March Madness is one of the top sports attractions of the year, regardless of how heavily you may or may not partake in online sports betting.
As NCAA Tournament fans plan out their bracket and consider potential college basketball betting opportunities, it can sometimes be helpful to review the list of previous NCAA Tournament winners.
After all, college sports are generally not a competition where everyone has equal resources or desire to win. Championships often accrue to a dozen or so historically powerful programs.
This is the full list of college basketball’s NCAA Tournament winners by year – both men’s and women’s – dating back to the famous 1985 expansion.
NCAA Tournament Winners By Year
| Year | Men's Champion (Seed) | Women's Champion (Seed) |
| 2025 | Florida (1) | UConn (2) |
| 2024 | UConn (1) | South Carolina (1) |
| 2023 | UConn (4) | LSU (3) |
| 2022 | Kansas (1) | South Carolina (1) |
| 2021 | Baylor (1) | Stanford (1) |
| 2020 | COVID (no tournament) | COVID (no tournament) |
| 2019 | Virginia (1) | Baylor (1) |
| 2018 | Villanova (1) | Notre Dame (1) |
| 2017 | North Carolina (1) | South Carolina (1) |
| 2016 | Villanova (2) | UConn (1) |
| 2015 | Duke (1) | UConn (1) |
| 2014 | UConn (7) | UConn (1) |
| 2013 | Louisville* (1) | UConn (1) |
| 2012 | Kentucky (1) | Baylor (1) |
| 2011 | UConn (3) | Texas A&M (2) |
| 2010 | Duke (1) | UConn (1) |
| 2009 | North Carolina (1) | UConn (1) |
| 2008 | Kansas (1) | Tennessee (1) |
| 2007 | Florida (1) | Tennessee (1) |
| 2006 | Florida (3) | Maryland (2) |
| 2005 | North Carolina (1) | Baylor (2) |
| 2004 | UConn (2) | UConn (2) |
| 2003 | Syracuse (3) | UConn (1) |
| 2002 | Maryland (1) | UConn (1) |
| 2001 | Duke (1) | Notre Dame (1) |
| 2000 | Michigan State (1) | UConn (1) |
| 1999 | UConn (1) | Purdue (1) |
| 1998 | Kentucky (2) | Tennessee (1) |
| 1997 | Arizona (4) | Tennessee (3) |
| 1996 | Kentucky (1) | Tennessee (1) |
| 1995 | UCLA (1) | UConn (1) |
| 1994 | Arkansas (1) | North Carolina (3) |
| 1993 | North Carolina (1) | Texas Tech (2) |
| 1992 | Duke (1) | Stanford (1) |
| 1991 | Duke (2) | Tennessee ( 1) |
| 1990 | UNLV (1) | Stanford (1) |
| 1989 | Michigan (3) | Tennessee ( 1) |
| 1988 | Kansas (6) | Louisiana Tech (2) |
| 1987 | Indiana (1) | Tennessee (2) |
| 1986 | Louisville (2) | Texas (1) |
| 1985 | Villanova (8) | Old Dominion (1) |
NCAA Tournament Odds For This Year
For more information on college basketball odds for the current year, you can read my March Madness odds post for numbers and analysis on the men’s tournament.
You can also read my women’s basketball national championship odds post here.
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