Helms Foundation National Champions

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Helms Foundation Basketball National Champions

From 1939, when the NCAA Division I Men's Tournament started, the Helms and NCAA Division I champions are the same, except for when Oregon (1939), Indiana (1940), Utah (1944), and La Salle (1954) won the NCAA tournament.

Year	Helms Champion	Record	Coach
1901	Yale Bulldogs	10-4	?
1902	Minnesota Golden Gophers	11-0	Louis Cooke
1903	Yale Bulldogs	15-1	W.H. Murphy
1904	Columbia Lions	17-1	none
1905	Columbia Lions	19-1	none
1906	Dartmouth Big Green	16-2	none
1907	Chicago Maroons	22-2	Joseph Raycroft
1908	Chicago Maroons	21-2	Joseph Raycroft
1909	Chicago Maroons	12-0	Joseph Raycroft
1910	Columbia Lions	11-1	Harry Fisher
1911	St. John's	14-0	Claude Allen
1912	Wisconsin Badgers	15-0	Doc Meanwell
1913	Navy Midshipmen	9-0	Louis Wenzell
1914	Wisconsin Badgers	15-0	Doc Meanwell
1915	Illinois Fighting Illini	16-0	Ralph Jones
1916	Wisconsin Badgers	20-1	Doc Meanwell
1917	Washington State Cougars	25-1	Doc Bohler
1918	Syracuse Orangemen	16-1	Edmund Dollard
1919	Minnesota Golden Gophers	13-0	Louis Cooke
1920	Penn Quakers	22-1	Lon Jourdet
1921	Penn Quakers	21-2	Edward McNichol
1922	Kansas Jayhawks	16-2	Phog Allen
1923	Kansas Jayhawks	17-1	Phog Allen
1924	North Carolina Tar Heels	25-0	Bo Shepard
1925	Princeton Tigers	21-2	Al Wittmer
1926	Syracuse Orangemen	19-1	Lew Andreas
1927	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	19-1	George Keogan
1928	Pitt Panthers	21-0	Doc Carlson
1929	Montana State Bobcats	36-2	Schubert Dyche
1930	Pitt Panthers	23-2	Doc Carlson
1931	Northwestern Wildcats	16-1	Dutch Lonborg
1932	Purdue Boilermakers	17-1	Ward "Piggy" Lambert
1933	Kentucky Wildcats	21-3	Adolph Rupp
1934	Wyoming Cowboys	26-3	Willard Witte
1935	NYU Fighting Violets	19-1	Howard Cann
1936	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	22-2-1	George Keogan
1937	Stanford Indians	25-2	John Bunn
1938	Temple Owls	23-2	James Usilton
1939	Long Island Blackbirds	24-0	Clair Bee
1940	USC Trojans	20-3	Sam Barry
1941	Wisconsin Badgers	20-3	Bud Foster
1942	Stanford Indians	27-4	Everett Dean
1943	Wyoming Cowboys	31-2	Everett Shelton
1944	Army	15-0	Ed Kelleher
1945	Oklahoma A&M Cowboys	27-4	Hank Iba
1946	Oklahoma A&M Cowboys	31-2	Hank Iba
1947	Holy Cross Crusaders	27-3	Doggie Julian
1948	Kentucky Wildcats	36-3	Adolph Rupp
1949	Kentucky Wildcats	32-2	Adolph Rupp
1950	CCNY Beavers	24-5	Nat Holman
1951	Kentucky Wildcats	32-2	Adolph Rupp
1952	Kansas Jayhawks	28-3	Phog Allen
1953	Indiana Hoosiers	23-3	Branch McCracken
1954	Kentucky Wildcats	25-0	Adolph Rupp
1955	San Francisco Dons	28-1	Phil Woolpert
1956	San Francisco Dons	29-0	Phil Woolpert
1957	North Carolina Tar Heels	32-0	Frank McGuire
1958	Kentucky Wildcats	23-6	Adolph Rupp
1959	California Golden Bears	25-4	Pete Newell
1960	Ohio State Buckeyes	25-3	Fred Taylor
1961	Cincinnati Bearcats	27-3	Ed Jucker
1962	Cincinnati Bearcats	29-2	Ed Jucker
1963	Loyola Ramblers	29-2	George Ireland
1964	UCLA Bruins	30-0	John Wooden
1965	UCLA Bruins	28-2	John Wooden
1966	Texas Western Miners	28-1	Don Haskins
1967	UCLA Bruins	30-0	John Wooden
1968	UCLA Bruins	29-1	John Wooden
1969	UCLA Bruins	29-1	John Wooden
1970	UCLA Bruins	28-2	John Wooden
1971	UCLA Bruins	29-1	John Wooden
1972	UCLA Bruins	30-0	John Wooden
1973	UCLA Bruins	30-0	John Wooden
1974	North Carolina State Wolfpack	30-1	Norm Sloan
1975	UCLA Bruins	28-3	John Wooden
1976	Indiana Hoosiers	32-0	Bobby Knight
1977	Marquette Warriors	25-7	Al McGuire
1978	Kentucky Wildcats	30-2	Joe B Hall
1979	Michigan State Spartans	26-6	Jud Heathcote
1980	Louisville Cardinals	33-3	Denny Crum
1981	Indiana Hoosiers	26-9	Bobby Knight
1982	North Carolina Tar Heels	32-2	Dean Smith