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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 51-48?

It has. 51-48 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 41 times in 136,843 games. The first was Wright State Raiders beat Miami (OH) Redhawks on November 30, 2002; the latest was Air Force Falcons beat Fresno State Bulldogs on January 14, 2023.

Where 51-48 sits among nearby NCAA Men's Basketball scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 51-48 the 869th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 52-48 has happened 21 times and 51-49 has happened 33 times.

Every 51-48 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2023-01-14Air Force Falcons over Fresno State Bulldogs2023
2020-12-17Loyola Marymount Lions over UC Irvine Anteaters2021
2019-01-26North Carolina A&T Aggies over North Carolina Central Eagles2019
2018-02-26Jackson State Tigers over Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions2018
2017-12-17Binghamton Bearcats over Sacred Heart Pioneers2018
2017-02-18Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners over Seattle U Redhawks2017
2016-02-06Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders over Sam Houston Bearkats2016
2015-01-12Alabama A&M Bulldogs over Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions2015
2015-01-03Ball State Cardinals over Bethune-Cookman Wildcats2015
2014-03-15Virginia Cavaliers over Pittsburgh Panthers2014
2014-03-08San Diego State Aztecs over New Mexico Lobos2014
2014-02-12Air Force Falcons over San José State Spartans2014
2013-01-26Louisiana Tech Bulldogs over Utah State Aggies2013
2013-01-06Alcorn State Braves over Jackson State Tigers2013
2012-11-15Portland Pilots over Idaho State Bengals2013
2012-01-21Missouri State Bears over Bradley Braves2012
2012-01-14Eastern Michigan Eagles over Ball State Cardinals2012
2012-01-12Chattanooga Mocs over Wofford Terriers2012
2011-12-03Elon Phoenix over Navy Midshipmen2012
2011-03-02UCF Knights over SMU Mustangs2011
2011-01-26Old Dominion Monarchs over Georgia State Panthers2011
2011-01-08Robert Morris Colonials over Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers2011
2011-01-06Southern Jaguars over Prairie View A&M Panthers2011
2010-11-24Vermont Catamounts over Loyola Maryland Greyhounds2011
2009-11-29Nebraska Cornhuskers over USC Trojans2010
2008-02-23Eastern Kentucky Colonels over Ball State Cardinals2008
2008-02-13Delaware Blue Hens over Georgia State Panthers2008
2008-02-02South Carolina State Bulldogs over Bethune-Cookman Wildcats2008
2007-03-08Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions over Grambling Tigers2007
2007-03-07Eastern Michigan Eagles over Ball State Cardinals2007
2007-03-02Bradley Braves over Northern Iowa Panthers2007
2007-02-24Western Illinois Leathernecks over Southern Utah Thunderbirds2007
2007-01-28UMBC Retrievers over Binghamton Bearcats2007
2006-03-04Louisiana Tech Bulldogs over Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors2006
2006-02-08Northwestern Wildcats over Iowa Hawkeyes2006
2006-01-10Stony Brook Seawolves over Dartmouth Big Green2006
2005-02-24Charleston Southern Buccaneers over Birmingham-Southern Panthers2005
2004-01-28Miami (OH) Redhawks over Marshall Thundering Herd2004
2003-11-23Utah Utes over Stony Brook Seawolves2004
2003-03-01Bowling Green Falcons over Miami (OH) Redhawks2003
2002-11-30Wright State Raiders over Miami (OH) Redhawks2003

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