Helms Foundation NCAA Division I Champions (original) (raw)
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NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - NCAA Division I Champions
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NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - NCAA Division I Champions
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The first national championship tournament, in 1939, was conducted by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and sanctioned by the NCAA, which took over the tournament in 1940.
Prior to that the Helms Foundation (Los Angeles) retroactively selected Basketball National Champions from 1901 to 1941. In addition the Helms Foundation selected national college basketball champions from 1942-82. In most cases the selections were the NCAA tournament winners, however in 1939, 1940, 1944 and 1954 they were different.
A full list of tournament champions is located here.
| Year | Team | Record | Head Coach | Outstanding Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Yale | 10-4 | No coach | G M Clark, F |
| 1902 | Minnesota | 11-0 | Louis Cooke | W C Deering, F |
| 1903 | Yale | 15-1 | W H Murphy | R B Hyatt, F |
| 1904 | Columbia | 17-1 | No coach | Harry Fisher, F |
| 1905 | Columbia | 19-1 | No coach | Harry Fisher, F |
| 1906 | Dartmouth | 16-2 | No coach | George Grebenstein, F |
| 1907 | Chicago | 22-2 | Joseph Raycroft | John Schommer, C |
| 1908 | Chicago | 21-2 | Joseph Raycroft | John Schommer, C |
| 1909 | Chicago | 12-0 | Joseph Raycroft | John Schommer, C |
| 1910 | Columbia | 11-1 | Harry Fisher | Ted Kiendl, F |
| 1911 | St John's-NY | 14-0 | Claude Allen | John Keenan, F/C |
| 1912 | Wisconsin | 15-0 | Doc Meanwell | Otto Stangel, F |
| 1913 | Navy | 9-0 | Louis Wenzell | Laurence Wild, F |
| 1914 | Wisconsin | 15-0 | Doc Meanwell | Gene Van Gent, C |
| 1915 | Illinois | 16-0 | Ralph Jones | Ray Woods, G |
| 1916 | Wisconsin | 20-1 | Doc Meanwell | George Levis, F |
| 1917 | Washington St | 25-1 | Doc Bohler | Roy Bohler, G |
| 1918 | Syracuse | 16-1 | Edmund Dollard | Joe Schwarzer, G |
| 1919 | Minnesota | 13-0 | Louis Cooke | Arnold Oss, F |
| 1920 | Penn | 22-1 | Lon Jourdet | George Sweeney, F |
| 1921 | Penn | 21-2 | Edward McNichol | Danny McNichol, G |
| 1922 | Kansas | 16-2 | Phog Allen | Paul Endacott, G |
| 1923 | Kansas | 17-1 | Phog Allen | Paul Endacott, G |
| 1924 | North Carolina | 25-0 | Bo Shepard | Jack Cobb, F |
| 1925 | Princeton | 21-2 | Al Wittmer | Art Loeb, G |
| 1926 | Syracuse | 19-1 | Lew Andreas | Vic Hanson, F |
| 1927 | Notre Dame | 19-1 | George Keogan | John Nyikos, C |
| 1928 | Pittsburgh | 21-0 | Doc Carlson | Chuck Hyatt, F |
| 1929 | Montana St | 36-2 | Schubert Dyche | John (Cat) Thompson, F |
| 1930 | Pittsburgh | 23-2 | Doc Carlson | Chuck Hyatt, F |
| 1931 | Northwestern | 16-1 | Dutch Lonborg | Joe Reiff, C |
| 1932 | Purdue | 17-1 | Piggy Lambert | John Wooden, G |
| 1933 | Kentucky | 20-3 | Adolph Rupp | Forest Sale, F |
| 1934 | Wyoming | 26-3 | Willard Witte | Les Witte, G |
| 1935 | NYU | 19-1 | Howard Cann | Sid Gross, F |
| 1936 | Notre Dame | 22-2-1 | George Keogan | John Moir, F |
| 1937 | Stanford | 25-2 | John Bunn | Hank Luisetti, F |
| 1938 | Temple | 23-2 | James Usilton | Meyer Bloom, G |
| 1939 | LIU-Brooklyn | 24-0 | Clair Bee | Irv Torgoff, F |
| 1940 | USC | 20-3 | Sam Barry | Ralph Vaughn, F |
| 1941 | Wisconsin | 20-3 | Bud Foster | Gene Englund, F |
| 1942 | Stanford | 27-4 | Everett Dean | Jim Pollard, F |
| 1943 | Wyoming | 31-2 | Everett Shelton | Kenny Sailors, G |
| 1944 | Army | 15-0 | Ed Kelleher | Dale Hall, F |
| 1945 | Oklahoma A&M | 27-4 | Hank Iba | Bob Kurland, C |
| 1946 | Oklahoma A&M | 31-2 | Hank Iba | Bob Kurland, C |
| 1947 | Holy Cross | 27-3 | Doggie Julian | George Kaftan, F |
| 1948 | Kentucky | 36-3 | Adolph Rupp | Ralph Beard, G |
| 1949 | Kentucky | 32-2 | Adolph Rupp | Alex Groza, C |
| 1950 | CCNY | 24-5 | Nat Holman | Irwin Dambrot, G |
| 1951 | Kentucky | 32-2 | Adolph Rupp | Bill Spivey, C |
| 1952 | Kansas | 28-3 | Phog Allen | Clyde Lovellette, C |
| 1953 | Indiana | 23-3 | Branch McCracken | Don Schlundt, C |
| 1954 | Kentucky | 25-0 | Adolph Rupp | Cliff Hagan, G |
| 1955 | San Francisco | 28-1 | Phil Woolpert | Bill Russell, C |
| 1956 | San Francisco | 29-0 | Phil Woolpert | Bill Russell, C |
| 1957 | North Carolina | 32-0 | Frank McGuire | Lennie Rosenbluth, F |
| 1958 | Kentucky | 23-6 | Adolph Rupp | Vern Hatton, G |
| 1959 | California | 25-4 | Pete Newell | Darrall Imhoff, C |
| 1960 | Ohio State | 25-3 | Fred Taylor | Jerry Lucas, C |
| 1961 | Cincinnati | 27-3 | Ed Jucker | Bob Wiesenhahn, F |
| 1962 | Cincinnati | 29-2 | Ed Jucker | Paul Hogue, C |
| 1963 | Loyola-IL | 29-2 | George Ireland | Jerry Harkness, F |
| 1964 | UCLA | 30-0 | John Wooden | Walt Hazzard, G |
| 1965 | UCLA | 28-2 | John Wooden | Gail Goodrich, G |
| 1966 | Texas Western | 28-1 | Don Haskins | Bobby Joe Hill, G |
| 1967 | UCLA | 30-0 | John Wooden | Lew Alcindor, C |
| 1968 | UCLA | 29-1 | John Wooden | Lew Alcindor, C |
| 1969 | UCLA | 29-1 | John Wooden | Lew Alcindor, C |
| 1970 | UCLA | 28-2 | John Wooden | Sidney Wicks, F |
| 1971 | UCLA | 29-1 | John Wooden | Sidney Wicks, F |
| 1972 | UCLA | 30-0 | John Wooden | Bill Walton, C |
| 1973 | UCLA | 30-0 | John Wooden | Bill Walton, C |
| 1974 | NC State | 30-1 | Norm Sloan | David Thompson, F |
| 1975 | UCLA | 28-3 | John Wooden | Dave Meyers, F |
| 1976 | Indiana | 32-0 | Bob Knight | Scott May, F |
| 1977 | Marquette | 25-7 | Al McGuire | Butch Lee, G |
| 1978 | Kentucky | 30-2 | Joe B Hall | Jack Givens, F |
| 1979 | Michigan State | 26-6 | Jud Heathcote | Magic Johnson, G |
| 1980 | Louisville | 33-3 | Denny Crum | Darrell Griffith, G |
| 1981 | Indiana | 26-9 | Bob Knight | Isiah Thomas, G |
| 1982 | North Carolina | 32-2 | Dean Smith | James Worthy, F |