| 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
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 | Al McGuire*, Marquette | 20 | 20-9 | .690 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State | 41 | 15-7 | .682 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| T4 | Frank McGuire, South Carolina | 28 | 14-8 | .636 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| T4 | Jerry Tarkanian, UNLV | 10 | 14-8 | .636 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Adolph Rupp, Kentucky | 42 | 30-18 | .625 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Dean Smith, North Carolina | 17 | 16-10 | .615 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| T8 | Guy Lewis, Houston | 22 | 14-14 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T8 | Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) | 28 | 12-12 | .500 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Ray Meyer, DePaul | 36 | 9-11 | .450 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| National Champs: | Kentucky | Joe B. Hall |
| Second place: | Duke | Bill Foster |
| Third place: | Arkansas | Eddie Sutton |
| Fourth place: | Notre Dame | Digger Phelps |
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Dean Smith and North Carolina suffers a first round loss, dropping Smith's from fourth to seventh at .615. |
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DePaul wins two games to improve Ray Meyer's record to .450, giving him enough games to debut on the list in last place. Meyer is the only coach with 20 or more games to his credit with more losses than wins. |
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Houston suffers a first round loss, dropping Guy Lewis to .500. |
