Schools with best records in late NCAA tournament rounds

(updated through 2016)

To be clear, this includes the earliest years, when only 8 teams were involved.  I have ranked all of these from best to worst winning percentage.


ELITE EIGHT (minimum of 8 games played)

UCLA 17-4

DUKE 16-4

CINCINNATI 6-2

INDIANA 8-3

LOUISVILLE 10-4

OHIO STATE 10-4

NORTH CAROLINA 19-8

MICHIGAN STATE 9-4

KANSAS 14-8

FLORIDA 5-3

ARKANSAS 6-4

SYRACUSE 6-4

GEORGETOWN 5-4

ILLINOIS 5-4

OKLAHOMA 5-4

OKLAHOMA STATE 6-5

KENTUCKY 17-19

CONNECTICUT 5-6

MICHIGAN 5-7

ARIZONA 4-7

KANSAS STATE 4-8

VILLANOVA 4-8


SEMIFINALS (minimum of 4 games played)

CONNECTICUT 4-1

MICHIGAN 4-1

GEORGETOWN 4-1

INDIANA 6-2

KENTUCKY 12-5

UCLA 12-5

DUKE 11-5

KANSAS 9-5

FLORIDA 3-2

NORTH CAROLINA 10-9

SYRACUSE 3-3

CINCINNATI 3-3

VILLANOVA 2-2

ARIZONA 2-2

HOUSTON 2-3

OKLAHOMA 2-3

MICHIGAN STATE 3-6

ARKANSAS 2-4

OKLAHOMA STATE 2-4

LOUISVILLE 3-7

KANSAS STATE 1-3

ILLINOIS 1-4


CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES (minimum of 2 games played)

CONNECTICUT 4-0

LOUISVILLE 3-0

SAN FRANCISCO 2-0

OKLAHOMA STATE 2-0

VILLANOVA 2-0

UCLA 11-1

INDIANA 5-1

KENTUCKY 8-4

MICHIGAN STATE 2-1

FLORIDA 2-1

CINCINNATI 2-1

NORTH CAROLINA 5-5

ARIZONA 1-1

ARKANSAS 1-1

DUKE 5-6

KANSAS 3-6

SYRACUSE 1-2

MICHIGAN 1-3

GEORGETOWN 1-3

HOUSTON 0-2

OKLAHOMA 0-2