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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 56-52?

It has. 56-52 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 87 times in 141,662 games. The first was Western Michigan Broncos beat Michigan Wolverines on November 30, 2002; the latest was UT Arlington Mavericks beat Utah Tech Trailblazers on January 15, 2026.

Where 56-52 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 56-52 the 543rd most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 57-52 has happened 85 times and 56-53 has happened 113 times.

Every 56-52 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-01-15UT Arlington Mavericks over Utah Tech Trailblazers2026
2025-11-03Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets over Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks2026
2023-11-19Missouri State Bears over Kent State Golden Flashes2024
2023-02-24Eastern Kentucky Colonels over Jacksonville Dolphins2023
2023-01-15Fairfield Stags over Saint Peter's Peacocks2023
2023-01-14Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners over UC San Diego Tritons2023
2022-12-03Columbia Lions over New Hampshire Wildcats2023
2021-12-12Monmouth Hawks over Pittsburgh Panthers2022
2021-11-28Cal State Northridge Matadors over San Diego Toreros2022
2020-12-12Marist Red Foxes over Canisius Golden Griffins2021
2020-11-29TCU Horned Frogs over Liberty Flames2021
2020-11-25Washington State Cougars over Texas Southern Tigers2021
2020-01-30USC Trojans over Utah Utes2020
2019-11-20Texas A&M Aggies over Troy Trojans2020
2019-02-14Little Rock Trojans over UT Arlington Mavericks2019
2017-03-08UTSA Roadrunners over Western Kentucky Hilltoppers2017
2017-03-02Radford Highlanders over Liberty Flames2017
2016-12-21Virginia Cavaliers over California Golden Bears2017
2016-12-03Minnesota Golden Gophers over Vanderbilt Commodores2017
2016-02-11James Madison Dukes over Charleston Cougars2016
2015-12-19South Dakota State Jackrabbits over Florida Gulf Coast Eagles2016
2015-12-03Radford Highlanders over Liberty Flames2016
2015-03-14Dayton Flyers over Rhode Island Rams2015
2015-03-03Navy Midshipmen over Army Black Knights2015
2015-01-24Austin Peay Governors over Eastern Illinois Panthers2015
2015-01-24Pennsylvania Quakers over Saint Joseph's Hawks2015
2014-12-19New Orleans Privateers over Southern Illinois Salukis2015
2014-12-09Dayton Flyers over Bowling Green Falcons2015
2014-12-07Fairfield Stags over Quinnipiac Bobcats2015
2014-11-24Milwaukee Panthers over Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns2015
2014-03-01Eastern Michigan Eagles over Northern Illinois Huskies2014
2014-02-13North Dakota State Bison over Western Illinois Leathernecks2014
2014-02-01Stony Brook Seawolves over Hartford Hawks2014
2014-01-15Northeastern Huskies over James Madison Dukes2014
2013-12-03Stetson Hatters over Bethune-Cookman Wildcats2014
2013-11-25Maryland Terrapins over Providence Friars2014
2013-02-13Ball State Cardinals over Northern Illinois Huskies2013
2012-12-29UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros over Portland Pilots2013
2012-12-21Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders over Vanderbilt Commodores2013
2012-12-01Jacksonville State Gamecocks over Alcorn State Braves2013
2012-11-17Siena Saints over Northern Kentucky Norse2013
2012-11-09Saint Peter's Peacocks over Rutgers Scarlet Knights2013
2012-02-29Boston College Eagles over Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets2012
2012-02-25Arizona State Sun Devils over USC Trojans2012
2012-01-14Mississippi State Bulldogs over Alabama Crimson Tide2012
2012-01-02Wofford Terriers over Wake Forest Demon Deacons2012
2011-01-29Penn State Nittany Lions over Wisconsin Badgers2011
2010-03-14Temple Owls over Richmond Spiders2010
2010-02-09Saint Louis Billikens over Saint Joseph's Hawks2010
2010-02-09Akron Zips over Central Michigan Chippewas2010
2009-11-21Army Black Knights over Princeton Tigers2010
2009-03-07Albany Great Danes over Vermont Catamounts2009
2009-01-06Bradley Braves over Illinois State Redbirds2009
2008-12-23Saint Louis Billikens over Fresno State Bulldogs2009
2008-12-08San José State Spartans over San Diego Toreros2009
2008-02-19Akron Zips over Miami (OH) Redhawks2008
2008-01-28Appalachian State Mountaineers over Elon Phoenix2008
2008-01-28UNC Asheville Bulldogs over Coastal Carolina Chanticleers2008
2008-01-17Cleveland State Vikings over Butler Bulldogs2008
2008-01-17Stanford Cardinal over Arizona Wildcats2008
2008-01-05Washington State Cougars over Washington Huskies2008
2007-12-18South Dakota State Jackrabbits over Denver Pioneers2008
2007-01-31Marshall Thundering Herd over East Carolina Pirates2007
2007-01-26Dartmouth Big Green over Brown Bears2007
2007-01-25Valparaiso Beacons over Kansas City Roos2007
2007-01-13Eastern Michigan Eagles over Ball State Cardinals2007
2007-01-08Villanova Wildcats over Georgetown Hoyas2007
2006-12-04Appalachian State Mountaineers over The Citadel Bulldogs2007
2006-02-20North Carolina A&T Aggies over Morgan State Bears2006
2006-01-26VCU Rams over Delaware Blue Hens2006
2006-01-11Alabama Crimson Tide over Auburn Tigers2006
2006-01-09Delaware State Hornets over North Carolina A&T Aggies2006
2005-12-07Tulane Green Wave over TCU Horned Frogs2006
2005-02-07Alabama State Hornets over Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils2005
2004-12-31Stetson Hatters over Georgia Bulldogs2005
2004-12-15Northwestern Wildcats over DePaul Blue Demons2005
2004-12-13Stanford Cardinal over Denver Pioneers2005
2004-12-12Princeton Tigers over Monmouth Hawks2005
2004-11-23Indiana Hoosiers over Indiana State Sycamores2005
2003-12-30South Alabama Jaguars over UT Arlington Mavericks2004
2003-12-18Bowling Green Falcons over Detroit Mercy Titans2004
2003-02-26Tulane Green Wave over Houston Cougars2003
2003-02-17Sam Houston Bearkats over UT Arlington Mavericks2003
2003-02-10UT Arlington Mavericks over McNeese Cowboys2003
2003-01-29DePaul Blue Demons over Cincinnati Bearcats2003
2003-01-11Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs over Samford Bulldogs2003
2002-11-30Western Michigan Broncos over Michigan Wolverines2003
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