The Villanova Wildcats are the defending champions after defeating North Carolina in last year's NCAA Division I Championship Game.
Villanova is a strong contender to win the title again in 2017.
Other recent winners of the NCAA tournament include Duke, UConn, Louisville and Kentucky.
Below is a list of all the past NCAA champions by year:
1939 - Oregon
1940 - Indiana
1941 - Wisconsin
1942 - Stanford
1943 - Wyoming
1944 - Utah
1945 - Oklahoma A&M
1946 - Oklahoma A&M
1947 - Holy Cross
1948 - Kentucky
1949 - Kentucky
1950 - CCNY
1951 - Kentucky
1952 - Kansas
1953 - Indiana
1954 - La Salle
1955 - San Francisco
1956 - San Francisco
1957 - North Carolina
1958 - Kentucky
1959 - California
1960 - Ohio State
1961 - Cincinnati
1962 - Cincinnati
1963 - Loyola Chicago
1964 - UCLA
1965 - UCLA
1966 - Texas Western
1967 - UCLA
1968 - UCLA
1969 - UCLA
1970 - UCLA
1971 - UCLA
1972 - UCLA
1973 - UCLA
1974 - North Carolina State
1975 - UCLA
1976 - Indiana
1977 - Marquette
1978 - Kentucky
1979 - Michigan State
1980 -Louisville
1981 - Indiana
1982 - North Carolina
1983 - North Carolina State
1984 - Georgetown
1985 - Villanova
1986 - Louisville
1987 - Indiana
1988 - Kansas
1989 - Michigan
1990 - UNLV
1991 - Duke
1992 - Duke
1993 - North Carolina
1994 - Arkansas
1995 - UCLA
1996 - Kentucky
1997 - Arizona
1998 - Kentucky
1999 - Connecticut
2000 - Michigan State
2001 - Duke
2002 - Maryland
2003 - Syracuse
2004 - Connecticut
2005 - North Carolina
2006 - Florida
2007 - Florida
2008 - Kansas
2009 - North Carolina
2010 - Duke
2011 - Connecticut
2012 - Kentucky
2013 - Louisville
2014 - Connecticut
2015 - Duke
2016 - Villanova
