Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 81-52?
It has. 81-52 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 39 times in 136,843 games. The first was Georgetown Hoyas beat Towson Tigers on November 30, 2002; the latest was St. John's Red Storm beat Creighton Bluejays on February 21, 2026.
That makes 81-52 the 894th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 82-52 has happened 41 times and 81-53 has happened 60 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.