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The 2021–22 season

41 belt games · 10 title changes

Baylor carried the belt into the 2021–22 season. It changed hands 10 times among 9 programs, 3 of those in the playoffs, and Kansas finished the season with it. Most defenses: Baylor, 15.

Who held it, in order

BaylorTexas TechKansas StateKansasKentuckyTennesseeArkansasTennesseeMichiganVillanovaKansas

Every belt game

Belt gameDateResult
2,089Nov 12, 2021Baylor beat Incarnate Word 87–60Defense
2,090Nov 15, 2021Baylor beat Nicholls 89–60Defense
2,091Nov 17, 2021Baylor beat Central Arkansas 92–47Defense
2,092Nov 20, 2021Baylor beat Stanford 86–48Defense
2,093Nov 24, 2021Baylor beat Arizona State 75–63Defense
2,094Nov 25, 2021Baylor beat VCU 69–61Defense
2,095Nov 26, 2021Baylor beat Michigan State 75–58Defense
2,096Dec 4, 2021Baylor beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 99–54Defense
2,097Dec 12, 2021Baylor beat Villanova 57–36Defense
2,098Dec 18, 2021Baylor beat Oregon 78–70Defense
2,099Dec 20, 2021Baylor beat Alcorn State 94–57Defense
2,100Dec 28, 2021Baylor beat Northwestern State 104–68Defense
2,101Jan 1, 2022Baylor beat Iowa State 77–72Defense
2,102Jan 4, 2022Baylor beat Oklahoma 84–74Defense
2,103Jan 8, 2022Baylor beat TCU 76–64Defense
2,104Jan 11, 2022Texas Tech beat Baylor 65–62Title change
2,105Jan 13, 2022Texas Tech beat Oklahoma State 78–57Defense
2,106Jan 15, 2022Kansas State beat Texas Tech 62–51Title change
2,107Jan 18, 2022Kansas State beat Texas 66–65Defense
2,108Jan 22, 2022Kansas beat Kansas State 78–75Title change
2,109Jan 24, 2022Kansas beat Texas Tech 94–91Defense
2,110Jan 29, 2022Kentucky beat Kansas 80–62Title change
2,111Feb 2, 2022Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 77–70Defense
2,112Feb 5, 2022Kentucky beat Alabama 66–55Defense
2,113Feb 8, 2022Kentucky beat South Carolina 86–76Defense
2,114Feb 12, 2022Kentucky beat Florida 78–57Defense
2,115Feb 15, 2022Tennessee beat Kentucky 76–63Title change
2,116Feb 19, 2022Arkansas beat Tennessee 58–48Title change
2,117Feb 22, 2022Arkansas beat Florida 82–74Defense
2,118Feb 26, 2022Arkansas beat Kentucky 75–73Defense
2,119Mar 2, 2022Arkansas beat LSU 77–76Defense
2,120Mar 5, 2022Tennessee beat Arkansas 78–74Title change
2,121Mar 11, 2022Tennessee beat Mississippi State 72–59Defense
2,122Mar 12, 2022Tennessee beat Kentucky 69–62Defense
2,123Mar 13, 2022Tennessee beat Texas A&M 65–50Defense
2,124Mar 17, 2022Tennessee beat Longwood 88–56 PostseasonDefense
2,125Mar 19, 2022Michigan beat Tennessee 76–68 PostseasonTitle change
2,126Mar 24, 2022Villanova beat Michigan 63–55 PostseasonTitle change
2,127Mar 26, 2022Villanova beat Houston 50–44 PostseasonDefense
2,128Apr 2, 2022Kansas beat Villanova 81–65 PostseasonTitle change
2,129Apr 4, 2022Kansas beat North Carolina 72–69 PostseasonDefense

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