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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 80-79?

It has. 80-79 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 103 times in 136,843 games. The first was UNC Greensboro Spartans beat American University Eagles on November 25, 2002; the latest was Ole Miss Rebels beat Alabama Crimson Tide on March 13, 2026.

Where 80-79 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 80-79 the 456th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 81-79 has happened 160 times and 80-80 has happened never. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.

Every 80-79 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-03-13Ole Miss Rebels over Alabama Crimson Tide2026
2026-03-12Clemson Tigers over North Carolina Tar Heels2026
2026-03-12Duke Blue Devils over Florida State Seminoles2026
2026-03-07Georgetown Hoyas over Providence Friars2026
2026-02-28Evansville Purple Aces over Valparaiso Beacons2026
2026-02-25Charlotte 49ers over North Texas Mean Green2026
2026-01-24Colgate Raiders over Boston University Terriers2026
2026-01-17Morgan State Bears over Delaware State Hornets2026
2026-01-02Manhattan Jaspers over Quinnipiac Bobcats2026
2025-12-06Western Kentucky Hilltoppers over Evansville Purple Aces2026
2025-02-15New Hampshire Wildcats over UMass Lowell River Hawks2025
2025-02-08East Carolina Pirates over UTSA Roadrunners2025
2025-02-05Fordham Rams over Rhode Island Rams2025
2025-02-01Hampton Pirates over Howard Bison2025
2025-01-08East Carolina Pirates over Temple Owls2025
2025-01-05Manhattan Jaspers over Rider Broncs2025
2024-12-03Iowa Hawkeyes over Northwestern Wildcats2025
2024-11-22Manhattan Jaspers over Army Black Knights2025
2024-11-15Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs over Elon Phoenix2025
2024-11-12Belmont Bruins over Lipscomb Bisons2025
2024-11-08South Dakota State Jackrabbits over Long Beach State Beach2025
2024-03-09Longwood Lancers over High Point Panthers2024
2023-02-09Fairleigh Dickinson Knights over Long Island University Sharks2023
2023-02-06Green Bay Phoenix over Milwaukee Panthers2023
2022-12-14Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks over Louisiana Tech Bulldogs2023
2022-11-20UT Martin Skyhawks over Prairie View A&M Panthers2023
2022-02-26Drexel Dragons over Charleston Cougars2022
2022-02-19Merrimack Warriors over Sacred Heart Pioneers2022
2022-01-08New Orleans Privateers over Northwestern State Demons2022
2022-01-05East Tennessee State Buccaneers over VMI Keydets2022
2021-11-20Western Carolina Catamounts over American University Eagles2022
2021-03-14Alabama Crimson Tide over LSU Tigers2021
2021-03-05Seattle U Redhawks over California Baptist Lancers2021
2021-02-20UCLA Bruins over Arizona State Sun Devils2021
2021-01-26Oklahoma Sooners over Texas Longhorns2021
2021-01-16Oregon State Beavers over Arizona State Sun Devils2021
2020-02-15UT Martin Skyhawks over Eastern Illinois Panthers2020
2020-02-08Milwaukee Panthers over IUPUI Jaguars2020
2020-02-06Cincinnati Bearcats over Wichita State Shockers2020
2020-02-01Army Black Knights over Lehigh Mountain Hawks2020
2019-11-12William & Mary Tribe over Wofford Terriers2020
2019-03-20Norfolk State Spartans over Alabama Crimson Tide2019Playoff
2019-02-23UMass Minutemen over Saint Joseph's Hawks2019
2019-02-10Iowa Hawkeyes over Northwestern Wildcats2019
2018-11-11Florida Atlantic Owls over UCF Knights2019
2018-03-02Yale Bulldogs over Pennsylvania Quakers2018
2018-02-15Fairleigh Dickinson Knights over Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers2018
2018-01-10Quinnipiac Bobcats over Marist Red Foxes2018
2018-01-04Cal Poly Mustangs over UC Santa Barbara Gauchos2018
2018-01-04Cleveland State Vikings over Green Bay Phoenix2018
2018-01-04Robert Morris Colonials over St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers2018
2017-12-30Green Bay Phoenix over Oakland Golden Grizzlies2018
2017-12-19Alabama Crimson Tide over Mercer Bears2018
2017-12-17Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs over Hampton Pirates2018
2017-11-17Eastern Illinois Panthers over IUPUI Jaguars2018
2017-11-15Manhattan Jaspers over St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers2018
2017-02-18Dartmouth Big Green over Columbia Lions2017
2017-02-11Kansas Jayhawks over Texas Tech Red Raiders2017
2016-12-10Utah State Aggies over Utah Valley Wolverines2017
2016-12-05Boise State Broncos over Loyola Marymount Lions2017
2016-02-24UMBC Retrievers over Binghamton Bearcats2016
2016-02-13Northern Illinois Huskies over Akron Zips2016
2016-02-03Longwood Lancers over Campbell Fighting Camels2016
2016-01-18Hampton Pirates over North Carolina Central Eagles2016
2015-12-12Long Island University Sharks over Niagara Purple Eagles2016
2015-11-28Southern Illinois Salukis over Portland Pilots2016
2015-11-25McNeese Cowboys over Dillard Blue Devils2016
2015-01-16Iona Gaels over Niagara Purple Eagles2015
2014-12-23Wichita State Shockers over Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors2015
2014-12-13UNC Greensboro Spartans over East Tennessee State Buccaneers2015
2014-03-08Winthrop Eagles over UNC Asheville Bulldogs2014
2013-01-26Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons over IUPUI Jaguars2013
2012-12-29Bryant Bulldogs over Lehigh Mountain Hawks2013
2012-11-13UCLA Bruins over UC Irvine Anteaters2013
2012-02-22Temple Owls over La Salle Explorers2012
2012-01-11Northwestern State Demons over Nicholls Colonels2012
2011-01-19Colgate Raiders over Lehigh Mountain Hawks2011
2011-01-15Northwestern State Demons over Central Arkansas Bears2011
2010-03-13New Mexico State Aggies over Nevada Wolf Pack2010
2009-12-29Rhode Island Rams over Drexel Dragons2010
2009-12-19Oklahoma Sooners over Northern Colorado Bears2010
2008-12-22Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders over Georgia Bulldogs2009
2008-11-15George Mason Patriots over Vermont Catamounts2009
2008-11-15Southwest Baptist Bearcats over Utah Utes2009
2008-03-18Houston Cougars over Nevada Wolf Pack2008Playoff
2008-01-09Hartford Hawks over Binghamton Bearcats2008
2008-01-06Albany Great Danes over Vermont Catamounts2008
2007-12-21Manhattan Jaspers over Pepperdine Waves2008
2007-02-07Alabama Crimson Tide over Mississippi State Bulldogs2007
2007-01-18Utah State Aggies over Boise State Broncos2007
2007-01-14Niagara Purple Eagles over Rider Broncs2007
2006-11-23Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors over Hofstra Pride2007
2006-02-09Florida State Seminoles over Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets2006
2005-03-12Ohio Bobcats over Buffalo Bulls2005
2005-02-28Kansas City Roos over Valparaiso Beacons2005
2005-02-14Texas Tech Red Raiders over Kansas Jayhawks2005
2005-01-05Virginia Cavaliers over Western Kentucky Hilltoppers2005
2004-11-19Pepperdine Waves over Fairleigh Dickinson Knights2005
2004-02-21UNC Greensboro Spartans over Georgia Southern Eagles2004
2004-02-14Washington Huskies over Oregon State Beavers2004
2004-02-07Hofstra Pride over Old Dominion Monarchs2004
2003-01-11Grambling Tigers over Southern Jaguars2003
2002-11-25UNC Greensboro Spartans over American University Eagles2003

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