1949 College Basketball Final AP Top 10

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Kentucky	29–1	Adolph Rupp	32–2
2	Oklahoma A&M	21–4	Hank Iba	23–5
3	St. Louis	22–3	Eddie Hickey	22–4
4	Illinois	19–3	Harry Combes	21–4
5	Western Kentucky	25–3	Ed Diddle	25–4
6	Minnesota	18–3	Ozzie Cowles	same
7	Bradley	25–6	Forddy Anderson	27–8
8	San Francisco	21–5	Pete Newell	25–5
9	Tulane	24–4	Cliff Wells	same
10	Bowling Green	21–6	Harold Anderson	24–7

Note: Kentucky won the NCAAs and San Francisco won the NIT. Kentucky also played in both tourneys.

1949 College Basketball Recap

Other NCAA & NIT Tournament Teams

1950 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Bradley	28–3	Forddy Anderson	32–5
2	Ohio St.	21–3	Tippy Dye	22–4
3	Kentucky	25–4	Adolph Rupp	25–5
4	Holy Cross	27–2	Buster Sheary	27–4
5	N.C. State	25–5	Everett Case	27–6
6	Duquesne	22–5	Dudey Moore	23–6
7	UCLA	24–5	John Wooden	24–7
8	Western Kentucky	24–5	Ed Diddle	25–6
9	St. John's	23–4	Frank McGuire	24–5
10	La Salle	20–3	Ken Loeffler	21–4
11	Villanova	25–4	Al Severance	same
12	San Francisco	19–6	Pete Newell	19–7
13	LIU	20–4	Clair Bee	20–5
14	Kansas St.	17–7	Jack Gardner	same
15	Arizona	26–4	Fred Enke	26–5
16	Wisconsin	17–5	Bud Foster	same
17	San Jose St.	21–7	Walter McPherson	same
18	Washington St.	19–13	Jack Friel	same
19	Kansas	14–11	Phog Allen	same
20	Indiana	17–5	Branch McCracken	same

Note: Unranked CCNY (17–5, Nat Holman, 24–5) won both the NCAAs and NIT. Bradley was runner-up in both finals.

1950 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1951 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Kentucky	28–2	Adolph Rupp	32–2
2	Oklahoma A&M	27–4	Hank Iba	29–6
3	Columbia	22–0	Lou Rossini	22–1
4	Kansas St.	22–3	Jack Gardner	25–4
5	Illinois	19–4	Harry Combes	22–5
6	Bradley	32–6	Forddy Anderson	same
7	Indiana	19–3	Branch McCracken	same
8	N.C. State	29–4	Everett Case	30–7
9	St. John's	22–3	Frank McGuire	26–5
10	St. Louis	21–7	Eddie Hickey	22–8
11	BYU	22–8	Stan Watts	26–10
12	Arizona	24–4	Fred Enke	24–6
13	Dayton	24–4	Tom Blackburn	27–5
14	Toledo	23–8	Jerry Bush	same
15	Washington	22–5	Tippy Dye	24–6
16	Murray St.	21–6	Harlan Hodges	same
17	Cincinnati	18–3	John Wiethe	18–4
18	Siena	19–8	Dan Cunha	same
19	USC	21–6	Forrest Twogood	same
20	Villanova	25–6	Al Severance	25–7

Note: Kentucky won the NCAAs and Brigham Young won the NIT. Arizona, BYU, N.C. State and St. John's all played in both tourneys.

1951 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1952 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Kentucky	28–2	Adolph Rupp	29–3
2	Illinois	19–3	Harry Combes	22–4
3	Kansas St.	19–5	Jack Gardner	same
4	Duquesne	21–1	Dudey Moore	23–4
5	St. Louis	22–6	Eddie Hickey	23–8
6	Washington	25–6	Tippy Dye	same
7	Iowa	19–3	Bucky O'Connor	same
8	Kansas	24–3	Phog Allen	28–3
9	West Virginia	23–4	Red Brown	same
10	St. John's	22–3	Frank McGuire	25–5
11	Dayton	24–3	Tom Blackburn	28–5
12	Duke	24–6	Harold Bradley	same
13	Holy Cross	23–3	Buster Sheary	24–4
14	Seton Hall	25–2	Honey Russell	25–3
15	St. Bonaventure	19–5	Ed Melvin	21–6
16	Wyoming	27–6	Everett Shelton	28–7
17	Louisville	20–5	Peck Hickman	20–6
18	Seattle	29–7	Al Brightman	29–8
19	UCLA	19–10	John Wooden	19–12
20	SW Texas St.	30–1	Milton Jowers	same

Note: Kansas won the NCAAs and unranked La Salle (21–7, Ken Loeffler, 25–7) won the NIT. Dayton, Duquesne, St. John's and St. Louis all played in both tourneys.

1952 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1953 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken after major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Indiana	19–3	Branch McCracken	23–3
2	Seton Hall	28–2	Honey Russell	31–2
3	Kansas	16–5	Phog Allen	19–6
4	Washington	27–2	Tippy Dye	30–3
5	LSU	22–1	Harry Rabenhorst	24–3
6	La Salle	25–2	Ken Loeffler	25–3
7	St. John's	14–5	Al DeStefano	17–6
8	Oklahoma A&M	22–6	Hank Iba	23–7
9	Duquesne	18–7	Dudey Moore	21–8
10	Notre Dame	17–4	John Jordan	19–5
11	Illinois	18–4	Harry Combes	same
12	Kansas St.	17–4	Jack Gardner	same
13	Holy Cross	18–5	Buster Sheary	20–6
14	Seattle	27–3	Al Brightman	29–4
15	Wake Forest	21–6	Murray Greason	22–7
16	Santa Clara	18–6	Bob Feerick	20–7
17	Western Kentucky	25–5	Ed Diddle	25–6
18	N.C. State	26–6	Everett Case	same
19	DePaul	18–7	Ray Meyer	19–9
20	SW Missouri St.	19–4	Bob Vanatta	24–4

Note: Indiana won the NCAAs, Seton Hall won the NIT and SW Missouri St. won the NAIAs.

1953 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1954 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken after major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Kentucky	25–0	Adolph Rupp	same
2	La Salle	21–4	Ken Loeffler	26–4
3	Holy Cross	23–2	Buster Sheary	26–2
4	Indiana	19–3	Branch McCracken	20–4
5	Duquesne	24–2	Dudey Moore	26–3
6	Notre Dame	20–2	John Jordan	22–3
7	Bradley	15–12	Forddy Anderson	19–13
8	Western Kentucky	28–1	Ed Diddle	29–3
9	Penn St.	14–5	Elmer Gross	18–6
10	Oklahoma A&M	23–4	Hank Iba	24–5
11	USC	17–12	Forrest Twogood	19–14
12	George Washington	23–2	Bill Reinhart	23–3
13	Iowa	17–5	Bucky O'Connor	same
14	LSU	21–3	Harry Rabenhorst	21–5
15	Duke	22–6	Harold Bradley	same
16	Niagara	22–5	Taps Gallagher	24–6
17	Seattle	26–1	Al Brightman	26–2
18	Kansas	16–5	Phog Allen	same
19	Illinois	17–5	Harry Combes	same
20	Maryland	23–7	Bud Millikan	same

Note: La Salle won the NCAAs and Holy Cross won the NIT.

1954 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1955 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	San Francisco	23–1	Phil Woolpert	28–1
2	Kentucky	22–2	Adolph Rupp	23–3
3	La Salle	22–4	Ken Loeffler	26–5
4	N.C. State	28–4	Everett Case	same
5	Iowa	17–5	Bucky O'Connor	19–7
6	Duquesne	19–4	Dudey Moore	22–4
7	Utah	23–3	Jack Gardner	24–4
8	Marquette	22–2	Jack Nagle	24–3
9	Dayton	23–3	Tom Blackburn	25–4
10	Oregon St.	21–7	Slats Gill	22–8
11	Minnesota	15–7	Ozzie Cowles	same
12	Alabama	19–5	Johnny Dee	same
13	UCLA	21–5	John Wooden	same
14	George Washington	24–6	Bill Reinhart	same
15	Colorado	16–5	Bebe Lee	19–6
16	Tulsa	20–6	Clarence Iba	21–7
17	Vanderbilt	16–6	Bob Polk	same
18	Illinois	17–5	Harry Combes	same
19	West Virginia	19–10	Fred Schaus	19–11
20	St. Louis	19–7	Eddie Hickey	20–8

Note: San Francisco won the NCAAs and Duquesne won the NIT.

1955 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1956 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	San Francisco	25–0	Phil Woolpert	29–0
2	N.C. State	24–3	Everett Case	24–4
3	Dayton	23–3	Tom Blackburn	25–4
4	Iowa	17–5	Bucky O'Connor	20–6
5	Alabama	21–3	Johnny Dee	same
6	Louisville	23–3	Peck Hickman	26–3
7	SMU	22–2	Doc Hayes	25–4
8	UCLA	21–5	John Wooden	22–6
9	Kentucky	19–5	Adolph Rupp	20–6
10	Illinois	18–4	Harry Combes	same
11	Oklahoma City	18–6	Abe Lemons	20–7
12	Vanderbilt	19–4	Bob Polk	same
13	N. Carolina	18–5	Frank McGuire	same
14	Holy Cross	22–4	Roy Leenig	22–5
15	Temple	23–3	Harry Litwack	27–4
16	Wake Forest	19–9	Murray Greason	same
17	Duke	19–7	Harold Bradley	same
18	Utah	21–5	Jack Gardner	22–6
19	Oklahoma A&M	18–8	Hank Iba	18–9
20	West Virginia	21–8	Fred Schaus	21–9

Note: San Francisco won the NCAAs and Louisville won the NIT.

1956 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1957 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	N. Carolina	27–0	Frank McGuire	32–0
2	Kansas	21–2	Dick Harp	24–3
3	Kentucky	22–4	Adolph Rupp	23–5
4	SMU	21–3	Doc Hayes	22–4
5	Seattle	24–2	John Castellani	24–3
6	Louisville	21–5	Peck Hickman	same
7	West Virginia	25–4	Fred Schaus	25–5
8	Vanderbilt	17–5	Bob Polk	same
9	Oklahoma City	17–8	Abe Lemons	19–9
10	St. Louis	19–7	Eddie Hickey	19–9
11	Michigan St.	14–8	Forddy Anderson	16–10
12	Memphis St.	21–5	Bob Vanatta	24–6
13	California	20–4	Pete Newell	21–5
14	UCLA	22–4	John Wooden	same
15	Mississippi St.	17–8	Babe McCarthy	same
16	Idaho St.	24–2	John Grayson	25–4
17	Notre Dame	18–7	John Jordan	20–8
18	Wake Forest	19–9	Murray Greason	same
19	Canisius	20–5	Joe Curran	22–6
	Oklahoma A&M	17–9	Hank Iba	same

Note: North Carolina won the NCAAs and unranked Bradley (19–7, Chuck Orsborn, 22–7) won the NIT.

1957 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1958 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	West Virginia	26–1	Fred Schaus	26–2
2	Cincinnati	24–2	George Smith	25–3
3	Kansas St.	20–3	Tex Winter	22–5
4	San Francisco	24–1	Phil Woolpert	25–2
5	Temple	24–2	Harry Litwack	27–3
6	Maryland	20–6	Bud Millikan	22–7
7	Kansas	18–5	Dick Harp	same
8	Notre Dame	22–4	John Jordan	24–5
9	Kentucky	19–6	Adolph Rupp	23–6
10	Duke	18–7	Harold Bradley	same
11	Dayton	23–3	Tom Blackburn	25–4
12	Indiana	12–10	Branch McCracken	13–11
13	N. Carolina	19–7	Frank McGuire	same
14	Bradley	20–6	Chuck Orsborn	20–7
15	Mississippi St.	20–5	Babe McCarthy	same
16	Auburn	16–6	Joel Eaves	same
17	Michigan St.	16–6	Forddy Anderson	same
18	Seattle	20–6	John Castellani	24–7
19	Oklahoma St.	19–7	Hank Iba	21–8
20	N.C. State	18–6	Everett Case	same

Note: Kentucky won the NCAAs and unranked Xavier (15–11, Jim McCafferty, 19–11) won the NIT.

1958 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1959 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Kansas St.	24–1	Tex Winter	25–2
2	Kentucky	23–2	Adolph Rupp	24–3
3	Mississippi St.	24–1	Babe McCarthy	same*
4	Bradley	23–3	Chuck Orsborn	25–4
5	Cincinnati	23–3	George Smith	26–4
6	N.C. State	22–4	Everett Case	same
7	Michigan St.	18–3	Forddy Anderson	19–4
8	Auburn	20–2	Joel Eaves	same
9	N. Carolina	20–4	Frank McGuire	20–5
10	West Virginia	25–4	Fred Schaus	29–5
11	California	20–4	Pete Newell	24–4
12	St. Louis	20–5	John Benington	20–6
13	Seattle	23–6	Vince Cazzetta	same
14	St. Joe's, PA	22–3	Jack Ramsey	22–5
15	St. Mary's, CA	18–5	Jim Weaver	19–6
16	TCU	19–5	Buster Brannon	20–6
17	Oklahoma City	20–6	Abe Lemons	20–7
18	Utah	21–5	Jack Gardner	21–7
19	St. Bonaventure	20–2	Eddie Donovan	20–3
20	Marquette	22–4	Eddie Hickey	23–6

Note: California won the NCAAs and unranked St. John's (16–6, Joe Lapchick, 20–6) won the NIT.

*Mississippi St. refused invitation to NCAAs because it was an integrated event.

1959 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1960 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Cincinnati	25–1	George Smith	28–2
2	California	24–1	Pete Newell	28–2
3	Ohio St.	21–3	Fred Taylor	25–3
4	Bradley	24–2	Chuck Orsborn	27–2
5	West Virginia	24–4	Fred Schaus	26–5
6	Utah	24–2	Jack Gardner	26–3
7	Indiana	20–4	Branch McCracken	same
8	Utah St.	22–4	Cecil Baker	24–5
9	St. Bonaventure	19–3	Eddie Donovan	21–5
10	Miami, FL	23–3	Bruce Hale	23–4
11	Auburn	19–3	Joel Eaves	same
12	NYU	19–4	Lou Rossini	22–5
13	Georgia Tech	21–5	Whack Hyder	22–6
14	Providence	21–4	Joe Mullaney	24–5
15	St. Louis	19–7	John Benington	19–8
16	Holy Cross	20–5	Roy Leenig	20–6
17	Villanova	19–5	Al Severance	20–6
18	Duke	15–10	Vic Bubas	17–11
19	Wake Forest	21–7	Bones McKinney	same
20	St. John's	17–7	Joe Lapchick	17–8

Note: Ohio St. won the NCAAs and Bradley won the NIT.

1960 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1961 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Ohio St.	24–0	Fred Taylor	27–1
2	Cincinnati	23–3	Ed Jucker	27–3
3	St. Bonaventure	22–3	Eddie Donovan	24–4
4	Kansas St.	22–3	Tex Winter	23–4
5	N. Carolina	19–4	Frank McGuire	same
6	Bradley	21–5	Chuck Orsborn	same
7	USC	20–6	Forrest Twogood	21–8
8	Iowa	18–6	Sharm Scheuerman	same
9	West Virginia	23–4	George King	same
10	Duke	22–6	Vic Bubas	same
11	Utah	21–6	Jack Gardner	23–8
12	Texas Tech	14–9	Polk Robinson	15–10
13	Niagara	16–4	Taps Gallagher	16–5
14	Memphis St.	20–2	Bob Vanatta	20–3
15	Wake Forest	17–10	Bones McKinney	19–11
16	St. John's	20–4	Joe Lapchick	20–5
17	St. Joe's,PA	22–4	Jack Ramsay	25–5
18	Drake	19–7	Maury John	same
19	Holy Cross	19–4	Roy Leenig	22–5
20	Kentucky	18–8	Adolph Rupp	19–9

Note: Cincinnati won the NCAAs and unranked Providence (20–5, Joe Mullaney, 24–5) won the NIT.

1961 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1962 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Ohio St.	23–1	Fred Taylor	26–2
2	Cincinnati	25–2	Ed Jucker	29–2
3	Kentucky	22–2	Adolph Rupp	23–3
4	Mississippi St.	19–6	Babe McCarthy	same
5	Bradley	21–6	Chuck Orsborn	21–7
6	Kansas St.	22–3	Tex Winter	same
7	Utah	23–3	Jack Gardner	same
8	Bowling Green	21–3	Harold Anderson	same
9	Colorado	18–6	Sox Walseth	19–7
10	Duke	20–5	Vic Bubas	same
11	Loyola, IL	21–3	George Ireland	23–4
12	St. John's	19–4	Joe Lapchick	21–5
13	Wake Forest	18–8	Bones McKinney	22–9
14	Oregon St.	22–4	Slats Gill	24–5
15	West Virginia	24–5	George King	24–6
16	Arizona St.	23–3	Ned Wulk	23–4
17	Duquesne	20–5	Red Manning	22–7
18	Utah St.	21–5	Ladell Andersen	22–7
19	UCLA	16–9	John Wooden	18–11
20	Villanova	19–6	Jack Kraft	21–7

Note: Cincinnati won the NCAAs and unranked Dayton (20–6, Tom Blackburn, 24–6) won the NIT.

1962 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1963 College Basketball Final AP Top 10

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments. From 1962–63 through 1967–68, AP ranked only 10 teams.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Cincinnati	23–1	Ed Jucker	26–2
2	Duke	24–2	Vic Bubas	27–3
3	Loyola, IL	24–2	George Ireland	29–2
4	Arizona St.	24–2	Ned Wulk	26–3
5	Wichita	19–7	Ralph Miller	19–8
6	Mississippi St.	21–5	Babe McCarthy	22–6
7	Ohio St.	20–4	Fred Taylor	same
8	Illinois	19–5	Harry Combes	20–6
9	NYU	17–3	Lou Rossini	18–5
10	Colorado	18–6	Sox Walseth	19–7

Note: Loyola, IL won the NCAAs.

1963 College Basketball Recap

Second 10

1964 College Basketball Final AP Top 10

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments. From 1962–63 through 1967–68, AP ranked only 10 teams.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UCLA	26–0	John Wooden	30–0
2	Michigan	20–4	Dave Strack	23–5
3	Duke	23–4	Vic Bubas	26–5
4	Kentucky	21–4	Adolph Rupp	21–6
5	Wichita St.	22–5	Ralph Miller	23–6
6	Oregon St.	25–3	Slats Gill	25–4
7	Villanova	22–3	Jack Kraft	24–4
8	Loyola, IL	20–5	George Ireland	22–6
9	DePaul	21–3	Ray Meyer	21–4
10	Davidson	22–4	Lefty Driesell	same

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs.

1964 College Basketball Recap

Second 10

1965 College Basketball Final AP Top 10

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments. From 1962–63 through 1967–68, AP ranked only 10 teams.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Michigan	21–3	Dave Strack	24–4
2	UCLA	24–2	John Wooden	28–2
3	St. Joe's, PA	25–1	Jack Ramsay	26–3
4	Providence	22–1	Joe Mullaney	24–2
5	Vanderbilt	23–3	Roy Skinner	24–4
6	Davidson	24–2	Lefty Driesell	same
7	Minnesota	19–5	John Kundla	same
8	Villanova	21–4	Jack Kraft	23–5
9	BYU	21–5	Stan Watts	21–7
10	Duke	20–5	Vic Bubas	same

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs.

1965 College Basketball Recap

Second 10

1966 College Basketball Final AP Top 10

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments. From 1962–63 through 1967–68, AP ranked only 10 teams.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Kentucky	24–1	Adolph Rupp	27–2
2	Duke	23–3	Vic Bubas	26–4
3	TX Western	23–1	Don Haskins	28–1
4	Kansas	22–3	Ted Owens	23–4
5	St. Joe's, PA	22–4	Jack Ramsay	24–5
6	Loyola, IL	22–2	George Ireland	22–3
7	Cincinnati	21–5	Tay Baker	21–7
8	Vanderbilt	22–4	Roy Skinner	same
9	Michigan	17–7	Dave Strack	18–8
10	Western Kentucky	23–2	Johnny Oldham	25–3

Note: Texas Western won the NCAAs.

1966 College Basketball Recap

Second 10

1967 College Basketball Final AP Top 10

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments. From 1962–63 through 1967–68, AP ranked only 10 teams.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UCLA	26–0	John Wooden	30–0
2	Louisville	23–3	Peck Hickman	23–5
3	Kansas	22–3	Ted Owens	23–4
4	N. Carolina	24–4	Dean Smith	26–6
5	Princeton	23–2	B. vanBreda Kolff	25–3
6	Western Kentucky	23–2	Johnny Oldham	23–3
7	Houston	23–3	Guy Lewis	27–4
8	Tennessee	21–5	Ray Mears	21–7
9	Boston College	19–2	Bob Cousy	21–3
10	TX Western	20–5	Don Haskins	22–6

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs.

1967 College Basketball Recap

Second 10

1968 College Basketball Final AP Top 10

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments. From 1962–63 through 1967–68, AP ranked only 10 teams.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Houston	28–0	Guy Lewis	31–2
2	UCLA	25–1	John Wooden	29–1
3	St. Bonaventure	22–0	Larry Weise	23–2
4	N. Carolina	25–3	Dean Smith	28–4
5	Kentucky	21–4	Adolph Rupp	22–5
6	New Mexico	23–3	Bob King	23–5
7	Columbia	21–4	Jack Rohan	23–5
8	Davidson	22–4	Lefty Driesell	24–5
9	Louisville	20–6	John Dromo	21–7
10	Duke	21–5	Vic Bubas	22–6

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs.

1968 College Basketball Recap

Second 10

1969 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before major tournaments.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UCLA	25–1	John Wooden	29–1
2	La Salle	23–1	Tom Gola	same*
3	Santa Clara	26–1	Dick Garibaldi	27–2
4	N. Carolina	25–3	Dean Smith	27–5
5	Davidson	24–2	Lefty Driesell	26–3
6	Purdue	20–4	George King	23–5
7	Kentucky	22–4	Adolph Rupp	23–5
8	St. John's	22–4	Lou Carnesecca	23–6
9	Duquesne	19–4	Red Manning	21–5
10	Villanova	21–4	Jack Kraft	21–5
11	Drake	23–4	Maury John	26–5
12	New Mexico St.	23–3	Lou Henson	24–5
13	S. Carolina	20–6	Frank McGuire	21–7
14	Marquette	22–4	Al McGuire	24–5
15	Louisville	20–5	John Dromo	21–6
16	Boston College	21–3	Bob Cousy	24–4
17	Notre Dame	20–6	Johnny Dee	20–7
18	Colorado	20–6	Sox Walseth	21–7
19	Kansas	20–6	Ted Owens	20–7
20	Illinois	19–5	Harvey Schmidt	same

*on probation

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs and Temple (18–8, Harry Litwack, 22–8) won the NIT.

1969 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1970 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Kentucky	25–1	Adolph Rupp	26–2
2	UCLA	24–2	John Wooden	28–2
3	St. Bonaventure	22–1	Larry Weise	25–3
4	Jacksonville	23–1	Joe Williams	27–2
5	New Mexico St.	23–2	Lou Henson	27–3
6	S. Carolina	25–3	Frank McGuire	same
7	Iowa	19–4	Ralph Miller	20–5
8	Marquette	22–3	Al McGuire	26–3
9	Notre Dame	20–6	Johnny Dee	21–8
10	N. Carolina St.	22–6	Norm Sloan	23–7
11	Florida St.	23–3	Hugh Durham	same
12	Houston	24–3	Guy Lewis	25–5
13	Penn	25–1	Dick Harter	25–2
14	Drake	21–6	Maury John	22–7
15	Davidson	22–4	Terry Holland	22–5
16	Utah St.	20–6	Ladell Andersen	22–7
17	Niagara	21–5	Frank Layden	22–7
18	Western Kentucky	22–2	John Oldham	22–3
19	Long Beach St.	23–3	Jerry Tarkanian	24–5
20	USC	18–8	Bob Boyd	same

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs and Marquette won the NIT.

1970 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1971 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UCLA	25–1	John Wooden	29–1
2	Marquette	26–0	Al McGuire	28–1
3	Penn	26–0	Dick Harter	28–1
4	Kansas	25–1	Ted Owens	27–3
5	USC	24–2	Bob Boyd	same
6	South Carolina	23–4	Frank McGuire	23–6
7	Western Kentucky	20–5	John Oldham	24–6
8	Kentucky	22–4	Adolph Rupp	22–6
9	Fordham	25–1	Digger Phelps	23–3
10	Ohio St.	19–5	Fred Taylor	20–6
11	Jacksonville	22–3	Tom Wasdin	22–4
12	Notre Dame	19–7	Johnny Dee	20–9
13	North Carolina	22–6	Dean Smith	26–6
14	Houston	20–6	Guy Lewis	22–7
15	Duquesne	21–3	Red Manning	21–4
16	Long Beach St.	21–4	Jerry Tarkanian	23–5
17	Tennessee	20–6	Ray Mears	21–7
18	Villanova	19–5	Jack Kraft	23–6
19	Drake	20–7	Maury John	21–8
20	BYU	18–9	Stan Watts	18–11

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs and North Carolina won the NIT.

1971 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1972 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UCLA	26–0	John Wooden	30–0
2	North Carolina	23–4	Dean Smith	26–5
3	Penn	23–2	Chuck Daly	25–3
4	Louisville	23–4	Denny Crum	26–5
5	Long Beach St.	23–3	Jerry Tarkanian	25–4
6	South Carolina	22–4	Frank McGuire	24–5
7	Marquette	24–2	Al McGuire	25–4
8	SW Louisiana	23–3	Beryl Shipley	25–4
9	BYU	21–4	Stan Watts	21–5
10	Florida St.	23–5	Hugh Durham	27–6
11	Minnesota	17–6	Bill Musselman	18–7
12	Marshall	23–3	Carl Tacy	23–4
13	Memphis St.	21–6	Gene Bartow	21–7
14	Maryland	23–5	Lefty Driesell	27–5
15	Villanova	19–6	Jack Kraft	20–8
16	Oral Roberts	25–1	Ken Trickey	26–2
17	Indiana	17–7	Bobby Knight	17–8
18	Kentucky	20–6	Adolph Rupp	21–7
19	Ohio St.	18–6	Fred Taylor	same
20	Virginia	21–6	Bill Gibson	21–7

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs and Maryland won the NIT.

1972 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1973 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UCLA	26–0	John Wooden	30–0
2	North Carolina St.	27–0	Norm Sloan	same
3	Long Beach St.	24–2	Jerry Tarkanian	26–3
4	Providence	24–2	Dave Gavitt	27–4
5	Marquette	23–3	Al McGuire	25–4
6	Indiana	19–5	Bobby Knight	22–6
7	SW Louisiana	23–2	Beryl Shipley	24–5
8	Maryland	22–6	Lefty Driesell	23–7
9	Kansas St.	22–4	Jack Hartman	23–5
10	Minnesota	20–4	Bill Musselman	21–5
11	North Carolina	22–7	Dean Smith	25–8
12	Memphis St.	21–5	Gene Bartow	24–6
13	Houston	23–3	Guy Lewis	23–4
14	Syracuse	22–4	Roy Danforth	24–5
15	Missouri	21–5	Norm Stewart	21–6
16	Arizona St.	18–7	Ned Wulk	19–9
17	Kentucky	19–7	Joe B. Hall	20–8
18	Penn	20–5	Chuck Daly	21–7
19	Austin Peay	21–5	Lake Kelly	22–7
20	San Francisco	22–4	Bob Gaillard	23–5

*North Carolina State was ineligible for NCAA tournament for improper methods used in recruiting David Thompson.

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs and unranked Virginia Tech (18–5, Don DeVoe, 22–5) won the NIT.

1973 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1974 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken after tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	North Carolina St.	26–1	Norm Sloan	30–1
2	UCLA	24–2	John Wooden	26–4
3	Marquette	22–4	Al McGuire	26–5
4	Maryland	23–5	Lefty Driesell	same
5	Notre Dame	24–2	Digger Phelps	26–3
6	Michigan	21–4	Johnny Orr	22–5
7	Kansas	21–5	Ted Owens	23–7
8	Providence	26–3	Dave Gavitt	28–4
9	Indiana	20–5	Bobby Knight	23–5
10	Long Beach St.	24–2	Lute Olson	same
11	Purdue	18–8	Fred Schaus	22–8
12	N. Carolina	22–5	Dean Smith	22–6
13	Vanderbilt	23–3	Roy Skinner	23–5
14	Alabama	22–4	C.M. Newton	same
15	Utah	19–7	Bill Foster	22–8
16	Pittsburgh	23–3	Buzz Ridl	25–4
17	USC	22–4	Bob Boyd	24–5
18	Oral Roberts	21–5	Ken Trickey	23–6
19	S. Carolina	22–4	Frank McGuire	22–5
20	Dayton	19–7	Don Donaher	20–9

Note: North Carolina State won the NCAAs, Indiana won the CCA and Purdue won the NIT.

1974 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1975 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken after tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UCLA	23–3	John Wooden	28–3
2	Kentucky	22–4	Joe B. Hall	26–5
3	Indiana	29–0	Bobby Knight	31–1
4	Louisville	24–2	Denny Crum	28–3
5	Maryland	22–4	Lefty Driesell	24–5
6	Syracuse	20–7	Roy Danforth	23–9
7	N.C. State	22–6	Norm Sloan	22–6
8	Arizona St.	23–3	Ned Wulk	25–4
9	N. Carolina	21–7	Dean Smith	23–8
10	Alabama	22–4	C.M. Newton	22–5
11	Marquette	23–3	Al McGuire	23–4
12	Princeton	18–8	Pete Carril	22–8
13	Cincinnati	21–5	Gale Catlett	23–6
14	Notre Dame	18–8	Digger Phelps	19–10
15	Kansas St.	18–8	Jack Hartman	20–9
16	Drake	16–10	Bob Ortegel	19–10
17	UNLV	22–4	Jerry Tarkanian	24–5
18	Oregon St.	18–10	Ralph Miller	19–12
19	Michigan	19–7	Johnny Orr	19–8
20	Penn	23–4	Chuck Daly	23–5

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs, Princeton won the NIT and Drake won CCA.

1975 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1976 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Indiana	27–0	Bobby Knight	32–0
2	Marquette	25–1	Al McGuire	27–2
3	UNLV	28–1	Jerry Tarkanian	29–2
4	Rutgers	28–0	Tom Young	31–2
5	UCLA	24–3	Gene Bartow	28–4
6	Alabama	22–4	C.M. Newton	23–5
7	Notre Dame	22–5	Digger Phelps	23–6
8	North Carolina	25–3	Dean Smith	25–4
9	Michigan	21–6	Johnny Orr	25–7
10	W. Michigan	24–2	Eldon Miller	25–3
11	Maryland	22–6	Lefty Driesell	same
12	Cincinnati	25–5	Gale Catlett	25–6
13	Tennessee	21–5	Ray Mears	21–6
14	Missouri	24–4	Norm Stewart	26–5
15	Arizona	22–8	Fred Snowden	24–9
16	Texas Tech	24–5	Gerald Myers	25–6
17	DePaul	19–8	Ray Meyer	20–9
18	Virginia	18–11	Terry Holland	18–12
19	Centenary	22–5	Larry Little	same
20	Pepperdine	21–5	Gary Colson	22–6

Note: Indiana won the NCAAs and unranked Kentucky (22–4, Joe B. Hall, 26–4) won the NIT.

1976 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1977 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Michigan	24–3	Johnny Orr	26–4
2	UCLA	24–3	Gene Bartow	25–4
3	Kentucky	24–3	Joe B. Hall	26–4
4	UNLV	25–2	Jerry Tarkanian	29–3
5	North Carolina	24–4	Dean Smith	28–5
6	Syracuse	25–3	Jim Boeheim	26–4
7	Marquette	20–7	Al McGuire	25–7
8	San Francisco	29–1	Bob Gaillard	29–2
9	Wake Forest	20–7	Carl Tacy	22–8
10	Notre Dame	21–6	Digger Phelps	22–7
11	Alabama	23–4	C.M. Newton	25–6
12	Detroit	24–3	Dick Vitale	25–4
13	Minnesota	24–3	Jim Dutcher	same
14	Utah	22–6	Jerry Pimm	23–7
15	Tennessee	22–5	Ray Mears	22–6
16	Kansas St.	23–6	Jack Hartman	24–7
17	UNCC	25–3	Lee Rose	28–5
18	Arkansas	26–1	Eddie Sutton	26–2
19	Louisville	21–6	Denny Crum	21–7
20	VMI	25–3	Charlie Schmaus	26–4

Note: Marquette won the NCAAs and unranked St. Bonaventure (20–6, Jim Satalin, 24–6) won the NIT.

1977 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1978 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Kentucky	25–2	Joe B. Hall	30–2
2	UCLA	24–2	Gary Cunningham	25–3
3	DePaul	25–2	Ray Meyer	27–3
4	Michigan St.	23–4	Jed Heathcote	25–5
5	Arkansas	28–3	Eddie Sutton	32–3
6	Notre Dame	20–6	Digger Phelps	23–8
7	Duke	23–6	Bill Foster	27–7
8	Marquette	24–3	Hank Raymonds	24–4
9	Louisville	22–6	Denny Crum	23–7
10	Kansas	24–4	Ted Owens	24–5
11	San Francisco	22–5	Bob Gaillard	23–6
12	New Mexico	24–3	Norm Ellenberger	24–4
13	Indiana	20–7	Bobby Knight	21–8
14	Utah	22–5	Jerry Pimm	23–6
15	Florida St.	23–5	Hugh Durham	23–6
16	North Carolina	23–7	Dean Smith	23–8
17	Texas	22–5	Abe Lemons	26–5
18	Detroit	24–3	Dave Gaines	25–4
19	Miami, OH	18–8	Darrell Hedric	19–9
20	Penn	19–7	Bob Weinhauer	20–8

Note: Kentucky won the NCAAs and Texas won the NIT.

1978 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1979 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Indiana St.	29–0	Bill Hodges	33–1
2	UCLA	23–4	Gary Cunningham	25–5
3	Michigan St.	21–6	Jud Heathcote	26–6
4	Notre Dame	22–5	Digger Phelps	24–6
5	Arkansas	23–4	Eddie Sutton	25–5
6	DePaul	22–5	Ray Meyer	26–6
7	LSU	22–5	Dale Brown	23–6
8	Syracuse	25–3	Jim Boeheim	26–4
9	North Carolina	23–5	Dean Smith	23–6
10	Marquette	21–6	Hank Raymonds	22–7
11	Duke	22–7	Bill Foster	22–8
12	San Francisco	21–6	Dan Belluomini	22–7
13	Louisville	23–7	Denny Crum	24–8
14	Penn	21–5	Bob Weinhauer	25–7
15	Purdue	23–7	Lee Rose	27–8
16	Oklahoma	20–9	Dave Bliss	21–10
17	St. John's	18–10	Lou Carnesecca	21–11
18	Rutgers	21–8	Tom Young	22–9
19	Toledo	21–6	Bob Nichols	22–7
20	Iowa	20–7	Lute Olson	20–8

Note: Michigan St. won the NCAAs and unranked Indiana (17–12, Bobby Knight, 22–12) won the NIT.

1979 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1980 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	DePaul	26–1	Ray Meyer	26–2
2	Louisville	28–3	Denny Crum	33–3
3	LSU	24–5	Dale Brown	26–6
4	Kentucky	28–5	Joe B. Hall	29–6
5	Oregon St.	26–3	Ralph Miller	26–4
6	Syracuse	25–3	Jim Boeheim	26–4
7	Indiana	20–7	Bob Knight	21–8
8	Maryland	23–6	Lefty Driesell	24–7
9	Notre Dame	20–7	Digger Phelps	20–8
10	Ohio St.	24–5	Eldon Miller	21–8
11	Georgetown	24–5	John Thompson	26–6
12	BYU	24–4	Frank Arnold	24–5
13	St. John's	24–4	Lou Carnesecca	24–5
14	Duke	22–8	Bill Foster	24–9
15	North Carolina	21–7	Dean Smith	21–8
16	Missouri	23–5	Norm Stewart	25–6
17	Weber St.	26–2	Neil McCarthy	26–3
18	Arizona St.	21–6	Ned Wulk	22–7
19	Iona	28–4	Jim Valvano	29–5
20	Purdue	19–9	Lee Rose	23–10

Note: Louisville won the NCAAs.

1980 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1981 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	DePaul	27–1	Ray Meyer	27–2
2	Oregon St.	26–1	Ralph Miller	26–2
3	Arizona St.	24–3	Ned Wulk	24–4
4	LSU	28–3	Dale Brown	31–5
5	Virginia	25–3	Terry Holland	29–4
6	North Carolina	25–7	Dean Smith	29–8
7	Notre Dame	22–5	Digger Phelps	23–6
8	Kentucky	22–5	Joe B. Hall	22–6
9	Indiana	21–9	Bob Knight	26–9
10	UCLA	20–6	Larry Brown	20–7
11	Wake Forest	22–6	Carl Tacy	22–7
12	Louisville	21–8	Denny Crum	21–9
13	Iowa	21–6	Lute Olson	21–7
14	Utah	24–4	Jerry Pimm	25–5
15	Tennessee	20–7	Don DeVoe	21–8
16	BYU	22–6	Frank Arnold	25–7
17	Wyoming	23–5	Jim Brandenburg	24–6
18	Maryland	20–9	Lefty Driesell	21–10
19	Illinois	20–7	Lou Henson	21–8
20	Arkansas	22–7	Eddie Sutton	24–8

Note: Indiana won the NCAAs.

1981 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1982 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	North Carolina	27–2	Dean Smith	32–2
2	DePaul	26–1	Ray Meyer	26–2
3	Virginia	29–3	Terry Holland	30–4
4	Oregon St.	23–4	Ralph Miller	25–5
5	Missouri	26–3	Norm Stewart	27–4
6	Georgetown	26–6	John Thompson	30–7
7	Minnesota	22–5	Jim Dutcher	23–6
8	Idaho	26–2	Don Monson	27–3
9	Memphis St.	23–4	Dana Kirk	24–5
10	Tulsa	24–5	Nolan Richardson	24–6
11	Fresno St.	26–2	Boyd Grant	27–3
12	Arkansas	23–5	Eddie Sutton	23–6
13	Alabama	23–6	Wimp Sanderson	24–7
14	West Virginia	26–3	Gale Catlett	27–4
15	Kentucky	22–7	Joe B. Hall	22–8
16	Iowa	20–7	Lute Olson	21–8
17	Alabama-Birm.	23–5	Gene Bartow	25–6
18	Wake Forest	20–8	Carl Tacy	21–9
19	UCLA	21–6	Larry Farmer	21–6
20	Louisville	20–9	Denny Crum	23–10

Note: North Carolina won the NCAAs.

1982 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1983 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Houston	27–2	Guy Lewis	31–3
2	Louisville	29–3	Denny Crum	32–4
3	St. John's	27–4	Lou Carnesecca	28–5
4	Virginia	27–4	Terry Holland	29–5
5	Indiana	23–5	Bob Knight	24–6
6	UNLV	28–2	Jerry Tarkanian	28–3
7	UCLA	23–5	Larry Farmer	23–6
8	North Carolina	26–7	Dean Smith	28–8
9	Arkansas	25–3	Eddie Sutton	26–4
10	Missouri	26–7	Norm Stewart	26–8
11	Boston College	24–6	Gary Williams	25–7
12	Kentucky	22–7	Joe B. Hall	23–8
13	Villanova	22–7	Rollie Massimino	24–8
14	Wichita St.	25–3	Gene Smithson	same
15	Tennessee-Chat.	26–3	Murray Arnold	26–4
16	North Carolina St.	20–10	Jim Valvano	26–10
17	Memphis St.	22–7	Dana Kirk	23–8
18	Georgia	21–9	Hugh Durham	24–10
19	Oklahoma St.	24–6	Paul Hansen	24–7
20	Georgetown	21–9	John Thompson	22–10

Note: North Carolina State won the NCAAs.

1983 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1984 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	North Carolina	27–2	Dean Smith	28–3
2	Georgetown	29–3	John Thompson	34–3
3	Kentucky	26–4	Joe B. Hall	29–5
4	DePaul	26–2	Ray Meyer	27–3
5	Houston	28–4	Guy Lewis	32–5
6	Illlinois	24–4	Lou Henson	26–5
7	Oklahoma	29–4	Billy Tubbs	29–5
8	Arkansas	25–6	Eddie Sutton	25–7
9	UTEP	27–3	Don Haskins	27–4
10	Purdue	22–6	Gene Keady	22–7
11	Maryland	23–7	Lefty Driesell	24–8
12	Tulsa	27–3	Nolan Richardson	27–4
13	UNLV	27–5	Jerry Tarkanian	29–6
14	Duke	24–9	Mike Krzyzewski	24–10
15	Washington	22–6	Marv Harshman	24–7
16	Memphis St.	24–6	Dana Kirk	26–7
17	Oregon St.	22–6	Ralph Miller	22–7
18	Syracuse	22–8	Jim Boeheim	23–9
19	Wake Forest	21–8	Carl Tacy	23–9
20	Temple	25–4	John Chaney	26–5

Note: Georgetown won the NCAAs.

1984 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1985 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Georgetown	30–2	John Thompson	35–3
2	Michigan	25–3	Bill Frieder	26–4
3	St. John's	27–3	Lou Carnesecca	31–4
4	Oklahoma	28–5	Billy Tubbs	31–6
5	Memphis St.	27–3	Dana Kirk	31–4
6	Georgia Tech	24–7	Bobby Cremins	27–8
7	North Carolina	24–8	Dean Smith	27–9
8	Louisiana Tech	27–2	Andy Russo	29–3
9	UNLV	27–3	Jerry Tarkanian	28–4
10	Duke	22–7	Mike Krzyzewski	23–8
11	Virginia Comm.	25–5	J.D. Barnett	26–6
12	Illinois	24–8	Lou Henson	26–9
13	Kansas	25–7	Larry Brown	26–8
14	Loyola, IL	25–5	Gene Sullivan	27–6
15	Syracuse	21–8	Jim Boeheim	22–9
16	North Carolina St.	20–9	Jim Valvano	23–10
17	Texas Tech	23–7	Gerald Myers	23–8
18	Tulsa	23–7	Nolan Richardson	23–8
19	Georgia	21–8	Hugh Durham	22–9
20	LSU	19–9	Dale Brown	19–10

Note: Unranked Villanova (19–10, Rollie Massimino, 25–10) won the NCAAs.

1985 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1986 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Duke	32–2	Mike Krzyzewski	37–3
2	Kansas	31–3	Larry Brown	35–4
3	Kentucky	29–3	Eddie Sutton	32–4
4	St. John's	30–4	Lou Carnesecca	31–5
5	Michigan	27–4	Bill Frieder	28–5
6	Georgia Tech	25–6	Bobby Cremins	27–7
7	Louisville	26–7	Denny Crum	32–7
8	North Carolina	26–5	Dean Smith	28–6
9	Syracuse	25–5	Jim Boeheim	26–6
10	Notre Dame	23–5	Digger Phelps	23–6
11	UNLV	31–4	Jerry Tarkanian	33–5
12	Memphis St.	27–5	Dana Kirk	28–6
13	Georgetown	23–7	John Thompson	24–8
14	Bradley	31–2	Dick Versace	32–3
15	Oklahoma	25–8	Billy Tubbs	26–9
16	Indiana	21–7	Bob Knight	21–8
17	Navy	27–4	Paul Evans	30–5
18	Michigan St.	21–7	Jud Heathcote	23–8
19	Illinois	21–9	Lou Henson	22–10
20	UTEP	27–5	Don Haskins	27–6

Note: Louisville won the NCAAs.

1986 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1987 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UNLV	33–1	Jerry Tarkanian	37–2
2	North Carolina	29–3	Dean Smith	32–4
3	Indiana	24–4	Bob Knight	30–4
4	Georgetown	26–4	John Thompson	29–5
5	DePaul	26–2	Joey Meyer	28–3
6	Iowa	27–4	Tom Davis	30–5
7	Purdue	24–4	Gene Keady	25–5
8	Temple	31–3	John Chaney	32–4
9	Alabama	26–4	Wimp Sanderson	28–5
10	Syracuse	26–6	Jim Boeheim	31–7
11	Illinois	23–7	Lou Henson	23–8
12	Pittsburgh	24–7	Paul Evans	25–8
13	Clemson	25–5	Cliff Ellis	25–6
14	Missouri	24–9	Norm Stewart	24–10
15	UCLA	24–6	Walt Hazzard	25–7
16	New Orleans	25–3	Benny Dees	26–4
17	Duke	22–8	Mike Krzyzewski	24–9
18	Notre Dame	22–7	Digger Phelps	24–8
19	TCU	23–6	Jim Killingsworth	24–7
20	Kansas	23–10	Larry Brown	25–11

Note: Indiana won the NCAAs.

1987 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1988 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Temple	29–1	John Chaney	32–2
2	Arizona	31–2	Lute Olson	35–3
3	Purdue	27–3	Gene Keady	29–4
4	Oklahoma	30–3	Billy Tubbs	35–4
5	Duke	24–6	Mike Krzyzewski	28–7
6	Kentucky	25–5	Eddie Sutton	27–6
7	North Carolina	24–6	Dean Smith	27–7
8	Pittsburgh	23–6	Paul Evans	24–7
9	Syracuse	25–8	Jim Boeheim	26–9
10	Michigan	24–7	Bill Frieder	26–8
11	Bradley	26–4	Stan Albeck	26–5
12	UNLV	27–5	Jerry Tarkanian	28–6
13	Wyoming	26–5	Benny Dees	26–6
14	North Carolina St.	24–7	Jim Valvano	24–8
15	Loyola, CA	27–3	Paul Westhead	28–4
16	Illinois	22–9	Lou Henson	23–10
17	Iowa	22–9	Tom Davis	24–10
18	Xavier, OH	26–3	Pete Gillen	26–4
19	BYU	25–5	Ladell Andersen	26–6
20	Kansas St.	22–8	Lon Kruger	25–9

Note: Unranked Kansas (21–11, Larry Brown, 27–11) won the NCAAs.

1988 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1989 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Arizona	27–3	Lute Olson	29–4
2	Georgetown	26–4	John Thompson	29–5
3	Illinois	27–4	Lou Henson	31–5
4	Oklahoma	28–5	Billy Tubbs	30–6
5	North Carolina	27–7	Dean Smith	29–8
6	Missouri	27–7	Norm Stewart & Rich Daly	29–8
7	Syracuse	27–7	Jim Boeheim	30–8
8	Indiana	25–7	Bob Knight	27–8
9	Duke	24–7	Mike Krzyzewski	28–8
10	Michigan	24–7	Bill Frieder & Steve Fisher	30–7
11	Seton Hall	26–6	P.J. Carlesimo	31–7
12	Louisville	22–8	Denny Crum	24–9
13	Stanford	26–6	Mike Montgomery	26–7
14	Iowa	22–9	Tom Davis	23–10
15	UNLV	26–7	Jerry Tarkanian	29–8
16	Florida St.	22–7	Pat Kennedy	22–8
17	West Virginia	25–4	Gale Catlett	26–5
18	Ball St.	28–2	Rick Majerus	29–3
19	North Carolina St.	20–8	Jim Valvano	22–9
20	Alabama	23–7	Wimp Sanderson	23–8

Note: Michigan won the NCAAs.

1989 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1990 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Oklahoma	26-4	Billy Tubbs	27-5
2	UNLV	29-5	Jerry Tarkanian	35-5
3	Connecticut	28-5	Jim Calhoun	31-6
4	Michigan St.	26-5	Jud Heathcote	28-6
5	Kansas	29-4	Roy Williams	30-5
6	Syracuse	24-6	Jim Boeheim	26-7
7	Arkansas	26-4	Nolan Richardson	30-5
8	Georgetown	23-6	John Thompson	24-7
9	Georgia Tech	24-6	Bobby Cremins	28-7
10	Purdue	21-7	Gene Keady	22-8
11	Missouri	26-5	Norm Stewart	26-6
12	La Salle	29-1	Speedy Morris	30-2
13	Michigan	22-7	Steve Fisher	23-8
14	Arizona	24-6	Lute Olsen	25-7
15	Duke	24-8	Mike Krzyzewski	29-9
16	Louisville	26-7	Denny Crum	27-8
17	Clemson	24-8	Cliff Ellis	26-9
18	Illinois	21-7	Lou Henson	21-8
19	LSU	22-8	Dale Brown	23-9
20	Minnesota	20-8	Clem Haskins	23-9

Note: UNLV won the NCAAs.

1990 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1992 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Duke	28-2	Mike Krzyewski	34-2
2	Kansas	26-4	Roy Williams	27-5
3	Ohio St.	23-5	Randy Ayers	26-6
4	UCLA	25-4	Jim Harrick	28-5
5	Indiana	23-6	Bob Knight	27-7
6	Kentucky	26-6	Rick Pitino	29-7
7	UNLV	26-2	Jerry Tarkanian	same*
8	USC	23-5	George Raveling	24-6
9	Arkansas	25-7	Nolan Richardson	26-8
10	Arizona	24-6	Lute Olson	24-7
11	Oklahoma St.	26-7	Eddie Sutton	28-8
12	Cincinnati	25-4	Bob Huggins	29-5
13	Alabama	25-8	Wimp Sanderson	26-9
14	Michigan St.	21-7	Jud Heathcote	22-8
15	Michigan	20-8	Steve Fisher	25-9
16	Missouri	20-8	Norm Stewart	21-9
17	Massachusetts	28-4	John Calipari	30-5
18	North Carolina	21-9	Dean Smith	23-10
19	Seton Hall	21-8	P.J. Carlesimo	23-9
20	Florida St.	20-9	Pat Kennedy	22-10

* UNLV was ineligible to participate in the tournament.

Note: Duke won the NCAAs.

1992 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1993 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	Indiana	28-3	Bobby Knight	31-4
2	Kentucky	26-3	Rick Pitino	30-4
3	Michigan	26-4	Steve Fisher	31-5
4	North Carolina	28-4	Dean Smith	34-4
5	Arizona	24-3	Lute Olsen	24-4
6	Seton Hall	27-6	P.J. Carlesimo	28-7
7	Cincinnati	24-4	Bob Huggins	27-5
8	Vanderbilt	26-5	Eddie Fogler	28-6
9	Kansas	25-6	Roy Williams	29-7
10	Duke	23-7	Mike Krzyzewski	24-8
11	Florida St.	22-9	Pat Kennedy	25-10
12	Arkansas	20-8	Nolan Richardson	22-9
13	Iowa	22-8	Tom Davis	23-9
14	Masssachusetts	23-6	John Calipari	24-7
15	Louisville	20-8	Denny Crum	22-9
16	Wake Forest	19-8	Dave Odom	21-9
17	New Orleans	26-3	Tim Floyd	26-4
18	Georgia Tech	19-10	Bobby Cremins	19-11
19	Utah	23-6	Rick Majerus	24-7
20	Western Kentucky	24-5	Ralph Willard	26-6

1993 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1991 College Basketball Recap: Final AP Top 25

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UNLV	30-0	Jerry Tarkanian	34-1
2	Arkansas	31-3	Nolan Richardson	34-4
3	Indiana	27-4	Bob Knight	29-5
4	North Carolina	25-5	Dean Smith	29-6
5	Ohio St.	25-3	Randy Ayers	27-4
6	Duke	26-7	Mike Krzyewski	32-7
7	Syracuse	26-5	Jim Boeheim	26-6
8	Arizona	26-6	Lute Olson	28-7
9	Kentucky	22-6	Rick Pitino	same*
10	Utah	28-3	Rick Majerus	30-4
11	Nebraska	26-7	Danny Nee	26-8
12	Kansas	22-7	Roy Williams	27-8
13	Seton Hall	22-8	P.J. Carlesimo	25-9
14	Oklahoma St.	22-7	Eddie Sutton	24-8
15	New Mexico St.	23-5	Neil McCarthy	23-6
16	UCLA	23-8	Jim Harrick	23-9
17	E. Tennessee St.	28-4	Alan LaForce	28-5
18	Princeton	24-2	Pete Carril	24-3
19	Alabama	21-9	Wimp Sanderson	23-10
20	St. John's	20-8	Lou Carnesecca	23-9
21	Mississippi St.	20-8	Richard Williams	20-9
22	LSU	20-9	Dale Brown	20-10
23	Texas	22-8	Tom Penders	23-9
24	DePaul	20-8	Joey Meyer	20-9
25	Southern Miss.	21-7	M.K. Turk	21-8

* on probation.

Note: Duke won the NCAA tournament.

1991 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1994 College Basketball Recap: Final AP Top 25

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	North Carolina	27-6	Dean Smith	28-7
2	Arkansas	25-3	Nolan Richardson	31-3
3	Purdue	26-4	Gene Keady	29-5
4	Connecticut	27-4	Jim Calhoun	29-5
5	Missouri	25-3	Norm Stewart	28-4
6	Duke	23-5	Mike Kyzrzewski	28-6
7	Kentucky	26-6	Rick Pitino	27-7
8	Massachusetts	27-6	John Calipari	28-7
9	Arizona	25-5	Lute Olson	29-6
10	Louisville	26-5	Denny Crum	28-6
11	Michigan	21-7	Steve Fisher	24-8
12	Temple	22-7	John Chaney	23-8
13	Kansas	25-7	Roy Williams	27-8
14	Florida	25-7	Lon Kruger	29-8
15	Syracuse	21-6	Jim Boeheim	23-7
16	California	22-7	Todd Bozeman	22-8
17	UCLA	21-6	Jim Harrick	21-7
18	Indiana	19-8	Bob Knight	21-9
19	Oklahoma St.	23-9	Eddie Sutton	24-10
20	Texas	25-7	Tom Penders	26-8
21	Marquette	22-8	Kevin O'Neill	24-9
22	Nebraska	20-9	Danny Nee	20-10
23	Minnesota	20-11	Clem Haskins	21-12
24	Saint Louis	23-5	Charlie Spoonhour	23-6
25	Cincinnati	22-9	Bob Huggins	22-10

Note: Arkansas won the NCAA tournament.

1994 College Basketball Recap

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