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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.

Where 96-72 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 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.

Every 96-72 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-03-07Georgia Southern Eagles over Coastal Carolina Chanticleers2026
2025-03-04Oakland Golden Grizzlies over Green Bay Phoenix2025
2025-02-12Furman Paladins over Mercer Bears2025
2024-01-12Niagara Purple Eagles over Fairfield Stags2024
2023-11-19UC Santa Barbara Gauchos over Le Moyne Dolphins2024
2022-12-20Indiana Hoosiers over Elon Phoenix2023
2020-02-08Iowa Hawkeyes over Nebraska Cornhuskers2020
2019-12-16Morgan State Bears over Chestnut Hill College Griffins2020
2019-12-08Lipscomb Bisons over Trevecca Nazarene Trojans2020
2018-11-16Grand Canyon Lopes over Arkansas State Red Wolves2019
2017-11-22Chaminade Silverswords over California Golden Bears2018
2017-11-20North Carolina Tar Heels over Stanford Cardinal2018
2017-02-17Pennsylvania Quakers over Brown Bears2017
2017-01-28Ohio Bobcats over Bowling Green Falcons2017
2016-11-27USC Trojans over UC Santa Barbara Gauchos2017
2016-11-11Cal State Northridge Matadors over Pomona Pitzer Sagehens2017
2016-03-16Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders2016Playoff
2015-12-16North Carolina Tar Heels over Tulane Green Wave2016
2015-12-12Marshall Thundering Herd over Eastern Kentucky Colonels2016
2015-12-05DePaul Blue Demons over Chicago State Cougars2016
2010-01-05Auburn Tigers over West Georgia Wolves2010
2006-12-02Mississippi State Bulldogs over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders2007
2006-11-13Robert Morris Colonials over Florida International Panthers2007
2004-12-12Maryland Terrapins over UNC Asheville Bulldogs2005
2004-02-28Washington Huskies over Arizona State Sun Devils2004
2003-12-14Maryland Terrapins over Pepperdine Waves2004
2003-02-19Jacksonville State Gamecocks over Lipscomb Bisons2003

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