Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 49-43?
It has. 49-43 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 10 times in 136,843 games. The first was Northern Illinois Huskies beat Central Michigan Chippewas on January 26, 2006; the latest was UC Riverside Highlanders beat Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors on February 29, 2020.
That makes 49-43 the 1647th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 50-43 has happened 14 times and 49-44 has happened 18 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 49-43 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-29 | UC Riverside Highlanders over Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors | 2020 | |
| 2016-12-02 | SMU Mustangs over Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-21 | Little Rock Trojans over San Diego State Aztecs | 2016 | |
| 2014-12-13 | Stanford Cardinal over Denver Pioneers | 2015 | |
| 2014-01-12 | Northwestern Wildcats over Illinois Fighting Illini | 2014 | |
| 2013-01-30 | Vermont Catamounts over Hartford Hawks | 2013 | |
| 2011-03-05 | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos over Cal Poly Mustangs | 2011 | |
| 2010-01-04 | Dartmouth Big Green over Bucknell Bison | 2010 | |
| 2008-02-23 | Michigan Wolverines over Illinois Fighting Illini | 2008 | |
| 2006-01-26 | Northern Illinois Huskies over Central Michigan Chippewas | 2006 |