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The belt vs. the champion

24 seasons with a NCAA tournament final

The belt doesn't care about brackets. But how often does it end the season in the same hands as the trophy? Here's the team that won each season's last NCAA tournament game next to the team holding the belt when the season's games ran out.

24Seasons it matched
100%Match rate
0Seasons it didn't
24Current matching streak
SeasonChampionBelt at season's end
2025–26UCLAUCLASame team
2024–25UConnUConnSame team
2023–24South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSame team
2022–23LSULSUSame team
2021–22South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSame team
2020–21StanfordStanfordSame team
2018–19BaylorBaylorSame team
2017–18Notre DameNotre DameSame team
2016–17South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSame team
2015–16UConnUConnSame team
2014–15UConnUConnSame team
2013–14UConnUConnSame team
2012–13UConnUConnSame team
2011–12BaylorBaylorSame team
2010–11Texas A&MTexas A&MSame team
2009–10UConnUConnSame team
2008–09UConnUConnSame team
2007–08TennesseeTennesseeSame team
2006–07TennesseeTennesseeSame team
2005–06MarylandMarylandSame team
2004–05BaylorBaylorSame team
2003–04UConnUConnSame team
2002–03UConnUConnSame team
2001–02UConnUConnSame team

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