Duke and Schools with the Most NCAA Tournament Championship Game Losses

Duke Lost Its Last (And Sixth) NCAA Championship Game In 1999 To The Connecticut Huskies

Duke, of course, is one of the greatest schools in NCAA Tournament history, especially through the modern era. When you’re so good, you put yourself in position for big wins – but sometimes, also, for big losses.

The Blue Devils have lost the most NCAA Championship Games, for example. They and the Kansas Jayhawks have lost the final game six times.

Duke has lost to six different schools, and if Wisconsin does to it what it did to Kentucky a couple of days ago, the Badgers will become the seventh (and give Duke sole possession of the record).

Michigan rounds out the top three with five losses of its own.

At least Duke and Kansas have won four and three titles apiece. Michigan is 1-5 all time in the Finals. You can see every school’s NCAA Championship Game W-L record here, in a previous Sports List of the Day post.

Follow @VinGetz

	RUNNER-UP	L	YEARS	WINNER
1.	Duke	6	1964	UCLA
			1978	Kentucky
			1986	Louisville
			1990	UNLV
			1994	Arkansas
			1999	Connecticut
1.	Kansas	6	1940	Indiana
			1953	Indiana
			1957	North Carolina
			1991	Duke
			2003	Syracuse
			2012	Kentucky
3.	Michigan	5	1965	UCLA
			1976	Indiana
			1992	Duke
			1993	North Carolina
			2013	Louisville
4.	North Carolina	4	1946	Oklahoma State
			1968	UCLA
			1977	Marquette
			1981	Indiana
4.	Ohio State	4	1939	Oregon
			1961	Cincinnati
			1962	Cincinnati
			2007	Florida
4.	Kentucky	4	1966	UTEP
			1975	UCLA
			1997	Arizona
			2014	Connecticut
7.	Georgetown	3	1943	Wyoming
			1982	North Carolina
			1985	Villanova
8.	UCLA	2	1980	Louisville
			2006	Florida
8.	Syracuse	2	1987	Indiana
			1996	Kentucky
8.	Bradley	2	1950	CCNY
			1954	La Salle
8.	Butler	2	2010	Duke
			2011	Connecticut
8.	Dartmouth	2	1942	Stanford
			1944	Utah
8.	Houston	2	1983	NC State
			1984	Georgetown
8.	Oklahoma	2	1947	Holy Cross
			1988	Kansas
15.	Indiana	1	2002	Maryland
15.	Cincinnati	1	1963	Loyola (Ill.)
15.	Florida	1	2000	Michigan State
15.	Michigan State	1	2009	North Carolina
15.	Oklahoma A&M	1	1949	Kentucky
15.	Arizona	1	2001	Duke
15.	Arkansas	1	1995	UCLA
15.	California	1	1960	Ohio State
15.	La Salle	1	1955	San Francisco
15.	Marquette	1	1974	NC State
15.	Utah	1	1998	Kentucky
15.	Villanova	1	1971	UCLA
15.	Dayton	1	1967	UCLA
15.	Florida State	1	1972	UCLA
15.	Georgia Tech	1	2004	Connecticut
15.	Illinois	1	2005	North Carolina
15.	Indiana State	1	1979	Michigan State
15.	Iowa	1	1956	San Francisco
15.	Jacksonville	1	1970	UCLA
15.	Kansas State	1	1951	Kentucky
15.	Memphis	1	2008	Kansas
15.	Memphis State	1	1973	UCLA
15.	NYU	1	1945	Oklahoma State
15.	Purdue	1	1969	UCLA
15.	Seattle	1	1958	Kentucky
15.	Seton Hall	1	1989	Michigan
15.	St. John’s	1	1952	Kansas
15.	Washington State	1	1941	Wisconsin
15.	West Virginia	1	1959	California

Photo: thesportsfanjournal.com