GAME REPORT: ARIZONA 84, KENTUCKY (OT) 79

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCORES

1939--Oregon 46, Ohio State 33

1940--Indiana 60, Kansas 42

1941--Wisconsin 39, Washington St. 34

1942--Stanford 53, Dartmouth 38

1943--Wyoming 46, Georgetown 34

1944--Utah 42, Dartmouth 40 OT

1945--Oklahoma A&M; 49, New York 45

1946--Oklahoma A&M; 43, N. Carolina 40

1947--Holy Cross 58, Oklahoma 47

1948--Kentucky 58, Baylor 42

1949--Kentucky 46, Oklahoma State 36

1950--CCNY 71, Bradley 68

1951--Kentucky 68, Kansas State 58

1952--Kansas 80, St. John’s 63

1953--Indiana 69, Kansas 68

1954--La Salle 92, Bradley 76

1955--San Francisco 77, La Salle 63

1956--San Francisco 83, Iowa 71

1957--North Carolina 54, Kansas 53 3OT

1958--Kentucky 84, Seattle 72

1959--California 71, West Virginia 70

1960--Ohio State 75, California 55

1961--Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65 OT

1962--Cincinnati 71, Ohio State 59

1963--Loyola (Ill.) 60, Cincinnati 58 OT

1964--UCLA 98, Duke 83

1965--UCLA 91, Michigan 80

1966--Texas Western 72, Kentucky 65

1967--UCLA 79, Dayton 64

1968--UCLA 78, North Carolina 55

1969--UCLA 92, Purdue 72

1970--UCLA 80, Jacksonville 69

1971--UCLA 68, Villanova 62

1972--UCLA 81, Florida State 76

1973--UCLA 87, Memphis State 66

1974--N. Carolina St. 76, Marquette 64

1975--UCLA 92, Kentucky 85

1976--Indiana 86, Michigan 68

1977--Marquette 67, North Carolina 59

1978--Kentucky 94, Duke 88

1979--Michigan St. 75, Indiana St. 64

1980--Louisville 59, UCLA 54

1981--Indiana 63, North Carolina 50

1982--North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62

1983--North Carolina St. 54, Houston 52

1984--Georgetown 84, Houston 75

1985--Villanova 66, Georgetown 64

1986--Louisville 72, Duke 69

1987--Indiana 74, Syracuse 73

1988--Kansas 83, Oklahoma 79

1989--Michigan 80, Seton Hall 79 OT

1990--Nevada Las Vegas 103, Duke 73

1991--Duke 72, Kansas 65

1992--Duke 71, Michigan 51

1993--North Carolina 77, Michigan 71

1994--Arkansas 76, Duke 72

1995--UCLA 89, Arkansas 78

1996--Kentucky 76, Syracuse 67

1997--Arizona State 84, Kentucky 79 OT

TOURNAMENT MVPs

1939--None selected

1940--Marvin Huffman, Indiana

1941--John Kotz, Wisconsin

1942--Howie Dallmar, Stanford

1943--Ken Sailors, Wyoming

1944--Arnold Ferrin, Utah

1945--Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M;

1946--Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M;

1947--George Kaftan, Holy Cross

1948--Alex Groza, Kentucky

1949--Alex Groza, Kentucky

1950--Irwin Dambrot, CCNY

1951--None selected

1952--Clyde Lovellette, Kansas

1953--B.H. Born, Kansas

1954--Tom Gola, La Salle

1955--Bill Russell, San Francisco

1956--Hal Lear, Temple

1957--Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas

1958--Elgin Baylor, Seattle

1959--Jerry West, West Virginia

1960--Jerry Lucas, Ohio State

1961--Jerry Lucas, Ohio State

1962--Paul Hogue, Cincinnati

1963--Art Heyman, Duke

1964--Walt Hazzard, UCLA

1965--Bill Bradley, Princeton

1966--Jerry Chambers, Utah

1967--Lew Alcindor, UCLA

1968--Lew Alcindor, UCLA

1969--Lew Alcindor, UCLA

1970--Sidney Wicks, UCLA

1971--*Vacated

1972--Bill Walton, UCLA

1973--Bill Walton, UCLA

1974--David Thompson, N. Carolina St.

1975--Richard Washington, UCLA

1976--Kent Benson, Indiana

1977--Butch Lee, Marquette

1978--Jack Givens, Kentucky

1979--Earvin Johnson, Michigan State

1980--Darrell Griffith, Louisville

1981--Isiah Thomas, Indiana

1982--James Worthy, North Carolina

1983--Akeem Olajuwon, Houston

1984--Patrick Ewing, Georgetown

1985--Ed Pinckney, Villanova

1986--Pervis Ellison, Louisville

1987--Keith Smart, Indiana

1988--Danny Manning, Kansas

1989--Glen Rice, Michigan

1990--Anderson Hunt, Nevada Las Vegas

1991--Christian Laettner, Duke

1992--Bobby Hurley, Duke

1993--Donald Williams, North Carolina

1994--Corliss Williamson, Arkansas

1995--Ed O’Bannon, UCLA

1996--Tony Delk, Kentucky

1997--Miles Simon, Arizona

* Howard Porter of Villanova was selected MVP but was later ruled ineligible.

A Little Extra

Overtime games for NCAA championship:

Year: Score

1944: Utah 42, Dartmouth 40

1957: North Carolina 54, Kansas 53 (3 OT)

1961: Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65

1963: Loyola (Ill.) 60, Cincinnati 58

1989: Michigan 80, Seton Hall 79

1997: Arizona 84, Kentucky 79