Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 79-50?
Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 79-50 42 times. It first happened on February 19, 2002, when Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs beat Savannah State Tigers, and most recently on November 7, 2025, when Harvard Crimson beat MIT Engineers.
That makes 79-50 the 877th most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 80-50 has happened 40 times and 79-51 has happened 52 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 79-50 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
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