Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 97-81?
Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 97-81 15 times. It first happened on December 6, 2001, when Elon Phoenix beat Bluefield University Ramblin' Rams, and most recently on February 7, 2026, when Jackson State Tigers beat Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils.
That makes 97-81 the 1410th most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 98-81 has happened 16 times and 97-82 has happened 14 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 97-81 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-07 | Jackson State Tigers over Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | 2026 | |
| 2024-12-29 | North Carolina Tar Heels over Campbell Fighting Camels | 2025 | |
| 2022-01-22 | Wright State Raiders over UIC Flames | 2022 | |
| 2020-02-29 | Hofstra Pride over James Madison Dukes | 2020 | |
| 2019-02-22 | Rider Broncs over Niagara Purple Eagles | 2019 | |
| 2017-02-15 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders over Incarnate Word Cardinals | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-29 | UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros over Our Lady of the Lake Saints | 2017 | |
| 2016-02-04 | Eastern Kentucky Colonels over Tennessee State Tigers | 2016 | |
| 2014-03-02 | Iona Gaels over Rider Broncs | 2014 | |
| 2011-11-18 | Duquesne Dukes over District of Columbia Firebirds | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-15 | Memphis Tigers over Belmont Bruins | 2012 | |
| 2008-12-20 | UMass Minutemen over Hofstra Pride | 2009 | |
| 2005-01-15 | UC Irvine Anteaters over Cal State Fullerton Titans | 2005 | |
| 2002-02-23 | San Francisco Dons over Portland Pilots | 2002 | |
| 2001-12-06 | Elon Phoenix over Bluefield University Ramblin' Rams | 2002 |
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