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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 79-53?

It has. 79-53 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 51 times in 136,843 games. The first was Holy Cross Crusaders beat Hartford Hawks on December 12, 2002; the latest was St. John's Red Storm beat Northern Iowa Panthers on March 20, 2026.

Where 79-53 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 79-53 the 763rd most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 80-53 has happened 59 times and 79-54 has happened 62 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.

Every 79-53 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-03-20St. John's Red Storm over Northern Iowa Panthers2026Playoff
2026-02-14Howard Bison over Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks2026
2025-12-07Utah State Aggies over Charlotte 49ers2026
2025-03-01UMass Lowell River Hawks over Binghamton Bearcats2025
2025-01-15North Carolina Tar Heels over California Golden Bears2025
2024-02-15Santa Clara Broncos over Pacific Tigers2024
2022-12-29Marshall Thundering Herd over Appalachian State Mountaineers2023
2022-12-29Idaho State Bengals over Northern Arizona Lumberjacks2023
2022-12-17Florida Atlantic Owls over Florida International Panthers2023
2022-12-14Sam Houston Bearkats over UL Monroe Warhawks2023
2022-12-01Georgia State Panthers over Middle Georgia State Knights2023
2022-11-10Saint Mary's Gaels over Vermont Catamounts2023
2022-02-26North Dakota State Bison over North Dakota Fighting Hawks2022
2022-01-24Murray State Racers over Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles2022
2022-01-10Boston University Terriers over American University Eagles2022
2021-12-11Wake Forest Demon Deacons over South Carolina Upstate Spartans2022
2021-01-31North Texas Mean Green over Rice Owls2021
2021-01-30Duke Blue Devils over Clemson Tigers2021
2020-12-01USC Trojans over BYU Cougars2021
2020-01-23Winthrop Eagles over South Carolina Upstate Spartans2020
2020-01-08Kansas Jayhawks over Iowa State Cyclones2020
2020-01-07Brown Bears over Johnson & Wales (RI) Wildcats2020
2019-12-20Pittsburgh Panthers over Binghamton Bearcats2020
2019-11-16Virginia Tech Hokies over Lehigh Mountain Hawks2020
2019-11-09Butler Bulldogs over New Orleans Privateers2020
2019-03-04Virginia Cavaliers over Syracuse Orange2019
2018-11-06Iowa State Cyclones over Alabama State Hornets2019
2018-03-03Old Dominion Monarchs over Florida International Panthers2018
2017-12-28Tulsa Golden Hurricane over East Carolina Pirates2018
2017-02-02Cal State Fullerton Titans over UC Santa Barbara Gauchos2017
2016-12-03Ohio Bobcats over Bryant Bulldogs2017
2016-02-04Quinnipiac Bobcats over Marist Red Foxes2016
2015-03-07UNC Wilmington Seahawks over Charleston Cougars2015
2014-11-14Longwood Lancers over Averett Cougars2015
2014-02-25Saint Joseph's Hawks over Dayton Flyers2014
2014-02-15Morehead State Eagles over Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles2014
2013-11-30UC Irvine Anteaters over Sacramento State Hornets2014
2011-11-11La Salle Explorers over Lafayette Leopards2012
2010-02-06Tennessee Volunteers over South Carolina Gamecocks2010
2009-12-27Louisville Cardinals over Radford Highlanders2010
2009-12-12Jacksonville State Gamecocks over Reinhardt Eagles2010
2009-12-05Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets over USC Trojans2010
2008-02-12Boston University Terriers over Binghamton Bearcats2008
2008-01-05Texas A&M Aggies over LSU Tigers2008
2007-02-11Marist Red Foxes over Iona Gaels2007
2006-01-30Coppin State Eagles over Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks2006
2006-01-19Lamar Cardinals over UL Monroe Warhawks2006
2005-12-10Indiana Hoosiers over Kentucky Wildcats2006
2005-12-03Old Dominion Monarchs over East Carolina Pirates2006
2005-01-19Georgia Southern Eagles over Savannah State Tigers2005
2002-12-12Holy Cross Crusaders over Hartford Hawks2003

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