| 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
Active and Former (20+ games)
| Rank | Coach, Schools (*=not active) | Yrs. | W-L | Pct. | Final | ||
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | John Wooden, UCLA | 29 | 47-10 | .825 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State | 41 | 15-7 | .682 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Frank McGuire, South Carolina | 25 | 14-8 | .636 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Adolph Rupp*, Kentucky | 42 | 30-18 | .625 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Al McGuire, Marquette | 18 | 13-8 | .619 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Guy Lewis, Houston | 19 | 14-13 | .519 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) | 28 | 12-12 | .500 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| National Champs: | UCLA | John Wooden |
| Second place: | Kentucky | Joe B. Hall |
| Third place: | Louisville | Denny Crum |
| Fourth place: | Syracuse | Roy Danforth |
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With Bill Walton now gone, UCLA still manages to win one last title in John Wooden's final season. Wooden finishes with ten tournament championships, a record that appears unbreakable. |
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Marquette's suffers a first round loss, dropping Al McGuire from third to fifth place at .619. |
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This year, the tournament is expanded to 32 teams (there are no bye's) and invites up to two teams per conference to play. |
