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2022 NCAA champions
Members of the University of Kansas Jayhawks celebrating their win over the University of North Carolina Tarheels in the NCAA championship, 2022.
Who has won the most NCAA men’s basketball championships?
Since 1939 the NCAA has been crowning a men’s basketball champion. It is one of the most coveted titles in college sports, and the championship tournament has become must-see TV in the United States. The first winner was Oregon, which defeated Ohio State in a closely contested game, 46–43. Since then more than 35 schools have claimed the title. However, one stands above all the others: UCLA. It has won a record-setting 11 championships. Second is Kentucky, with 8 titles. Next on the list are 6-time winners North Carolina and UConn. Read on to see how the winning teams in Division I rank.
| school | titles | years |
|---|---|---|
| *Louisville’s 2013 championship was vacated by the NCAA. | ||
| UCLA | 11 | 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012 |
| North Carolina | 6 | 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017 |
| UConn | 6 | 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024 |
| Indiana | 5 | 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987 |
| Duke | 5 | 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015 |
| Kansas | 4 | 1952, 1988, 2008, 2022 |
| Villanova | 3 | 1985, 2016, 2018 |
| Florida | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2025 |
| Louisville* | 2 | 1980, 1986 |
| Oklahoma State | 2 | 1945, 1946 |
| San Francisco | 2 | 1955, 1956 |
| Cincinnati | 2 | 1961, 1962 |
| NC State | 2 | 1974, 1983 |
| Michigan State | 2 | 1979, 2000 |
| Michigan | 2 | 1989, 2026 |
| Oregon | 1 | 1939 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 1941 |
| Stanford | 1 | 1942 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1943 |
| Utah | 1 | 1944 |
| Holy Cross | 1 | 1947 |
| CCNY | 1 | 1950 |
| La Salle | 1 | 1954 |
| California (Berkeley) | 1 | 1959 |
| Ohio State | 1 | 1960 |
| Loyola (Ill.) | 1 | 1963 |
| UTEP | 1 | 1966 |
| Marquette | 1 | 1977 |
| Georgetown | 1 | 1984 |
| UNLV | 1 | 1990 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 1994 |
| Arizona | 1 | 1997 |
| Maryland | 1 | 2002 |
| Syracuse | 1 | 2003 |
| Virginia | 1 | 2019 |
| Baylor | 1 | 2021 |
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