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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 78-71?

Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 78-71 251 times. It first happened on November 21, 2001, when San Diego State Aztecs beat Norfolk State Spartans, and most recently on March 5, 2026, when UTEP Miners beat Kennesaw State Owls.

Where 78-71 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 78-71 the 93rd most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 79-71 has happened 224 times and 78-72 has happened 237 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.

Every 78-71 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-03-05UTEP Miners over Kennesaw State Owls2026
2026-02-17Kent State Golden Flashes over Bowling Green Falcons2026
2026-02-13Sacred Heart Pioneers over Saint Peter's Peacocks2026
2026-02-07The Citadel Bulldogs over Chattanooga Mocs2026
2026-02-05Denver Pioneers over North Dakota State Bison2026
2026-01-24California Baptist Lancers over Utah Valley Wolverines2026
2025-12-18Tennessee State Tigers over UT Martin Skyhawks2026
2025-12-06Memphis Tigers over Baylor Bears2026
2025-12-03Massachusetts Minutemen over Harvard Crimson2026
2025-03-12La Salle Explorers over Massachusetts Minutemen2025
2025-03-03Bethune-Cookman Wildcats over Grambling Tigers2025
2025-02-15Chattanooga Mocs over East Tennessee State Buccaneers2025
2025-02-08Bryant Bulldogs over Binghamton Bearcats2025
2025-01-30Cal State Northridge Matadors over UC Santa Barbara Gauchos2025
2025-01-25Stanford Cardinal over Florida State Seminoles2025
2024-12-21Richmond Spiders over VMI Keydets2025
2024-12-18New Mexico Lobos over VCU Rams2025
2024-11-30UTSA Roadrunners over Houston Christian Huskies2025
2024-11-26Grand Canyon Lopes over Stanford Cardinal2025
2024-03-16Western Kentucky Hilltoppers over UTEP Miners2024
2024-02-28Oregon Ducks over Oregon State Beavers2024
2024-02-22Northern Arizona Lumberjacks over Eastern Washington Eagles2024
2024-02-20BYU Cougars over Baylor Bears2024
2024-02-20Iowa Hawkeyes over Michigan State Spartans2024
2024-02-20Arkansas Razorbacks over Texas A&M Aggies2024
2024-02-10Creighton Bluejays over Xavier Musketeers2024
2024-01-31Arkansas State Red Wolves over Southern Miss Golden Eagles2024
2024-01-13UC Davis Aggies over Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners2024
2023-12-10Lipscomb Bisons over Tennessee State Tigers2024
2023-11-27Utah Utes over Saint Mary's Gaels2024
2023-11-21Oakland Golden Grizzlies over Marshall Thundering Herd2024
2023-11-19Wyoming Cowboys over Furman Paladins2024
2023-02-23UCLA Bruins over Utah Utes2023
2023-02-01Bucknell Bison over American University Eagles2023
2023-01-28Fairleigh Dickinson Knights over Merrimack Warriors2023
2023-01-14Denver Pioneers over North Dakota Fighting Hawks2023
2023-01-07Sacred Heart Pioneers over Hartford Hawks2023
2023-01-05Troy Trojans over Old Dominion Monarchs2023
2022-12-12South Alabama Jaguars over Alabama A&M Bulldogs2023
2022-12-07Texas Tech Red Raiders over Nicholls Colonels2023
2022-11-18Wyoming Cowboys over Howard Bison2023
2022-03-05Oklahoma Sooners over Kansas State Wildcats2022
2022-03-02North Carolina A&T Aggies over Radford Highlanders2022
2022-02-24Siena Saints over Quinnipiac Bobcats2022
2022-02-23Colgate Raiders over Holy Cross Crusaders2022
2022-02-17Longwood Lancers over High Point Panthers2022
2022-02-09Youngstown State Penguins over Oakland Golden Grizzlies2022
2022-01-26Tennessee Volunteers over Florida Gators2022
2022-01-17Indiana Hoosiers over Nebraska Cornhuskers2022
2022-01-15High Point Panthers over North Carolina A&T Aggies2022
2022-01-08UC Davis Aggies over UC San Diego Tritons2022
2022-01-08Alcorn State Braves over Alabama A&M Bulldogs2022
2022-01-08Loyola Chicago Ramblers over Bradley Braves2022
2021-12-22Hartford Hawks over Sacred Heart Pioneers2022
2021-12-08Saint Joseph's Hawks over Pennsylvania Quakers2022
2021-12-01Iona Gaels over Marist Red Foxes2022
2021-03-13LSU Tigers over Arkansas Razorbacks2021
2021-03-06Auburn Tigers over Mississippi State Bulldogs2021
2021-02-27American University Eagles over Bucknell Bison2021
2021-02-20Michigan State Spartans over Indiana Hoosiers2021
2021-02-12Longwood Lancers over Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs2021
2021-02-06Sam Houston Bearkats over Nicholls Colonels2021
2021-01-27Florida Gators over Vanderbilt Commodores2021
2021-01-23UC Davis Aggies over UC San Diego Tritons2021
2021-01-02South Carolina Gamecocks over Florida A&M Rattlers2021
2020-12-07Coastal Carolina Chanticleers over North Carolina Central Eagles2021
2020-12-01Navy Midshipmen over Georgetown Hoyas2021
2020-11-25Navy Midshipmen over George Washington Colonials2021
2020-02-23UConn Huskies over South Florida Bulls2020
2020-02-22Colorado State Rams over San José State Spartans2020
2020-02-13Eastern Kentucky Colonels over Morehead State Eagles2020
2020-02-05Seton Hall Pirates over Georgetown Hoyas2020
2020-01-28Mississippi State Bulldogs over Florida Gators2020
2020-01-23North Dakota Fighting Hawks over Denver Pioneers2020
2020-01-11Drexel Dragons over James Madison Dukes2020
2020-01-05Lehigh Mountain Hawks over Loyola Maryland Greyhounds2020
2019-12-14Richmond Spiders over Charleston Cougars2020
2019-11-23James Madison Dukes over New Hampshire Wildcats2020
2019-11-09Air Force Falcons over Texas State Bobcats2020
2019-03-12Notre Dame Fighting Irish over Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets2019
2019-03-09South Alabama Jaguars over Appalachian State Mountaineers2019
2019-03-07Temple Owls over UConn Huskies2019
2019-03-06UT Martin Skyhawks over Eastern Illinois Panthers2019
2019-02-23Utah State Aggies over Boise State Broncos2019
2019-02-16Cal State Fullerton Titans over Cal State Northridge Matadors2019
2019-02-14Southern Miss Golden Eagles over UTSA Roadrunners2019
2019-02-14Delaware Blue Hens over Towson Tigers2019
2019-02-10Memphis Tigers over UConn Huskies2019
2019-02-09Toledo Rockets over Bowling Green Falcons2019
2019-02-04Marist Red Foxes over Canisius Golden Griffins2019
2019-01-30Abilene Christian Wildcats over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders2019
2019-01-30Cal State Fullerton Titans over Cal State Northridge Matadors2019
2019-01-10Eastern Washington Eagles over Montana Grizzlies2019
2019-01-09New Orleans Privateers over Lamar Cardinals2019
2018-12-30Holy Cross Crusaders over Iona Gaels2019
2018-12-19NC State Wolfpack over Auburn Tigers2019
2018-11-16Pennsylvania Quakers over Northern Iowa Panthers2019
2018-03-03Texas Southern Tigers over Alcorn State Braves2018
2018-03-01Howard Bison over Coppin State Eagles2018
2018-01-24Chattanooga Mocs over Samford Bulldogs2018
2018-01-13Air Force Falcons over San José State Spartans2018
2018-01-13Villanova Wildcats over St. John's Red Storm2018
2018-01-03Creighton Bluejays over St. John's Red Storm2018
2017-12-09Long Beach State Beach over Pepperdine Waves2018
2017-11-27Cornell Big Red over Duquesne Dukes2018
2017-03-08Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns over Little Rock Trojans2017
2017-02-23Cal Poly Mustangs over Long Beach State Beach2017
2017-02-09Long Beach State Beach over UC Riverside Highlanders2017
2017-02-04Yale Bulldogs over Cornell Big Red2017
2017-01-21Alcorn State Braves over Alabama State Hornets2017
2017-01-21New Mexico Lobos over Wyoming Cowboys2017
2017-01-21Saint Joseph's Hawks over Pennsylvania Quakers2017
2017-01-07Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners over Seattle U Redhawks2017
2016-12-17Georgetown Hoyas over Syracuse Orange2017
2016-12-07Incarnate Word Cardinals over Texas Lutheran Bulldogs2017
2016-11-27Duquesne Dukes over Cleveland State Vikings2017
2016-11-20Sam Houston Bearkats over Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles2017
2016-03-05Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions over Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils2016
2016-02-13Coastal Carolina Chanticleers over Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs2016
2016-02-06North Dakota Fighting Hawks over Weber State Wildcats2016
2016-02-06San Diego State Aztecs over New Mexico Lobos2016
2016-01-21Manhattan Jaspers over Monmouth Hawks2016
2015-12-15Auburn Tigers over Mercer Bears2016
2015-12-14Columbia Lions over Robert Morris Colonials2016
2015-12-04Missouri Tigers over Northern Illinois Huskies2016
2015-11-19Fresno State Bulldogs over San Francisco Dons2016
2015-03-23Vermont Catamounts over Radford Highlanders2015Playoff
2015-03-11Colorado Buffaloes over Oregon State Beavers2015
2015-03-08Northeastern Huskies over UNC Wilmington Seahawks2015
2015-01-31Tulsa Golden Hurricane over South Florida Bulls2015
2015-01-24Marshall Thundering Herd over UTEP Miners2015
2015-01-24Sacramento State Hornets over Weber State Wildcats2015
2015-01-21Mississippi State Bulldogs over Auburn Tigers2015
2015-01-09NJIT Highlanders over Yale Bulldogs2015
2014-12-16Marquette Golden Eagles over Arizona State Sun Devils2015
2014-12-15Cal Poly Mustangs over San Francisco Dons2015
2014-11-29Arizona State Sun Devils over Colgate Raiders2015
2014-03-21Mercer Bears over Duke Blue Devils2014Playoff
2014-02-19Oregon Ducks over Washington Huskies2014
2014-01-28South Florida Bulls over SMU Mustangs2014
2014-01-08South Carolina State Bulldogs over Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks2014
2013-12-22South Carolina Gamecocks over Saint Mary's Gaels2014
2013-12-17Duquesne Dukes over St. Francis (PA) Red Flash2014
2013-11-30Denver Pioneers over Alaska Anchorage Seawolves2014
2013-11-24Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets over North Carolina A&T Aggies2014
2013-11-20Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks over Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers2014
2013-11-11Utah Valley Wolverines over North Carolina A&T Aggies2014
2013-03-22North Carolina Tar Heels over Villanova Wildcats2013Playoff
2013-03-20Southern Miss Golden Eagles over Charleston Southern Buccaneers2013Playoff
2013-03-02Belmont Bruins over Jacksonville State Gamecocks2013
2013-03-02Little Rock Trojans over Arkansas State Red Wolves2013
2013-02-23St. Bonaventure Bonnies over Duquesne Dukes2013
2013-02-09Iona Gaels over Rider Broncs2013
2013-01-19Louisiana Tech Bulldogs over Seattle U Redhawks2013
2013-01-09Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs over UNC Asheville Bulldogs2013
2013-01-05Dayton Flyers over UAB Blazers2013
2012-11-13South Dakota State Jackrabbits over Tennessee State Tigers2013
2012-03-09Saint Louis Billikens over La Salle Explorers2012
2012-01-22Eastern Kentucky Colonels over Longwood Lancers2012
2012-01-21Quinnipiac Bobcats over Bryant Bulldogs2012
2012-01-14Duquesne Dukes over Rhode Island Rams2012
2012-01-07Nevada Wolf Pack over Utah State Aggies2012
2011-12-04Maryland Terrapins over Notre Dame Fighting Irish2012
2011-11-22Sacred Heart Pioneers over Hampton Pirates2012
2011-11-18Maryland Terrapins over Colorado Buffaloes2012
2011-11-11West Virginia Mountaineers over Oral Roberts Golden Eagles2012
2011-02-26Northwestern State Demons over UT Arlington Mavericks2011
2011-01-29Nicholls Colonels over Lamar Cardinals2011
2011-01-08George Washington Colonials over Saint Joseph's Hawks2011
2011-01-05Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders over North Texas Mean Green2011
2011-01-03Kennesaw State Owls over South Carolina Upstate Spartans2011
2010-12-22SIU Edwardsville Cougars over Longwood Lancers2011
2010-12-01Memphis Tigers over Arkansas State Red Wolves2011
2010-11-20Loyola Marymount Lions over Dowling Golden Lions2011
2010-11-20Dayton Flyers over Ole Miss Rebels2011
2010-03-28Duke Blue Devils over Baylor Bears2010Playoff
2010-02-25UIC Flames over Green Bay Phoenix2010
2010-02-07Saint Joseph's Hawks over St. Bonaventure Bonnies2010
2010-02-06Texas A&M Aggies over Baylor Bears2010
2010-01-20Texas Tech Red Raiders over Iowa State Cyclones2010
2010-01-20UCF Knights over Houston Cougars2010
2010-01-16Valparaiso Beacons over Cleveland State Vikings2010
2010-01-12Colorado Buffaloes over Baylor Bears2010
2010-01-09Morehead State Eagles over Jacksonville State Gamecocks2010
2010-01-06George Washington Colonials over St. Bonaventure Bonnies2010
2009-11-30Saint Mary's Gaels over San José State Spartans2010
2009-11-19William & Mary Tribe over Richmond Spiders2010
2009-03-07Seattle U Redhawks over SIU Edwardsville Cougars2009
2009-02-21UC Santa Barbara Gauchos over Montana State Bobcats2009
2009-01-21Virginia Tech Hokies over Wake Forest Demon Deacons2009
2009-01-17Charleston Cougars over Furman Paladins2009
2009-01-14VCU Rams over Towson Tigers2009
2008-12-01Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles over Lipscomb Bisons2009
2008-03-02Boise State Broncos over Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors2008
2008-03-01Liberty Flames over Radford Highlanders2008
2008-02-16Chattanooga Mocs over The Citadel Bulldogs2008
2008-02-02Vanderbilt Commodores over Auburn Tigers2008
2008-02-02Davidson Wildcats over Chattanooga Mocs2008
2008-01-23UNLV Rebels over Wyoming Cowboys2008
2007-11-17Jacksonville Dolphins over Concordia College (NY) Clippers2008
2007-11-10Weber State Wildcats over Utah State Aggies2008
2007-03-17Ohio State Buckeyes over Xavier Musketeers2007Playoff
2007-03-06Northern Arizona Lumberjacks over Montana Grizzlies2007
2007-02-14Missouri Tigers over Baylor Bears2007
2007-02-07Akron Zips over Central Michigan Chippewas2007
2007-01-13UCF Knights over Marshall Thundering Herd2007
2006-11-15Oral Roberts Golden Eagles over Kansas Jayhawks2007
2006-11-13Tennessee Volunteers over Fordham Rams2007
2006-02-26Indiana Hoosiers over Michigan State Spartans2006
2006-02-23New Hampshire Wildcats over Albany Great Danes2006
2006-02-20Liberty Flames over Winthrop Eagles2006
2006-02-15Houston Cougars over UCF Knights2006
2006-01-21North Carolina A&T Aggies over Coppin State Eagles2006
2006-01-20Manhattan Jaspers over Canisius Golden Griffins2006
2006-01-07Washington State Cougars over Washington Huskies2006
2005-12-07Notre Dame Fighting Irish over Alabama Crimson Tide2006
2005-12-07Idaho State Bengals over Idaho Vandals2006
2005-02-26Kentucky Wildcats over Alabama Crimson Tide2005
2005-02-18Harvard Crimson over Columbia Lions2005
2005-01-26Richmond Spiders over La Salle Explorers2005
2005-01-13Southern Utah Thunderbirds over Chicago State Cougars2005
2005-01-03Belmont Bruins over Campbell Fighting Camels2005
2004-11-25Washington Huskies over Utah Utes2005
2004-11-20Niagara Purple Eagles over American University Eagles2005
2004-03-12NC State Wolfpack over Florida State Seminoles2004
2004-02-21North Carolina Tar Heels over Florida State Seminoles2004
2004-02-14Princeton Tigers over Columbia Lions2004
2004-02-14Harvard Crimson over Yale Bulldogs2004
2004-01-29Rider Broncs over Siena Saints2004
2004-01-24Northern Iowa Panthers over Bradley Braves2004
2004-01-10Jackson State Tigers over Alcorn State Braves2004
2003-12-13Arkansas State Red Wolves over Southern Miss Golden Eagles2004
2003-12-04Williams Ephs over Holy Cross Crusaders2004
2003-11-29Sacramento State Hornets over Cal State Fullerton Titans2004
2003-03-20Wyoming Cowboys over Eastern Washington Eagles2003Playoff
2003-02-27UL Monroe Warhawks over Sam Houston Bearkats2003
2003-02-01Kent State Golden Flashes over Western Michigan Broncos2003
2003-01-31Georgia State Panthers over Stetson Hatters2003
2003-01-30Kansas City Roos over Western Illinois Leathernecks2003
2003-01-11Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns over New Orleans Privateers2003
2002-12-21UIC Flames over Green Bay Phoenix2003
2002-12-21Washington State Cougars over High Point Panthers2003
2002-12-20Oregon State Beavers over Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons2003
2002-12-17Weber State Wildcats over Portland Pilots2003
2002-12-11Fairleigh Dickinson Knights over Saint Peter's Peacocks2003
2002-12-07Toledo Rockets over Ohio Bobcats2003
2002-11-18Cleveland State Vikings over Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons2003
2002-03-06Central Connecticut Blue Devils over Quinnipiac Bobcats2002
2002-02-23Youngstown State Penguins over Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons2002
2001-12-06UMBC Retrievers over Quinnipiac Bobcats2002
2001-11-21San Diego State Aztecs over Norfolk State Spartans2002
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