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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 73-53?

It has. 73-53 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 92 times in 136,843 games. The first was Jacksonville Dolphins beat Savannah State Tigers on January 13, 2003; the latest was Indiana Hoosiers beat Lindenwood Lions on November 20, 2025.

Where 73-53 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 73-53 the 500th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 74-53 has happened 76 times and 73-54 has happened 101 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.

Every 73-53 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2025-11-20Indiana Hoosiers over Lindenwood Lions2026
2025-03-12SMU Mustangs over Syracuse Orange2025
2025-02-06Gonzaga Bulldogs over Loyola Marymount Lions2025
2025-01-11Bryant Bulldogs over Vermont Catamounts2025
2024-12-14South Carolina Gamecocks over South Carolina Upstate Spartans2025
2024-12-08Murray State Racers over Southeast Missouri State Redhawks2025
2024-02-10Georgia State Panthers over Miami (OH) RedHawks2024
2024-01-30Oklahoma Sooners over Kansas State Wildcats2024
2024-01-27Louisiana Tech Bulldogs over New Mexico State Aggies2024
2023-02-24Liberty Flames over Queens University Royals2023
2023-02-19Iona Gaels over Saint Peter's Peacocks2023
2023-02-05Southern Illinois Salukis over Missouri State Bears2023
2022-02-19Arizona State Sun Devils over Oregon State Beavers2022
2022-02-12Fairfield Stags over Niagara Purple Eagles2022
2022-01-22Colorado State Rams over Air Force Falcons2022
2022-01-14St. Bonaventure Bonnies over VCU Rams2022
2021-12-22California Golden Bears over Pacific Tigers2022
2021-12-09Iowa State Cyclones over Iowa Hawkeyes2022
2021-12-02St. Thomas - Minnesota Tommies over Crown College Storm2022
2021-01-28Murray State Racers over Tennessee State Tigers2021
2020-12-30Tennessee Volunteers over Missouri Tigers2021
2020-12-02SIU Edwardsville Cougars over Northern Illinois Huskies2021
2019-11-12Missouri State Bears over Cleveland State Vikings2020
2019-03-13Central Arkansas Bears over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders2019
2019-01-24Syracuse Orange over Miami Hurricanes2019
2019-01-02Fresno State Bulldogs over San José State Spartans2019
2018-11-06Boston College Eagles over Milwaukee Panthers2019
2018-03-03Wofford Terriers over Mercer Bears2018
2017-12-16Texas Tech Red Raiders over Rice Owls2018
2017-12-09Texas A&M Aggies over Prairie View A&M Panthers2018
2017-12-02Missouri State Bears over South Dakota State Jackrabbits2018
2017-11-27UT Arlington Mavericks over Texas Dallas Comets2018
2017-11-19Virginia Cavaliers over Monmouth Hawks2018
2017-11-14Boston College Eagles over Sacred Heart Pioneers2018
2017-02-09Fairfield Stags over Marist Red Foxes2017
2017-01-14St. Bonaventure Bonnies over Fordham Rams2017
2016-02-15Virginia Cavaliers over NC State Wolfpack2016
2015-12-22James Madison Dukes over Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers2016
2015-12-19New Mexico State Aggies over UTEP Miners2016
2015-12-12Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs over Furman Paladins2016
2015-12-07San Diego State Aztecs over Biola Eagles2016
2015-11-25North Dakota State Bison over Montana Grizzlies2016
2014-12-14Kansas State Wildcats over Savannah State Tigers2015
2014-11-20Northern Iowa Panthers over Morgan State Bears2015
2014-03-20Villanova Wildcats over Milwaukee Panthers2014Playoff
2014-02-13Cleveland State Vikings over UIC Flames2014
2014-01-12Arizona Wildcats over USC Trojans2014
2013-12-30Detroit Mercy Titans over Bethune-Cookman Wildcats2014
2013-11-12Ball State Cardinals over Taylor University Trojans2014
2013-02-06Coastal Carolina Chanticleers over Charleston Southern Buccaneers2013
2012-12-22Arizona Wildcats over East Tennessee State Buccaneers2013
2012-11-21Syracuse Orange over Princeton Tigers2013
2012-03-01Alabama A&M Bulldogs over Jackson State Tigers2012
2012-02-11UT Arlington Mavericks over Texas State Bobcats2012
2012-01-12Vermont Catamounts over Binghamton Bearcats2012
2011-12-03Saint Louis Billikens over Portland Pilots2012
2011-11-30Gonzaga Bulldogs over Notre Dame Fighting Irish2012
2011-11-24Florida State Seminoles over UMass Minutemen2012
2011-03-03Arizona State Sun Devils over Oregon Ducks2011
2011-03-02Georgia Bulldogs over LSU Tigers2011
2011-02-17Temple Owls over Richmond Spiders2011
2010-12-23Portland State Vikings over Utah Valley Wolverines2011
2010-12-23Saint Mary's Gaels over New Mexico State Aggies2011
2010-01-04Vanderbilt Commodores over Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders2010
2009-12-28Oregon Ducks over Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions2010
2009-02-21Denver Pioneers over Arkansas State Red Wolves2009
2009-01-31San Francisco Dons over Loyola Marymount Lions2009
2009-01-19Kansas Jayhawks over Texas A&M Aggies2009
2009-01-18Xavier Musketeers over La Salle Explorers2009
2008-12-20Butler Bulldogs over Florida Gulf Coast Eagles2009
2008-12-03Central Arkansas Bears over William Woods Owls2009
2008-11-30James Madison Dukes over Fordham Rams2009
2008-11-25William & Mary Tribe over Radford Highlanders2009
2008-03-13New Mexico State Aggies over Idaho Vandals2008
2008-02-23Georgetown Hoyas over Cincinnati Bearcats2008
2007-12-28Niagara Purple Eagles over Morgan State Bears2008
2007-11-24Stanford Cardinal over Colorado State Rams2008
2007-11-23Wake Forest Demon Deacons over Winston Salem Rams2008
2007-02-09Pennsylvania Quakers over Dartmouth Big Green2007
2006-01-14Memphis Tigers over SMU Mustangs2006
2005-03-05Kansas State Wildcats over Nebraska Cornhuskers2005
2005-02-13Holy Cross Crusaders over Lehigh Mountain Hawks2005
2005-01-16Boston College Eagles over West Virginia Mountaineers2005
2004-11-23Kentucky Wildcats over Ball State Cardinals2005
2004-03-25UConn Huskies over Vanderbilt Commodores2004Playoff
2004-02-23Murray State Racers over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders2004
2003-12-17Western Illinois Leathernecks over Norfolk State Spartans2004
2003-12-03Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets over Ohio State Buckeyes2004
2003-03-08VCU Rams over James Madison Dukes2003
2003-02-06Monmouth Hawks over Sacred Heart Pioneers2003
2003-01-30Samford Bulldogs over Florida Atlantic Owls2003
2003-01-13Jacksonville Dolphins over Savannah State Tigers2003

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