UCLA has won 11 NCAA Division I men's basketball championships, the most of any team.

Oregon defeated Ohio State 46-33 to win the first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1939.

Lew Alcindor, who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, is the all-time leading scorer in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with 41.1 points per game.

John Wooden won 10 NCAA Division I men's basketball championships with UCLA from 1964 to 1975.

UCLA won seven consecutive NCAA Division I men's basketball championships from 1967 to 1973.

Kentucky has appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 60 times, more than any other team.

Kentucky has 132 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament wins, more than any other team.

Kentucky has 51 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament losses, more than any other team.

UCLA has a winning percentage of .794 in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the highest of any team.

Coppin State has a winning percentage of .000 in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the lowest of any team.

Lew Alcindor won the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player award three times, more than any other player.

Michael Jordan is the only player to have won the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player award and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award in the same year, which he did in 1982 and 1991.

Duke has won the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament twice in the past 10 years, in 2010 and 2015.

Duke has won the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament four times in the past 20 years, in 2001, 2010, 2015, and 2022.

Kansas is the defending NCAA Division I men's basketball champion, having defeated North Carolina in the 2022 championship game.