Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 52-47?
It has. 52-47 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 20 times in 136,843 games. The first was Maryland Terrapins beat Clemson Tigers on January 25, 2003; the latest was Southeast Missouri State Redhawks beat SIU Edwardsville Cougars on January 20, 2024.
That makes 52-47 the 1245th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 53-47 has happened 12 times and 52-48 has happened 21 times.