List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four participants

From the first tournament in 1939 to 1951, the national semifinals were also considered the regional championships, with the national championship held separately a week later. During this period, the tournament was divided into the East and West Regions. From 1952 to 1955, the regional championships were held at four sites, with two designated for the East and two for the West. In 1956, the four regions were given unique names for the first time. From 1946 to 1981, a third place consolation game was conducted before the national championship game for the losing teams of the national semifinals; the winning team was awarded third place and the losing team was awarded fourth place. In 1982, the NCAA eliminated the game and the two losing teams of the semifinal games are considered tied for third place in the official record book. At the conclusion of the championship game, one player is awarded the Most Outstanding Player award. The MOP has been awarded to a player not on the championship team twelve times: nine times a player on the runner-up was named the MOP, twice a player on the third-place team was awarded the MOP, and once a player on the fourth-place team was awarded the MOP. Five players have won the award twice; one player, Lew Alcindor, won the award three times. ==Final Four appearances by school==

Since 1939, 99 schools have appeared in at least one Final Four. Of those schools, four have had their only appearance vacated: Minnesota, Saint Joseph's, UMass, and Western Kentucky. Teams appearing in consecutive Final Fours Teams have appeared in the Final Four in consecutive tournaments 42 times. A total of 26 different programs have had consecutive Final Four appearances. Of those schools, two have had their only consecutive appearances vacated. ==Final Four appearances by coach==

Since 1939, 171 head coaches have appeared in the Final Four. Six of those coaches have had their only Final Four appearance vacated. Twenty-two coaches with a Final Four appearance are currently active. Eighteen coaches have Final Four appearances with multiple schools. Of these, 16 have coached two schools and two coaches, John Calipari and Rick Pitino, have coached three schools. Pitino reached the Final Four with Providence, Kentucky, and Louisville. Calipari reached the Final Four with UMass, Memphis, and Kentucky, but his only appearances with UMass and Memphis were both vacated. Larry Brown appeared with UCLA and Kansas but his only appearance with UCLA was vacated. Four coaches are still active, with Dusty May and Kelvin Sampson active at schools they have already taken to the Final Four while Calipari and Pitino are active at schools they have not taken to the Final Four. Four coaches who have taken one school to the Final Four are currently coaching at a different school and have yet to take that school to the Final Four: Rick Barnes, Chris Beard, Porter Moser, and Shaka Smart. Coaches who also played in the Final Four Eight head coaches have both played and coached in the Final Four. Dick Harp at Kansas, Hubert Davis at North Carolina and Jon Scheyer at Duke did so at the same school. Dean Smith and Bob Knight are the only two coaches to win a championship as player and coach, neither at the same school. == Final Four appearances by conference ==

Twenty-six conferences have appeared in the Final Four, of which 19 are still in existence. The following table shows Final Four appearance statistics based on teams' conference affiliations contemporaneous to their appearance. Schools who have had their only appearance vacated are denoted with an asterisk. Final Fours with multiple schools from the same conference There have been 27 Final Fours with multiple teams from the same conference. In two of these Final Fours, one of the conference team's appearance was later vacated later by the NCAA. The Big Ten has achieved this nine times, but two of those times one team's appearance was later vacated, tying them with the Atlantic Coast Conference for non-vacated multi-team Final Four appearances at seven. The Big East is the only conference to have three teams in the Final Four, which was in 1985. Teams from the same conference have played against each other in nine National Semifinal games. Only three times have teams from the same conference played each other in the National Championship Game. == Final Four appearances by State ==

Schools from 39 States, along with the District of Columbia, have appeared in the Final Four. Of the 39 States, Minnesota, had its only appearance vacated. Final Fours with multiple schools from the same State Eleven Final Fours have featured two teams from the same State. North Carolina and Ohio both have three Final Fours with two teams, and Kentucky is the only other State to more than once. Teams from the same State have played each other four times in a National Semifinal and twice in the National Championship, both times Cincinnati and Ohio State in 1961 and 1962. == Vacated appearances ==

Fourteen Final Four appearances have been vacated by eleven schools. Two of these schools won the Third Place Game and five schools were the National Runner-Up, with Michigan vacating two runner-up finishes. Only one school, Louisville, has had a national championship vacated. • Saint Joseph's vacated its 1961 semifinal loss and third-place game victory because three players were involved in a point-shaving scandal. • Villanova vacated its 1971 championship game loss because Howard Porter had signed a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Condors of the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the regular season. The Most Outstanding Player award was also vacated, as it had been awarded to Porter despite his team losing the championship game. • Western Kentucky vacated its 1971 semifinal loss and third-place game victory because Jim McDaniels had signed a professional contract with the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association and accepted money during the regular season. • UCLA vacated its 1980 championship game loss because Kiki Vandeweghe and Rod Foster were declared ineligible for their connection with recruiting violations involving booster Sam Gilbert. • Memphis vacated its 1985 semifinal loss because Keith Lee had received $40,000 in illegal payoffs from head coach Dana Kirk. • Michigan vacated its 1992 and 1993 championship game losses because Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Robert Traylor, and Louis Bullock were found ineligible. • UMass vacated its 1996 semifinal loss because Marcus Camby had accepted money and gifts from a pair of sports agents. • Minnesota vacated its 1997 semifinal loss because involving head coach Clem Haskins, five other university employees, and at least eighteen players had committed academic fraud. • Ohio State vacated its 1999 semifinal loss because Boban Savović was declared ineligible. • Louisville vacated its 2012 semifinal loss and their 2013 national championship because several unnamed players were declared ineligible as a result of a sex scandal. The Most Outstanding Player award, awarded to Luke Hancock, was vacated as part of the disciplinary action. Hancock and four other players sued the NCAA and alleged they had been cast in a "false light" in relation to the scandal. The NCAA agreed to restore their awards and statistics as part of a settlement, including Hancock's MOP award. • Kansas vacated its 2018 semifinal loss for recruiting violations. == Notes ==