Year	Champion	Score	Runner-Up
1939	Oregon	46-33	Ohio State
1940	Indiana	60-42	Kansas
1941	Wisconsin	39-34	Washington State
1942	Stanford	53-38	Dartmouth
1943	Wyoming	46-34	Georgetown
1944	Utah	42-40 (OT)	Dartmouth
1945	Oklahoma State	49-45	New York U.
1946	Oklahoma State	43-40	North Carolina
1947	Holy Cross	58-47	Oklahoma
1948	Kentucky	58-42	Baylor
1949	Kentucky	46-36	Oklahoma State
1950	CCNY	71-68	Bradley
1951	Kentucky	68-58	Kansas State
1952	Kansas	80-63	St. John's (NY)
1953	Indiana	69-68	Kansas
1954	La Salle	92-76	Bradley
1955	San Francisco	77-63	La Salle
1956	San Francisco	83-71	Iowa
1957	North Carolina	54-53 (3 OT)	Kansas
1958	Kentucky	84-72	Seattle
1959	California	71-70	West Virginia
1960	Ohio State	75-55	California
1961	Cincinnati	70-65 (OT)	Ohio State
1962	Cincinnati	71-59	Ohio State
1963	Loyola (Ill.)	60-58 (OT)	Cincinnati
1964	UCLA	98-83	Duke
1965	UCLA	91-80	Michigan
1966	UTEP	72-65	Kentucky
1967	UCLA	79-64	Dayton
1968	UCLA	78-55	North Carolina
1969	UCLA	92-72	Purdue
1970	UCLA	80-69	Jacksonville
1971	UCLA	68-62	Villanova
1972	UCLA	81-76	Florida State
1973	UCLA	87-66	Memphis
1974	North Carolina St.	76-64	Marquette
1975	UCLA	92-85	Kentucky
1976	Indiana	86-68	Michigan
1977	Marquette	67-59	North Carolina
1978	Kentucky	94-88	Duke
1979	Michigan State	75-64	Indiana State
1980	Louisville	59-54	UCLA
1981	Indiana	63-50	North Carolina
1982	North Carolina	63-62	Georgetown
1983	North Carolina St.	54-52	Houston
1984	Geogetown	84-75	Houston
1985	Villanova	66-64	Georgetown
1986	Louisville	72-69	Duke
1987	Indiana	74-73	Syracuse
1988	Kansas	83-79	Oklahoma
1989	Michigan	80-79 (OT)	Seton Hall
1990	UNLV	103-73	Duke
1991	Duke	72-65	Kansas
1992	Duke	71-51	Michigan
1993	North Carolina	77-71	Michigan
1994	Arkansas	76-72	Duke
1995	UCLA	89-78	Arkansas
1996	Kentucky	76-67	Syracuse
1997	Arizona	84-79	Kentucky