle
1953	B.H. Horn, Kansas
1952	Clyde Lovelette, Kansas
1951	none selected
1950	Irwin Dambrot, CCNY
1949	Alex Groza, Kentucky
1948	Alex Groza, Kentucky
1947	George Kaftan, Holy Cross
1946	Bob Kurland, Oklahoma State
1945	Bob Kurland, Oklahoma State
1944	Arnold Ferrin, Utah
1943	Ken Sailors, Wyoming
1942	Howard Dallmar, Stanford
1941	John Kotz, Wisconsin
1940	Marvin Huffman, Indiana
1939	None selected

*Howard Porter of Villanova earned the award in 1971
but was declared ineligible after the tournament.

Final Four Records

Individual, Single Game

Most points
44	Bill Walton, UCLA vs. Memphis, 1973
42	Gail Goodrich, UCLA vs. Michigan, 1965
41	Jack Givens, Kentucky vs. Duke, 1978
39	Al Wood, North Carolina vs. Virginia, 1981
38	Jerry West, West Virginia vs. Louisville, 1959
38	Jerry Chambers, Utah vs. UTEP, 1966
38	Freddie Banks, UNLV vs. Indiana, 1987

Most threepoint field goals
10	Freddie Banks, UNLV vs, Indiana, 1987
7	Steve Alford, Indiana vs. Syracuse, 1987
7	Dave Sieger, Oklahoma vs. Kansas, 1988
7	Dennis Scott, Georgia Tech vs. UNLV, 1990
7	Tony Delk, Kentucky vs. Syracuse, 1996

Most free throws made
18	Gail Goodrich, UCLA vs. Michigan, 1965
14	Jerry West, West Virginia vs. Louisville, 1959
13	Don Schlundt, Indiana vs. LSU, 1953

Most rebounds
27	Bill Russell, San Francisco vs. Iowa, 1956
24	Elvin Hayes, Houston vs. UCLA, 1967
23	Bill Russell, San Francisco vs. Southern Methodist, 1956
22	Elgin Baylor, Seattle vs. Kansas State, 1958
22	Tom Sanders, NYU vs. Ohio State, 1960
22	Larry Kenon, Memphis vs. Providence, 1973
22	Akeem Olajuwon, Houston vs. Louisville, 1983

Most assists
18	Mark Wade, UNLV vs. Indiana, 1987
12	Rumeal Robinson, Michigan vs. Illinois, 1989
12	Edgar Padilla, Massachusetts vs. Kentucky, 1996
11	Michael Jackson, Georgetown vs. St. John’s (N.Y.), 1985
11	Milt Wagner, Louisville vs. LSU, 1986
11	Rumeal Robinson, Michigan vs. Seton Hall, 1989

Most blocked shots
6	Danny Manning, Kansas vs. Duke, 1988
6	Marcus Camby, Massachusetts vs. Kentucky, 1996

Most steals
7	Tommy Amaker, Duke vs. Louisville, 1986
7	Mookie Blaylock, Oklahoma vs. Kansas, 1988
5	Danny Manning, Kansas vs. Oklahoma, 1988
5	Greg Anthony, UNLV vs. Duke, 1990

Team, Single Game

Most points
108	UCLA vs. Wichita State (89), 1965
103	UNLV vs. Duke (73), 1990
101	UCLA vs. Houston (69), 1968
101	Michigan State vs. Penn (67), 1979

Fewest points
28	Kentucky vs. Dartmouth (47), 1942
30	Duquesne vs. Indiana (39), 1940
30	Pittsburgh vs. Wisconsin (36), 1941
30	Oregon State vs. Oklahoma State (55), 1949
31	Iowa State vs. Utah (40), 1944

Largest winning margin
34	Cincinnati -80 vs. Oregon State (46), 1963
34	Michigan State -101 vs. Penn (67), 1979
32	UCLA -101 vs. Houston (69), 1968
30	UNLV -103 vs. Duke (73), 1990

Highest field-goal percentage
78.60% (22-28)	Villanova vs. Georgetown, 1985
67.40% (31-46)	Ohio State vs. California, 1960
64.50% (40-62)	UCLA vs. Memphis, 1973
63.60% (35-55)	Kansas vs. Oklahoma, 1988
63.30% (38-60)	Ohio State vs. St. Joseph’s (Pa.), 1961
63.30% (38-60)	Michigan State vs. Penn, 1979

Lowest field-goal percentage
21.50% (14-65)	Washington State vs. Wisconsin, 1941
23.40% (15-64)	Baylor vs. Kentucky, 1948
24.50% (13-53)	Kentucky vs. Georgetown, 1984

Most three-point field goals
13	UNLV vs. Indiana, 1987
12	Arkansas vs. North Carolina, 1995
12	Kentucky vs. Syracuse, 1996
11	Kansas vs. North Carolina, 1993
11	Mississippi State vs. Syracuse, 1996

Most rebounds
69	Western Kentucky vs. Villanova, 1971
65	Michigan State vs. North Carolina, 1957

Most assists
26	Louisville vs. LSU, 1986
24	UNLV vs. Duke, 1990
23	UNLV vs. Indiana, 1987
23	Michigan vs. Illinois, 1989

Most blocked shots
9	Kansas vs. Duke, 1988
8	Massachusetts vs. Kentucky, 1996
7	Louisville vs. Duke, 1986
7	Syracuse vs. Indiana, 1987
7	Seton Hall vs. Duke, 1989
7	Duke vs. Arkansas, 1994

Most steals
16	UNLV vs. Duke, 1990
15	Arkansas vs. UCLA, 1995
13	Duke vs. Louisville, 1986
13	Oklahoma vs. Kansas, 1988

Future sites

1999	St. Petersburg, Fla. ThunderDome
2000	Indianapolis, RCA Dome
2001	Minneapolis, Metrodome
2002	Atlanta, Georgia Dome

Facts

Men’s Final Four history

Most outstanding players

Final Four Records

Individual, Single Game

Team, Single Game

Future sites

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