| Year.................................................... | Team |
| 1939 | Oregon |
| 1940 | Indiana |
| 1941 | Wisconsin |
| 1942 | Stanford |
| 1943 | Wyoming |
| 1944 | Utah |
| 1945 | Oklahoma A & M |
| 1946 | Oklahoma A & M |
| 1947 | Holy Cross |
| 1948 | Kentucky |
| 1949 | Kentucky |
| 1950 | CCNY |
| 1951 | Kentucky |
| 1952 | Kansas |
| 1953 | Indiana |
| 1954 | La Salle |
| 1955 | San Francisco |
| 1956 | San Francisco |
| 1957 | North Carolina |
| 1958 | Kentucky |
| 1959 | California |
| 1960 | Ohio State |
| 1961 | Cincinnati |
| 1962 | Cincinnati |
| 1963 | Loyola (Chicago) |
| 1964 | UCLA |
| 1965 | UCLA |
| 1966 | Texas Western |
| 1967 | UCLA |
| 1968 | UCLA |
| 1969 | UCLA |
| 1970 | UCLA |
| 1971 | UCLA |
| 1972 | UCLA |
| 1973 | UCLA |
| 1974 | N. Carolina State |
| 1975 | UCLA |
| 1976 | Indiana |
| 1977 | Marquette |
| 1978 | Kentucky |
| 1979 | Michigan State |
| 1980 | Louisville |
| 1981 | Indiana |
| 1982 | North Carolina |
| 1983 | North Carolina State |
| 1984 | Georgetown |
| 1985 | Villanova |
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