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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 88-59?

It has. 88-59 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 44 times in 141,662 games. The first was Michigan Wolverines beat Fairfield Stags on November 20, 2001; the latest was Grand Canyon Lopes beat Northern Illinois Huskies on November 10, 2025.

Where 88-59 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 88-59 the 856th most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 89-59 has happened 46 times and 88-60 has happened 42 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.

Every 88-59 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2025-11-10Grand Canyon Lopes over Northern Illinois Huskies2026
2025-11-04San Diego Toreros over Occidental Tigers2026
2025-03-06UC Irvine Anteaters over UC Davis Aggies2025
2024-03-02Utah Utes over California Golden Bears2024
2024-01-20Appalachian State Mountaineers over Coastal Carolina Chanticleers2024
2023-12-18Wake Forest Demon Deacons over Delaware State Hornets2024
2023-12-12Campbell Fighting Camels over Pfeiffer Falcons2024
2023-03-01UConn Huskies over DePaul Blue Demons2023
2022-11-19Kent State Golden Flashes over Chicago State Cougars2023
2021-12-04UConn Huskies over Grambling Tigers2022
2021-11-18Kansas Jayhawks over Stony Brook Seawolves2022
2021-02-10Abilene Christian Wildcats over Houston Christian Huskies2021
2021-01-01South Alabama Jaguars over Georgia Southern Eagles2021
2019-01-08Yale Bulldogs over Skidmore Thoroughbreds2019
2018-12-01VCU Rams over Iona Gaels2019
2018-11-25Central Connecticut Blue Devils over Pine Manor Gators2019
2018-11-23UMass Lowell River Hawks over UMass-Boston Beacons2019
2017-11-27UMBC Retrievers over Shenandoah Hornets2018
2017-11-25Western Michigan Broncos over Northwood Timberwolves2018
2016-12-10Troy Trojans over Alabama A&M Bulldogs2017
2016-12-03Louisiana Tech Bulldogs over SE Louisiana Lions2017
2016-11-30Coastal Carolina Chanticleers over Methodist Monarchs2017
2015-12-15Grand Canyon Lopes over Delaware State Hornets2016
2014-01-09Wagner Seahawks over Central Connecticut Blue Devils2014
2013-12-02SMU Mustangs over McNeese Cowboys2014
2013-01-26Central Arkansas Bears over Lamar Cardinals2013
2013-01-24Cal Poly Mustangs over Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors2013
2012-12-01Iowa Hawkeyes over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders2013
2011-12-22NC State Wolfpack over Northeastern Huskies2012
2011-12-14Lamar Cardinals over Huston-Tillotson Rams2012
2011-11-27Missouri Tigers over Binghamton Bearcats2012
2011-02-24New Orleans Privateers over Birmingham-Southern Panthers2011
2010-12-02Rider Broncs over Manhattan Jaspers2011
2009-11-18UC Davis Aggies over UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs2010
2009-01-05VCU Rams over UNC Wilmington Seahawks2009
2008-12-10McNeese Cowboys over Louisiana Christian Wildcats2009
2007-12-05West Virginia Mountaineers over Auburn Tigers2008
2007-11-14Prairie View A&M Panthers over Schreiner Mountaineers2008
2007-02-06Utah Valley Wolverines over UC Davis Aggies2007
2006-11-17UConn Huskies over Central Arkansas Bears2007
2005-01-25Sacramento State Hornets over William Jessup Warriors2005
2004-02-28Oakland Golden Grizzlies over Western Illinois Leathernecks2004
2002-03-02Yale Bulldogs over Dartmouth Big Green2002
2001-11-20Michigan Wolverines over Fairfield Stags2002
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