Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 55-42?
It has. 55-42 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 17 times in 136,843 games. The first was DePaul Blue Demons beat East Carolina Pirates on January 19, 2003; the latest was Northern Kentucky Norse beat IUPUI Jaguars on December 31, 2022.
That makes 55-42 the 1323rd most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 56-42 has happened 16 times and 55-43 has happened 13 times.