Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 87-49?
It has. 87-49 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 22 times in 136,843 games. The first was Iowa Hawkeyes beat Liberty Flames on December 22, 2002; the latest was Western Carolina Catamounts beat The Citadel Bulldogs on February 11, 2026.
That makes 87-49 the 1196th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 88-49 has happened 20 times and 87-50 has happened 20 times.