Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 96-56?
It has. 96-56 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 15 times in 141,662 games. The first was Maryland Terrapins beat North Carolina Tar Heels on February 22, 2003; the latest was Gonzaga Bulldogs beat Pepperdine Waves on December 28, 2025.
That makes 96-56 the 1410th most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 97-56 has happened 8 times and 96-57 has happened 14 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 96-56 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-28 | Gonzaga Bulldogs over Pepperdine Waves | 2026 | |
| 2024-12-11 | Pittsburgh Panthers over Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-04 | Pittsburgh Panthers over Radford Highlanders | 2025 | |
| 2022-11-23 | Kentucky Wildcats over North Florida Ospreys | 2023 | |
| 2022-03-04 | Toledo Rockets over Bowling Green Falcons | 2022 | |
| 2021-12-29 | Youngstown State Penguins over Defiance Yellow Jackets | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-27 | North Carolina Central Eagles over Newport News Apprentice Builders | 2022 | |
| 2019-12-19 | Lafayette Leopards over Widener Pride | 2020 | |
| 2019-12-18 | Saint Mary's Gaels over Arizona State Sun Devils | 2020 | |
| 2016-11-11 | Northern Kentucky Norse over Earlham Quakers | 2017 | |
| 2015-02-14 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers over Liberty Flames | 2015 | |
| 2010-11-23 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers over NC Wesleyan Battling Bishops | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-16 | UT Arlington Mavericks over Texas-Tyler Patriots | 2011 | |
| 2005-11-26 | Birmingham-Southern Panthers over Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs | 2006 | |
| 2003-02-22 | Maryland Terrapins over North Carolina Tar Heels | 2003 |
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