The first round of the NCAA 2025 male tournament began on Thursday, and the 68 team land has already started to undress. On April 7, there will only be one left while we crowned another NCAA basketball champion.
Before discovering who will join this group, let’s look at the programs that have the longest story to be at the top.
Here are the male basketball teams with the most national championships.
Schools with the most NCAA basketball championships
THE Donations won consecutive national titles in 1955 and 1956, but they only made the NCAA tournament twice in the past 40 years.
The state of Oklahoma was actually Oklahoma A&M when he won his two titles in 1945 and 1946. The Cowboys have made the NCAA tournament once in the past eight seasons.
It’s been 42 years since the Wolfpack Won their last title with Jim Valvano, and they will not finish this sequence this season because they failed to do the NCAA tournament. NC State went from his head coach Kevin Keatts after the regular season and would have entered into an agreement with Will Wade.
THE Spartans won their last title in 2000 in the fifth season of coach Tom Izzo at the helm. Izzo, now the most victorious coach of all Big Ten, still leads the team and have 2 seeds this season, with a chance to run in the NCAA tournament.
Louisville won titles in 1980 and 1986 with head coach Denny Crum. The cardinals added another championship in 2013, but it was canceled after an NCAA investigation in 2017 discovered that players were involved in a sex scandal. The cardinals had not done the NCAA tournament since 2019, but they returned there in the first season of Pat Kelsey as a chief trainer before losing Creighton In the first round Thursday.
THE Gators won their two titles in consecutive seasons (2006 and 2007). Current Chicago Bulls Coach Billy Donovan directed the Florida, who had a talent of the NBA in the form of twin towers Al Horford And Joakim Noah.
Like Florida, the bearcates also won their two titles in consecutive seasons. However, this occurred over 60 years ago in 1961 and 1962. They did not do the NCAA tournament since 2019.
THE Wild cats won two titles in a three -year period under coach Jay Wright. Current NBA teammates Jalen Brunson And Mikal Bridges are responsible for the last in 2018, while Brunson and his colleague New York Knicks player Josh Hart Directed Villanova in 2016. Villanova, which also won everything in 1985, has now missed the NCAA three seasons tournament in a row.
THE Jayhawks won two titles decades (1952, 1988) and won two national championships under the current head coach Bill Self (2008 and 2022). Self guided Kansas to the big dance every year since it hired in 2003, except 2020 when the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19. However, he has not had as many success games in the NCAA tournament since the last championship. The Jayhawks ignited themselves in the second round two consecutive years before their first round release this year in the hands of John Calipari Arkansas team.
THE Hoosiers I have not claimed a national championship for 38 years, but they won three under the head coach Bob Knight (1976, 1981, 1987). In 1976, they directed the table to the finish line and remained the last male basketball team with a perfect season. The Indiana only did the NCAA tournament during two of the last nine seasons and will embark on a new era after recently hired Darian Devries as next head coach. The Hoosiers also won home titles in 1940 and 1953.
The five national Duke championships fell under coach Mike Krzyzewski. He won consecutive titles in 1991 and 1992 with Christian Laettner, and also led his team to the championships in 2001, 2010 and 2015. Blue Devils Are the favorites to bring the trophy home this season with coach Jon Scheyer, who took over for Krzyzewski in 2022.
THE Heels won half of their national championships (2005, 2009, 2017) under Roy Williams, who led the team for 18 years before retired in 2021. Two of their championships (1982, 1993) were under the legendary coach Dean Smith. This 1982 team boasted of a program that included Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins. Before that, the UNC won a title for the first time in 1957. The Tar Heels exchanged years from top to bottom since Williams resigned. They entered the NCAA tournament as 11 seeds this season and could be ready to run.
THE Huskies Apanded in this position on this list because of their consecutive national championships in 2023 and 2024. They had a series of stars who now play in the NBA, Jordan Hawkins has Stephon castle has Donovan Clingan. Uconn had three other titles in the 21st century: Cinderella takes place as 9 seeds led by Kemba Walker (2011) and as 7 seeded with Shabazz Napier (2014), and another with the duo of Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor in 2004. Before that, the Huskies won the tournament in 1999.
In recent years, Wildcats have been known for their ability to attract first -year students with hopes from the NBA thanks to former coach John Calipari. Calipari, however, led Kentucky to a national title (2012), just like Tubby Smith (1998), Rick Pitino (1996) and Joe B. Hall (1978). Coach Adolph Rupp, for whom the Kentucky arena is appointed, won half of the program championships (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958).
THE Bruins spent 30 years without a national championship, but they were the standard barrier of university basketball in the 1960s and 70s. They won seven consecutive titles between 1967 and 1973, led by adults such as Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton. Goalkeeper Gail Goodrich also helped bring two titles to the UCLA in 1964 and 1965. Basketball icon John Wooden was the 10 of the 11 Bruins races, who is most of all basketball coaches of all time.
The Bruins missed the NCAA tournament last season, but they rebounded and obtained a 7 seeds in 2025. Although they easily managed Utah State in the first round, they have a challenge in the second round in a match with the Dry Tennessee tournament.
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