Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 96-72?
It has. 96-72 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 27 times in 136,843 games. The first was Jacksonville State Gamecocks beat Lipscomb Bisons on February 19, 2003; the latest was Georgia Southern Eagles beat Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on March 7, 2026.
That makes 96-72 the 1094th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 97-72 has happened 24 times and 96-73 has happened 28 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.