About the NCAA Championship
College basketball is big in the US, there are around thirty-two divisions/conferences consisting of around three hundred and fifty teams.
The NCAA Championship itself starts off with sixty-eight teams, thirty-two of them being the winners of their division/conference.
The other thirty-six are awarded a spot through the NCAA selection committee.
Playoff matches are single matches, meaning if you win, you advance, if you lose, it's game over for your team.
The playoffs continue until we have just two teams remaining and these face each other in the NCAA Championship match.
Here are the past ten winners of the NCAA Championship:
| Year | Winning team | Winning head coach | Score | Losing team | Losing head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UConn | Dan Hurley | 76-59 | San Diego State | Brian Dutcher |
| 2022 | Kansas | Bill Self | 72-69 | North Carolina | Hubert Davis |
| 2021 | Baylor | Scott Drew | 86-70 | Gonzaga | Mark Few |
| 2020 | Postponed | ||||
| 2019 | Virginia | Tony Bennett | 85-77 | Texas Tech | Chris Beard |
| 2018 | Villanova | Jay Wright | 79-62 | Michigan | John Beilein |
| 2017 | North Carolina | Roy Williams | 71-65 | Gonzaga | Mark Few |
| 2016 | Villanova | Jay Wright | 77-74 | North Carolina | Roy Williams |
| 2015 | Duke | Mike Krzyzewski | 68-63 | Wisconsin | Bo Ryan |
| 2014 | Connecticut | Kevin Ollie | 60-54 | Kentucky | John Calipari |
| 2013 | Louisville | Rick Pitino | 82-76 | Michigan | John Beilein |
Using the NCAA Championship Betting Tips
During the regular season and in fact, the playoff also, you can find NCAA predictions on our main Basketball Tips page.
It is also worth following our Best Basketball Tipsters throughout the season for their picks.
So if you are looking for college basketball picks against the spread, Moneyline picks or game total picks head over to either of those pages.
On here, you can find our tipster's prediction for the outright NCAA Championship winner.
Each outcome will show how many of our tipsters have picked that team as well as the percentage of tips for it.
Any comments left by our tipsters can also be displayed here, this is the reasoning to support their picks.
To place a bet on a pick, use the 'Add' to betslip option, you can then see which bookmaker is offering the best odds.
Selecting this bookmaker will transfer your pick across to their site, where you can place your bet.
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