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Men's Basketball Final Four History |
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four is the national semifinals of the major college basketball teams in Division 1. The event normally takes place on the first Saturday in April with the two winners eventually meeting on Monday for the championship.
Since the tournament expanded in 1985 to 64 teams, there have only been two years where the Final Four didn’t have a No. 1 seed which occurred in 2011 and 2006.
Meanwhile, there has only been one instance where all four No. 1 seeds reached the Final Four, which took place in 2008 when Kansas, Memphis, North Carolina and UCLA earned regional bids.
The school with the most Final Four appearances since 1985 is Duke with 12 and right behind them is Kentucky with eight.
The Duke Blue Devils have made the most consecutive appearances with five between 1988 and 1992.
The most teams from a conference that made the same Final Four was three, which occurred in 1985 when St. John’s, Georgetown and Villanova earned bids from the Big East.
The 2019 Final Four will be at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
| 2019 |
(1) Virginia, (2) Michigan State, (3) Texas Tech, (5) Auburn |
| 2018 |
(1) Villanova, (1) Kansas, (3) Michigan, (11) Loyola-Chicago |
| 2017 |
(1) Gonzaga, (7) South Carolina, (3) Oregon, (1) North Carolina |
| 2016 |
(1) North Carolina, (2) Oklahoma, (2) Villanova, (10) Syracuse |
| 2015 |
(1) Kentucky, (1) Duke, (1) Wisconsin, (7) Michigan State |
| 2014 |
(1) Florida, (2) Wisconsin, (7) UConn, (8) Kentucky |
| 2013 |
(1) Louisville, (4) Syracuse, (4) Michigan, (9) Wichita State |
| 2012 |
(1) Kentucky, (2) Kansas, (2) Ohio State, (4) Louisville |
| 2011 |
(3) UConn, (4) Kentucky, (8) Butler, (11) VCU |
| 2010 |
(1) Duke, (2) West Virginia, (5) Butler, (5) Michigan State |
| 2009 |
(1) North Carolina, (1) Connecticut, (2) Michigan State, (3) Villanova |
| 2008 |
(1) Kansas, (1) Memphis, (1) North Carolina, (1) UCLA |
| 2007 |
(1) Florida, (1) Ohio State, (2) Georgetown, (2) UCLA |
| 2006 |
(2) UCLA, (3) Florida, (4) LSU, (11) George Mason |
| 2005 |
(1) North Carolina, (1) Illinois, (4) Louisville, (5) Michigan State |
| 2004 |
(1) Duke, (2) Connecticut, (2) Oklahoma State, (3) Georgia Tech |
| 2003 |
(1) Texas, (2) Kansas, (3) Marquette, (3) Syracuse |
| 2002 |
(1) Maryland, (1) Kansas, (2) Oklahoma, (5) Indiana |
| 2001 |
(1) Duke, (1) Michigan State, (2) Arizona, (3) Maryland |
| 2000 |
(1) Michigan State, (5) Florida, (8) North Carolina, (8) Wisconsin |
| 1999 |
(1) Connecticut, (1) Duke, (1) Michigan State, (4) Ohio State |
| 1998 |
(1) North Carolina, (2) Kentucky, (3) Stanford, (3) Utah |
| 1997 |
(1) Kentucky, (1) Minnesota, (1) North Carolina, (4) Arizona |
| 1996 |
(1) Kentucky, (1) UMass, (4) Syracuse, (5) Mississippi State |
| 1995 |
(1) UCLA, (2) Arkansas, (2) North Carolina, (4) Oklahoma State |
| 1994 |
(1) Arkansas, (2) Arizona, (2) Duke, (3) Florida |
| 1993 |
(1) North Carolina, (1) Kentucky, (1) Michigan, (2) Kansas |
| 1992 |
(1) Duke, (2) Indiana, (4) Cincinnati, (6) Michigan |
| 1991 |
(1) UNLV, (1) North Carolina, (2) Duke, (3) Kansas |
| 1990 |
(1) UNLV, (3) Duke, (4) Georgia Tech, (4) Arkansas |
| 1989 |
(1) Illinois, (2) Duke, (3) Seton Hall, (3) Michigan |
| 1988 |
(1) Arizona, (1) Oklahoma, (2) Duke, (6) Kansas |
| 1987 |
(1) UNLV, (1) Indiana, (2) Syracuse, (6) Providence |
| 1986 |
(1) Duke, (1) Kansas, (2) Louisville, (11) LSU |
| 1985 |
(1) St. John's, (1) Georgetown, (2) Memphis, (8) Villanova |
| Championship Winner listed in Bold |
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