Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 85-52?
It has. 85-52 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 37 times in 136,843 games. The first was Elon Phoenix beat Bluefield University Ramblin' Rams on November 28, 2003; the latest was Tulane Green Wave beat UTSA Roadrunners on January 10, 2026.
That makes 85-52 the 914th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 86-52 has happened 28 times and 85-53 has happened 36 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.