Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 97-51?
It has. 97-51 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 9 times in 136,843 games. The first was East Carolina Pirates beat NC Wesleyan Battling Bishops on November 8, 2013; the latest was Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders beat Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels on November 4, 2024.
That makes 97-51 the 1711th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 98-51 has happened 7 times and 97-52 has happened 15 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 97-51 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-04 | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders over Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels | 2025 | |
| 2023-12-01 | UNC Asheville Bulldogs over Johnson University (TN) Royals | 2024 | |
| 2019-11-05 | Delaware Blue Hens over Bridgewater College (VA) Eagles | 2020 | |
| 2018-11-06 | Northern Iowa Panthers over Bemidji State Beavers | 2019 | |
| 2017-02-08 | UConn Huskies over South Florida Bulls | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-28 | Northern Iowa Panthers over North Dakota Fighting Hawks | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-14 | Nebraska Cornhuskers over Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | 2016 | |
| 2014-11-17 | Yale Bulldogs over Newbury College Nighthawks | 2015 | |
| 2013-11-08 | East Carolina Pirates over NC Wesleyan Battling Bishops | 2014 |