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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 90-89?

It has. 90-89 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 30 times in 136,843 games. The first was Kansas Jayhawks beat Iowa State Cyclones on February 21, 2004; the latest was Liberty Flames beat Florida International Panthers on February 19, 2026.

Where 90-89 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 90-89 the 1030th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 91-89 has happened 40 times and 90-90 has happened never. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.

Every 90-89 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-02-19Liberty Flames over Florida International Panthers2026
2026-02-14Pepperdine Waves over Loyola Marymount Lions2026
2026-01-08Portland Pilots over Pacific Tigers2026
2025-02-19UAB Blazers over Rice Owls2025
2025-01-29Temple Owls over Charlotte 49ers2025
2025-01-01Bradley Braves over Indiana State Sycamores2025
2024-12-07Kentucky Wildcats over Gonzaga Bulldogs2025
2024-11-25Mercer Bears over Jacksonville Dolphins2025
2024-02-21Penn State Nittany Lions over Illinois Fighting Illini2024
2023-02-27Weber State Wildcats over Northern Arizona Lumberjacks2023
2023-02-04Tulane Green Wave over Memphis Tigers2023
2021-01-02Lehigh Mountain Hawks over Lafayette Leopards2021
2021-01-01Long Beach State Beach over Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners2021
2019-02-02Arkansas Razorbacks over LSU Tigers2019
2019-01-05Green Bay Phoenix over Cleveland State Vikings2019
2017-12-30Oklahoma Sooners over TCU Horned Frogs2018
2017-01-25Boston University Terriers over Army Black Knights2017
2016-12-05Portland Pilots over UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros2017
2015-12-19Rice Owls over New Mexico Lobos2016
2014-02-07Iona Gaels over Niagara Purple Eagles2014
2013-12-18Texas Southern Tigers over Temple Owls2014
2013-11-30Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils over Longwood Lancers2014
2012-01-14Norfolk State Spartans over Morgan State Bears2012
2011-11-25Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils over Tennessee State Tigers2012
2008-02-18La Salle Explorers over Saint Joseph's Hawks2008
2008-02-16Florida A&M Rattlers over Morgan State Bears2008
2008-01-28Boise State Broncos over Fresno State Bulldogs2008
2007-01-28South Alabama Jaguars over North Texas Mean Green2007
2005-03-26Illinois Fighting Illini over Arizona Wildcats2005Playoff
2004-02-21Kansas Jayhawks over Iowa State Cyclones2004

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