11 Schools That Made Men’s And Women’s Final Fours During The Same Season

The Final Four fields are set in both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. One school has a team still competing in both events.

UCONN has a chance to win national titles in each sport. If it does so, it will match a feat accomplished by the Huskies in both 2004 and 2014.

No other school has been able to achieve that status of “tag-team champs,” though some have come close.

Schools To Make Men’s & Women’s Final Four In Same Season

Success in the NCAA Tournament is difficult. Seeing it experienced by two teams simultaneously is rare. The feat has been accomplished 15 times by a total of 11 programs. UCONN is the only one to do it in multiple seasons.

Here, we’ll list those schools starting with the top dogs.

UCONN Huskies

Seasons: 2004*, 2009, 2011, 2014*, 2026

The Huskies have had both their men’s and women’s basketball teams in the Final Four during the same season five times. That includes the 2026 March Madness field.

On two of those occasions, both programs went onto win the national title. The men also won the 2011 championship while the women cut down the nets in 2009.

This year, the UCONN men won the East Region as a No. 2 seed thanks to a dramatic Elite Eight comeback over Duke. They’ll face Illinois for a chance to appear in the national final.

The women will play South Carolina after advancing as a 1-seed with a title shot on the line.

Duke Blue Devils

Season: 1999

The Blue Devils are one of just two teams on this list to have their same-season appearance come before 2000. In 1999, both the men and women competed in the Final Four.

Neither was necessarily a surprise. The men went 37-1 to make it to the national championship game as a 1-seed. The women made the final as a 3-seed, avenging a loss to Tennessee along the way.

Together, the two teams went 31-1 in ACC play. Unfortunately, both would lose the title game to finish as national runner-up.

Georgia Bulldogs

Season: 1983

The Bulldogs were the first school to accomplish the feat way back in the early 1980s. That year, both the men’s and women’s teams fell one game shy of a national title appearance.

The men went 24-10 in the regular season to earn a 4-seed while the women entered as a 2-seed at 27-7. Both squads beat UNC in the NCAA Tournament on their way to the national semifinal.

Their roads would end in the Round of 4. Each loss came against the eventual national champion as the guys fell to NC State and the girls lost to Southern Cal.

To this day, it remains the only Final Four for the men’s program while the women have appeared in four others.

Louisville Cardinals

Season: 2013

The 2013 campaign was a special one for Louisville basketball. In what would be the school’s last year in the Big East, both the men and women reached the title game.

The guys, led by Rick Pitino, won 35 games and secured a 1-seed in the Big Dance. The girls were a 5-seed that made a surprise run.

Pitino’s bunch would win the national championship by beating Michigan in the final. The women fell to top-seeded UCONN after knocking off four teams that were 4-seeds or better.

LSU Tigers

Season: 2006

The 2006 LSU men’s and women’s basketball teams combined to go 27-3 in SEC play during the regular season. Each won the conference championship before moving onto the NCAA Tournament.

Despite the strong league results, the men’s team entered the field as a 4-seed. The women’s squad was a 1-seed.

Both groups had star power. The guys were led by future NBAers Glen Davis and Tyus Thomas. The girls’ roster was headlined by WNBA Hall of Famer Seimone Augustus.

Augustus and Co. made it to the Final Four before falling to fellow No. 1 seed Duke. The men’s team would also fall a game shy of the national championship with a loss to UCLA.

Michigan State Spartans

Season: 2005

The Spartans’ run came one year before previously mentioned LSU. One of their squads would play for a national championship after both advanced to the Final Four.

The women won the Big Ten regular season and tournament championships to land a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament. They then ripped off five straight wins before falling to Kim Mulkey and Baylor in the final.

The men, meanwhile, entered March Madness as a 5-seed before getting hot. Included in the surprise run were upsets over Duke and Kentucky.

They’d fall to eventual national champion North Carolina in the Final Four.

NC State Wolfpack

Season: 2024

Prior to UCONN’s 2026 appearances, it was NC State that held the most recent tag-team effort of Final Four competitors.

In 2024, both the men and women pulled off incredible runs as unexpected contenders. The girls won their first four NCAA Tournament games as a 3-seed before losing to South Carolina.

The guys were even more of a surprise. NC State just slipped into the field by winning the ACC Tournament. They then went on an improbable run as an 11-seed.

After beating Texas Tech, Duke, and Marquette, the season ended one game short of a national championship appearance.

Oklahoma Sooners

Season: 2002

The 2002 campaign was a special one in Norman as both the men’s and women’s squads made the Final Four. One made it all the way to the national championship.

Both squads were highly rated upon entering the NCAA Tournament. They combined to go 27-5 in Big 12 play with each winning their respective conference tournaments.

The guys were a 2-seed in the West Region, taking down Arizona on the way to the Final Four. They’d fall to Indiana, however, to miss out on a national title appearance.

The women made it all the way to the final game. A 1-seed, they took care of business before losing to UCONN in the championship contest.

South Carolina Gamecocks

Season: 2017

The 2017 season represented a historic year for South Carolina basketball. The men made their first ever Final Four while the women won their first ever national title.

Somehow, those feats came in the same season, though neither was expected.

While the girls were a top seed, it was UCONN that was the favorite after a perfect 32-0 season. The Gamecocks were the last team standing, however, thanks to a win over Mississippi State in the title game.

The men nearly made it 2-for-2 in national championship appearances before falling just short. South Carolina took down Duke, Baylor, and Florida as a 7-seed on its way to the Final Four, but a comeback bid against Gonzaga ended four points shy.

Syracuse Orange

Season: 2016

One year before South Carolina’s run, Syracuse accomplished the feat in surprise fashion. The men entered the NCAA Tournament field as a 10-seed while the women were on the 4-line.

Both shocked the college basketball world to end up in the Final Four.

The men were just 19-13 upon entering the Big Dance before pulling out wins against the likes of Gonzaga and Virginia. They’d fall in their Final Four matchup to North Carolina.

The girls made it even further. After upsetting 1-seed South Carolina in the Sweet 16, the Orange advanced all the way to the title game. Unfortunately, its championship pursuit fell short as they lost to UCONN in the national final.

Texas Longhorns

Texas basketball was a powerhouse in the 2003 season. The men earned a 1-seed while the women entered March Madness on the 2-line.

Both would make the Final Four only to come one game shy of a national championship appearance.

The men won four straight NCAA Tournament contests before losing to eventual champ Syracuse, led by Carmelo Anthony.

After winning both the Big 12 regular season and tournament crowns, the women also made it to the Round of 4. Their title hopes ended with a two-point loss to UCONN before the final.