POINTS RUBRIC
16 pts. – NCAA Champions
8 pts. – Reached NCAA Final
4 pts. – Reached Final Four
2 pts. – Reached Elite Eight
1 pts. – Reached Sweet 16
The Most Successful College Basketball Programs at the NCAA Tournament
Notes:
- College names reflect current name of the university
- Does not take into account vacated wins.
| College Program | Total | 2020’s | 2010’s | 2000’s | 1990’s | 1980’s | 1970’s | 1960’s | 1950’s | 1940’s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 241 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 50 | 11 | 33 | 16 | 40 | 38 |
| UCLA | 231 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 92 | 85 | 4 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 204 | 8 | 30 | 42 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Duke | 163 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 163 | 16 | 19 | 34 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 10 |
| Indiana | 114 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 16 |
| Louisville | 98 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 95 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Villanova | 91 | 5 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Michigan | 85 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Ohio State | 85 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 12 |
| Michigan State | 83 | 1 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Syracuse | 66 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | 65 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 40 |
| Cincinnati | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 0 |
| Florida | 58 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Arizona | 55 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 55 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| North Carolina State | 50 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| San Francisco | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 0 |
| Utah | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| Kansas State | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| Marquette | 45 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| UNLV | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 42 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Oklahoma | 41 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Baylor | 36 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Illinois | 36 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Virginia | 35 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 4 |
| Maryland | 34 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oregon | 33 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gonzaga | 31 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Memphis | 31 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | 28 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Wake Forest | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Notre Dame | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Purdue | 26 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| LaSalle | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Stanford | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Holy Cross | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| LSU | 24 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dartmouth | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Loyola Chicago | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| St. John’s | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Iowa | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 22 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Oregon State | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Butler | 20 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CCNY | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| Temple | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Bradley | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| UTEP | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| DePaul | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| NYU | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Dayton | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Florida State | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Joseph’s | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Texas Tech | 16 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Providence | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Clara | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Southern California | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Washington | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Wichita State | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Xavier | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seattle | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Seton Hall | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Kentucky | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Alabama | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston College | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa State | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Penn | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Princeton | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| San Diego State | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BYU | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Southern Methodist | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Auburn | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Washington State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Creighton | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Miami (Fl) | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona State | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana State | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacksonville | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico State | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma City | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Davidson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Duquesne | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Navy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| South Carolina | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UMass | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanderbilt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho State | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Long Beach State | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi State | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Bonaventure | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas A&M | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Utah State | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Canusius | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Clemson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami (Oh) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rice | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rutgers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas Christian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Tulsa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Florida Atlantic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlotte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Mason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pepperdine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| UAB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VCU | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Columbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Loyola Marymount | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oral Roberts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Illinois | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| St. Mary’s | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Catholic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cornell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Harvard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kent State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morehead State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nevada | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richmond | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Springfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| St. Peter’s | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Weber State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Peay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chattanooga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Tennessee State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fordham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Furman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lafayette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lamar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lebanon Valley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manhattan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Niagara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Iowa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Jose State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UW–Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valparaiso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Western Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |