Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 53-42?
It has. 53-42 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 10 times in 136,843 games. The first was New Mexico Lobos beat TCU Horned Frogs on February 11, 2006; the latest was Florida Gulf Coast Eagles beat Georgia Southern Eagles on December 19, 2023.
That makes 53-42 the 1647th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 54-42 has happened 15 times and 53-43 has happened 12 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 53-42 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-19 | Florida Gulf Coast Eagles over Georgia Southern Eagles | 2024 | |
| 2020-11-25 | Clemson Tigers over Mississippi State Bulldogs | 2021 | |
| 2015-02-09 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions over Alabama A&M Bulldogs | 2015 | |
| 2013-03-02 | New Mexico Lobos over Wyoming Cowboys | 2013 | |
| 2013-01-23 | New Mexico State Aggies over Denver Pioneers | 2013 | |
| 2012-12-04 | Mississippi State Bulldogs over UTSA Roadrunners | 2013 | |
| 2012-01-26 | Milwaukee Panthers over Butler Bulldogs | 2012 | |
| 2011-12-31 | Tulane Green Wave over UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros | 2012 | |
| 2009-01-30 | Columbia Lions over Yale Bulldogs | 2009 | |
| 2006-02-11 | New Mexico Lobos over TCU Horned Frogs | 2006 |