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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 96-79?

Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 96-79 23 times. It first happened on November 22, 2002, when Alabama A&M Bulldogs beat Tuskegee Golden Tigers, and most recently on February 25, 2026, when Queens University Royals beat Eastern Kentucky Colonels.

Where 96-79 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 96-79 the 1192nd most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 97-79 has happened 19 times and 96-80 has happened 23 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.

Every 96-79 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-02-25Queens University Royals over Eastern Kentucky Colonels2026
2026-01-13Florida Gators over Oklahoma Sooners2026
2024-11-27Nebraska Cornhuskers over South Dakota Coyotes2025
2024-02-10Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers over Quinnipiac Bobcats2024
2024-01-24Queens University Royals over Central Arkansas Bears2024
2021-02-27UTSA Roadrunners over UAB Blazers2021
2020-01-30Little Rock Trojans over Coastal Carolina Chanticleers2020
2020-01-02South Dakota State Jackrabbits over Oral Roberts Golden Eagles2020
2019-02-02Coastal Carolina Chanticleers over Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns2019
2018-02-21Nicholls Colonels over McNeese Cowboys2018
2017-01-18Wake Forest Demon Deacons over Miami Hurricanes2017
2015-12-05Utah Utes over Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons2016
2013-11-25Coppin State Eagles over Ohio Valley Fighting Scots2014
2013-02-02BYU Cougars over Santa Clara Broncos2013
2012-11-12Cal State Northridge Matadors over Eastern Washington Eagles2013
2011-01-29South Dakota State Jackrabbits over Southern Utah Thunderbirds2011
2010-12-21TCU Horned Frogs over Northwestern State Demons2011
2008-11-18UTEP Miners over Georgia Southern Eagles2009
2007-02-03Liberty Flames over High Point Panthers2007
2007-01-30Florida State Seminoles over Maryland Terrapins2007
2006-02-05Iowa State Cyclones over Colorado Buffaloes2006
2002-12-28UC Irvine Anteaters over Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons2003
2002-11-22Alabama A&M Bulldogs over Tuskegee Golden Tigers2003
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