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Who has won the most men's NCAA basketball championships?

NCAA Men's Basketball, UCLA Bruins, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Kentucky Wildcats, Cincinnati Bearcats, UConn Huskies, Indiana Hoosiers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Michigan State Spartans, Duke Blue Devils, San Francisco Dons, Kansas Jayhawks, Villanova Wildcats, Florida Gators, Louisville Cardinals

In the 2025 NCAA men's basketball championship, Florida beat Houston to take home their third 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.

Let's take a look at the schools that have won the most men's NCAA national championships.

 

T9. San Francisco, 2 (1955, 1956)

T9. Oklahoma State, 2 (1945, 1946)

T9. North Carolina State, 2 (1974, 1983)

T9. Michigan State, 2 (1979, 2000)

T9. Louisville, 2 (1980, 1986)

T9. Cincinnati, 2 (1961, 1962)

T8. Florida, 3 (2006, 2007, 2025)

T8. Villanova, 3 (1985, 2016, 2018)

7. Kansas, 4 (1952, 1988, 2008, 2022)

T4. Indiana, 5 (1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987)

T4. Duke, 5 (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)

T3. North Carolina, 6 (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017)

T3. UConn, 6 (1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024)

2. Kentucky, 8 (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012)

1. UCLA, 11 (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995)

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