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Kansas is one of the most successful basketball programs in history. They’ve won over 30 conference championships and 3 national championships.
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Number of National Championships
Kansas Basketball has won a total of three National Championships. The first National Championship was won in 1952. The second National Championship was won in 1988. The third and most recent National Championship was won in 2008.
Kansas Basketball’s National Championships
The Jayhawks have won five NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championships (1952, 1988, 1991, 1993, 2008). In addition, they have also won two National Invitation Tournaments (1938, 1942), and one College Basketball Invitational (2007).
Number of National Championships Won by Other Teams
As of the 2019-2020 season, the Kansas Jayhawks have won a total of 3 national championships in men’s basketball. The first came in 1952 under head coach Phog Allen, and then again in 1988 and 2008 under head coach Bill Self. The Jayhawks are tied with UCLA for the most national championships won by any team in Division I men’s basketball history.
Other teams that have won multiple national championships include Indiana (5), North Carolina (6), Duke (5), and Kentucky (8).
National Championships by Year
Kansas basketball has won 3 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championships. The first championship came in 1952 under head coach Phog Allen. The next championship came in 1988 under head coach Larry Brown. The most recent championship was in 2008 under head coach Bill Self.
National Championships Won by Kansas Basketball
Kansas has been dominating college basketball for years, and their fans expect nothing less than a National Championship every year. The Jayhawks have won five National Championships in total, with the most recent one coming in 2018. Here is a list of all the times Kansas has been crowned National Champions.
1952 – Helms Athletic Foundation
1988 – Associated Press
1991 – NCAA
1998 – Associated Press
2002 – ESPN/USA Today
2003 – Associated Press
2007 – NCAA
2008 – ESPN/USA Today
2009 – ESPN/USA Today
2010 – Associated Press
2011 – NCAA
2012 – NCAA
2018 – NCAA
National Championships Won by Other Teams
In addition to the Jayhawks, other teams have also won national championships in college basketball. Here is a list of national champions by year:
-2018: Villanova
-2017: North Carolina
-2016: Villanova
-2015: Duke
-2014: Connecticut
-2013: Louisville
-2012: Kentucky
-2011: Connecticut
-2010: Duke
National Championships by Conference
The Kansas Jayhawks have won five NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championships. The Jayhawks are first in the nation in total number of championships won by a conference, and first in the Big 12 Conference.
National Championships Won by Kansas Basketball
Kansas has won 3 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championships. They have also won 14 conference championships, the most recent being in 2018.
National Championships Won by Other Teams
Although Kansas has the most NCAA Division I championships with 29, there are several other schools that have won multiple titles. UCLA leads the way in second place with 11 championships, followed by Kentucky and North Carolina with eight apiece. Indiana has won seven NCAA Division I titles, while Duke has won six.
A total of 17 different programs have won at least three NCAA Division I championships. In addition to Kansas, UCLA, Kentucky, North Carolina and Indiana, those schools are Louisville (5), Connecticut (4), Ohio State (4), Michigan State (3), Syracuse (3), Arizona (3), Oklahoma A&M/Oklahoma State (3), Villanova (3), Illinois (3) and Florida (3).
National Championships by Head Coach
Kansas has won 5 National Championships in Basketball. 3 of those have come under the leadership of current head coach Bill Self. The other 2 were won while Larry Brown was the head coach.
National Championships Won by Kansas Basketball
Kansas has won 3 national championships in basketball. The first one was coached by Phog Allen in 1952. The next two were coached by current head coach, Bill Self. They were won in 2008 and 2012.
National Championships Won by Other Teams
Other than Kansas, there have been 47 other teams that have won the Men’s Division I NCAA Basketball National Championship.
-1939: Oregon*
-1940: Indiana
-1941: Wisconsin
-1942: Stanford
-1943: Wyoming
-1944: Utah
-1945: Oklahoma A&M
-(Oklahoma State)
-1946: Oklahoma A&M
-(Oklahoma State)
-1947: Holy Cross
-1948: Kentucky
-1949: Kentucky
