Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 53-43?
Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 53-43 12 times. It first happened on February 23, 2007, when Dartmouth Big Green beat Princeton Tigers, and most recently on February 18, 2023, when Army Black Knights beat Lafayette Leopards.
That makes 53-43 the 1534th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 54-43 has happened 17 times and 53-44 has happened 15 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 53-43 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-18 | Army Black Knights over Lafayette Leopards | 2023 | |
| 2021-03-05 | Indiana State Sycamores over Evansville Purple Aces | 2021 | |
| 2017-02-27 | Virginia Cavaliers over North Carolina Tar Heels | 2017 | |
| 2017-02-15 | Fordham Rams over Rhode Island Rams | 2017 | |
| 2015-03-13 | Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns over Texas State Bobcats | 2015 | |
| 2015-02-28 | Seattle U Redhawks over Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners | 2015 | |
| 2015-01-11 | Nebraska Cornhuskers over Illinois Fighting Illini | 2015 | |
| 2012-01-07 | Portland Pilots over Pepperdine Waves | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-16 | Old Dominion Monarchs over Howard Bison | 2012 | |
| 2010-12-11 | Illinois State Redbirds over UIC Flames | 2011 | |
| 2008-12-06 | West Virginia Mountaineers over Cleveland State Vikings | 2009 | |
| 2007-02-23 | Dartmouth Big Green over Princeton Tigers | 2007 |