NCAA Wrap-Up

This year's tournament marked the 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament that I have watched, going all the way back to 1975, when UK made a run to the finals.  I calculate UK's record over those 50 tournaments as follows:

29 trips to the Regional Semifinals (1 point each) = 29 points

22 trips to the Regional Finals (2 points each) = 44 points

11 trips to the Final Four (4 points each) = 44 points

7 trips to the National Final (8 points each) = 56 points

4 National Championships (16 points each) = 64 points

That's a record of 44-25 in games after the first two rounds, and a total of 237 points.

If you apply that standard to all other teams, then here is your top 20 over the last 50 NCAA Tournaments:

1.  Duke:  51-25 (292 points) (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)

2.  N. Carolina:  51-26 (287) (1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017)

3.  Kentucky:  44-25 (237) (1978, 1996, 1998, 2012)

4.  Connecticut:  31-11 (213) (1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024)

5.  Kansas:  35-21 (192) (1988, 2008, 2022)

6.  Louisville:  26-18 (149) (1980, 1985, 2013)

7.  U.C.L.A.:  25-21 (141) (1975, 1995)

8.  Michigan St:  27-18 (138) (1979, 2000)

9.  Florida:  23-9 (136) (2006, 2007, 2025)

10.  Indiana:  20-14 (133) (1976, 1981, 1987)

11.  Villanova:  21-10 (125) (1985, 2016, 2018)

12.  Michigan:  23-14 (123) (1989)

13.  Syracuse:  18-20 (101) (2003)

14.  Arizona:  18-20 (91) (1997)

15.  Georgetown:  16-10 (83) (1984)

16.  Arkansas:  15-13 (78) (1994)

17.  Houston:  14-9 (65)

18.  U.N.L.V.:  11-9 (60) (1990)

19.  Virginia:  12-9 (60) (2019)

20.  Maryland:  7-12 (51) (2002)

And here are the four winningest programs of all time:

1.  Kentucky:  2,422-770 (.759)

2.  Kansas:  2,414-909 (.726)

3.  N. Carolina:  2,395-874 (.733)

4.  Duke:  2,335-933 (.715)

And that closes the book on the 2024-25 NCAA Basketball Season.