Year Seed Round Opponent Result 1940 Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Rice USC Indiana W 50 -- 44 W 43 -- 42 L 42 -- 60 1942 Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place Game Colorado Rice L 44 -- 46 L 53 -- 55 1952 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship TCU Saint Louis Santa Clara St. John 's W 68 -- 64 W 74 -- 55 W 74 -- 55 W 80 -- 63 1953 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Oklahoma City Oklahoma A&M Washington Indiana W 73 -- 65 W 61 -- 55 W 79 -- 53 L 68 -- 69 1957 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship SMU Oklahoma City San Francisco North Carolina W 73 -- 65 W 81 -- 61 W 80 -- 56 L 53 -- 54 1960 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Texas Cincinnati W 90 -- 81 L 71 -- 82 1966 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight SMU Texas Western W 76 -- 70 L 80 -- 81 1967 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Houston Louisville L 53 -- 66 W 70 -- 68 1971 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game Houston Drake UCLA WKU W 78 -- 77 W 73 -- 71 L 60 -- 68 L 75 -- 77 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game Creighton Oral Roberts Marquette UCLA W 55 -- 54 W 93 -- 90 L 51 -- 64 L 61 -- 78 First Round Notre Dame L 71 -- 77 1978 First Round UCLA L 76 -- 83 1981 No. 7 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen No. 10 Ole Miss No. 2 Arizona State No. 6 Wichita State W 69 -- 66 W 88 -- 71 L 65 -- 66 1984 No. 5 First Round Second Round No. 12 Alcorn State No. 4 Wake Forest W 57 -- 56 L 59 -- 69 1985 No. 3 First Round Second Round No. 14 Ohio No. 11 Auburn W 49 -- 38 L 64 -- 66 1986 No. 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four No. 16 North Carolina A&T No. 9 Temple No. 5 Michigan State No. 6 NC State No. 1 Duke W 71 -- 46 W 65 -- 43 W 96 -- 86 W 75 -- 67 L 67 -- 71 No. 5 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen No. 12 Houston No. 13 SW Missouri State No. 1 Georgetown W 66 -- 55 W 67 -- 63 L 57 -- 70 1988 No. 6 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship No. 11 Xavier No. 14 Murray State No. 7 Vanderbilt No. 4 Kansas State No. 2 Duke No. 1 Oklahoma W 85 -- 72 W 61 -- 58 W 77 -- 64 W 71 -- 58 W 66 -- 59 W 83 -- 79 1990 No. 2 First Round Second Round No. 15 Robert Morris No. 7 UCLA W 79 -- 71 L 70 -- 71 1991 No. 3 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship No. 14 New Orleans No. 6 Pittsburgh No. 2 Indiana No. 1 Arkansas No. 1 North Carolina No. 2 Duke W 55 -- 49 W 77 -- 66 W 83 -- 65 W 93 -- 81 W 79 -- 73 L 65 -- 72 No. 1 First Round Second Round No. 16 Howard No. 9 UTEP W 100 -- 67 L 60 -- 66 1993 No. 2 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four No. 15 Ball State No. 7 BYU No. 6 California No. 1 Indiana No. 1 North Carolina W 94 -- 72 W 90 -- 76 W 93 -- 76 W 83 -- 77 L 68 -- 78 1994 No. 4 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen No. 13 UT Chattanooga No. 5 Wake Forest No. 1 Purdue W 102 -- 73 W 69 -- 58 L 78 -- 83 1995 No. 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen No. 16 Colgate No. 8 WKU No. 4 Virginia W 82 -- 68 W 75 -- 70 L 58 -- 67 No. 2 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight No. 15 South Carolina State No. 10 Santa Clara No. 3 Arizona No. 4 Syracuse W 92 -- 54 W 76 -- 51 W 83 -- 80 L 57 -- 60 1997 No. 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen No. 16 Jackson State No. 8 Purdue No. 4 Arizona W 78 -- 64 W 75 -- 61 L 82 -- 85 1998 No. 1 First Round Second Round No. 16 Prairie View A&M No. 8 Rhode Island W 110 -- 52 L 75 -- 80 1999 No. 6 First Round Second Round No. 11 Evansville No. 3 Kentucky W 95 -- 74 L 88 -- 92 2000 No. 8 First Round Second Round No. 9 DePaul No. 1 Duke W 81 -- 77 L 64 -- 69 2001 No. 4 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen No. 13 Cal State Northridge No. 5 Syracuse No. 1 Illinois W 99 -- 75 W 87 -- 58 L 64 -- 80 2002 No. 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four No. 16 Holy Cross No. 8 Stanford No. 4 Illinois No. 2 Oregon No. 1 Maryland W 70 -- 59 W 86 -- 63 W 73 -- 69 W 104 -- 86 L 88 -- 97 2003 No. 2 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship No. 15 Utah State No. 10 Arizona State No. 3 Duke No. 1 Arizona No. 3 Marquette No. 3 Syracuse W 64 -- 61 W 108 -- 76 W 69 -- 65 W 78 -- 75 W 94 -- 61 L 78 -- 81 No. 4 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight No. 13 UIC No. 12 Pacific No. 9 UAB No. 3 Georgia Tech W 78 -- 44 W 78 -- 63 W 100 -- 74 L 71 -- 79 2005 No. 3 First Round No. 14 Bucknell L 63 -- 64 2006 No. 4 First Round No. 13 Bradley L 73 -- 77 2007 No. 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight No. 16 Niagara No. Kentucky No. 4 Southern Illinois No. 2 UCLA W 107 -- 67 W 88 -- 76 W 61 -- 58 L 55 -- 68 2008 No. 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship No. 16 Portland State No. 8 UNLV No. 12 Villanova No. 10 Davidson No. 1 North Carolina No. 1 Memphis W 85 -- 61 W 75 -- 56 W 72 -- 57 W 59 -- 57 W 84 -- 66 W 75 -- 68 2009 No. 3 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen No. 14 North Dakota State No. 11 Dayton No. 2 Michigan State W 84 -- 74 W 60 -- 43 L 62 -- 67 No. 1 First Round Second Round No. 16 Lehigh No. 9 Northern Iowa W 90 -- 74 L 67 -- 69 2011 * No. 1 Second Round Third Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight No. 16 Boston University No. 9 Illinois No. 12 Richmond No. 11 VCU W 72 -- 53 W 73 -- 59 W 77 -- 57 L 61 -- 71 2012 * No. 2 Second Round Third Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship No. 15 Detroit No. 10 Purdue No. 11 NC State No. 1 North Carolina No. 2 Ohio State No. 1 Kentucky W 65 -- 50 W 63 -- 60 W 60 -- 57 W 80 -- 67 W 64 -- 62 L 59 -- 67 2013 * No. 1 Second Round Third Round Sweet Sixteen No. 16 WKU No. 8 North Carolina No. 4 Michigan W 64 -- 57 W 70 -- 58 L 85 -- 87 2014 * No. 2 Second Round Third Round No. 15 Eastern Kentucky No. 10 Stanford W 80 -- 69 L 57 -- 60 2015 * No. 2 Second Round Third Round No. 15 New Mexico State No. 7 Wichita State W 75 -- 56 L 65 -- 78 2016 No. 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight No. 16 Austin Peay No. 9 Connecticut No. 5 Maryland No. 2 Villanova W 105 -- 79 W 73 -- 61 W 79 -- 63 L 59 -- 64 2017 No. 1 First Round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight No. 16 UC Davis No. 9 Michigan State No. 4 Purdue No. 3 Oregon W 100 -- 62 W 90 -- 70 W 98 -- 66 L 60 -- 74 2018 No. 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four No. 16 Penn No. 8 Seton Hall No. 5 Clemson No. 2 Duke No. 1 Villanova W 76 -- 60 W 83 -- 79 W 80 -- 76 W 85 -- 81 L 79 -- 95
when was the last time kansas won basketball championship
2008