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.

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	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

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NCAA Tournament: Lowest Seeds to Win in the Sweet Sixteen (1979-Present)

SWEET SIXTEEN WINNERS (SEEDS 8 AND WORSE)

		WINNER		LOSER	SCORE	YEAR	REGION	TEAMS IN FIELD
1.	12	Missouri	8	UCLA	82-73	2002	West	65
2.	11	LSU	2	Georgia Tech	70-64	1986	Southeast	64
2.	11	Loyola Marymount	7	Alabama	62-60	1990	West	64
2.	11	Temple	7	Penn State	84-72	2001	South	65
2.	11	George Mason	7	Wichita State	63-55	2006	Washington D.C.	65
2.	11	VCU	10	Florida State	72-71	2011	Southwest	68
2.	11	Dayton	10	Stanford	82-72	2014	South	68
8.	10	St. John’s	6	Rutgers	67-65	1979	East	40
8.	10	Dayton	6	Washington	64-58	1984	West	53
8.	10	LSU	3	DePaul	63-58	1987	Midwest	64
8.	10	Texas	6	Xavier	102-89	1990	Midwest	64
8.	10	Temple	3	Oklahoma State	72-63	1991	East	64
8.	10	Providence*	14	UT-Chatanooga	71-65	1997	Southeast	64
8.	10	Gonzaga	6	Florida	73-72	1999	West	64
8.	10	Kent State	3	Pittsburgh	78-73	2002	South	65
8.	10	Davidson	3	Wisconsin	73-56	2008	Midwest	65
17.	9	Pennsylvania	4	Syracuse	84-76	1979	East	40
17.	9	St. Joseph’s	5	Boston College	42-41	1981	Mideast	48
17.	9	Boston College	5	Indiana	77-68	1994	East	64
17.	9	Wichita State*	13	La Salle	72-58	2013	West	68
21.	8	UCLA	4	Ohio State	72-68	1980	West	48
21.	8	Kansas State	4	Illinois	57-52	1981	West	48
21.	8	Boston College	5	Kansas State	69-65	1982	Midwest	48
21.	8	Villanova	5	Maryland	46-43	1985	Southeast	64
21.	8	Auburn	4	UNLV	70-63	1986	West	64
21.	8	North Carolina	4	Tennessee	74-69	2000	South	64
21.	8	Wisconsin	4	LSU	61-48	2000	West	64
21.	8	Alabama	5	Syracuse	80-71	2004	Phoenix	65
21.	8	Butler	4	Wisconsin	61-54	2011	Southeast	68
21.	8	Kentucky	4	Louisville	74-69	2014	Midwest	68

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CHRONOLOGICAL

	YEAR		WINNER		LOSER	SCORE	REGION	TEAMS IN FIELD
1.	1979	10	St. John’s	6	Rutgers	67-65	East	40
2.	1979	9	Pennsylvania	4	Syracuse	84-76	East	40
3.	1980	8	UCLA	4	Ohio State	72-68	West	48
4.	1981	8	Kansas State	4	Illinois	57-52	West	48
5.	1981	9	St. Joseph’s	5	Boston College	42-41	Mideast	48
6.	1982	8	Boston College	5	Kansas State	69-65	Midwest	48
7.	1984	10	Dayton	6	Washington	64-58	West	53
8.	1985	8	Villanova	5	Maryland	46-43	Southeast	64
9.	1986	11	LSU	2	Georgia Tech	70-64	Southeast	64
10.	1986	8	Auburn	4	UNLV	70-63	West	64
11.	1987	10	LSU	3	DePaul	63-58	Midwest	64
12.	1990	10	Texas	6	Xavier	102-89	Midwest	64
13.	1990	11	Loyola Marymount	7	Alabama	62-60	West	64
14.	1991	10	Temple	3	Oklahoma State	72-63	East	64
15.	1994	9	Boston College	5	Indiana	77-68	East	64
16.	1997	10	Providence*	14	UT-Chatanooga	71-65	Southeast	64
17.	1999	10	Gonzaga	6	Florida	73-72	West	64
18.	2000	8	North Carolina	4	Tennessee	74-69	South	64
19.	2000	8	Wisconsin	4	LSU	61-48	West	64
20.	2001	11	Temple	7	Penn State	84-72	South	65
21.	2002	10	Kent State	3	Pittsburgh	78-73	South	65
22.	2002	12	Missouri	8	UCLA	82-73	West	65
23.	2004	8	Alabama	5	Syracuse	80-71	Phoenix	65
24.	2006	11	George Mason	7	Wichita State	63-55	Washington D.C.	65
25.	2008	10	Davidson	3	Wisconsin	73-56	Midwest	65
26.	2011	11	VCU	10	Florida State	72-71	Southwest	68
27.	2011	8	Butler	4	Wisconsin	61-54	Southeast	68
28.	2013	9	Wichita State*	13	La Salle	72-58	West	68
29.	2014	11	Dayton	10	Stanford	82-72	South	68
30.	2014	8	Kentucky	4	Louisville	74-69	Midwest	68

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NCAA Tournament 2015: Every School’s Odds to Win Championship

SEED	SCHOOL	ODDS	REGION	CONF.	FINAL RECORD
1.	Kentucky	1-1	MIDWEST	SEC	34-0
1.	Duke	13-2	SOUTH	ACC	29-4
1.	Wisconsin	13-2	WEST	Big 10	31-3
1.	Villanova	8-1	EAST	Big East	32-2
2.	Arizona	12-1	WEST	Pac 12	31-3
2.	Virginia	17-1	EAST	ACC	29-3
2.	Gonzaga	22-1	SOUTH	West Coast	32-2
4.	North Carolina	25-1	WEST	ACC	24-11
3.	Iowa State	35-1	SOUTH	Big 12	25-8
3.	Baylor	40-1	WEST	Big 12	24-9
2.	Kansas	40-1	MIDWEST	Big 12	26-8
3.	Notre Dame	50-1	MIDWEST	ACC	29-5
5.	Utah	55-1	SOUTH	Pac 12	24-8
4.	Maryland	60-1	MIDWEST	Big 10	27-6
7.	Michigan State	60-1	EAST	Big 10	23-11
3.	Oklahoma	60-1	EAST	Big 12	22-10
6.	SMU	60-1	SOUTH	American	27-6
4.	Louisville	80-1	EAST	ACC	24-8
7.	Wichita State	80-1	MIDWEST	Missouri Valley	28-4
5.	Northern Iowa	90-1	EAST	Missouri Valley	30-3
5.	West Virginia	90-1	MIDWEST	Big 12	23-9
6.	Butler	100-1	MIDWEST	Big East	22-10
10.	Ohio State	100-1	WEST	Big 10	23-10
11.	Texas	100-1	MIDWEST	Big 12	20-13
	Field (Any Other Team)	100-1
12.	Buffalo	150-1	MIDWEST	Mid American	23-9
4.	Georgetown	175-1	SOUTH	Big East	21-10
9.	LSU	175-1	EAST	SEC	22-10
6.	Xavier	175-1	WEST	Big East	21-13
5.	Arkansas	200-1	WEST	SEC	26-8
7.	VCU	200-1	WEST	Atlantic 10	26-9
10.	Indiana	250-1	MIDWEST	Big 10	20-13
7.	Iowa	250-1	SOUTH	Big 10	21-11
8.	NC State	250-1	EAST	ACC	20-13
11.	Ole Miss	250-1	WEST	SEC	20-12
6.	Providence	250-1	EAST	Big East	22-11
9.	St Johns	250-1	SOUTH	Big East	21-11
8.	Cincinnati	300-1	MIDWEST	American	22-10
10.	Georgia	300-1	EAST	SEC	21-11
14.	Georgia State	300-1	WEST	Sun Belt	24-9
13.	Harvard	300-1	WEST	Ivy	22-7
9.	Oklahoma State	300-1	WEST	Big 12	18-13
8.	Oregon	300-1	WEST	Pac 12	25-9
8.	San Diego State	300-1	SOUTH	Mountain West	26-8
13.	UC Irvine	300-1	EAST	Big West	21-12
11.	UCLA	300-1	SOUTH	Pac 12	20-13
12.	Wofford	300-1	WEST	Southern	28-6
12.	Wyoming	300-1	EAST	Mountain West	25-9
15.	Belmont	500-1	EAST	Ohio Valley	22-10
11.	BYU	500-1	WEST	West Coast	25-9
11.	Boise State	500-1	EAST	Mountain West	25-8
10.	Davidson	500-1	SOUTH	Atlantic 10	24-7
11.	Dayton	500-1	EAST	Atlantic 10	25-8
15.	New Mexico State	500-1	MIDWEST	WAC	23-10
9.	Purdue	500-1	MIDWEST	Big 10	21-12
12.	Stephen F Austin	500-1	SOUTH	Southland	29-4
14.	Albany	1000-1	EAST	American East	24-8
13.	Eastern Washington	1000-1	SOUTH	Big Sky	26-8
15.	North Dakota State	1000-1	SOUTH	Summit	23-9
14.	Northeastern	1000-1	MIDWEST	Colonial	23-11
14.	UAB	1000-1	SOUTH	C-USA	19-15
13.	Valparaiso	1000-1	MIDWEST	Horizon	28-5
16.	North Florida	2000-1	SOUTH	Atlantic Sun	23-11
16.	Coastal Carolina	5000-1	WEST	Big South	24-9
16.	Lafayette	5000-1	EAST	Patriot	20-12
16.	Manhattan	5000-1	MIDWEST	MAAC	19-13
16.	Robert Morris	5000-1	SOUTH	NEC	19-14
15.	Texas Southern	5000-1	WEST	SWAC	22-12
16.	Hampton	9999-1	MIDWEST	MEAC	16-17