#1 vs. # 2 Showdown History
| Date | No. 1, Score | # 1 Result | No. 2, Score | Site |
| Mar. 26, 1949 | Kentucky 46 | W | Oklahoma St. 36 | Seattle (CH) |
| Dec. 17, 1951 | St. John’s (N.Y.) 40 | L | Kentucky 81 | Lexington, KY |
| Dec. 21, 1954 | Kentucky 70 | W | Utah 65 | Lexington, KY |
| Mar. 23, 1957 | North Carolina 54 | W | Kansas 53 | Kansas City, MO (CH) |
| Mar. 18, 1960 | Cincinnati 69 | L | California 77 | San Francisco (NSF) |
| Mar. 25, 1961 | Ohio St. 65 | L (ot) | Cincinnati 70 | Kansas City, MO (CH) |
| Mar. 24, 1962 | Ohio St. 59 | L | Cincinnati 71 | Louisville, KY (CH) |
| Dec. 14, 1964 | Wichita St. 85 | L | Michigan 87 | Detroit |
| Mar. 20, 1965 | Michigan 80 | L | UCLA 91 | Portland, OR (CH) |
| Mar. 18, 1966 | Kentucky 83 | W | Duke 79 | College Park, MD (NSF) |
| Jan. 20, 1968 | UCLA 69 | L | Houston 71 | Houston |
| Mar. 22, 1968 | Houston 69 | L | UCLA 101 | Los Angeles (NSF) |
| Dec. 15, 1973 | UCLA 84 | W | North Carolina St. 66 | St. Louis |
| Jan. 19, 1974 | UCLA 70 | L | Notre Dame 71 | South Bend, IN |
| Jan. 26, 1974 | Notre Dame 75 | L | UCLA 94 | Los Angeles |
| Mar. 25, 1974 | North Carolina St. 80 | W | UCLA 77 | Greensboro, NC (NSF) |
| Mar. 31, 1975 | UCLA 92 | W | Kentucky 85 | San Diego (CH) |
| Nov. 29, 1975 | Indiana 84 | W | UCLA 64 | St. Louis |
| Mar. 22, 1976 | Indiana 65 | W | Marquette 56 | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Dec. 26, 1981 | North Carolina 82 | W | Kentucky 69 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Jan. 9, 1982 | North Carolina 65 | W | Virginia 60 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| April 2, 1983 | Houston 94 | W | Louisville 81 | Albuquerque, NM (NSF) |
| Dec. 15, 1984 | Georgetown 77 | W | DePaul 57 | Landover, MD |
| Jan. 26, 1985 | Georgetown 65 | L | St. John’s (N.Y.) 66 | Washington, DC |
| Feb. 27, 1985 | St. John’s (N.Y.) 69 | L | Georgetown 85 | New York |
| Mar. 9, 1985 | Georgetown 92 | W | St. John’s (N.Y.) 80 | New York |
| Feb. 4, 1986 | North Carolina 78 | W (ot) | Georgia Tech 77 | Atlanta |
| Mar. 29, 1986 | Duke 71 | W | Kansas 67 | Dallas (NSF) |
| Feb. 13, 1990 | Kansas 71 | L | Missouri 77 | Lawrence, KS |
| Mar. 10, 1990 | Oklahoma 95 | W | Kansas 77 | Kansas City, MO |
| Feb. 10, 1991 | UNLV 112 | W | Arkansas 105 | Fayetteville, AR |
| Feb. 3, 1994 | Duke 78 | L | North Carolina 89 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Mar. 30, 1996 | Massachusetts 74 | L | Kentucky 81 | East Rutherford, NJ (NSF) |
| Feb. 5, 1998 | Duke 73 | L | North Carolina 97 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| April 4, 2005 | Illinois 70 | L | North Carolina 75 | St. Louis (CH) |
| Dec. 10, 2005 | Duke 97 | W | Texas 66 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Feb. 25, 2007 | Wisconsin 48 | L | Ohio State 49 | Columbus, OH |
| Feb. 23, 2008 | Memphis 62 | L | Tennessee 66 | Memphis, TN |
Nov. 12, 2013 Kentucky 74 L Michigan St. 78 Chicago
Jan. 4, 2016 Kansas 109 W (3OT) Oklahoma 106 Lawrence, KS
Nov. 14, 2017 Duke 88 W Michigan St. 81 Chicago
Nov. 5, 2019 Michigan St. 62 L Kentucky 69 New York