Most of the Time We Win A National Championship

[TheShot1990]

Since 1995, 52% of the time either the men or women win an NCAA basketball championship. There is only ONE school who won BOTH in the same year. That same school accomplished this stunning feat twice – The UConn Huskies.

How amazing is this achievement, especially coming from a relatively small state school? So, enough talking about other schools, let’s talk about ours.

Year	Men's Champion	Women's Champion	Championship Won
1995		vs Tennessee (70–64)	1
1996			0
1997			0
1998			0
1999	vs Duke (77–74)		1
2000		vs Tennessee (71–52)	1
2001			0
2002		vs Oklahoma (82–70)	1
2003		vs Tennessee (73–68)	1
2004	vs Georgia Tech (82–73)	vs Tennessee (70–61)	1
2005			0
2006			0
2007			0
2008			0
2009		vs Louisville (76–54)	1
2010		vs Stanford (53–47)	1
2011	vs Butler (53–41)		1
2012			0
2013		vs Louisville (93–60)	1
2014	vs Kentucky (60–54)	vs Notre Dame (79–58)	1
2015		vs Notre Dame (63–53)	1
2016		vs Syracuse (82–51)	1
2017			0
2018			0
2019			0
2020			0
2021			0
2022			0
2023	vs San Diego State (76–59)		1
2024	vs Purdue (75–60)		1
2025		vs South Carolina (82–59)	1
31		Wins	16
		We win	51.6%
		We don't win	48.4%

ChatGPT built this spreadsheet for me with a few simple queries.

I know most of you know this general knowledge, but the stats are even more impressive when they are staring you right in the face.

 

[Samoo]

Casual post - already a thread on this topic on the front page; should be merged with "18-1".

 

[Husky Pete]

There was no NCAA tournament in 2020 due to COVID-19. So the win percentage should 16 wins/30 years=53.33%.

 

[rosebud]

There was no NCAA tournament in 2020 due to COVID-19. So the win percentage should 16 wins/30 years=53.33%.

We’ve actually won 18 out of 60 possible championships in that time frame. (30 men/30 women up for grabs). That settles in at exactly 30%

 

[CCSUblue]

Since the year 2000 UConn has won 83% of all NCAA basketball championship tournaments in years ending with a 4. The women really dropped the ball last year.

 

[rosebud]

We’ve actually won 18 out of 60 possible championships in that time frame. (30 men/30 women up for grabs). That settles in at exactly 30%

I know the point was EITHER/OR as far as winning one of the two up for grabs in a given year, but I think the 30% stat is just more impressive when you consider all the variables in play.

 

[auror]

This math is not 52% of the time we win a title, since you're not measuring how likely it is that our teams win (which would be championships vs. total seasons not years) or something like number of years with a win (which would be how many years with a win vs. total years). You've mixed your numerator and denominator. This is titles per year, which is not really a percentage of anything.

 

[Lafayette]

Should be a couple "2" on the far right as '04 and '14 we both won but it shows a 1, not a 2. This is why 12 + 6 = 18, not 16.

 

[J187Money]

I think he is doing years we won/number of years - so that math is right. Would be wrong if he was counting the double up years as 2. But he didn't so 16 v. 18.

 

[NowInStorrs]

52% of the time it works every time

 

[Glenn]

By comparison, the big 10 has 1 championship across both men and women

 

[willie99]

We’ve actually won 18 out of 60 possible championships in that time frame. (30 men/30 women up for grabs). That settles in at exactly 30%

Which is awesome

30% combined
20% men
40% women

There is no close second anywhere to be found

 

[caw]

Since the year 2000 UConn has won 83% of all NCAA basketball championship tournaments in years ending with a 4. The women really dropped the ball last year.

They were so close, really glad they made up for it this year.