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

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

Final Four by year

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 Chamberlain
	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
	Princeton	Ivy League	East		Butch van Breda Kolff	Third place	Bill Bradley
	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
	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	East	1	Terry Holland	Third place
	LSU	Southeastern	Midwest	1	Dale Brown
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
2025	Florida	Southeastern	West	1	Todd Golden	Champion	Walter Clayton Jr.
	Houston	Big 12	Midwest	1	Kelvin Sampson	Runner-up
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	1	Jon Scheyer
	Auburn	Southeastern	South	1	Bruce Pearl

Final Four appearances by school

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 from 1939 to 1946 or after 1981 when there was no national third place game.

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	2025	2		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	2025	18	2	6	5
Duquesne	Pennsylvania	1940	1940	1	0	0	0
Florida	Florida	1994	2025	6		1	3
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	2025	7	1	3	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	16	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 (2 vac.)	1	0	2 (1 vac.)
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 [q]	Tennessee	1973	2008	1 (2 vac.)	0	1 (1 vac.)	0
Miami	Florida	2023	2023	1		0	0
Michigan	Michigan	1964	2018	6 (2 vac.)	1	4 (2 vac.)	1
Michigan State	Michigan	1957	2019	10	0	1	2
Minnesota	Minnesota	1997	1997	0 (1 vac.)		0 (1 vac.)	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 (1 vac.)	2	4	1
Oklahoma	Oklahoma	1939	2016	5	0	2	0
Oklahoma State [r]	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 (1 vac.)	0 (1 vac.)	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 (1 vac.)	2	1 (1 vac.)	11
UConn [o]	Connecticut	1999	2024	7		0	6
UMass [s]	Massachusetts	1996	1996	0 (1 vac.)		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 [t]	Texas	1966	1966	1	0	0	1
VCU	Virginia	2011	2011	1		0	0
Villanova	Pennsylvania	1939	2022	6 (1 vac.)	0	0 (1 vac.)	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 (1 vac.)	0 (1 vac.)	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

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

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	Runner Up	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		2	1
Kelvin Sampson	Oklahoma & Houston	2002	2025	3		0	0
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
Bruce Pearl	Auburn	2019	2025	2		0	0
Lee Rose	Charlotte [m] & Purdue	1977	1980	2	1	0	0
Bo Ryan	Wisconsin	2014	2015	2		1	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
Todd Golden	Florida	2025	2025	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
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
Jon Scheyer	Duke	2025	2025	1		0	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

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	2		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

Eight coaches have both played and coached in the Final Four. Dick Harp at Kansas, Hubert Davis at North Carolina and Jon Scheyer at Duke did so at the same school. Dean Smith and Bob Knight 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
Dick Harp	Kansas	1940	Kansas	1957
Bones McKinney	North Carolina	1946	Wake Forest	1962
Vic Bubas	North Carolina State	1950	Duke	1963
Dean Smith	Kansas	1952	North Carolina	1967
Bob Knight	Ohio State	1960, 1961, 1962	Indiana	1973
Billy Donovan	Providence	1987	Florida	2000
Hubert Davis	North Carolina	1991	North Carolina	2022
Jon Scheyer	Duke	2010	Duke	2025

Final Four appearances by conference

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	2025	51	5	12	15
Big 12 (1995– )	7	2002	2025	12 (1 vac.)		3	3
Big East (1979– ) including original Big East [u]	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	2025	35	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

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.

Conference	Final Fours with Two Teams	Three Teams
Atlantic Coast	1981†§, 1990‡§, 1991†, 2001†§, 2004‡, 2016‡§, 2022‡§
Big 12	2002†, 2003‡
Big East	1987‡§, 2009, 2013† (vac.)	1985†‡§
Big Eight	1988†‡
Big Ten	1976†‡, 1980, 1989§, 1992‡, 1999 (vac.), 2000†§, 2005‡, 2015‡
Southeastern	1994†, 1996†, 2006†, 2014‡, 2025§

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

†‡Teams played in National Championship game

Final Four appearances by state

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	2025	3		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	2025	10	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	2025	45	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	2025	16	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

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

Fourteen Final Four appearances have been vacated by eleven schools. Two of these schools won the Third Place Game and five schools were the National Runners Up, with Michigan vacating two national runners up. Only one school, the University of Louisville, has had its National Championship vacated.

• Saint Joseph's vacated its 1961 semifinal loss and third-place game victory because three players were involved in a point-shaving scandal. ^{[1] [2]}
• Villanova vacated its 1971 championship game loss because Howard Porter had signed a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Condors of the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the regular season. The Most Outstanding Player award was also vacated, as it had been awarded to Porter despite his team losing the championship game. ^[3]
• Western Kentucky vacated its 1971 semifinal loss and third-place game victory because Jim McDaniels had signed a professional contract with the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association and accepted money during the regular season. ^[4]
• UCLA vacated its 1980 championship game loss because Kiki Vandeweghe and Rod Foster were declared ineligible for their connection with recruiting violations involving booster Sam Gilbert. ^[5]
• Memphis (then Memphis State) vacated its 1985 semifinal loss because Keith Lee had received $40,000 in illegal payoffs from head coach Dana Kirk. ^{[6] [4]} Memphis would also vacated its 2008 championship game loss because Derrick Rose's SAT score was invalidated after the season. ^[7]
• Michigan vacated its 1992 and 1993 championship game losses because Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Robert Traylor, and Louis Bullock were found ineligible. ^[8]
• UMass vacated its 1996 semifinal loss because Marcus Camby had accepted money and gifts from a pair of sports agents. ^[9]
• Minnesota vacated its 1997 semifinal loss because involving head coach Clem Haskins, five other university employees, and at least eighteen players had committed academic fraud. ^[10]
• Ohio State vacated its 1999 semifinal loss because Boban Savović was declared ineligible. ^[11]
• Louisville vacated its 2012 semifinal loss and their 2013 national championship because several unnamed players were declared ineligible as a result of a sex scandal. ^[12] The Most Outstanding Player award, awarded to Luke Hancock, was vacated as part of the disciplinary action. Hancock and four other players sued the NCAA and alleged they had been cast in a "false light" in relation to the scandal. The NCAA agreed to restore their awards and statistics as part of a settlement, including Hancock's MOP award. ^[13]
• Kansas vacated its 2018 semifinal loss for recruiting violations. ^[14]

Notes

1. 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. The Big Eight Conference was previously named the Big Seven Conference and Big Six Conference.
3. The Ivy League succeeded the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League.
4. The Mountain States Athletic Conference was more popularly known as the Skyline Six and Skyline Eight at various points in its history.
5. Oklahoma State University was named Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and known as Oklahoma A&M before 1957.
6. The Big Ten Conference was known as the Big Nine from the 1946–47 season to 1953–54 season.
7. 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. The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was named Texas Western College before 1967.
10. 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. Charlotte was branded as UNC Charlotte during its 1977 appearance.
14. 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. 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 University of Memphis was named Memphis State University before the 1994–95 season.
18. Oklahoma State University was named Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and known as Oklahoma A&M before the 1957–58 season.
19. UMass interchangeably uses "Massachusetts" and "UMass" in its athletic branding.
20. The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was named Texas Western College before the 1966–67 season.
21. 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

General

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