In the 2026 NCAA men's basketball championship, Michigan beat UConn to take home their second title.
Who are the winningest men's college basketball teams of all time, in terms of championships?
There's only one program with double-digit national championships: the UCLA Bruins. From 1964 to 1975, legendary head coach John Wooden led UCLA to 10 titles, and then the Bruins added an 11th championship in 1995. There are six schools with at least five titles.
Check out the schools that have won the most men's NCAA national championships below:
1. UCLA, 11 (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995)
2. Kentucky, 8 (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012)
T3. UConn, 6 (1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024)
T3. North Carolina, 6 (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017)
T4. Duke, 5 (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)
T4. Indiana, 5 (1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987)
7. Kansas, 4 (1952, 1988, 2008, 2022)
T8. Villanova, 3 (1985, 2016, 2018)
T8. Florida, 3 (2006, 2007, 2025)
T9. Cincinnati, 2 (1961, 1962)
T9. Louisville, 2 (1980, 1986)
T9. Michigan State, 2 (1979, 2000)
T9. North Carolina State, 2 (1974, 1983)
T9. Oklahoma State, 2 (1945, 1946)
T9. San Francisco, 2 (1955, 1956)
T9. Michigan, 2 (1989, 2026)
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