As of 2026, the team with the most men's NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship wins was UCLA, with 11 titles. The team to last win a March Madness title was Michigan, beating UConn in the championship game.
March madness viewers
The NCAA Men鈥檚 Division I Basketball tournament, also known as 鈥淢arch Madness鈥, is the most important competition for collegiate basketball. In a single-elimination format, 68 college basketball teams fill out the bracket and play for the championship title. There are several rounds of the tournament - the first round, also known as 鈥淩ound of 64鈥, the second round or the 鈥淩ound of 32鈥, regional semi-finals, called "Sweet Sixteen", the regional finals, commonly known as the "Elite Eight", national Semi-finals, referred to as the "Final Four" and lastly, the championship game. In the last decade, the聽NCAA March Madness average TV viewership has regularly exceeded 10 million viewers.聽
Final Four mainstays
With over 20 appearances, the North Carolina Tar Heels have been the team to feature most in the Final Four. From there, the Tar Heels were able to reach and win the final game on six occasions, putting them in the top three teams in terms of championship wins. Meanwhile, the Kentucky Wildcats have the second most championships - the most recent of their eight titles came in 2012 and their latest Final Four appearance was in 2015. Even though the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team has only won two men's NCAA college basketball championships and appeared in a total of eight Final Four rounds, they have played in three of the top 10聽highest-rated televised NCAA basketball national championship games. The highest-rated game, however, was the national championship game matchup between the Wolverines' rivals Michigan State Spartans and Indiana State Hoosiers in 1979, with a rating of 24.1.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association. (April 6, 2026). Number of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship wins in the United States from 1939 to 2026, by team [Graph]. In 糖心破解版. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/219821/teams-with-the-most-ncaa-basketball-titles/
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Number of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship wins in the United States from 1939 to 2026, by team [Graph], National Collegiate Athletic Association, April 6, 2026. [Online]. Available: /statistics/219821/teams-with-the-most-ncaa-basketball-titles/