In 2020, after the cancellation of the NCAA tournament, I used the time I typically spend watching the tournament to conduct several historical analyses of past tournaments. The first such analysis I performed was creating a list of the greatest NCAA tournament games for every season. There are many online lists that rank NCAA tournament games over the years, but I could not find one that selected the best game in every single tournament and then analyzed the results to determine which teams are involved in the best games and also which rounds produce the best matchups.  I published that list in April of 2020 and have updated that list with the results of every tournament since then.  I took into account several factors when determining which game was truly the best for a particular NCAA tourney, including the game’s significance in determining the eventual champion, the improbability of the final outcome, and the overall excitement of the game.  Without further ado, here is my selection for game of the year for every NCAA tournament that has been played.  The games in bold I have rated as best of the decade, and the ones with asteriks went into overtime.  Feel free to comment or debate.

In 2020, after the cancellation of the NCAA tournament, I used the time I typically spend watching the tournament to conduct several historical analyses of past tournaments. The first such analysis I performed was creating a list of the greatest ncaa tournament for every season. There are many online lists that rank NCAA tournament games over the years, but I could not find one that selected the best game in every single tournament and then analyzed the results to determine which teams are involved in the best games and also which rounds produce the best matchups.  I published that list in April of 2020 and have updated that list with the results of every tournament since then.  I took into account several factors when determining which game was truly the best for a particular NCAA tourney, including the game’s significance in determining the eventual champion, the improbability of the final outcome, and the overall excitement of the game.  Without further ado, here is my selection for game of the year for every NCAA tournament that has been played.  The games in bold I have rated as best of the decade, and the ones with asteriks went into overtime.  Feel free to comment or debate.

1939	Oregon 46, Ohio State 33 (Title Game)

This was a bad debut tourney as every game was decided by double digits.  Glad they decided to keep playing this thing!

1940	Kansas 43, Southern Cal 42 (Final Four)

Phog Allen’s (pictured above) Jayhawks win first close game in the history of the Final Four.

1941	Wisconsin 51, Dartmouth 50 (1st Round)

Badgers survive homecourt scare to make run to school’s first and only national title.

1942	Kentucky 46, Illinois 44 (1st Round)

Cats overcome halftime deficit thanks to poor foul shooting from the Illini.

1943	Wyoming 58, Texas 54 (Final Four)

Cinderella Cowboys only got a tourney bid when Arkansas withdrew due to a car accident involving several members of the team.

1944	Utah 42, Dartmouth 40 (Title Game)

Eight point underdog Utes pull off upset thanks to Herb Wilkinson’s game winner.

1945	NYU 70, Ohio State 65* (Final Four)

The Violets, as they were called, erased a 10 point deficit with two minutes to go to win in overtime.  The star of that team was Ray Lumpp (pictured above).

1946	Oklahoma A & M 43, North Carolina 40 (Title Game)

Cowboy center Bob Kurland executes first the two dunks in NCAA tourney history en route to title.

1947	Oklahoma 55, Texas 54 (Final Four)

This was the biggest Red River Rivalry basketball game ever played.  The Sooners won on Ken Pryor’s jumper from the wing (pictured above).

1948	Baylor 64, Washington 62 (First Round)

This was the only close game of entire tournament.

1949	Oklahoma A & M 40, Wyoming 39 (First Round)

Jack Shelton (pictured above) hits game winner to propel Henry Iba’s Cowboys on run to national title game.

1950	CCNY 71, Bradley 68 (Title Game)

Lovable team of New York locals wins title thanks to Irwin Dambrot’s block in the game’s final seconds.

1951	Kentucky 76, Illinois 74 (Final Four)

Cats overcome 7 point halftime deficit to come back and win on Shelby Linville’s game-winner.

1952	St. John’s 64, Kentucky 57 (2nd Round)

Incredible upset of the top ranked team especially considering the Cats won the regular season meeting by 41 points.

1953	Indiana 69, Kansas 68 (Title Game)

Bobby Leonard hits game winning free throw with 27 seconds left to give Hoosiers their second national title.

1954	La Salle 76, Fordham 74* (First Round)

Fran O’Malley buzzer beater sends game in OT for Explorers, setting tone for national title run.

1955	San Francisco 57, Oregon State 56 (Elite 8)

Clutch rebound by Bill Russell seals final four trip for Dons en route to their first national title.

1956	Temple 60, Canisius 58 (Elite 8)

Hal Lear sinks two free throws with two seconds left to send the Owls to their first Final Four.

1957	North Carolina 54, Kansas 53*** (Title Game)

UNC unbelievably wins back-to-back triple overtime games, the latter of which was against Wilt Chamberlain’s Jayhawks squad, to clinch the school’s first national title.

1958	Kentucky 61, Temple 60 (Final Four)

Vernon Hatton’s layup with 16 seconds left gives Cats’ victory en route to their fourth title.

1959	California 71, West Virginia 70 (Title Game)

Bears’ tip-in with 17 seconds left knocks off Jerry West’s Mountaineers.

1960	NYU 82, West Virginia 81* (Sweet 16)

Head Coach Lou Rossini (pictured above) puts in seldom used Jim Reiss to hit game winner in overtime.

1961	Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65* (Title Game)

Bearcats slowed down the tempo against the Buckeyes to pull off monumental upset.

1962	Cincinnati 72, UCLA 70 (Final Four)

Bearcats beat Bruins with jumper in final seconds en route to second consecutive national title.

1963	Loyola-Chicago 60, Cincinnati 58* (Title Game)

Ramblers overcome a 15 point second half deficit to win with tip-in in final seconds.

1964	UCLA 90, Kansas State 84 (Final Four)

Bruins make late game comeback after cheerleaders, who had their flight delayed, arrive with 7 minutes left to go in the second half.  UCLA goes on to win their first national title the following day.

1965	Michigan 87, Vanderbilt 85 (Elite 8)

Controversial walking call down the stretch costs Vandy a trip to its first Final Four.

1966	Texas Western 72, Kentucky 65 (Title Game)

The movie “Glory Road” is based on Texas Western’s (now UTEP) Cinderella win over the Cats.

1967	Dayton 71, Virginia Tech 66* (Elite 8)

Fans stormed the court after Flyers make late ten point comeback to earn Final Four berth.

1968	Ohio State 82, Kentucky 81 (Elite 8)

“Sunshine” Sorenson (pictured above) hits bank shot game winner to knock off the third ranked Cats.

1969	UCLA 85, Drake 82 (Final Four)

Drake had a shot in final seconds to pull off a monstrous upset.

1970	Jacksonville 106, Kentucky 100 (Elite 8)

Artis Gilmore (pictured above) leads Cinderella Dolphins to upset win over top-ranked Wildcats.

1971	UCLA 57, Long Beach State 55 (Elite 8)

A young Jerry Tarkanian gives UCLA its biggest scare during its seven year reign of terror in college basketball.

1972	Florida State 83, Eastern Kentucky 81 (1st Round)

Narrow escape launches Cinderella run to title game for the Noles.

1973	Kentucky 106, Austin Peay 100* (Sweet 16)

A high scoring classic as James “Fly” Williams almost leads Governors to epic upset.

1974	NC State 80, UCLA 77** (Final Four)

Double overtime classic ends UCLA’s seven year reign of terror in NCAA tourney.

1975	Kentucky 92, Indiana 90 (Elite 8)

Classic game that served as Indiana’s only loss in two and a half year span for 1974-76.

1976	Rutgers 54, Princeton 53 (1st Round)

Princeton’s Pete Malloy misses front end of one-and-one to preserve Rutgers’ undefeated Final Four run.

1977	Marquette 51, Charlotte 49 (Final Four)

Marquette’s Jerome Whitehead catches length of court and then hits wild shot at the buzzer to knock off 49ers in most dramatic fashion.

1978	(3Q) Miami-OH 84, (1L) Marquette 81* (1st Round)

Huge overtime upset of defending national champion.

1979	(2) Michigan State 75, (1) Indiana State 64 (Title Game)

One of the most legendary games of all-time even though it wasn’t very close.

1980	(4) Duke 55, (1) Kentucky 54 (Sweet 16)

Kyle Macy (pictured above) misses buzzer beater for the Cats. This is the first of three Kentucky/Duke classics on list.

1981	(6) Brigham Young 51, (2) Notre Dame 50 (Sweet 16)

Ainge’s coast-to-coast game winner is an all-time iconic March moment.

1982	(1) North Carolina 63, (1) G’Town 62 (Title Game)

The game started in bizarre fashion with Ewing goal tending the first four field goals for North Carolina, and then ended in even stranger fashion with Hoya point guard Fred Brown throwing a pass directly to North Carolina forward James Worthy.  In between those moments, some guy named Mike Jordan hit a fairly memorable shot (see picture above).

1983	(6) NC State 54, (1) Houston 52 (Title Game)

Greatest title game finish ever with NC State’s Lorenzo Charles converting Derek Wittenberg’s air ball into an alley-oop dunk at the buzzer.

1984	(4) Wake Forest 73, (1) DePaul 71* (Sweet 16)

Carl Tacy’s Demon Deacons sent DePaul’s Ray Meyer into retirement with this huge upset.

1985	(8) Villanova 66, (1) Georgetown 64 (Title Game)

The greatest Cinderella champion of all-time.  Nova shot 78.6% from the field and still barely won the title game.

1986	(11) LSU 59, (1) Kentucky 57 (Elite 8)

The first of four 11 seed over 1 seed upsets in the history of the tournament (others: VCU in 2011, UCLA in 2021, and George Mason in 2006).

1987	(1) Indiana 74, (2) Syracuse 73 (Title Game)

Keith Smart’s game winner (see above) gives Bob Knight his final NCAA title.

1988	(6) Kansas 83, (1) Oklahoma 79 (Title Game)

Danny and the Miracles cap off an incredible Cinderella title run that often gets forgotten amidst all the other epic NCAA title games from the 1980’s.

1989	(3) Michigan 80, (3) Seton Hall 79* (Title Game)

Rummeal Robinson’s clutch free throws (pictured above) give Michigan its first and only national title.

1990	(3) Duke 79, (1) UConn (78)* (Elite 8)

The first of Christian Laettner’s two iconic elite eight buzzer beaters.  (see 1992 for the other)

1991	(15) Richmond 73, (2) Syracuse 69 (1st Round)

The first 15 seed to beat a 2.

1992	(1) Duke 104, (2) Kentucky 103* (Elite 8)

The greatest game ever played, and the worst sports moment of my life.  This game is seriously my most vivid childhood memory.

1993	(1) North Carolina 77, (1) Michigan 71 (Title Game)

Chris Webber’s boneheaded technical foul for calling too many timeouts robs the Fab Five of a national title.

1994	(9) BC 75, (1) North Carolina 72 (2nd Round)

Thrilling second round upset sends tourney favorite and defending champ home.

1995	(2) Arkansas 96, (7) Syracuse 94* (2nd Round)

This was a wild game that had a little bit of everything, including a Chris Webber style technical foul for too taking too many timeouts with less than five seconds in regulation.

1996	(13) Princeton 43, (4) UCLA 41 (1st Round)

Princeton shocks the defending national champs with a backdoor cut game-winning layup.

1997	(4) Arizona 84, (1) Kentucky 79* (Title Game)

Miles Simon leads Arizona to lone national title in thrilling fashion.

1998	(2) Kentucky 86, (1) Duke 84 (Elite 8)

Incredible 18 point comeback for Kentucky gives Cats revenge from the 1992 Laettner game.  Surprisingly, this is the last time these two great programs have met in the NCAA tournament.

1999	(1) UConn 77, (1) Duke 74 (Title Game)

Huskies pull off thrilling upset over a Duke team most thought was unbeatable.

2000	(5) Florida 69, (12) Butler 68* (1st Round)

Mike Miller’s runner in the lane at the buzzer sets table for Florida’s run to national title game.

2001	(15) Hampton 58, (2) Iowa State 57 (1st Round)

This thrilling upset was the first 15 over 2 shocker that I watched live.

2002	(5) Indiana 74, (1) Duke 73 (Sweet 16)

Kentucky crowd shows they hate Duke even more than rival Indiana, as they raucously cheer Indiana to this upset.  Duke’s Jay Williams chokes game away with key missed free throws down the stretch.

2003	(3) Syracuse 81, (2) Kansas 78 (Title Game)

Hakim Warrick’s block seals first and only national title for the Cuse.

2004	(2) UConn 79, (1) Duke 78 (Final Four)

Classic Final Four game that Huskies stole with late 12-0 run.

2005	(5) Michigan State 94, (2) Kentucky 88** (Elite 8)

Epic two overtime thriller featuring Patrick Sparks buzzer beater at end of regulation.

2006	(11) George Mason 86, (1) UConn 84* (Elite 8)

Biggest Elite Eight upset ever!

2007	(11) VCU 79, (6) Duke 77 (1st Round)

The biggest upset in what is one of the worst NCAA tourneys ever.

2008	(1) Kansas 75, (1) Memphis 68* (Title Game)

Mario Chalmers’ iconic buzzer beater (pictured above) is an all-time memorable shot.

2009	(3) Villanova 78, (1) Pittsburgh 76 (Elite 8)

Scottie Reynolds hits runner in the lane to deny Pitt its first Final Four trip since 1941.

2010	(1) Duke 61, (5) Butler 59 (Title Game)

This game will forever be remember for Hayward’s final second heave that almost went in.

2011	(8) Butler 71, (1) Pittsburgh 70 (2nd Round)

Two inexplicable end of game fouls created the weirdest end to a tourney game ever.

2012	(15) Norfolk State 86, (2) Missouri 84 (1st Round)

The first 15 over 2 in over a decade, and I guaranteed it would happen as soon as the brackets came out.

2013	(4) Michigan 87, (1) Kansas 85* (Sweet 16)

Burke’s deep 3 at end of regulation (pictured above) is one of longest buzzer beaters you’ll ever see.  The Wolverines ended up clinching this game in overtime and making a run to the national title game in Atlanta.

2014	(8) Kentucky 74, (2) Wisconsin 73 (Final Four)

Aaron Harrison’s third game winning three pointer of the tournament gave Calipari his most recent trip to the national championship game.

2015	(14) Georgia State 57, (3) Baylor 56 (1st Round)

R.J. Hunter’s final shot (pictured above) and his dad’s subsequent broken leg celebration is an all-time great moment in tournament history.

2016	(2) Villanova 77, (1) North Carolina 74 (Title Game)

Kris Jenkins buzzer beater serves as one of two or three great all-time finishes to a national championship game, and this entire game, which I attended personally, was outstanding.  

2017	(1) North Carolina 75, (2) Kentucky 73 (Elite 8)

Luke Maye’s buzzer beater ended Kentucky’s incredible comeback attempt.  

2018	(16) UMBC 74, (1) Virginia 54 (1st Round)

The first 16 over 1 upset will live in sports lore forever.

2019	(1) Virginia 80, (3) Purdue 75* (Elite 8)

Unbelievable pass, catch, and shot by Kihei Clark and Mamadi Diakite sends game into overtime and preserves Virginia’s national championship run.

2021	(1) Gonzaga 93, (11) UCLA 90* (Final Four)

Suggs makes incredible block and pass in regulation and then wins game with OT bank shot three (pictured above).

2022	(1) Kansas 72, (8) North Carolina 69 (Title Game)

Jayhawks pull off the greatest comeback in title game history to win program’s 4th national title in thrilling fashion.

2023	(16) Fairleigh Dickinson 63, (1) Purdue 58 (1st Round)

The biggest upset in NCAA tourney history by point spread, team ranking, or any other quantifiable measure you want to use.

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So those are your 84 moments from each of the past NCAA tournaments.  Now, let’s look at the round-by-round analysis of these moments to see which tournament rounds have produced the best games.

Breakdown by Round (84)
1st Round (2)	17
2nd Round (6)	4
Sweet 16 (5)	7
Elite 8 (2)	17
Final Four (4)	14
Title Game (1)	25

As you can see, national title matchups have produced the most “games of the tournament” which is not surprising given that they are by their very nature the most significant.  With that being said, the round right before the title game, the national semifinals (aka Final Four), came in fourth place in this analysis.  We always love to talk about how great the Final Four is with the back-to-back Saturday night matchups, but if look back over the years, you will see this round has failed to produce classic NCAA tournament games. 

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I also have broken this analysis down by team so you can see which teams play the best tournament games and how each team does in those games.  Interestingly, Kentucky had almost twice as many “games of the tournament” as any other school, and before you scream that this analysis is biased because I am personally a big Kentucky fan, go back and look at each of these tournaments.  You will see that in almost every single instance the Cats were unarguably involved in the best game that tournament produced, win or lose.  Part of the reason for that is that Kentucky has been the most consistent program over the history of the NCAA tournament by reaching the final four at least once in every single decade.  Here is the full analysis:

Kentucky	17	7-10
Duke	9	4-5
Kansas	8	4-4
UNC	8	4-4
UCLA	7	3-4
Indiana	4	3-1
Michigan	4	3-1
UConn	4	2-2
Ohio State	4	1-3
Syracuse	4	1-3
Villanova	3	3-0
Cincinnati	3	2-1
Butler	3	1-2
Michigan St	2	2-0
NYU	2	2-0
OK A & M/OK St.	2	2-0
NC State	2	2-0
Princeton	2	1-1
Temple	2	1-1
Baylor	2	1-1
Oklahoma	2	1-1
Wyoming	2	1-1
Wisconsin	2	1-1
Marquette	2	1-1
Virginia	2	1-1
West Virginia	2	0-2
Dartmouth	2	0-2
Illinois	2	0-2
Texas	2	0-2
Georgetown	2	0-2
Pittsburgh	2	0-2
Purdue	2	0-2
Oregon	1	1-0
Utah	1	1-0
CCNY	1	1-0
La Salle	1	1-0
Californa	1	1-0
San Francisco	1	1-0
Loyola-IL	1	1-0
Texas Western/UTEP	1	1-0
Dayton	1	1-0
Miami-OH	1	1-0
BYU	1	1-0
Florida State	1	1-0
Florida	1	1-0
Wake Forest	1	1-0
LSU	1	1-0
Richmond	1	1-0
BC	1	1-0
Arkansas	1	1-0
Rutgers	1	1-0
Jacksonville	1	1-0
Arizona	1	1-0
Hampton	1	1-0
George Mason	1	1-0
VCU	1	1-0
Norfolk State	1	1-0
Georgia State	1	1-0
Gonzaga	1	1-0
UMBC	1	1-0
Fairleigh Dickinson	1	1-0
Bradley	1	0-1
Southern Cal	1	0-1
Washington	1	0-1
St. John’s	1	0-1
Fordham	1	0-1
Oregon St.	1	0-1
Canisius	1	0-1
Kansas State	1	0-1
Vandy	1	0-1
Virginia Tech	1	0-1
Drake	1	0-1
Long Beach St.	1	0-1
Eastern KY	1	0-1
Austin Peay	1	0-1
Charlotte	1	0-1
Indiana St	1	0-1
Notre Dame	1	0-1
Houston	1	0-1
DePaul	1	0-1
Seton Hall	1	0-1
Iowa State	1	0-1
Memphis	1	0-1
Missouri	1	0-1

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Finally, here is the full list of the best games by year without the illustrations or descriptions above.  I thought some of you may want to look at this to more easily be able to compare different seasons over time.  Thanks everyone for reading and please feel free to comment or debate.

1939	Oregon 46, Ohio State 33 (Title Game)
1940	Kansas 43, Southern Cal 42 (Final Four)
1941	Wisconsin 51, Dartmouth 50 (1st Round)
1942	Kentucky 46, Illinois 44 (1st Round)
1943	Wyoming 58, Texas 54 (Final Four)
1944	Utah 42, Dartmouth 40 (Title Game)
1945	NYU 70, Ohio State 65* (Final Four)
1946	Oklahoma A & M 43, North Carolina 40 (Title Game)
1947	Oklahoma 55, Texas 54 (Final Four)
1948	Baylor 64, Washington 62 (First Round)
1949	Oklahoma A & M 40, Wyoming 39 (First Round)
1950	CCNY 71, Bradley 68 (Title Game)
1951	Kentucky 76, Illinois 74 (Final Four)
1952	St. John’s 64, Kentucky 57 (2nd Round)
1953	Indiana 69, Kansas 68 (Title Game)
1954	La Salle 76, Fordham 74* (First Round)
1955	San Francisco 57, Oregon State 56 (Elite 8)
1956	Temple 60, Canisius 58 (Elite 8)
1957	North Carolina 54, Kansas 53*** (Title Game)
1958	Kentucky 61, Temple 60 (Final Four)
1959	California 71, West Virginia 70 (Title Game)
1960	NYU 82, West Virginia 81* (Sweet 16)
1961	Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65* (Title Game)
1962	Cincinnati 72, UCLA 70 (Final Four)
1963	Loyola-Chicago 60, Cincinnati 58* (Title Game)
1964	UCLA 90, Kansas State 84 (Final Four)
1965	Michigan 87, Vanderbilt 85 (Elite 8)
1966	Texas Western 72, Kentucky 65 (Title Game)
1967	Dayton 71, Virginia Tech 66* (Elite 8)
1968	Ohio State 82, Kentucky 81 (Elite 8)
1969	UCLA 85, Drake 82 (Final Four)
1970	Jacksonville 106, Kentucky 100 (Elite 8)
1971	UCLA 57, Long Beach State 55 (Elite 8)
1972	Florida State 83, Eastern Kentucky 81 (1st Round)
1973	Kentucky 106, Austin Peay 100* (Sweet 16)
1974	NC State 80, UCLA 77** (Final Four)
1975	Kentucky 92, Indiana 90 (Elite 8)
1976	Rutgers 54, Princeton 53 (1st Round)
1977	Marquette 51, Charlotte 49 (Final Four)
1978	(3Q) Miami-OH 84, (1L) Marquette 81* (1st Round)
1979	(2) Michigan State 75, (1) Indiana St. 64 (Title Game)
1980	(4) Duke 55, (1) Kentucky 54 (Sweet 16)
1981	(6) Brigham Young 51, (2) Notre Dame 50 (Sweet 16)
1982	(1) North Carolina 63, (1) G’Town 62 (Title Game)
1983	(6) NC State 54, (1) Houston 52 (Title Game)
1984	(4) Wake Forest 73, (1) DePaul 71* (Sweet 16)
1985	(8) Villanova 66, (1) Georgetown 64 (Title Game)
1986	(11) LSU 59, (1) Kentucky 57 (Elite 8)
1987	(1) Indiana 74, (2) Syracuse 73 (Title Game)
1988	(6) Kansas 83, (1) Oklahoma 79 (Title Game)
1989	(3) Michigan 80, (3) Seton Hall 79* (Title Game)
1990	(3) Duke 79, (1) UConn (78)* (Elite 8)
1991	(15) Richmond 73, (2) Syracuse 69 (1st Round)
1992	(1) Duke 104, (2) Kentucky 103* (Elite 8)
1993	(1) North Carolina 77, (1) Michigan 71 (Title Game)
1994	(9) BC 75, (1) North Carolina 72 (2nd Round)
1995	(2) Arkansas 96, (7) Syracuse 94* (2nd Round)
1996	(13) Princeton 43, (4) UCLA 41 (1st Round)
1997	(4) Arizona 84, (1) Kentucky 79* (Title Game)
1998	(2) Kentucky 86, (1) Duke 84 (Elite 8)
1999	(1) UConn 77, (1) Duke 74 (Title Game)
2000	(5) Florida 69, (12) Butler 68* (1st Round)
2001	(15) Hampton 58, (2) Iowa State 57 (1st Round)
2002	(5) Indiana 74, (1) Duke 73 (Sweet 16)
2003	(3) Syracuse 81, (2) Kansas 78 (Title Game)
2004	(2) UConn 79, (1) Duke 78 (Final Four)
2005	(5) Michigan State 94, (2) Kentucky 88** (Elite 8)
2006	(11) George Mason 86, (1) Uconn 84* (Elite 8)
2007	(11) VCU 79, (6) Duke 77 (1st Round)
2008	(1) Kansas 75, (1) Memphis 68* (Title Game)
2009	(3) Villanova 78, (1) Pittsburgh 76 (Elite 8)
2010	(1) Duke 61, (5) Butler 59 (Title Game)
2011	(8) Butler 71, (1) Pittsburgh 70 (2nd Round)
2012	(15) Norfolk State 86, (2) Missouri 84 (1st Round)
2013	(4) Michigan 87, (1) Kansas 85* (Sweet 16)
2014	(8) Kentucky 74, (2) Wisconsin 73 (Final Four)
2015	(14) Georgia State 57, (3) Baylor 56 (1st Round)
2016	(2) Villanova 77, (1) North Carolina 74 (Title Game)
2017	(1) North Carolina 75, (2) Kentucky 73 (Elite 8)
2018	(16) UMBC 74, (1) Virginia 54 (1st Round)
2019	(1) Virginia 80, (3) Purdue 75* (Elite 8)
2020	No Tournament
2021	(1) Gonzaga 93, (11) UCLA 90* (Final Four)
2022	(1) Kansas 72, (8) North Carolina 69 (Title Game)
2023	(16) Fairleigh Dickinson 63, (1) Purdue 58 (1st Round)