8 College Basketball Teams With The Most National Championship Losses

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00:008 College Basketball Teams with the Most National Championship Losses

00:04Houston Cougars

00:06The Houston Cougars have lost all three of their NCAA Tournament Finals.

00:12Heartbreaks include the 1983 buzzer beater by North Carolina State

00:16and a blown 14-point lead to Florida in 2025.

00:20Despite repeated heartbreak, Houston's iconic Phi Slamma Jamma era

00:24cemented a lasting basketball legacy.

00:28Georgetown Hoyas

00:29Georgetown has three National Championship Losses in four appearances.

00:34Defeats include Wyoming in 1943, Michael Jordan's legendary 1982 jumper, and Villanova's 1985 upset.

00:42Their lone title came in 1984 over Houston, highlighting the Hoyas' powerful 1980s dynasty

00:47under coach John Thompson.

00:49Ohio State Buckeyes

00:51Ohio State has fallen in four of five NCAA Finals.

00:55They lost the inaugural 1939 Tournament to Oregon,

00:59then back-to-back to Cincinnati in 1961 and 1962, and again to Florida in 2007,

01:05despite maintaining decades of elite basketball tradition.

01:09Kentucky Wildcats

01:10Kentucky's 12 championship appearances include four defeats.

01:14The Wildcats

01:15The Wildcats lost to Texas Western in 1966's historic title game, UCLA in 1975, Arizona in 1997, and UConn in 2014.

01:26Their eight titles still rank second all-time in NCAA history.

01:31Michigan Wolverines

01:32Michigan's seven championship appearances have produced six losses.

01:37Defeats include 1965, 1976, and the infamous Fab Five losses in 1992 and 1993.

01:45Later setbacks came in 2013 and 2018, leaving their lone triumph in 1989 as a distant memory.

01:53Kansas Jayhawks

01:54Kansas

01:55Kansas owns six national championship losses in ten tries.

01:59Early defeats came in 1940 and 1953, both to Indiana, followed by heartbreaks in 1957, 1991, 2003, and 2012.

02:10Despite the disappointments, Kansas remains a blue-blood powerhouse with four titles.

02:16Duke Blue Devils

02:16Duke has six losses in 11 NCAA Finals.

02:21Early heartbreaks from 1964 to 1990 gave way to dominance in the 1990s, with back-to-back titles in 1991 and 1992.

02:31Later setbacks in 1994 and 1999 balanced their impressive 5-6 record.

02:37North Carolina Tar Heels

02:38North Carolina's 12 championship appearances have produced six losses.

02:43They dropped early finals in 1948, 1968, 1977, and 1981 before Michael Jordan's 1982 heroics.

02:52More recently, close defeats to Kansas and Villanova offset their 2017 championship victory against Gonzaga.