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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 61-52?

It has. 61-52 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 104 times in 141,662 games. The first was BYU Cougars beat Creighton Bluejays on December 8, 2001; the latest was Towson Tigers beat Charleston Cougars on January 15, 2026.

Where 61-52 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 61-52 the 465th most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 62-52 has happened 103 times and 61-53 has happened 92 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.

Every 61-52 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-01-15Towson Tigers over Charleston Cougars2026
2025-03-01Bowling Green Falcons over Ball State Cardinals2025
2025-02-20New Mexico State Aggies over Jacksonville State Gamecocks2025
2024-02-15Towson Tigers over William & Mary Tribe2024
2024-01-06UC Santa Barbara Gauchos over Cal Poly Mustangs2024
2023-11-20Illinois State Redbirds over Long Beach State Beach2024
2023-11-18Bryant Bulldogs over Florida Atlantic Owls2024
2023-02-19Marist Red Foxes over Niagara Purple Eagles2023
2023-02-11Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders over Lamar Cardinals2023
2022-11-19North Texas Mean Green over Fresno State Bulldogs2023
2022-11-12LSU Tigers over Arkansas State Red Wolves2023
2022-02-05Troy Trojans over Georgia Southern Eagles2022
2021-11-30San José State Spartans over South Dakota Coyotes2022
2021-03-09Rice Owls over Southern Miss Golden Eagles2021
2021-02-24Butler Bulldogs over Seton Hall Pirates2021
2020-02-26Missouri Tigers over Vanderbilt Commodores2020
2020-02-18Bryant Bulldogs over Merrimack Warriors2020
2020-01-08Nicholls Colonels over Lamar Cardinals2020
2020-01-04Hartford Hawks over New Hampshire Wildcats2020
2020-01-01San Diego State Aztecs over Fresno State Bulldogs2020
2019-12-04Yale Bulldogs over Albany Great Danes2020
2019-11-15Milwaukee Panthers over Kansas City Roos2020
2019-11-10Oakland Golden Grizzlies over Southern Illinois Salukis2020
2019-11-05SIU Edwardsville Cougars over Quincy Hawks2020
2019-02-09Michigan Wolverines over Wisconsin Badgers2019
2019-01-26New Orleans Privateers over Incarnate Word Cardinals2019
2019-01-05UMBC Retrievers over Maine Black Bears2019
2018-12-15Dartmouth Big Green over Albany Great Danes2019
2018-03-02Radford Highlanders over Winthrop Eagles2018
2018-02-06Northwestern Wildcats over Michigan Wolverines2018
2018-01-04Eastern Illinois Panthers over Morehead State Eagles2018
2017-12-02Longwood Lancers over Fayetteville State Broncos2018
2017-03-08Texas Longhorns over Texas Tech Red Raiders2017
2017-02-28Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets over Pittsburgh Panthers2017
2017-01-28Central Connecticut Blue Devils over Long Island University Sharks2017
2017-01-07Princeton Tigers over Pennsylvania Quakers2017
2016-12-30Michigan State Spartans over Northwestern Wildcats2017
2016-02-27Harvard Crimson over Brown Bears2016
2016-02-24Missouri State Bears over Drake Bulldogs2016
2016-01-21Vermont Catamounts over Binghamton Bearcats2016
2016-01-16UC Irvine Anteaters over UC Santa Barbara Gauchos2016
2015-03-07Florida State Seminoles over Pittsburgh Panthers2015
2015-02-17Evansville Purple Aces over Drake Bulldogs2015
2015-02-10Akron Zips over Kent State Golden Flashes2015
2015-01-07Fresno State Bulldogs over Utah State Aggies2015
2015-01-03James Madison Dukes over Towson Tigers2015
2014-11-29TCU Horned Frogs over Mississippi State Bulldogs2015
2014-11-20Radford Highlanders over Howard Bison2015
2014-03-01Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions over Grambling Tigers2014
2014-02-19Colorado Buffaloes over Arizona State Sun Devils2014
2014-02-08Hofstra Pride over UNC Wilmington Seahawks2014
2014-01-09Jacksonville State Gamecocks over SIU Edwardsville Cougars2014
2013-03-11Morgan State Bears over South Carolina State Bulldogs2013
2013-03-09Fresno State Bulldogs over UNLV Rebels2013
2013-02-14Santa Clara Broncos over San Diego Toreros2013
2013-02-12Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners over UTSA Roadrunners2013
2013-01-06Virginia Cavaliers over North Carolina Tar Heels2013
2012-11-29TCU Horned Frogs over Southern Utah Thunderbirds2013
2012-11-26Savannah State Tigers over Robert Morris Colonials2013
2012-11-21Northeastern Huskies over UC Riverside Highlanders2013
2012-02-23Marist Red Foxes over Siena Saints2012
2012-02-19Vanderbilt Commodores over Georgia Bulldogs2012
2012-02-14Florida Gators over Alabama Crimson Tide2012
2012-02-09NC State Wolfpack over Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets2012
2012-01-23South Carolina Upstate Spartans over Lipscomb Bisons2012
2012-01-16Stony Brook Seawolves over New Hampshire Wildcats2012
2012-01-16Fairfield Stags over Rider Broncs2012
2012-01-02Baylor Bears over Texas A&M Aggies2012
2011-12-22Bethune-Cookman Wildcats over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders2012
2011-11-25Morehead State Eagles over West Alabama Tigers2012
2011-03-05Furman Paladins over Chattanooga Mocs2011
2011-01-27Austin Peay Governors over Eastern Kentucky Colonels2011
2011-01-13Santa Clara Broncos over San Diego Toreros2011
2010-12-20UTEP Miners over Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks2011
2010-12-04Jackson State Tigers over Florida International Panthers2011
2010-01-23Montana State Bobcats over Montana Grizzlies2010
2009-12-23Arizona State Sun Devils over South Carolina Upstate Spartans2010
2009-12-21Davidson Wildcats over Hofstra Pride2010
2009-03-07VCU Rams over Georgia State Panthers2009
2009-02-07Evansville Purple Aces over Wichita State Shockers2009
2009-02-05North Dakota State Bison over Western Illinois Leathernecks2009
2007-12-22Wichita State Shockers over UAB Blazers2008
2007-03-03LSU Tigers over South Carolina Gamecocks2007
2007-01-27BYU Cougars over Air Force Falcons2007
2006-12-02Duke Blue Devils over Georgetown Hoyas2007
2006-02-18Ohio State Buckeyes over Northwestern Wildcats2006
2006-01-19Florida International Panthers over New Orleans Privateers2006
2006-01-07Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles over Morehead State Eagles2006
2006-01-05North Dakota State Bison over Utah Valley Wolverines2006
2005-12-03Louisiana Tech Bulldogs over Southern Jaguars2006
2004-11-12Saint Mary's Gaels over California Golden Bears2005
2004-03-19NC State Wolfpack over Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns2004Playoff
2004-02-26Detroit Mercy Titans over Green Bay Phoenix2004
2004-02-21VMI Keydets over Liberty Flames2004
2004-02-14Providence Friars over Boston College Eagles2004
2004-02-09Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils over Alabama A&M Bulldogs2004
2003-12-09Miami Hurricanes over UMBC Retrievers2004
2003-03-08Drexel Dragons over Old Dominion Monarchs2003
2003-02-28Princeton Tigers over Yale Bulldogs2003
2003-01-02Lafayette Leopards over Columbia Lions2003
2002-02-09Charleston Southern Buccaneers over Elon Phoenix2002
2002-01-03Boise State Broncos over San José State Spartans2002
2001-12-20Mercer Bears over Fort Valley State Wildcats2002
2001-12-08BYU Cougars over Creighton Bluejays2002
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