Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 87-54?
It has. 87-54 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 33 times in 136,843 games. The first was Holy Cross Crusaders beat Fordham Rams on December 31, 2002; the latest was Nevada Wolf Pack beat San José State Spartans on January 20, 2026.
That makes 87-54 the 980th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 88-54 has happened 42 times and 87-55 has happened 33 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.