Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 71-46?
It has. 71-46 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 35 times in 136,843 games. The first was Pennsylvania Quakers beat Temple Owls on December 7, 2002; the latest was UAlbany Great Danes beat Bryant Bulldogs on January 10, 2026.
That makes 71-46 the 940th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 72-46 has happened 29 times and 71-47 has happened 28 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.