List of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four participants

List of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four Participants (A third-place game was played from 1946 to 1981.)

Year	School	Conference	Tournament Region	Final Four Outcome
1939	Oregon	Pacific Coast	West	National Champions
	Ohio State	Big Ten	East	National Runner-Up
	Oklahoma	Big Six	West
	Villanova	Independent	East
1940	Indiana	Big Ten	East	National Champions
	tyuitrweyuiryqu	Big Six	West	National Runner-Up
	Duquesne	Independent	East
	Southern California	Pacific Coast	West
1941	Wisconsin	Big Ten	East	National Champions
	Washington State	Pacific Coast	West	National Runner-Up
	Arkansas	Southwest	West
	Pittsburgh	Independent	East
1942	Stanford	Pacific Coast	West	National Champions
	Dartmouth	EIL (Ivy)	East	National Runner-Up
	Colorado	Mountain States	West
	Kentucky	Southeastern	East
1943	Wyoming	Mountain States	West	National Champions
	Georgetown	Independent	East	National Runner-Up
	DePaul	Independent	East
	Texas	Southwest	West
1944	Utah	Mountain States	West	National Champions
	Dartmouth	EIL (Ivy)	East	National Runner-Up
	Iowa State	Big Six	West
	Ohio State	Big Ten	East
1945	Oklahoma A&M	Missouri Valley	West	National Champions
	NYU	Independent	East	National Runner-Up
	Arkansas	Southwest	West
	Ohio State	Big Ten	East
1946	Oklahoma A&M	Missouri Valley	West	National Champions
	North Carolina	Southern	East	National Runner-Up
	Ohio State	Big Ten	East	Third Place
	California	Pacific Coast	West
1947	Holy Cross	Independent	East	National Champions
	Oklahoma	Big Six	West	National Runner-Up
	Texas	Southwest	West	Third Place
	CCNY	Independent	East
1948	Kentucky	Southeastern	East	National Champions
	Baylor	Southwest	West	National Runner-Up
	Holy Cross	Independent	East	Third Place
	Kansas State	Big Seven	West
1949	Kentucky	Southeastern	East	National Champions
	Oklahoma A&M	Missouri Valley	West	National Runner-Up
	Illinois	Big Ten	East	Third Place
	Oregon State	Pacific Coast	West
1950	CCNY	Independent	East	National Champions
	Bradley	Missouri Valley	West	National Runner-Up
	North Carolina State	Southern	East	Third Place
	Baylor	Southwest	West
1951	Kentucky	Southeastern	East	National Champions
	Kansas State	Big Seven	West	National Runner-Up
	Illinois	Big Ten	East	Third Place
	Oklahoma A&M	Missouri Valley	West
1952	Kansas	Big Seven	West	National Champions
	St. John's	Independent	East	National Runner-Up
	Illinois	Big Ten	East	Third Place
	Santa Clara	Independent	West
1953	Indiana	Big Ten	East	National Champions
	Kansas	Big Seven	West	National Runner-Up
	Washington	Pacific Coast	West	Third Place
	LSU	Southeastern	East
1954	La Salle	Independent (Mid Atlantic)	East	National Champions
	Bradley	Independent	West	National Runner-Up
	Penn State	Independent	East	Third Place
	Southern California	Pacific Coast	West
1955	San Francisco	West Coast	West	National Champions
	La Salle	Independent (Mid Atlantic)	East	National Runner-Up
	Colorado	Big Seven	West	Third Place
	Iowa	Big Ten	East
1956	San Francisco	West Coast	Far West	National Champions
	Iowa	Big Ten	Midwest	National Runner-Up'
	Temple	Independent (Mid Atlantic)	East	Third Place
	SMU	Southwest	West
1957	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East	National Champions
	Kansas	Big Seven	Midwest	National Runner-Up'
	San Francisco	West Coast	West	Third Place
	Michigan State	Big Ten	Mideast
1958	Kentucky	Southeastern	Mideast	National Champions
	Seattle	Independent	West	National Runner-Up'
	Temple	Independent (Mid Atlantic)	East	Third Place
	Kansas State	Big Seven	Midwest
1959	California	Pacific Coast	West	National Champions
	West Virginia	Southern	East	National Runner-Up'
	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	Midwest	Third Place
	Louisville	Independent	Mideast
1960	Ohio State	Big Ten	Mideast	National Champions
	California	AAWU	West	National Runner-Up'
	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	Midwest	Third Place
	NYU	Independent	East
1961	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	Midwest	National Champions
	Ohio State	Big Ten	Mideast	National Runner-Up'
	St. Joseph's*	Middle Atlantic	East	Third Place
	Utah	Mountain States	West
1962	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	Midwest	National Champions
	Ohio State	Big Ten	Mideast	National Runner-Up'
	Wake Forest	Atlantic Coast	East	Third Place
	UCLA	AAWU	West
1963	Loyola-Chicago	Independent	Mideast	National Champions
	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	Midwest	National Runner-Up
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	Third Place
	Oregon State	Independent	West
1964	UCLA	AAWU	West	National Champions
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	National Runner-Up
	Michigan	Big Ten	Mideast	Third Place
	Kansas State	Big Eight	Midwest
1965	UCLA	AAWU	West	National Champions
	Michigan	Big Ten	Mideast	National Runner-Up
	Princeton	Ivy	East	Third Place
	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	Midwest
1966	Texas Western	Independent	Midwest	National Champions
	Kentucky	Southeastern	Mideast	National Runner-Up
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	Third Place
	Utah	Western Athletic	West
1967	UCLA	AAWU	West	National Champions
	Dayton	Independent	Mideast	National Runner-Up
	Houston	Independent	Midwest	Third Place
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East
1968	UCLA	AAWU	West	National Champions
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East	National Runner-Up
	Ohio State	Big Ten	Mideast	Third Place
	Houston	Independent	Midwest
1969	UCLA	Pacific-8	West	National Champions
	Purdue	Big Ten	Mideast	National Runner-Up
	Drake	Missouri Valley	Midwest	Third Place
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East
1970	UCLA	Pacific-8	West	National Champions
	Jacksonville	Independent	Mideast	National Runner-Up
	New Mexico State	Independent	Midwest	Third Place
	St. Bonaventure	Independent	East
1971	UCLA	Pacific-8	West	National Champions'
	Villanova*	Independent	East	National Runner-Up
	Western Kentucky*	Ohio Valley	Mideast	Third Place
	Kansas	Big Eight	Midwest
1972	UCLA	Pacific-8	West	National Champions
	Florida State	Independent	Mideast	National Runner-Up
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East	Third Place
	Louisville	Missouri Valley	Midwest
1973	UCLA	Pacific-8	West	National Champions
	Memphis State	Missouri Valley	Midwest	National Runner-Up
	Indiana	Big Ten	Mideast	Third Place
	Providence	Independent	East
1974	North Carolina State	Atlantic Coast	East	National Champions
	Marquette	Independent	Mideast	National Runner-Up
	UCLA	Pacific-8	West	Third Place
	Kansas	Big Eight	Midwest
1975	UCLA	Pacific-8	West	National Champions
	Kentucky	Southeastern	Mideast	National Runner-Up
	Louisville	Missouri Valley	Midwest	Third Place
	Syracuse	Independent (ECAC Up)	East
1976	Indiana	Big Ten	Mideast	National Champions
	Michigan	Big Ten	Midwest	National Runner-Up
	UCLA	Pacific-8	West	Third Place
	Rutgers	Independent (ECAC Met)	East
1977	Marquette	Independent	Midwest	National Champions
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East	National Runner-Up
	UNLV	Independent	West	Third Place
	Charlotte	Sun Belt	Mideast
1978	Kentucky	Southeastern	Mideast	National Champions
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	National Runner-Up
	Arkansas	Southwest	West	Third Place
	Notre Dame	Independent	Midwest
1979	Michigan State	Big Ten	Mideast	National Champions
	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	Midwest	National Runner-Up
	DePaul	Independent	West	Third Place
	Pennsylvania	Ivy	East
1980	Louisville	Metro	Midwest	National Champions
	UCLA*	Pacific-10	West	National Runner-Up
	Purdue	Big Ten	Mideast	Third Place
	Iowa	Big Ten	East
1981	Indiana	Big Ten	Mideast	National Champions
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	West	National Runner-Up
	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	East	Third Place
	LSU	Southeastern	Midwest
1982	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East	National Champions
	Georgetown	Big East	West	National Runner-Up
	Louisville	Metro	Mideast
	Houston	Southwest	Midwest
1983	North Carolina State	Atlantic Coast	West	National Champions
	Houston	Southwest	Midwest	National Runner-Up
	Louisville	Metro	Mideast
	Georgia	Southeastern	East
1984	Georgetown	Big East	West	National Champions
	Houston	Southwest	Midwest	National Runner-Up
	Kentucky	Southeastern	Mideast
	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	East
1985	Villanova	Big East	Southeast	National Champions
	Georgetown	Big East	East	National Runner-Up
	Memphis State*	Metro	Midwest
	St. John's	Big East	West
1986	Louisville	Metro	West	National Champions
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	National Runner-Up
	Kansas	Big Eight	Midwest
	LSU	Southeastern	Southeast
1987	Indiana	Big Ten	Midwest	National Champions
	Syracuse	Big East	East	National Runner-Up
	UNLV	Big West	West
	Providence	Big East	Southeast
1988	Kansas	Big Eight	Midwest	National Champions
	Oklahoma	Big Eight	Southeast	National Runner-Up
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East
	Arizona	Pacific-10	West
1989	Michigan	Big Ten	Southeast	National Champions
	Seton Hall	Big East	West	National Runner-Up
	Illinois	Big Ten	Midwest
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East
1990	UNLV	Big West	West	National Champions
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	National Runner-Up
	Arkansas	Southwest	Midwest
	Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast	Southeast
1991	Duke	Atlantic Coast	Midwest	National Champions
	Kansas	Big Eight	Southeast	National Runner-Up
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East
	UNLV	Big West	West
1992	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	National Champions
	Michigan*	Big Ten	Southeast	National Runner-Up
	Indiana	Big Ten	West
	Cincinnati	Great Midwest	Midwest
1993	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East	National Champions
	Michigan*	Big Ten	West	National Runner-Up
	Kentucky	Southeastern	Southeast
	Kansas	Big Eight	Midwest
1994	Arkansas	Southeastern	Midwest	National Champions
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	Southeast	National Runner-Up
	Arizona	Pacific-10	West
	Florida	Southeastern	East
1995	UCLA	Pacific-10	West	National Champions
	Arkansas	Southeastern	Midwest	National Runner-Up
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	Southeast
	Oklahoma State	Big Eight	East
1996	Kentucky	Southeastern	Midwest	National Champions
	Syracuse	Big East	West	National Runner-Up
	Massachusetts*	Atlantic 10	East
	Mississippi State	Southeastern	Southeast
1997	Arizona	Pacific-10	Southeast	National Champions
	Kentucky	Southeastern	West	National Runner-Up
	Minnesota*	Big Ten	Midwest
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East
1998	Kentucky	Southeastern	South	National Champions
	Utah	Western Athletic	West	National Runner-Up
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East
	Stanford	Pacific-10	Midwest
1999	Connecticut	Big East	West	National Champions
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	National Runner-Up
	Michigan State	Big Ten	Midwest
	Ohio State*	Big Ten	South
2000	Michigan State	Big Ten	Midwest	National Champions
	Florida	Southeastern	East	National Runner-Up
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	South
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	West
2001	Duke	Atlantic Coast	East	National Champions
	Arizona	Pacific-10	Midwest	National Runner-Up
	Michigan State	Big Ten	South
	Maryland	Atlantic Coast	West
2002	Maryland	Atlantic Coast	East	National Champions
	Indiana	Big Ten	South	National Runner-Up
	Kansas	Big 12	Midwest
	Oklahoma	Big 12	West
2003	Syracuse	Big East	East	National Champions
	Kansas	Big 12	West	National Runner-Up
	Texas	Big 12	South
	Marquette	Conference USA	Midwest
2004	Connecticut	Big East	Phoenix	National Champions
	Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast	St. Louis	National Runner-Up
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	Atlanta
	Oklahoma State	Big 12	E. Rutherford
2005	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	Syracuse	National Champions
	Illinois	Big Ten	Chicago	National Runner-Up
	Louisville	Conference USA	Albuquerque
	Michigan State	Big Ten	Austin
2006	Florida	Southeastern	Minneapolis	National Champions
	UCLA	Pacific-10	Oakland	National Runner-Up
	LSU	Southeastern	Atlanta
	George Mason	Colonial	Washington, D.C.
2007	Florida	Southeastern	Midwest	National Champions
	Ohio State	Big Ten	South	National Runner-Up
	UCLA	Pacific-10	West
	Georgetown	Big East	East
2008	Kansas	Big 12	Midwest	National Champions
	Memphis*	Conference USA	South	National Runner-Up
	UCLA	Pacific-10	West
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	East
2009	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	South	National Champions
	Michigan State	Big Ten	Midwest	National Runner-Up
	Connecticut	Big East	West
	Villanova	Big East	East
2010	Duke	Atlantic Coast	South	National Champions
	Butler	Horizon	West	National Runner-Up
	Michigan State	Big Ten	Midwest
	West Virginia	Big East	East
2011	Connecticut	Big East	West	National Champions
	Butler	Horizon	Southeast	National Runner-Up
	VCU	Colonial	Southwest
	Kentucky	Southeastern	East

Teams marked with an * vacated its Final Four appearances due to violations of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules aimed at preserving the integrity and amateur status of its student athletes.

• St. Joseph's, 1961: Three players involved in a point-shaving scandal.
• Villanova, 1971: Tournament Most Valuable Player Howard Porter had signed a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Condors of the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the regular season.
• Western Kentucky, 1971: Jim McDaniels had signed a professional contract with the Carolina Cougars of the ABA and accepted money during the regular season.
• UCLA, 1980: Kiki Vandeweghe and Rod Foster were declared ineligible due to their connection with recruiting violations involving booster Sam Gilbert^{[citation needed]}.
• Memphis State (now Memphis), 1985: Leading scorer Keith Lee had received $40,000 in illegal payoffs from head coach Dana Kirk.
• The University of Michigan vacated the results of 114 games won while four players (Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock) were not eligible, including the 1992 and 1993 Final Fours. See University of Michigan basketball scandal.
• Massachusetts, 1996: Marcus Camby had accepted money and gifts from a pair of sports agents.
• Minnesota, 1997: Academic fraud involving head coach Clem Haskins, five other university employees and at least eighteen players.
• NCAA gave Ohio State three years' probation and ordered it to pay back all tournament money earned from 1999-2002 when Boban Savović was on the Buckeyes' roster. Ohio State had to remove all references to team accomplishments from those years including a 1999 visit to the Final Four.
• Memphis had its entire 2007-08 season vacated by the NCAA due to issues related to star guard Derrick Rose, whose SAT score was invalidated after the 07-08 season.