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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 72-71?

Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 72-71 211 times. It first happened on March 1, 2003, when Morris Brown Wolverines beat UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros, and most recently on February 25, 2026, when DePaul Blue Demons beat Creighton Bluejays.

Where 72-71 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 72-71 the 156th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 73-71 has happened 272 times and 72-72 has happened never. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.

Every 72-71 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-02-25DePaul Blue Demons over Creighton Bluejays2026
2026-02-21Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils over Texas Southern Tigers2026
2026-02-15Monmouth Hawks over Towson Tigers2026
2026-02-11DePaul Blue Demons over Creighton Bluejays2026
2026-02-11North Dakota Fighting Hawks over South Dakota Coyotes2026
2026-02-07Eastern Washington Eagles over Montana State Bobcats2026
2026-01-17Texas Southern Tigers over Alcorn State Braves2026
2026-01-02California Golden Bears over Notre Dame Fighting Irish2026
2025-12-21Norfolk State Spartans over UTEP Miners2026
2025-03-23Maryland Terrapins over Colorado State Rams2025Playoff
2025-02-14Yale Bulldogs over Pennsylvania Quakers2025
2025-01-18Stanford Cardinal over North Carolina Tar Heels2025
2024-12-22Oakland Golden Grizzlies over Loyola Chicago Ramblers2025
2024-11-15Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles over VMI Keydets2025
2024-11-04Siena Saints over Brown Bears2025
2024-03-05Binghamton Bearcats over UMBC Retrievers2024
2024-02-21Georgia State Panthers over Coastal Carolina Chanticleers2024
2024-02-03Boston University Terriers over Lehigh Mountain Hawks2024
2024-02-01Hofstra Pride over Stony Brook Seawolves2024
2024-01-27Duke Blue Devils over Clemson Tigers2024
2024-01-13Wofford Terriers over The Citadel Bulldogs2024
2023-12-06Belmont Bruins over Lipscomb Bisons2024
2023-12-05Kansas State Wildcats over Villanova Wildcats2024
2023-04-01San Diego State Aztecs over Florida Atlantic Owls2023Playoff
2023-03-18Arkansas Razorbacks over Kansas Jayhawks2023Playoff
2023-03-08Rice Owls over UTSA Roadrunners2023
2023-03-04Campbell Fighting Camels over Radford Highlanders2023
2023-02-20Texas A&M-Commerce Lions over Nicholls Colonels2023
2023-02-16UNC Wilmington Seahawks over Drexel Dragons2023
2023-02-15Washington Huskies over Oregon Ducks2023
2023-02-08SMU Mustangs over Temple Owls2023
2023-02-04Weber State Wildcats over Idaho State Bengals2023
2023-02-01Southern Utah Thunderbirds over California Baptist Lancers2023
2023-01-26Bellarmine Knights over Eastern Kentucky Colonels2023
2023-01-11Binghamton Bearcats over NJIT Highlanders2023
2022-11-27Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders over Montana State Bobcats2023
2022-11-26Manhattan Jaspers over Army Black Knights2023
2022-03-12Cal State Fullerton Titans over Long Beach State Beach2022
2022-03-10Toledo Rockets over Central Michigan Chippewas2022
2022-03-08Wright State Raiders over Northern Kentucky Norse2022
2022-03-05Sacramento State Hornets over Montana Grizzlies2022
2022-02-10Florida International Panthers over Marshall Thundering Herd2022
2022-01-22North Dakota State Bison over Oral Roberts Golden Eagles2022
2022-01-15East Carolina Pirates over Memphis Tigers2022
2022-01-12Fordham Rams over Duquesne Dukes2022
2021-12-15North Carolina Central Eagles over Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs2022
2021-12-04Marshall Thundering Herd over Duquesne Dukes2022
2021-11-12Ottawa University Arizona Spirit over Denver Pioneers2022
2021-03-11Georgetown Hoyas over Villanova Wildcats2021
2021-03-07Elon Phoenix over James Madison Dukes2021
2021-02-11Campbell Fighting Camels over South Carolina Upstate Spartans2021
2021-01-30Belmont Bruins over Murray State Racers2021
2021-01-08North Dakota Fighting Hawks over Oral Roberts Golden Eagles2021
2020-03-11Oklahoma State Cowboys over Iowa State Cyclones2020
2020-03-07Butler Bulldogs over Xavier Musketeers2020
2020-02-15Fairleigh Dickinson Knights over Robert Morris Colonials2020
2020-02-15BYU Cougars over San Diego Toreros2020
2020-02-12Villanova Wildcats over Marquette Golden Eagles2020
2020-02-09UConn Huskies over Cincinnati Bearcats2020
2020-02-08Brown Bears over Harvard Crimson2020
2020-02-05Incarnate Word Cardinals over Sam Houston Bearkats2020
2020-01-19Niagara Purple Eagles over Siena Saints2020
2019-11-23UCF Knights over Charleston Cougars2020
2019-11-22Southeast Missouri State Redhawks over Missouri Science & Technology Miners2020
2019-11-16Kent State Golden Flashes over Wright State Raiders2020
2019-11-15BYU Cougars over Houston Cougars2020
2019-03-13West Virginia Mountaineers over Oklahoma Sooners2019
2019-02-23Ole Miss Rebels over Georgia Bulldogs2019
2019-02-16Holy Cross Crusaders over Bucknell Bison2019
2019-02-07Youngstown State Penguins over Milwaukee Panthers2019
2019-02-05Ball State Cardinals over Northern Illinois Huskies2019
2019-01-24Coastal Carolina Chanticleers over Little Rock Trojans2019
2019-01-15Nevada Wolf Pack over Boise State Broncos2019
2018-12-08Syracuse Orange over Georgetown Hoyas2019
2018-11-06Pennsylvania Quakers over George Mason Patriots2019
2018-03-02Cleveland State Vikings over Youngstown State Penguins2018
2018-02-17Texas Southern Tigers over Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils2018
2018-02-10Xavier Musketeers over Creighton Bluejays2018
2018-01-28St. Francis (PA) Red Flash over Sacred Heart Pioneers2018
2018-01-13Texas Tech Red Raiders over West Virginia Mountaineers2018
2018-01-10IUPUI Jaguars over Milwaukee Panthers2018
2018-01-06Nicholls Colonels over Houston Christian Huskies2018
2017-12-30North Texas Mean Green over UTSA Roadrunners2018
2017-12-18Drexel Dragons over Quinnipiac Bobcats2018
2017-12-04Western Carolina Catamounts over Appalachian State Mountaineers2018
2017-11-19Milwaukee Panthers over Elon Phoenix2018
2017-03-08Saint Louis Billikens over Duquesne Dukes2017
2017-02-26Houston Cougars over Memphis Tigers2017
2017-02-25Maine Black Bears over Binghamton Bearcats2017
2017-02-23Rice Owls over Southern Miss Golden Eagles2017
2017-01-24Drake Bulldogs over Missouri State Bears2017
2017-01-05Bryant Bulldogs over Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers2017
2016-12-12Boston College Eagles over Auburn Tigers2017
2016-12-11Saint Joseph's Hawks over Drexel Dragons2017
2016-12-07Indiana State Sycamores over Butler Bulldogs2017
2016-12-03Tennessee State Tigers over Lipscomb Bisons2017
2016-11-23Houston Cougars over Vermont Catamounts2017
2016-03-09Pittsburgh Panthers over Syracuse Orange2016
2016-03-08Princeton Tigers over Pennsylvania Quakers2016
2016-02-25South Carolina Upstate Spartans over NJIT Highlanders2016
2016-02-13Alcorn State Braves over Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils2016
2016-01-30Sacred Heart Pioneers over Bryant Bulldogs2016
2016-01-26Virginia Cavaliers over Wake Forest Demon Deacons2016
2016-01-20Villanova Wildcats over Seton Hall Pirates2016
2016-01-20Nebraska Cornhuskers over Michigan State Spartans2016
2016-01-14UAB Blazers over Old Dominion Monarchs2016
2016-01-09Ole Miss Rebels over Georgia Bulldogs2016
2015-12-09Columbia Lions over Manhattan Jaspers2016
2015-03-07Northern Colorado Bears over North Dakota Fighting Hawks2015
2015-03-06Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs over High Point Panthers2015
2015-01-24Ole Miss Rebels over Florida Gators2015
2015-01-18Quinnipiac Bobcats over Marist Red Foxes2015
2015-01-10North Carolina Tar Heels over Louisville Cardinals2015
2014-12-06Texas A&M Aggies over Arizona State Sun Devils2015
2014-11-21Penn State Nittany Lions over Cornell Big Red2015
2014-11-14DePaul Blue Demons over UIC Flames2015
2014-03-05Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers over St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers2014
2014-03-05Army Black Knights over Bucknell Bison2014
2014-02-23Creighton Bluejays over Seton Hall Pirates2014
2014-02-16Wright State Raiders over Oakland Golden Grizzlies2014
2014-02-15Presbyterian Blue Hose over UNC Asheville Bulldogs2014
2014-02-12Binghamton Bearcats over New Hampshire Wildcats2014
2014-02-10Bethune-Cookman Wildcats over North Carolina A&T Aggies2014
2014-01-27Texas Southern Tigers over Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions2014
2013-12-28Montana Grizzlies over Idaho Vandals2014
2013-12-19Long Beach State Beach over USC Trojans2014
2013-11-22Grand Canyon Lopes over Savannah State Tigers2014
2013-11-15Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders over Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons2014
2013-11-14Rutgers Scarlet Knights over Yale Bulldogs2014
2013-03-20Western Michigan Broncos over North Dakota State Bison2013Playoff
2013-03-10Indiana Hoosiers over Michigan Wolverines2013
2013-03-09Idaho State Bengals over Portland State Vikings2013
2013-02-23Towson Tigers over Drexel Dragons2013
2013-02-17James Madison Dukes over Delaware Blue Hens2013
2013-02-09Temple Owls over Dayton Flyers2013
2013-02-09South Alabama Jaguars over Florida Atlantic Owls2013
2013-01-10Florida Gulf Coast Eagles over South Carolina Upstate Spartans2013
2012-11-20Austin Peay Governors over Western Carolina Catamounts2013
2012-11-19Butler Bulldogs over Marquette Golden Eagles2013
2012-02-18La Salle Explorers over UMass Minutemen2012
2012-02-09Florida Atlantic Owls over Denver Pioneers2012
2012-02-04Colorado Buffaloes over Oregon Ducks2012
2012-02-02Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns over Denver Pioneers2012
2012-01-21San Francisco Dons over Portland Pilots2012
2012-01-09Grambling Tigers over Alcorn State Braves2012
2011-12-29Wake Forest Demon Deacons over Yale Bulldogs2012
2011-12-21Houston Christian Huskies over Santa Clara Broncos2012
2011-12-14Princeton Tigers over Rider Broncs2012
2011-03-25VCU Rams over Florida State Seminoles2011Playoff
2011-02-26Northern Colorado Bears over Northern Arizona Lumberjacks2011
2011-02-05Ball State Cardinals over Buffalo Bulls2011
2011-01-29Weber State Wildcats over Northern Colorado Bears2011
2011-01-22Texas Tech Red Raiders over Nebraska Cornhuskers2011
2011-01-15Miami Hurricanes over Boston College Eagles2011
2010-03-11San Diego State Aztecs over Colorado State Rams2010
2010-02-09Texas Tech Red Raiders over Oklahoma Sooners2010
2010-01-30South Dakota Coyotes over UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros2010
2010-01-16Syracuse Orange over West Virginia Mountaineers2010
2010-01-04Brown Bears over Wagner Seahawks2010
2009-12-24Charleston Cougars over SMU Mustangs2010
2009-11-16Norfolk State Spartans over Maine Black Bears2010
2009-03-07UMass Minutemen over Rhode Island Rams2009
2009-02-07Mercer Bears over Jacksonville Dolphins2009
2009-01-14Dayton Flyers over Fordham Rams2009
2008-12-28Buffalo Bulls over Pepperdine Waves2009
2008-11-29Grambling Tigers over Morehead State Eagles2009
2008-11-22UCF Knights over New Mexico Lobos2009
2008-11-22Minnesota Golden Gophers over Colorado State Rams2009
2008-11-18UAB Blazers over Arizona Wildcats2009
2008-03-19Valparaiso Beacons over Washington Huskies2008Playoff
2008-02-23New Mexico Lobos over Utah Utes2008
2008-02-19Bradley Braves over Drake Bulldogs2008
2008-02-15Cornell Big Red over Harvard Crimson2008
2008-01-19Tulsa Golden Hurricane over SMU Mustangs2008
2007-03-09Arkansas Razorbacks over Vanderbilt Commodores2007
2007-02-26Montana Grizzlies over Idaho State Bengals2007
2007-02-14Bradley Braves over Evansville Purple Aces2007
2007-02-08Jacksonville State Gamecocks over Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles2007
2007-01-29Loyola Maryland Greyhounds over Siena Saints2007
2007-01-15San Francisco Dons over Pepperdine Waves2007
2007-01-02Miami Hurricanes over UMass Minutemen2007
2006-12-22Duquesne Dukes over St. Francis (PA) Red Flash2007
2006-12-19Murray State Racers over Jacksonville State Gamecocks2007
2006-11-24Jackson State Tigers over Savannah State Tigers2007
2006-02-27Bethune-Cookman Wildcats over Delaware State Hornets2006
2006-02-22Charlotte 49ers over UMass Minutemen2006
2006-02-16Eastern Kentucky Colonels over Jacksonville State Gamecocks2006
2006-02-11Idaho State Bengals over Sacramento State Hornets2006
2006-01-18Milwaukee Panthers over Detroit Mercy Titans2006
2005-11-12Bowling Green Falcons over Virginia Tech Hokies2006
2005-02-26VCU Rams over UNC Wilmington Seahawks2005
2005-02-17Saint Mary's Gaels over Loyola Marymount Lions2005
2005-02-17Furman Paladins over Georgia Southern Eagles2005
2005-02-01Richmond Spiders over Duquesne Dukes2005
2005-01-22Liberty Flames over UNC Asheville Bulldogs2005
2005-01-19Virginia Tech Hokies over NC State Wolfpack2005
2005-01-10Alcorn State Braves over Grambling Tigers2005
2005-01-06Boise State Broncos over Tulsa Golden Hurricane2005
2005-01-05South Florida Bulls over East Carolina Pirates2005
2004-12-11Valparaiso Beacons over Milwaukee Panthers2005
2004-11-19Radford Highlanders over Yale Bulldogs2005
2004-03-11Florida A&M Rattlers over Hampton Pirates2004
2004-03-04UC Riverside Highlanders over Cal State Northridge Matadors2004
2004-02-28Southern Illinois Salukis over Bradley Braves2004
2004-02-24Alabama Crimson Tide over Auburn Tigers2004
2003-12-29Western Carolina Catamounts over SE Louisiana Lions2004
2003-12-06San Francisco Dons over Montana Grizzlies2004
2003-11-18Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils over Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers2004
2003-03-20Missouri Tigers over Southern Illinois Salukis2003Playoff
2003-03-02St. John's Red Storm over Duke Blue Devils2003
2003-03-01Morris Brown Wolverines over UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros2003

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