National Championships Connecticut Huskies men's basketball

1 national championships

1.1 1999 ncaa title
1.2 2004 ncaa title
1.3 2011 ncaa title
1.4 2014 ncaa title

national championships

1999 ncaa title

uconn won both big east , ncaa national championships in 2011.

the huskies top seed in west region, , win on gonzaga in regional final sent uconn tropicana field program s first final 4 appearance. defeated ohio state 64–58 in semi-final face off against duke in final. despite having been ranked #1 half of year, huskies entered national championship game 9-point underdogs.

uconn won first national title 77–74 victory. hamilton named tournament s outstanding player.

2004 ncaa title

in 2004, huskies returned final four. once again faced duke, time in national semifinal, , used late run beat blue devils 79–78. 2 nights later, led emeka okafor , ben gordon, connecticut won second national title 82–73 victory on georgia tech. okafor named tournament s outstanding player.

one day later uconn women s basketball team won national title, making uconn first , school in ncaa division history have men s , women s basketball programs win national championship in same season.

2011 ncaa title

the 2011 huskies won eleven straight games in postseason play, final 6 of resulted in program s third national championship. on april 4, 2011, defeated butler bulldogs, 53–41. uconn junior kemba walker named tournament s outstanding player.

many consider uconn s win in championship game great defensive performance, huskies held butler 18.8% shooting field (a record field goal percentage defense in championship game) , tied title game record ten blocked shots. analysis sports illustrated columnist luke winn credited huskies defense demonstrating, instance, blocked or altered staggering 26.6% of butler s shots – compared 3.8 percent pittsburgh , 12.1 percent vcu in earlier rounds. 53 points scored connecticut was, in turn, lowest point total winning team in championship game since 1949.

2014 ncaa title

2014 uconn national championship teams @ white house

in 2014 led american athletic conference player of year shabazz napier, uconn became first #7 seed win ncaa championship, getting past no. 1 seed florida, no. 2 seed villanova, no. 3 seed iowa state, , no. 4 seed michigan state, before defeating kentucky wildcats 60–54 in championship game in arlington, texas. uconn undefeated in state of texas in final 4 (6–0).

as in 2004, uconn women s basketball team won national title, making uconn first , school in ncaa division history have men s , women s basketball programs win national championship in same season twice.