2015 Event UConn defeats Notre Dame 63-53 to win the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship; these results follow yesterday's Duke University win over the University of Wisconsin 68-63 in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 2015 Event Duke University defeats the University of Wisconsin to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship; the game, with a 68-63 score, resulted in Duke's fifth title 2014 Event By court order, student athletes can now profit from commercial use of their names and images; NCAA had previously retained all revenues from such deals, but students will now have profits placed in trust funds to be received upon leaving school 2014 Event The NCAA settles a lawsuit regarding concussions, paying $70 million to assess head injuries for current and past players of college sports; The fund does not cover treatment, forcing injured players to sue their colleges for compensation 2014 Event The University of Connecticut achieves a second championship as the women's basketball team takes home the NCAA championship title after a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame; the men's basketball team won the NCAA title this season 2014 Event The UConn Huskies beat the University of Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 for the NCAA Men's Basketball Division I championship title 2014 Event Kentucky beat undefeated Wichita State in the NCAA basketball tournament, ending Wichita's historic 35-0 record 2014 Event NCAA basketball team Wichita State Shockers wins the Missouri Valley Conference championship undefeated 2005 Event NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 2002 Event 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta 2002 Event 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio 2001 Event 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis 2001 Event 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at St. Louis 2000 Event 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis 2000 Event 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum 1999 Event 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg 1999 Event 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose 1998 Event 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio 1998 Event 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC 1997 Event 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT) 1997 Event 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59 1996 Event 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67 1996 Event 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65 1995 Event 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78 1995 Event 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64 1994 Event 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72 1994 Event 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59 1993 Event 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71 1993 Event 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82 1992 Event 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51 1992 Event 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 1992 Event NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC 1991 Event Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career 1991 Event Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts 1991 Event Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49 1991 Event Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs) 1991 Event Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards 1991 Event Carlos Huerta's NCAA record streak of successful points after a touchdown ends at 157 1991 Event Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17 1991 Event NCAA places Tenn on 2 years probation for football recruting violations 1991 Event SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yards 1991 Event Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushed for NCAA record 1991 Event Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards 1991 Event Houston quarterback David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3 1991 Event Warren Schutte, is 1st non American to win NCAA Div 1 golf title 1991 Event 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65 1991 Event 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67 1991 Event Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title 1991 Event NCAA bans University of Minnesota football team from postseason play in 1992 1991 Event Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs 1991 Event North Carolina is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games 1991 Event Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117 1991 Event Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts 1990 Event 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73 1990 Event 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81 1990 Event NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players 1989 Event Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards 1989 Event 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime 1989 Event 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60 1988 Event NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma) 1988 Event 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79 1988 Event 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54 1988 Event Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115 1987 Event Okla's sets NCAA record of 33 steals vs Centenary 1987 Event 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73 1987 Event 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44 1987 Event David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game 1987 Event NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption 1986 Event Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yards 1986 Event NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance) 1986 Event 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 1986 Event 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81 1986 Event NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots 1985 Event Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games 1985 Event 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75 1985 Event 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65 1984 Event Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1984 Event 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75 1984 Event 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61 1984 Event NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams 1983 Event NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule 1983 Event 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52 1983 Event 2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South California beats LA Tech 69-67 1983 Event NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August 1982 Event 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62 1982 Event 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62 1982 Event NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time 1981 Event Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record) 1981 Event 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champ: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50 1981 Event NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul 1980 Event 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54 1980 Event NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports 1979 Event 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan State beats Indiana State. 75-64 1978 Event 40th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke 94-88 1977 Event NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young) 1977 Event 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59 1976 Event 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68 1975 Event 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55 1975 Event John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs 1975 Event UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship 1974 Event 36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64 1974 Birthday Tony Delk, born in Covington, Tennessee, professional basketball player, point guard, shooting guard, leader of University of Kentucky Wildcats team that won the 1996 NCAA Men's Division 1973 Event Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game 1973 Event NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants 1973 Birthday Sargis Sargsian, born in Yerevan, Armenia, tennis star, 1995 NCAA 1973 Event 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76 1973 Event UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title 1973 Event UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record) 1973 Birthday Chris Woodruff, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star, 1993 NCAA Division I 1972 Event 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76 1972 Event Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U) 1972 Event NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall 1971 Event UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship 1971 Birthday Edward Fryatt, born in Rochdale, England, Nike golfer, 1994 NCAA West Regional 1971 Event 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title 1970 Birthday Nicky Goetze, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 NCAA Acad 1970 Event 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69 1969 Event Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots 1969 Event 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years 1968 Event 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina 78-55 1967 Event 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64 1966 Event Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained 1966 Event 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65 1965 Event 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 1964 Birthday Kim Oden, U.S. Olympic volleyball player, NCAA Play of Decade-80s 1964 Event 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83 1964 Event UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0) 1963 Event 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cincinnati 60-58 (OT) 1962 Event 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 71-59 1961 Event 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT) 1961 Event 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes 1960 Event USC captures NCAA swimming title 1960 Event 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55 1959 Event 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70 1958 Event 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72 1958 Event Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 pts 1958 Event NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring 1957 Event Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0 1957 Event 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs) 1956 Event Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate) 1956 Event 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71 1955 Event 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63 1955 Event Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt 1954 Event 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76 1953 Event 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68 1952 Event 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St. Johns 80-63 1951 Event 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58 1951 Event Bill Mlkvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts 1950 Event 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year 1949 Event 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 1948 Birthday Jim Bailey, NCAA punter, most punts in season-101, Virginia Miltary Academy 1948 Event 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42 1947 Event 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47 1946 Event 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40 1945 Event 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44 1944 Event 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 1943 Event 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34 1942 Event 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38 1941 Event 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34 1940 Event 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana U beats Kansas 60-42 1939 Event 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 1905 Event Intercollegiate Athletic Association of U.S. founded (becomes NCAA in 1910)
