The Best 10 NCAA Title Games Since 1979
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 10:27AM 
By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season
While the UCLA dynasty certainly was memorable, and Indiana's perfect season in 1976 might never be equalled, I think it's safe to say the Indiana State-Michigan State NCAA championship game in 1979 truly put college basketball on the national map.
Including that game, there have been 31 national championship events in men's basketball, and it is our duty this week to pick the top 10 games of this era. I'll publish the No. 10 game next Monday, and will count them down, one by one, each week until April 5, the night of this year's national championship game in Indianapolis.
Here's the complete list of championship games. I eagerly await your comments, which you can leave by clicking here.
1979 - Michigan State over Indiana State
1980 - Louisville over UCLA
1981 - Indiana over North Carolina
1982 - North Carolina over Georgetown
1983 - NC State over Houston
1984 - Georgetown over Houston
1985 - Villanova over Georgetown
1986 - Louisville over Duke
1987 - Indiana over Syracuse
1988 - Kansas over Oklahoma
1989 - Michigan over Seton Hall (OT)
1990 - UNLV over Duke
1991 - Duke over Kansas
1992 - Duke over Michigan
1993 - North Carolina over Michigan
1994 - Arkansas over Duke
1995 - UCLA over Arkansas
1996 - Kentucky over Syracuse
1997 - Arizona over Kentucky (OT)
1998 - Kentucky over Utah
1999 - Connecticut over Duke
2000 - Michigan State over Florida
2001 - Duke over Michigan State
2002 - Maryland over Indiana
2003 - Syracuse over Kansas
2004 - Connecticut over Georgia Tech
2005 - North Carolina over Illinois
2006 - Florida over UCLA
2007 - Florida over Ohio State
2008 - Kansas over Memphis
2009 - North Carolina over Michigan State
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