Final Four History

In the annual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, the still-undefeated teams after the first four rounds are referred to as the Final Four. These teams compete on a Saturday and the winners play for the national title on the following Monday. Though the tournament has existed since 1939, only eight teams competed until 1951 when the tournament was expanded to 16 teams.

The 2008 NCAA Mens Tournament was the first time in NCAA history, since 1979 when seeding was introduced, that the four top seeds all made it into the Final Four. The Jayhawks' overtime victory against the Memphis Tigers marks the seventh time a NCAA Championship game went into overtime.

UCLA holds the records for most NCAA championship titles (11), most Final Four appearances (18), and most Final Four wins (26).

• 1939: Ducks defeat Ohio Statr 46-33.
• 1945: Oklahoma State University defeats NYU
• 1946: Oklahoma State University defeats UNC
• 1952: Kansas Jayhawks defeat St. John's 80-63
• 1955: San Francisco defeats La Salle 77-63
• 1961: Cincinnati defeats Ohio State 70-65 (OT)
• 1962: Cincinnati defeats Ohio State 71-59
• 1964: UCLA defeats Duke 98-83
• 1973: UCLA defeats Memphis State 87-66
• 1979: Michigan State defeated Indiana State 75-64
• 1981: Indiana defeated North Carolina 63-50
• 1982: North Carolina defeated Georgetown 63-62.
• 1983: NC State defeats Houston 54-52
• 1988: Kansas defeats Oklahoma 83-79
• 1992: Duke defeats Michigan 71-51
• 2003: Syracuse defeats Kansas 81-78
• 2006: Florida defeats UCLA 73-57
• 2007: Florida defeats Ohio State 84-75
• 2008: Kansas defeats Memphis 75-68 (OT)