History of undefeated NCAA basketball champions – NBC Connecticut

The South Carolina ladies’s basketball crew is 2 wins away from perfection.

Daybreak Staley’s Gamecocks are coming into their fourth consecutive Ultimate 4 having not misplaced a single recreation all season.

That is truly the second straight NCAA Event the place South Carolina carried an ideal file within the Ultimate 4. Final yr, the then-36-0 Gamecocks had been shocked by Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes within the nationwide semifinals.

Whereas South Carolina might nonetheless run into Clark and Co. once more, it will not be within the Ultimate 4. This time round, the 36-0 Gamecocks are up in opposition to No. 3 NC State, which is making simply its second Ultimate 4 look and first since 1998.

Earlier than the Gamecocks and Wolfpack sq. off, here is a have a look at the historical past South Carolina is closing in on:

What number of undefeated NCAA ladies’s basketball champions have there been?

There was an undefeated champion 9 occasions in ladies’s NCAA Event historical past. The uncommon feat has been completed by 4 completely different packages: Baylor, Tennessee, Texas and UConn.

The 1985-86 Longhorns had been the primary to drag it off.

When was the final undefeated NCAA ladies’s basketball champion?

UConn is the one program with a number of unblemished championship seasons. Geno Auriemma’s Huskies went unbeaten a staggering six occasions, with two coming in consecutive seasons.

This is a full have a look at every undefeated ladies’s champion:

Texas, 1985-86: 34-0

UConn, 1994-95: 35-0

Tennessee, 1997-98: 39-0

UConn, 2001-02: 39-0

UConn, 2008-09: 39-0

UConn, 2009-10: 39-0

Baylor, 2011-12: 40-0

UConn, 2013-14: 40-0

UConn, 2015-16: 38-0

What number of undefeated NCAA males’s basketball champions have there been?

There have been even fewer good championship seasons on the boys’s aspect. It has been performed a mixed seven occasions by 4 completely different packages: Indiana, North Carolina, San Francisco and UCLA.

San Francisco grew to become the primary undefeated males’s champ in 1955-56.

When was the final undefeated NCAA males’s basketball champion?

It has been practically 50 years for the reason that final unbeaten males’s champ, which was the 1975-76 Hoosiers. Gonzaga was on the point of ending the drought in 2020-21, however the Bulldogs fell to Baylor within the nationwide title recreation.

This is a full have a look at every time it has been performed:

San Francisco, 1955-56: 29-0

North Carolina, 1956-57: 32-0

UCLA, 1963-64: 30-0

UCLA, 1966-67: 30-0

UCLA, 1971-72: 30-0

UCLA, 1972-73: 30-0

Indiana, 1975-76: 32-0

There’s a lot on the road within the 2024 males’s Ultimate 4. UConn is seeking to go back-to-back as champions whereas the opposite groups are searching for their first win, or first win in over 4 a long time.