Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 73-42?
It has. 73-42 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 16 times in 136,843 games. The first was Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat Bucknell Bison on November 22, 2002; the latest was Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers beat Penn State Brandywine Lions on December 21, 2025.
That makes 73-42 the 1352nd most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 74-42 has happened 11 times and 73-43 has happened 16 times.
Every 73-42 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-21 | Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers over Penn State Brandywine Lions | 2026 | |
| 2018-11-06 | Virginia Cavaliers over Towson Tigers | 2019 | |
| 2018-02-11 | Houston Cougars over Tulane Green Wave | 2018 | |
| 2016-02-13 | West Virginia Mountaineers over TCU Horned Frogs | 2016 | |
| 2011-11-19 | Bucknell Bison over St. Francis (PA) Red Flash | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-11 | Ohio State Buckeyes over Wright State Raiders | 2012 | |
| 2009-12-01 | UTSA Roadrunners over Cameron University Aggies | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-14 | Sam Houston Bearkats over Le Tourneau Yellow Jackets | 2010 | |
| 2007-11-16 | Texas Longhorns over UC Davis Aggies | 2008 | |
| 2007-01-06 | Butler Bulldogs over Wright State Raiders | 2007 | |
| 2005-12-18 | Auburn Tigers over Temple Owls | 2006 | |
| 2004-12-18 | Pittsburgh Panthers over Coppin State Eagles | 2005 | |
| 2004-01-26 | New Mexico State Aggies over Florida International Panthers | 2004 | |
| 2003-12-29 | Richmond Spiders over Hampton Pirates | 2004 | |
| 2003-02-26 | Wisconsin Badgers over Michigan Wolverines | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-22 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish over Bucknell Bison | 2003 |