Helms Foundation National Champions

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Helms Foundation Basketball National Champions

An expert panel appointed by the Helms Foundation met annually to vote on a National Champion from 1939 until 1982. They retroactively ranked basketball champions back to 1901.

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.

Chicago, 1909
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Chicago, 1909
Penn, 1920
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Penn, 1920
North Carolina, 1924
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North Carolina, 1924
Montana State, 1929
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Montana State, 1929
Purdue, 1932
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Purdue, 1932
Kentucky, 1933
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Kentucky, 1933
Wisconsin, 1941
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Wisconsin, 1941
Indiana, 1953
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Indiana, 1953
Cincinnati, 1962
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Cincinnati, 1962
Texas Western, 1966
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Texas Western, 1966
Year Helms Champion Record Coach Outstanding Player
1901 Yale Bulldogs 10-6 none George M. Clark
1902 Minnesota Golden Gophers 11-0Louis Cooke William Deering
1903 Yale Bulldogs 15-1 W.H. Murphy R.B. Hyatt
1904 Columbia Lions 17-1 Henry Elias Harry Fisher
1905 Columbia Lions 19-1Henry Elias Harry Fisher
1906 Dartmouth Big Green 16-2none George Grebenstein
1907 Chicago Maroons 22-2Joseph RaycroftJohn Schommer
1908 Chicago Maroons 21-2Joseph Raycroft John Schommer
1909 Chicago Maroons 12-0Joseph Raycroft John Schommer
1910 Columbia Lions 11-1Harry Fisher Ted Kiendl
1911 St. John's 14-0Claude Allen John Keenan
1912 Wisconsin Badgers 15-0Doc Meanwell Otto Stangel
1913 Navy Midshipmen 9-0Louis Wenzell Laurence Wild
1914 Wisconsin Badgers 15-0Doc Meanwell Gene Van Gent
1915 Illinois Fighting Illini 16-0Ralph Jones Ray Woods
1916 Wisconsin Badgers 20-1Doc Meanwell George Levis
1917 Washington State Cougars 25-1Doc Bohler Roy Bohler
1918 Syracuse Orangemen 16-1Edmund Dollard Joe Schwarzer
1919 Minnesota Golden Gophers 13-0Louis Cooke Arnold Oss
1920 Penn Quakers 22-1Lon Jourdet George Sweeney
1921 Penn Quakers 21-2Edward McNichol Danny McNichol
1922 Kansas Jayhawks 16-2Phog Allen Paul Endacott
1923 Kansas Jayhawks 17-1Phog Allen Paul Endacott
1924 North Carolina Tar Heels 25-0Bo Shepard John Cobb
1925 Princeton Tigers 21-2Al Wittmer Art Loeb
1926 Syracuse Orangemen 19-1Lew Andreas Victor Hanson
1927 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 19-1George Keogan John Nyikos
1928 Pitt Panthers 21-0Doc Carlson Chuck Hyatt
1929 Montana State Bobcats 36-2Schubert Dyche Cat Thompson
1930 Pitt Panthers 23-2Doc Carlson Chuck Hyatt
1931 Northwestern Wildcats 16-1Dutch Lonborg Joseph Reiff
1932 Purdue Boilermakers 17-1Ward "Piggy" Lambert John Wooden
1933 Kentucky Wildcats 21-3Adolph Rupp Forest Sale
1934 Wyoming Cowboys 26-3Willard Witte Les Witte
1935 NYU Fighting Violets 19-1Howard Cann Sid Gross
1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 22-2-1George Keogan John Moir
1937 Stanford Indians 25-2John Bunn Hank Luisetti
1938 Temple Owls 23-2James Usilton Meyer Bloom
1939 Long Island Blackbirds 24-0Clair Bee Irv Torgoff
1940 USC Trojans 20-3Sam Barry Ralph Vaughn
1941 Wisconsin Badgers 20-3Bud Foster Gene Englund
1942 Stanford Indians 27-4Everett Dean Jim Pollard
1943 Wyoming Cowboys 31-2Everett Shelton Kenny Sailors
1944 Army 15-0Ed Kelleher Dale Hall
1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys 27-4Hank Iba Bob Kurland
1946 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys 31-2Hank Iba Bob Kurland
1947 Holy Cross Crusaders 27-3Doggie Julian George Kaftan
1948 Kentucky Wildcats 36-3Adolph Rupp Ralph Beard
1949 Kentucky Wildcats 32-2Adolph Rupp Alex Groza
1950 CCNY Beavers 24-5Nat Holman Irwin Dambrot
1951 Kentucky Wildcats 32-2Adolph Rupp Bill Spivey
1952 Kansas Jayhawks 28-3Phog Allen Clyde Lovellette
1953 Indiana Hoosiers 23-3Branch McCracken Don Schlundt
1954 Kentucky Wildcats 25-0Adolph Rupp Cliff Hagan
1955 San Francisco Dons 28-1Phil Woolpert Bill Russell
1956 San Francisco Dons 29-0Phil Woolpert Bill Russell
1957 North Carolina Tar Heels 32-0Frank McGuire Lennie Rosenbluth
1958 Kentucky Wildcats 23-6Adolph Rupp Vern Hatton
1959 California Golden Bears 25-4Pete Newell Darrall Imhoff
1960 Ohio State Buckeyes 25-3Fred Taylor Jerry Lucas
1961 Cincinnati Bearcats 27-3Ed Jucker Bob Wiesenhahn
1962 Cincinnati Bearcats 29-2Ed Jucker Paul Hogue
1963 Loyola Ramblers 29-2George Ireland Jerry Harkness
1964 UCLA Bruins 30-0John Wooden Walt Hazzard
1965 UCLA Bruins 28-2John Wooden Gail Goodrich
1966 Texas Western Miners 28-1Don Haskins Bobby Joe Hill
1967 UCLA Bruins 30-0John Wooden Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1968 UCLA Bruins 29-1John Wooden Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1969 UCLA Bruins 29-1John Wooden Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1970 UCLA Bruins 28-2John Wooden Sidney Wicks
1971 UCLA Bruins 29-1John Wooden Sidney Wicks
1972 UCLA Bruins 30-0John Wooden Bill Walton
1973 UCLA Bruins 30-0John Wooden Bill Walton
1974 North Carolina State Wolfpack 30-1Norm Sloan David Thompson
1975 UCLA Bruins 28-3John Wooden Dave Meyers
1976 Indiana Hoosiers 32-0Bobby Knight Scott May
1977 Marquette Warriors 25-7Al McGuire Butch Lee
1978 Kentucky Wildcats 30-2Joe B. Hall Jack Givens
1979 Michigan State Spartans 26-6Jud Heathcote Magic Johnson
1980 Louisville Cardinals 33-3Denny Crum Darrell Griffith
1981 Indiana Hoosiers 26-9Bobby Knight Isiah Thomas
1982 North Carolina Tar Heels 32-2Dean Smith James Worthy
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