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Through September 28, 2026
675Reigns
2,290Belt games
157Programs have held it
131Title changes in the NCAA tournament

214 current Division I programs have never held the belt.

Most days holding the belt (all reigns)
  1. 1. Duke1,811
  2. 2. UConn1,629
  3. 3. Kentucky1,604
  4. 4. UCLA1,312
  5. 5. North Carolina1,301
  6. 6. Louisville1,044
  7. 7. Indiana1,025
  8. 8. Florida1,009
  9. 9. NC State899
  10. 10. Kansas813
Most reigns
  1. 1. Duke25
  2. 2. Louisville23
  3. 3. Kentucky22
  4. 4. North Carolina22
  5. 5. Indiana15
  6. 6. UCLA15
  7. 7. NC State14
  8. 8. Florida State14
  9. 9. UConn14
  10. 10. Michigan13
Most defenses in one reign
  1. 1. UCLA, 1971–7240
  2. 2. UNLV, 1989–9031
  3. 3. Indiana, 1975–7630
  4. 4. San Francisco, 1954–5526
  5. 5. Ohio State, 1959–6024
  6. 6. Arizona, 2025–2622
  7. 7. DePaul, 1979–8022
  8. 8. California, 1959–6018
  9. 9. Duke, 1990–9117
  10. 10. Duke, 2009–1016
Most successful defenses (all reigns)
  1. 1. Duke132
  2. 2. North Carolina78
  3. 3. Kentucky73
  4. 4. Michigan State70
  5. 5. UCLA67
  6. 6. Indiana58
  7. 7. UConn58
  8. 8. Louisville56
  9. 9. Michigan47
  10. 10. DePaul40
Most defenses in one season
  1. 1. Indiana, 1975–7630
  2. 2. UNLV, 1990–9130
  3. 3. UCLA, 1972–7328
  4. 4. Arizona, 2025–2626
  5. 5. California, 1959–6025
  6. 6. Ohio State, 1960–6124
  7. 7. San Francisco, 1955–5623
  8. 8. Duke, 2001–0223
  9. 9. DePaul, 1979–8022
  10. 10. Duke, 1991–9222
Most belt games played
  1. 1. Duke191
  2. 2. Kentucky135
  3. 3. North Carolina134
  4. 4. Michigan State114
  5. 5. Louisville113
  6. 6. Indiana110
  7. 7. UCLA108
  8. 8. Michigan95
  9. 9. UConn93
  10. 10. Notre Dame78
Busiest seasons (title changes)
  1. 1. 2006–0721
  2. 2. 2012–1321
  3. 3. 2004–0516
  4. 4. 2005–0616
  5. 5. 1980–8115
  6. 6. 2008–0915
  7. 7. 2020–2115
  8. 8. 1952–5314
  9. 9. 1977–7814
  10. 10. 2011–1214
Longest waits since last holding it
  1. 1. Holy Cross27,238 days
  2. 2. Canisius26,896 days
  3. 3. Valparaiso26,599 days
  4. 4. San Francisco25,488 days
  5. 5. Niagara23,250 days
  6. 6. Miami (OH)22,561 days
  7. 7. Seattle U21,036 days
  8. 8. UTEP21,028 days
  9. 9. Weber State20,753 days
  10. 10. Washington20,661 days
Most title takeovers from one team
  1. 1. Duke from North Carolina4
  2. 2. Louisville from Kentucky3
  3. 3. Clemson from Maryland3
  4. 4. Illinois from Indiana3
  5. 5. Iowa from Ohio State3
  6. 6. Villanova from Michigan3
  7. 7. North Carolina from NC State3
  8. 8. North Carolina from Georgia Tech3
  9. 9. Florida State from Wake Forest3
  10. 10. Maryland from Duke3

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