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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 61-53?

Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 61-53 86 times. It first happened on February 8, 2003, when Brown Bears beat Dartmouth Big Green, and most recently on December 17, 2025, when Tulane Green Wave beat Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

Where 61-53 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 61-53 the 533rd most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 62-53 has happened 116 times and 61-54 has happened 114 times.

Every 61-53 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2025-12-17Tulane Green Wave over Louisiana Tech Bulldogs2026
2025-02-22Colorado State Rams over UNLV Rebels2025
2025-01-23Memphis Tigers over Wichita State Shockers2025
2025-01-22UNC Asheville Bulldogs over Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs2025
2025-01-21Texas Longhorns over Missouri Tigers2025
2025-01-07New Mexico Lobos over Wyoming Cowboys2025
2023-03-17Kentucky Wildcats over Providence Friars2023Playoff
2022-12-06Idaho State Bengals over Montana-Western Bulldogs2023
2021-11-19Vermont Catamounts over Yale Bulldogs2022
2020-02-22Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders over Southern Miss Golden Eagles2020
2020-02-08Morgan State Bears over Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks2020
2020-01-29Kansas State Wildcats over Oklahoma Sooners2020
2020-01-25Indiana State Sycamores over Bradley Braves2020
2020-01-18San Francisco Dons over Loyola Marymount Lions2020
2019-03-07Pepperdine Waves over Pacific Tigers2019
2019-01-09Syracuse Orange over Clemson Tigers2019
2018-01-18Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs over Presbyterian Blue Hose2018
2017-12-12UCF Knights over SE Louisiana Lions2018
2017-11-14Bradley Braves over Delaware Blue Hens2018
2017-11-11Ohio Bobcats over Alabama A&M Bulldogs2018
2017-01-28Grambling Tigers over Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions2017
2016-12-28Virginia Cavaliers over Louisville Cardinals2017
2016-03-08Alabama A&M Bulldogs over Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions2016
2016-02-06Air Force Falcons over Boise State Broncos2016
2015-12-17Bradley Braves over Maryville University Saints2016
2015-11-13East Carolina Pirates over Grambling Tigers2016
2015-02-18Boston University Terriers over American University Eagles2015
2014-03-01Hampton Pirates over Norfolk State Spartans2014
2014-02-10Virginia Cavaliers over Maryland Terrapins2014
2014-02-08Delaware State Hornets over South Carolina State Bulldogs2014
2014-01-18Clemson Tigers over Wake Forest Demon Deacons2014
2013-03-09Cincinnati Bearcats over South Florida Bulls2013
2013-03-07Missouri State Bears over Southern Illinois Salukis2013
2013-02-06Wyoming Cowboys over Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners2013
2013-01-09Villanova Wildcats over South Florida Bulls2013
2012-12-29UConn Huskies over Washington Huskies2013
2012-12-22Air Force Falcons over UC Riverside Highlanders2013
2012-12-01Dartmouth Big Green over Longwood Lancers2013
2012-12-01Rice Owls over Houston Christian Huskies2013
2012-11-29UConn Huskies over New Hampshire Wildcats2013
2012-02-29Mercer Bears over Lipscomb Bisons2012
2012-02-22LSU Tigers over Georgia Bulldogs2012
2012-02-17Loyola Marymount Lions over Valparaiso Beacons2012
2012-02-11Sam Houston Bearkats over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders2012
2012-02-02SIU Edwardsville Cougars over Morehead State Eagles2012
2012-02-01Drexel Dragons over Northeastern Huskies2012
2012-01-07Northern Colorado Bears over Sacramento State Hornets2012
2011-12-22Bowling Green Falcons over Florida International Panthers2012
2011-12-17UCF Knights over Old Dominion Monarchs2012
2011-12-03Ohio Bobcats over Morgan State Bears2012
2011-11-19Princeton Tigers over Buffalo Bulls2012
2011-02-12Little Rock Trojans over UL Monroe Warhawks2011
2011-01-20Vermont Catamounts over New Hampshire Wildcats2011
2011-01-15Liberty Flames over Radford Highlanders2011
2011-01-10Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions over Alabama A&M Bulldogs2011
2010-12-30Alabama State Hornets over Albany State (GA) Golden Rams2011
2010-12-01Utah State Aggies over Denver Pioneers2011
2009-03-10Portland State Vikings over Idaho State Bengals2009
2009-03-08VCU Rams over Old Dominion Monarchs2009
2009-03-07George Mason Patriots over James Madison Dukes2009
2009-01-10Oklahoma Sooners over Kansas State Wildcats2009
2009-01-10George Mason Patriots over Old Dominion Monarchs2009
2008-12-31Western Illinois Leathernecks over Southern Utah Thunderbirds2009
2008-11-25Lamar Cardinals over Rice Owls2009
2008-03-14Saint Joseph's Hawks over Xavier Musketeers2008
2008-03-06Winthrop Eagles over High Point Panthers2008
2007-12-29Southern Utah Thunderbirds over Cal Poly Mustangs2008
2007-12-08Sam Houston Bearkats over Saint Louis Billikens2008
2007-11-23Michigan Wolverines over Eastern Washington Eagles2008
2007-02-24Georgetown Hoyas over Pittsburgh Panthers2007
2007-02-03Nicholls Colonels over McNeese Cowboys2007
2007-01-27North Dakota State Bison over Utah Valley Wolverines2007
2007-01-27St. Bonaventure Bonnies over Richmond Spiders2007
2007-01-15Radford Highlanders over Charleston Southern Buccaneers2007
2006-12-31William & Mary Tribe over Richmond Spiders2007
2006-11-23Arkansas Razorbacks over Southern Illinois Salukis2007
2005-02-05Washington State Cougars over USC Trojans2005
2004-12-23Oklahoma Sooners over Missouri State Bears2005
2004-01-30Bucknell Bison over Colgate Raiders2004
2003-12-31Kentucky Wildcats over Austin Peay Governors2004
2003-12-30Towson Tigers over Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks2004
2003-12-17Binghamton Bearcats over St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers2004
2003-03-25Temple Owls over Rhode Island Rams2003Playoff
2003-02-22Wisconsin Badgers over Iowa Hawkeyes2003
2003-02-13UTSA Roadrunners over Lamar Cardinals2003
2003-02-08Brown Bears over Dartmouth Big Green2003

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