| NCAA Tournament Yearly Scoring Leaders (By Most Points) | | From The Sports Network | |   | | Year | Player, Institution | Games | FG | FT | Points | Avg. | | 2009 | Wayne Ellington, North Carolina | 6 | 44 | 10 | 115 | 19.2 | | 2008 | Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis | 6 | 42 | 51 | 140 | 23.3 | | 2007 | Ron Lewis, Ohio State | 6 | 34 | 38 | 108 | 18.0 | | 2006 | Joakim Noah, Florida | 6 | 33 | 31 | 97 | 16.2 | | | Glen Davis, L-S-U | 5 | 33 | 30 | 97 | 19.4 | | 2005 | Sean May, North Carolina | 6 | 52 | 30 | 134 | 22.3 | | 2004 | Ben Gordon, Connecticut | 6 | 37 | 39 | 127 | 21.2 | | 2003 | Dahntay Jones, Duke | 3 | 25 | 16 | 74 | 24.7 | | 2002 | Caron Butler, Connecticut | 4 | 32 | 34 | 106 | 26.5 | | 2001 | Jason Williams, Duke | 6 | 52 | 27 | 154 | 25.7 | | 2000 | Morris Peterson, Michigan State | 6 | 35 | 20 | 105 | 17.5 | | 1999 | Richard Hamilton, Connecticut | 6 | 56 | 26 | 145 | 24.2 | | 1998 | Michael Doleac, Utah | 6 | 34 | 45 | 115 | 19.2 | | 1997 | Miles Simon, Arizona | 6 | 42 | 38 | 132 | 22.0 | | 1996 | John Wallace, Syracuse | 6 | 47 | 30 | 131 | 21.8 | | 1995 | Corliss Williamson, Arkansas | 6 | 49 | 27 | 125 | 20.8 | | 1994 | Khalid Reeves, Arizona | 5 | 45 | 39 | 137 | 27.4 | | 1993 | Donald Williams, North Carolina | 6 | 40 | 16 | 118 | 19.7 | | 1992 | Christian Laettner, Duke | 6 | 39 | 30 | 115 | 19.2 | | 1991 | Christian Laettner, Duke | 6 | 37 | 49 | 125 | 20.8 | | 1990 | Dennis Scott, Georgia Tech | 5 | 51 | 27 | 153 | 30.6 | | 1989 | Glen Rice, Michigan | 6 | 75 | 7 | 184 | 30.7 | | 1988 | Danny Manning, Kansas | 6 | 69 | 23 | 163 | 27.2 | | 1987 | Steve Alford, Indiana | 6 | 42 | 33 | 138 | 23.0 | | | Rony Seikaly, Syracuse | 6 | 87 | 32 | 138 | 23.0 | | 1986 | Johnny Dawkins, Duke | 6 | 66 | 21 | 153 | 25.5 | | 1985 | Chris Mullin, St. John's | 5 | 39 | 32 | 110 | 22.0 | | 1984 | Roosevelt Chapman, Dayton | 4 | 35 | 35 | 105 | 26.3 | | 1983 | Derek Wittenburg, NC State | 6 | 47 | 26 | 120 | 20.0 | | 1982 | Rob Williams, Houston | 5 | 30 | 28 | 88 | 17.6 | | 1981 | Al Wood, North Carolina | 5 | 44 | 21 | 109 | 21.8 | | 1980 | Joe Barry Carroll, Purdue | 6 | 63 | 32 | 158 | 26.3 | | 1979 | Tony Price, Pennsylvania | 6 | 58 | 26 | 142 | 23.7 | | 1978 | Mike Gminski, Duke | 5 | 45 | 23 | 109 | 21.8 | | 1977 | Cedric Maxwell, NC-Charlotte | 5 | 39 | 45 | 123 | 24.6 | | 1976 | Scott May, Indiana | 5 | 45 | 23 | 113 | 22.6 | | 1975 | Jim Lee, Syracuse | 5 | 51 | 17 | 119 | 23.8 | | 1974 | David Thompson, North Carolina St | 4 | 38 | 21 | 97 | 24.3 | | 1973 | Ernie Digregorio, Providence | 5 | 59 | 10 | 128 | 25.6 | | 1972 | Jim Price, Louisville | 4 | 41 | 21 | 103 | 25.8 | | 1971 | * - Vacated (See Below) | | | | | | | 1970 | Austin Carr, Notre Dame | 3 | 68 | 22 | 158 | 52.7 | | 1969 | Rick Mount, Purdue | 4 | 49 | 24 | 122 | 30.5 | | 1968 | Elvin Hayes, Houston | 5 | 70 | 27 | 167 | 33.4 | | 1967 | Elvin Hayes, Houston | 5 | 57 | 14 | 128 | 25.6 | | 1966 | Jerry Chambers, Utah | 4 | 55 | 33 | 143 | 35.8 | | 1965 | Bill Bradley, Princeton | 5 | 65 | 47 | 177 | 35.4 | | 1964 | Jeff Mullins, Duke | 4 | 50 | 16 | 116 | 29.0 | | 1963 | Jerry Harkness, Loyola-Chicago | 5 | 41 | 24 | 106 | 21.2 | | 1962 | Len Chappell, Wake Forest | 5 | 45 | 44 | 134 | 26.8 | | 1961 | Billy McGill, Utah | 4 | 49 | 21 | 119 | 29.8 | | 1960 | Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati | 4 | 47 | 28 | 122 | 30.5 | | 1959 | Jerry West, West Virginia | 5 | 57 | 46 | 160 | 32.0 | | 1958 | Elgin Baylor, Seattle | 5 | 48 | 39 | 135 | 27.0 | | 1957 | Len Rosenbluth, North Carolina | 5 | 53 | 34 | 140 | 28.0 | | 1956 | Hal Lear, Temple | 5 | 63 | 34 | 160 | 32.0 | | 1955 | Bill Russell, San Francisco | 5 | 49 | 20 | 118 | 23.6 | | 1954 | Tom Gola, La Salle | 5 | 38 | 38 | 114 | 22.8 | | 1953 | Bob Houbregs, Washington | 4 | 57 | 25 | 139 | 34.8 | | 1952 | Clyde Lovellette, Kansas | 4 | 53 | 35 | 141 | 35.3 | | 1951 | Don Sunderlage, Illinois | 4 | 28 | 27 | 83 | 20.8 | | 1950 | Sam Ranzino, North Carolina State | 3 | 25 | 25 | 75 | 25.0 | | 1949 | Alex Groza, Kentucky | 3 | 31 | 20 | 82 | 27.3 | | 1948 | Alex Groza, Kentucky | 3 | 23 | 8 | 54 | 18.0 | | 1947 | George Kaftan, Holy Cross | 3 | 25 | 13 | 63 | 21.0 | | 1946 | Bob Kurland, Oklahoma State | 3 | 28 | 16 | 72 | 24.0 | | 1945 | Bob Kurland, Oklahoma State | 3 | 30 | 5 | 65 | 21.7 | | 1944 | Aud Brindley, Dartmouth | 3 | 24 | 4 | 52 | 17.3 | | 1943 | John Hargis, Texas | 2 | 21 | 17 | 59 | 29.5 | | 1942 | Jim Pollard, Stanford | 2 | 19 | 5 | 43 | 21.5 | | | Chet Palmer, Rice | 2 | 20 | 3 | 43 | 21.5 | | 1941 | John Adams, Arkansas | 2 | 21 | 6 | 48 | 24.0 | | 1940 | Howard Engelman, Kansas | 3 | 18 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | | 1939 | Jim Hull, Ohio State | 3 | 22 | 14 | 58 | 19.3 | |   | | Note: The tournament's leading scorer was Jim McDaniels of Western Kentucky (147 points). However, student-athletes representing that institution were declared ineligible subsequent to the tournament and the NCAA ordered the team's and its players' records deleted. | |   |
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