March Madness Events

1939 Mar 27 First NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - Oregon Defeats Ohio State 46-33
The 1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1940 Mar 30 Indiana Beats Kansas in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketb...
1941 Mar 29 Wisconsin Beats Washington State in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1941 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1942 Mar 28 Stanford Beats Dartmouth in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1942 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1943 Mar 30 Wyoming Beats Georgetown in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1943 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1944 Mar 28 Utah Beats Dartmouth in NCAA Men's Basketball Championships
The 1944 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1945 Mar 27 Oklahoma A&M Beats NYU in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1945 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1946 Mar 26 Oklahoma A&M Beats North Carolina in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1947 Mar 25 Holy Cross Beats Oklahoma in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1948 Mar 23 Kentucky Beats Baylor in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1949 Mar 26 Kentucky Beats Oklahoma A&M in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1949 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1950 Mar 28 CCNY Beats Bradley in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1951 Mar 27 Kentucky Wildcats Beat Kansas State in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1952 Mar 26 Kansas Beats St. John's in Final Four
The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1953 Mar 18 Indiana Beats Kansas in Final Four
The 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1954 Mar 20 La Salle Beats Bradley in Final Four
The 1954 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1955 Mar 19 San Francisco Beats La Salle in Final Four
The 1955 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1956 Mar 24 San Francisco Beats Iowa in Final Four
The 1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1957 Mar 23 North Carolina Beats Kansas in Final Four
The 1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1958 Mar 22 Kentucky Beats Seattle in Final Four
The eventual national champion turned out to be ninth-ranked Kentucky, giving coach Adolph Rupp four NCAA titles. The Wildcats reached the Final Four in Louisville, then proceeded to slip...
1959 Mar 21 California Beats West Virginia in Final Four
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball ...
1960 Mar 19 Ohio State Beats California in Final Four
The 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball ...
1961 Mar 25 Cincinnati Beats Ohio State in Final Four
The 1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball ...
1962 Mar 24 Cincinnati Beats Ohio State in Final Four
The 1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball ...
1963 Mar 23 Loyola (Chicago) Beats Cincinnati in Final Four
The 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball ...
1964 Mar 21 UCLA Beats Duke in Final Four
The 1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball ...
1965 Mar 20 UCLA Beats Michigan in Final Four
The 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1966 Mar 19 Texas Western Beats Kentucky in Final Four
The 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1967 Mar 25 UCLA Beats Dayton in Final Four
The 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1968 Mar 23 UCLA Beats North Carolina in Final Four
The 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1969 Mar 22 UCLA Beats Purdue in Final Four
The 1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1970 Mar 21 UCLA Beats Jacksonville in the Final Four
The 1970 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1971 Mar 27 UCLA Beats Villanova in Final Four
The 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1972 Mar 25 UCLA Beats Florida State in Final Four
The 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA University Division (the prede...
1973 Mar 26 UCLA Beats Memphis State in Final Four
The 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA University Division (the prede...
1974 Mar 25 NC State Beats Marquette in Final Four
The 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1975 Mar 31 UCLA Beats Louisville in Final Four
The 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1976 Mar 29 Indiana Beats Michigan in Final Four
The 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1977 Mar 28 Marquette Beats North Carolina in Final Four
The 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 American schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the National Champion of Men's NCAA Division I college ba...
1978 Mar 27 Kentucky Beats Duke in Final Four
The 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1979 Mar 26 Michigan State Beats Indiana State in Final Four
The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 40 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1980 Mar 24 Louisville Beats UCLA in Final Four
The 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1981 Mar 30 Indiana Beats North Carolina in Final Four
The 1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1982 Mar 29 North Carolina Beats Georgetown in Final Four
The 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1983 Apr 4 NC State Beats Houston in Final Four
The 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 52 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1984 Apr 2 Georgetown Beats Houston in Final Four
The 1984 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 53 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1985 Apr 1 Villanova Beats Georgetown in Final Four
The 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1986 Mar 31 Louisville Beats Duke in Final Four
The 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1987 Mar 30 Indiana Beats Syracuse in Final Four
The 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1988 Apr 4 Kansas Beats Oklahoma in Final Four
The 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....