Which schools have won the most NCAA Men's Tournament Championships?

The first round of the 2025 men's NCAA Tournament got underway Thursday, and the 68-team field has already started to whittle down. On April 7, there will be only one remaining as we crown another NCAA basketball champion. 

Before we find out who will join that group, let's look back at the programs that have the longest history of being at the top.  

Here are the men's college basketball teams with the most national championships.

The Dons won consecutive national titles in 1955 and 1956, but they have only made the NCAA Tournament twice in the last 40 years. 

Oklahoma State was actually Oklahoma A&M when it won its two titles in 1945 and 1946. The Cowboys have made the NCAA Tournament just once in the last eight seasons. 

It's been 42 years since the Wolfpack won their last title with Jim Valvano, and they won't end that streak this season as they failed to make the NCAA Tournament. NC State moved on from its head coach Kevin Keatts after the regular season and has reportedly reached an agreement with Will Wade. 

The Spartans won their last title in 2000 in coach Tom Izzo's fifth season at the helm. Izzo, now the Big Ten's all-time winningest coach, is still leading the team and has them as 2-seed this season, with a chance to make a run in the NCAA Tournament. 

Louisville won titles in 1980 and 1986 with head coach Denny Crum. The Cardinals added another championship in 2013, but it was vacated after a 2017 NCAA investigation found out that players were involved in a sex scandal. The Cardinals hadn't made the NCAA Tournament since 2019, but they got back there in Pat Kelsey's first season as the head coach before losing to Creighton in the first round on Thursday. 

The Gators won both their titles in back-to-back