Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 97-71?
It has. 97-71 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 23 times in 136,843 games. The first was UAB Blazers beat West Alabama Tigers on December 1, 2002; the latest was High Point Panthers beat Furman Paladins on November 3, 2025.
That makes 97-71 the 1168th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 98-71 has happened 26 times and 97-72 has happened 24 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.