Unbeaten dynasties, one-season juggernauts and teams that changed the sport sit side by side, men's and women's alike. Eras differ wildly, so judge dominance however you like.
11973–74 NC State WolfpackDavid Thompson's 30–1 champions, who ended UCLA's run of seven straight titles with a double-overtime semifinal win.1000pts
21975–76 Indiana HoosiersBob Knight's 32–0 team, the last men's Division I champion to finish a season unbeaten, with Scott May and Kent Benson.863pts
32014–15 Kentucky WildcatsA platoon-system team with Karl-Anthony Towns that started 38–0 before losing to Wisconsin in the Final Four.863pts
42023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks womenDawn Staley's 38–0 champions with Kamilla Cardoso, who beat Caitlin Clark's Iowa in the national final.806pts
52008–09 North Carolina Tar HeelsTyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson's 34–4 team, which won all six tournament games by at least 12 points.779pts
61967–68 UCLA BruinsLew Alcindor's 29–1 champions, who avenged their only loss by routing Houston 101–69 in the national semifinal.779pts
71959–60 Ohio State BuckeyesJerry Lucas, John Havlicek and a reserve named Bob Knight won Ohio State's only NCAA men's title with a 25–3 record.652pts
81981–82 North Carolina Tar HeelsDean Smith's first title team, 32–2, with James Worthy, Sam Perkins and freshman Michael Jordan hitting the winner against Georgetown.652pts
91978–79 Michigan State SpartansMagic Johnson and Greg Kelser's 26–6 champions, who ended Larry Bird's Indiana State run of 33 straight wins in the 1979 final.652pts
102017–18 Villanova WildcatsJay Wright's 36–4 champions, who set a then-record 464 three-pointers and won every tournament game by double digits.652pts
111990–91 UNLV Runnin' RebelsLarry Johnson and Stacey Augmon's team went 34–1, winning every game until a Final Four loss to Duke.575pts
121971–72 UCLA BruinsJohn Wooden's 30–0 national champions led by sophomore Bill Walton, who beat opponents by an average of about 30 points a game.575pts
131966–67 UCLA BruinsA 30–0 title team in Lew Alcindor's first varsity season, the first of UCLA's seven straight national championships.575pts
141983–84 Georgetown HoyasPatrick Ewing's 34–3 champions, making John Thompson the first Black head coach to win the NCAA men's title.575pts
151949–50 CCNY BeaversNat Holman's City College team, the only school to win the NCAA tournament and the NIT in the same season.487pts
161955–56 San Francisco DonsBill Russell led this 29–0 side, with K. C. Jones through the regular season, to a second straight NCAA title during a 60-game winning streak.487pts
172023–24 UConn HuskiesDan Hurley's 37–3 repeat champions, who won all six NCAA tournament games by at least 14 points.487pts
182011–12 Kentucky WildcatsJohn Calipari's 38–2 champions, built around national player of the year Anthony Davis, with six players drafted in 2012.487pts
191995–96 Kentucky WildcatsRick Pitino's 34–2 champions, a deep roster with Antoine Walker, Tony Delk and Ron Mercer that sent nine players to the NBA.384pts
201991–92 Duke Blue DevilsChristian Laettner, Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill's 34–2 team, the first repeat national champion since UCLA in 1973.384pts
211965–66 Texas Western MinersDon Haskins's 28–1 team, the first to win the NCAA title with an all-Black starting five, beating Kentucky 72–65 in the final.384pts
222013–14 UConn Huskies womenGeno Auriemma's 40–0 team with Breanna Stewart and Stefanie Dolson, who beat unbeaten Notre Dame in the national final.384pts
231956–57 North Carolina Tar HeelsFrank McGuire's 32–0 Tar Heels, who beat Michigan State and then Wilt Chamberlain's Kansas in back-to-back triple-overtime games for the title.384pts
241972–73 UCLA BruinsUnbeaten at 30–0, this group won the final against Memphis State behind Bill Walton's 44 points on 21-of-22 shooting.262pts
251963–64 UCLA BruinsWooden's first national champion, a 30–0 small-ball team with Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich and no starter taller than 6-foot-5.262pts
262015–16 UConn Huskies womenA 38–0 squad that won a fourth straight NCAA title, with Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck going 1-2-3 in the WNBA draft.0pts
271947–48 Kentucky WildcatsAdolph Rupp's 36–3 'Fabulous Five', who won the NCAA title and then helped the United States to Olympic gold in London.0pts
Photo credits
- 2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats — Dennis Adair from Gainesville-StPetersburg, FL, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks women — Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0
- 2008–09 North Carolina Tar Heels — bp6316 from Hope Mills, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0
- 2017–18 Villanova Wildcats — Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats — Ian McCormick, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2013–14 UConn Huskies women — Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2015–16 UConn Huskies women — Danny Karwoski, CC BY-SA 3.0
