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LSU
The 1935 Tigers - coached by Harry Rabenhorst, and keyed by the play of first LSU All-American Sparky Wade - finished the season at 14–1, defeating a Pittsburgh Panthers team that shared the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference championship and finished with an 18–6 overall record in the American Legion Bowl by a score of 41–37 in their final game of the season. -
kentucky
Adolph Rupp led Kentucky to a then record 876 wins despite only six of those seasons being comprised of more than 30 total games. -
Indiana Hoosiers
The two teams battled in an intense game that came down to the final seconds. With 27 seconds left and the score tied at 68, Indiana's Bobby Leonard was fouled. Leonard missed the first free throw but made the second. Kansas had one final possession but missed a last-second shot. Then indiana finally won a big ten title -
Teaxes
national championship marked the first time a team with five African-American players in the starting lineup won a title. It came against Kentucky, one of the premier programs in the nation, and one of the most resistant to integration. It came in the middle of the throes of the civil rights movement, after the March on Washington, before the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr -
houston
1968, The Big E recorded 167 points and 97 rebounds in five games for Houston, including a 49-point, 27-rebound game to beat Loyola of Chicago in the Midwest Regional. The Cougars made it to the Final Four but didn't win there, running into Lew Alcindor and UCLA yet again in the semifinals before falling to Ohio State in the consolation game. Despite his incredible individual run, Hayes didn't even make the Final Four all-tournament team, another head-shaker for one of the best players to never -
north carolina
Michael Jordan's jump shot with 16 seconds remaining gives North Carolina a 63-62 victory over Georgetown for the NCAA men's basketball championship. -
Duke
With 2.6 seconds left in the 1990 regional -- the first regional overtime game in seven years -- Laettner tossed the ball to Brian Davis, who dished it right back to him. Laettner launched the leaning 14-footer as time expired, sending the Blue Devils to the Final Four. The last shot was emblematic of the entire game, one that included 17 lead changes and 16 -
Florida Gators
mike miller hits buzzer beater against Butler in the first round of the 2000 NCAA tournament may be his most memorable shot ever. -
Hampton
Hampton's improbable win against Iowa State in 2001 is no less memorable. The MEAC school, a 15-seed, upset the Cyclones on Tarvis Williams' jumper with 6.9 seconds left. -
Kanses
surounded the tournament's top seeds. One No. 1 lost in the round of 32 (Pitt), two No. 1s lost in the Sweet 16 (Duke and Ohio State) and the fourth No. 1 lost in the Elite Eight (Kansas). Not only did the bracket scoff at the thought of going chalk, but it also knocked out all four No. 2 seeds (North Carolina, San Diego State, Notre Dame and Florida) before the final weekend, making 2011 the only tournament in NCAA history that didn't have a No. 1 or No. 2 in the Final Four. -
arkasas
remaining against a Duke team that was playing in its sixth Final Four in seven years. None of those factors bothered Razorbacks guard Scotty Thurman, whose 3-pointer broke a 70-70 tie and propelled Arkansas to a 76-72 victory over the Blue Devils in the 1994 title game. Thurman, who had made two game-winning 3-pointers earlier that season, averaged 15.9 points for the Razorbacks.
