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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 54-52?

It has. 54-52 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 99 times in 136,843 games. The first was Ohio Bobcats beat Navy Midshipmen on December 20, 2002; the latest was SMU Mustangs beat Virginia Cavaliers on January 15, 2025.

Where 54-52 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 54-52 the 471st most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 55-52 has happened 92 times and 54-53 has happened 82 times.

Every 54-52 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2025-01-15SMU Mustangs over Virginia Cavaliers2025
2025-01-12Long Island University Sharks over Central Connecticut Blue Devils2025
2024-01-24East Carolina Pirates over Wichita State Shockers2024
2024-01-20UC Davis Aggies over UC Irvine Anteaters2024
2024-01-08Texas Southern Tigers over Grambling Tigers2024
2024-01-03NC State Wolfpack over Notre Dame Fighting Irish2024
2023-12-03Saint Peter's Peacocks over Canisius Golden Griffins2024
2023-12-02Bowling Green Falcons over Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles2024
2023-02-23UC Riverside Highlanders over Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors2023
2023-02-09Kennesaw State Owls over Jacksonville State Gamecocks2023
2023-02-05Northwestern Wildcats over Wisconsin Badgers2023
2023-01-18Texas A&M Aggies over Florida Gators2023
2023-01-14Cincinnati Bearcats over SMU Mustangs2023
2022-02-26St. Bonaventure Bonnies over Saint Joseph's Hawks2022
2022-02-12Austin Peay Governors over Tennessee State Tigers2022
2022-02-12Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers over St. Francis (PA) Red Flash2022
2022-02-08Creighton Bluejays over Butler Bulldogs2022
2022-02-03Wagner Seahawks over Central Connecticut Blue Devils2022
2022-01-12Virginia Cavaliers over Virginia Tech Hokies2022
2021-12-01Southern Illinois Salukis over Evansville Purple Aces2022
2021-11-22Colorado Buffaloes over Brown Bears2022
2021-03-06Providence Friars over Villanova Wildcats2021
2021-02-17Loyola Chicago Ramblers over Valparaiso Beacons2021
2020-03-07USC Trojans over UCLA Bruins2020
2018-02-08Northern Kentucky Norse over Milwaukee Panthers2018
2018-01-26Harvard Crimson over Yale Bulldogs2018
2017-02-04Central Connecticut Blue Devils over Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers2017
2017-01-05UAB Blazers over North Texas Mean Green2017
2016-02-27Northern Iowa Panthers over Evansville Purple Aces2016
2016-02-23Georgia Southern Eagles over Georgia State Panthers2016
2016-02-22Texas Southern Tigers over Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions2016
2016-01-06Illinois State Redbirds over Loyola Chicago Ramblers2016
2016-01-02UC Irvine Anteaters over New Mexico State Aggies2016
2015-02-05Rider Broncs over Fairfield Stags2015
2014-12-30New Mexico State Aggies over Texas Southern Tigers2015
2014-12-04Philadelphia Sciences Devils over Drexel Dragons2015
2014-03-24Siena Saints over Penn State Nittany Lions2014Playoff
2014-03-01Northeastern Huskies over Drexel Dragons2014
2014-02-06North Florida Ospreys over Stetson Hatters2014
2014-02-01Montana State Bobcats over Southern Utah Thunderbirds2014
2014-01-29Gonzaga Bulldogs over Santa Clara Broncos2014
2013-12-21Houston Cougars over Rice Owls2014
2013-11-26Missouri State Bears over Liberty Flames2014
2013-03-21Memphis Tigers over Saint Mary's Gaels2013Playoff
2012-12-20Northern Kentucky Norse over Hampton Pirates2013
2012-11-24Central Michigan Chippewas over Idaho State Bengals2013
2012-03-03Murray State Racers over Tennessee State Tigers2012
2012-02-18Holy Cross Crusaders over Bucknell Bison2012
2012-02-11UTEP Miners over Tulane Green Wave2012
2012-02-09Cal Poly Mustangs over UC Riverside Highlanders2012
2012-01-21TCU Horned Frogs over Boise State Broncos2012
2012-01-19Penn State Nittany Lions over Illinois Fighting Illini2012
2011-12-28Baylor Bears over Mississippi State Bulldogs2012
2011-11-22George Washington Colonials over Austin Peay Governors2012
2011-11-15Fresno State Bulldogs over SMU Mustangs2012
2011-11-15Manhattan Jaspers over Brown Bears2012
2011-02-19Nicholls Colonels over UTSA Roadrunners2011
2011-02-16Illinois Fighting Illini over Michigan Wolverines2011
2011-02-12Drexel Dragons over William & Mary Tribe2011
2011-01-19Delaware Blue Hens over Northeastern Huskies2011
2010-12-04Akron Zips over UIC Flames2011
2010-11-12Howard Bison over Bowling Green Falcons2011
2010-03-20Butler Bulldogs over Murray State Racers2010Playoff
2010-02-27Radford Highlanders over Winthrop Eagles2010
2010-02-25South Alabama Jaguars over Denver Pioneers2010
2010-02-08Delaware State Hornets over Norfolk State Spartans2010
2010-01-16St. Francis (PA) Red Flash over Fairleigh Dickinson Knights2010
2010-01-14Stetson Hatters over East Tennessee State Buccaneers2010
2009-02-14Oregon State Beavers over Washington State Cougars2009
2009-01-24Memphis Tigers over Tennessee Volunteers2009
2009-01-01New Orleans Privateers over Denver Pioneers2009
2008-12-01Ball State Cardinals over Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons2009
2008-11-29Nebraska Cornhuskers over Creighton Bluejays2009
2008-03-03Norfolk State Spartans over Howard Bison2008
2008-03-01South Florida Bulls over Rutgers Scarlet Knights2008
2008-02-23SE Louisiana Lions over Nicholls Colonels2008
2008-02-16UTSA Roadrunners over Nicholls Colonels2008
2008-02-13Toledo Rockets over Ohio Bobcats2008
2007-11-24Drexel Dragons over Loyola Maryland Greyhounds2008
2007-03-16Virginia Tech Hokies over Illinois Fighting Illini2007Playoff
2007-02-23Saint Peter's Peacocks over Iona Gaels2007
2007-01-11Akron Zips over Miami (OH) Redhawks2007
2007-01-06Savannah State Tigers over Southern Miss Golden Eagles2007
2006-11-11UTEP Miners over St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers2007
2005-12-27Portland State Vikings over Oregon Ducks2006
2005-02-16Texas State Bobcats over UL Monroe Warhawks2005
2005-02-09Miami (OH) Redhawks over Ball State Cardinals2005
2005-02-05Brown Bears over Columbia Lions2005
2005-01-22Colorado Buffaloes over Iowa State Cyclones2005
2004-12-07Gonzaga Bulldogs over Washington State Cougars2005
2004-11-20Boise State Broncos over Henderson State Reddies2005
2004-02-14Bucknell Bison over Navy Midshipmen2004
2004-02-11Wisconsin Badgers over Iowa Hawkeyes2004
2004-01-30Yale Bulldogs over Pennsylvania Quakers2004
2004-01-24Austin Peay Governors over Southeast Missouri State Redhawks2004
2003-02-22Missouri State Bears over Bradley Braves2003
2003-02-05Liberty Flames over Elon Phoenix2003
2002-12-21Lafayette Leopards over UMass Minutemen2003
2002-12-20Ohio Bobcats over Navy Midshipmen2003

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