Belt records
Through September 28, 2026675Reigns
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. Duke1,811
- 2. UConn1,629
- 3. Kentucky1,604
- 4. UCLA1,312
- 5. North Carolina1,301
- 6. Louisville1,044
- 7. Indiana1,025
- 8. Florida1,009
- 9. NC State899
- 10. Kansas813
Most reigns
- 1. Duke25
- 2. Louisville23
- 3. Kentucky22
- 4. North Carolina22
- 5. Indiana15
- 6. UCLA15
- 7. NC State14
- 8. Florida State14
- 9. UConn14
- 10. Michigan13
Most defenses in one reign
- 1. UCLA, 1971–7240
- 2. UNLV, 1989–9031
- 3. Indiana, 1975–7630
- 4. San Francisco, 1954–5526
- 5. Ohio State, 1959–6024
- 6. Arizona, 2025–2622
- 7. DePaul, 1979–8022
- 8. California, 1959–6018
- 9. Duke, 1990–9117
- 10. Duke, 2009–1016
Most successful defenses (all reigns)
- 1. Duke132
- 2. North Carolina78
- 3. Kentucky73
- 4. Michigan State70
- 5. UCLA67
- 6. Indiana58
- 7. UConn58
- 8. Louisville56
- 9. Michigan47
- 10. DePaul40
Most defenses in one season
- 1. Indiana, 1975–7630
- 2. UNLV, 1990–9130
- 3. UCLA, 1972–7328
- 4. Arizona, 2025–2626
- 5. California, 1959–6025
- 6. Ohio State, 1960–6124
- 7. San Francisco, 1955–5623
- 8. Duke, 2001–0223
- 9. DePaul, 1979–8022
- 10. Duke, 1991–9222
Most belt games played
- 1. Duke191
- 2. Kentucky135
- 3. North Carolina134
- 4. Michigan State114
- 5. Louisville113
- 6. Indiana110
- 7. UCLA108
- 8. Michigan95
- 9. UConn93
- 10. Notre Dame78
Busiest seasons (title changes)
- 1. 2006–0721
- 2. 2012–1321
- 3. 2004–0516
- 4. 2005–0616
- 5. 1980–8115
- 6. 2008–0915
- 7. 2020–2115
- 8. 1952–5314
- 9. 1977–7814
- 10. 2011–1214
Longest waits since last holding it
- 1. Holy Cross27,238 days
- 2. Canisius26,896 days
- 3. Valparaiso26,599 days
- 4. San Francisco25,488 days
- 5. Niagara23,250 days
- 6. Miami (OH)22,561 days
- 7. Seattle U21,036 days
- 8. UTEP21,028 days
- 9. Weber State20,753 days
- 10. Washington20,661 days
Most title takeovers from one team
- 1. Duke from North Carolina4
- 2. Louisville from Kentucky3
- 3. Clemson from Maryland3
- 4. Illinois from Indiana3
- 5. Iowa from Ohio State3
- 6. Villanova from Michigan3
- 7. North Carolina from NC State3
- 8. North Carolina from Georgia Tech3
- 9. Florida State from Wake Forest3
- 10. Maryland from Duke3