Belt Holders
Get belt alerts

The belt in the NCAA tournament

139 NCAA tournament belt games · 35 title changes

When the holder makes the NCAA tournament, every game is for two titles at once. The belt only moves in the NCAA tournament if the holder is there, so a lot of years it sits out. These are the years it didn't.

Most NCAA tournament title changes won

UConn7
South Carolina4
Tennessee3
Stanford3
Notre Dame3
LSU2
Indiana2
Minnesota1
Duke1
Maryland1

Latest NCAA tournament title changes

Apr 5, 2026UCLA beat South Carolina 79–51
Apr 3, 2026South Carolina beat UConn 62–48
Apr 4, 2025UConn beat UCLA 85–51
Mar 31, 2024South Carolina beat Oregon State 70–58
Mar 29, 2024Oregon State beat Notre Dame 70–65
Apr 2, 2023LSU beat Iowa 102–85
Mar 31, 2023Iowa beat South Carolina 77–73
Apr 3, 2022South Carolina beat UConn 64–49
Mar 26, 2022UConn beat Indiana 75–58
Mar 21, 2022Indiana beat Princeton 56–55
Mar 19, 2022Princeton beat Kentucky 69–62
Apr 4, 2021Stanford beat Arizona 54–53
Mar 29, 2021Arizona beat Indiana 66–53
Mar 27, 2021Indiana beat NC State 73–70
Mar 30, 2018Notre Dame beat UConn 91–89

Season by season

SeasonCarried it inCame out with itGamesChanges
2025–26UConnUCLA62
2024–25UCLAUConn61
2023–24Notre DameSouth Carolina62
2022–23South CarolinaLSU62
2021–22KentuckySouth Carolina64
2020–21NC StateStanford63
2018–19BaylorBaylor60
2017–18UConnNotre Dame61
2016–17UConnSouth Carolina62
2015–16UConnUConn60
2014–15BaylorUConn62
2013–14UConnUConn60
2012–13Notre DameUConn61
2011–12UConnBaylor62
2010–11StanfordTexas A&M61
2009–10UConnUConn60
2008–09Ohio StateUConn62
2007–08StanfordTennessee61
2006–07North CarolinaTennessee61
2005–06OklahomaMaryland64
2004–05BaylorBaylor60
2003–04Boston CollegeUConn62
2002–03VillanovaUConn62
2001–02UConnUConn10

Know the second a belt changes hands

One email per title change. Nothing else.