Year - Champion - Winning Coach
- 1939 Oregon Ducks 46, Ohio St. Buckeyes 33 Howard Hobson
- 1940 Indiana Hoosiers 60, Kansas Jayhawks 42 Branch McCracken
- 1941 Wisconsin 39, Washington St.34 Harold Foster
- 1942 Stanford 53, Dartmouth 38 Everett Dean
- 1943 Wyoming 46, Georgetown 34 Everett Shelton
- 1944 Utah Utes 42, Dartmouth 40 (OT) Vadal Peterson
- 1945 Oklahoma A&M 49, NYU 45 Hank Iba
- 1946 Oklahoma A&M 43, North Carolina 40 Hank Iba
- 1947 Holy Cross 58, Oklahoma 47 Alvin "Doggy" Julian
- 1948 Kentucky 58, Baylor 42 Adolph Rupp
- 1949 Kentucky 46, Oklahoma A&M 36 Adolph Rupp
- 1950 CCNY 71, Bradley 68 Nat Holman
- 1951 Kentucky 68, Kansas St. 58 Adolph Rupp
- 1952 Kansas 80, St. John's 63 Forrest Allen
- 1953 Indiana 69, Kansas 68 Branch McCracken
- 1954 La Salle 92, Bradley 76 Kenneth Loeffler
- 1955 San Francisco 77, La Salle 63 Phil Woolpert
- 1956 San Francisco 83, Iowa, 71 Phil Woolpert
- 1957 North Carolina 54, Kanas 53 (3 OT) Frank McGuire
- 1958 Kentucky 84, Seattle 72 Adolph Rupp
- 1959 California 71, West Virginia 70 Pete Newell
- 1960 Ohio St. 75, California 55 Fred Taylor
- 1961 Cincinnati 70, Ohio St. 65 (OT) Edwin Jucker
- 1962 Cincinnati 71, Ohio St. 59 Edwin Jucker
- 1963 Loyola (IL) 60, Cincinnati 58 (OT) George Ireland
- 1964 UCLA 98, Duke 83 John Wooden
- 1965 UCLA 91, Michigan 80 John Wooden
- 1966 Texas Western 72, Kentucky 65 Don Haskins
- 1967 UCLA Bruins 79, Dayton 64 John Wooden
- 1968 UCLA 78, North Carolina 55 John Wooden
- 1969 UCLA 92, Purdue 72 John Wooden
- 1970 UCLA 80, Jacksonville 69 John Wooden
- 1971 UCLA 68, Villanova 62 John Wooden
- 1972 UCLA 81, Florida St. 76 John Wooden
- 1973 UCLA 87, Memphis St. 66 John Wooden
- 1974 N.C. State 76, Marquette 64 Norm Sloan
- 1975 UCLA 92, Kentucky 85 John Wooden
- 1976 Indiana 86, Michigan 68 Bob Knight
- 1977 Marquette 67, North Carolina 59 Al McGuire
- 1978 Kentucky 94, Duke 88 Joe Hall
- 1979 Michigan St. 75, Indiana St. 64 Jud Heathcote
- 1980 Louisville 59, UCLA 54 Denny Crum
- 1981 Indiana 63, North Carolina 50 Bob Knight
- 1982 North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62 Dean Smith
- 1983 N.C. State 54, Houston 52 Jim Valvano
- 1984 Georgetown Hoyas 84, Houston 75 John Thompson
- 1985 Villanova 66, Georgetown 64 Rollie Massimino
- 1986 Louisville 72, Duke 69 Denny Crum
- 1987 Indiana 74, Syracuse 73 Bob Knight
- 1988 Kansas 83, Oklahoma 79 Larry Brown
- 1989 Michigan 80, Seton Hall 79 (OT) Steve Fisher
- 1990 UNLV Runnin' Rebels 103, Duke Blue Devils 73 Jerry Tarkanian
- 1991 Duke 72, Kansas 65 Mike Krzyzewski
- 1992 Duke 71, Michigan 51 Mike Krzyzewski
- 1993 North Carolina 77, Michigan 71 Dean Smith
- 1994 Arkansas 76, Duke 72 Nolan Richardson
- 1995 UCLA 89, Arkansas 78 Jim Harrick
- 1996 Kentucky 76, Syracuse 67 Rick Pitino
- 1997 Arizona 84, Kentucky 79 (OT) Lute Olson
- 1998 Kentucky Wildcats 78, Utah 69 Tubby Smith
- 1999 Connecticut 77, Duke 74 Jim Calhoun
- 2000 Michigan St. Spartans 89, Florida 76 Tom Izzo
- 2001 Duke 82, Arizona 72 Mike Krzyzewski
- 2002 Maryland Terrapins 64, Indiana 52 Gary Williams
- 2003 Syracuse Orangemen 81, Kansas 78 Jim Boeheim
- 2004 Connecticut Huskies 82, Georgia Tech 73 Jim Calhoun
- 2005 North Carolina 75, Illinois 70 Roy Williams
- 2006 Florida 73, UCLA 57
- 2007 Florida 84, Ohio State 75