Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 97-82?
It has. 97-82 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 14 times in 141,662 games. The first was Tennessee State Tigers beat Lipscomb Bisons on January 14, 2002; the latest was Alabama Crimson Tide beat Mississippi State Bulldogs on January 13, 2026.
That makes 97-82 the 1461st most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 98-82 has happened 14 times and 97-83 has happened 18 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 97-82 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | Alabama Crimson Tide over Mississippi State Bulldogs | 2026 | |
| 2026-01-03 | Campbell Fighting Camels over Northeastern Huskies | 2026 | |
| 2024-11-17 | Samford Bulldogs over Texas Southern Tigers | 2025 | |
| 2018-11-26 | Pepperdine Waves over Idaho State Bengals | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-10 | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks over Jacksonville Dolphins | 2019 | |
| 2018-01-29 | Texas Southern Tigers over Alabama State Hornets | 2018 | |
| 2017-01-07 | Xavier Musketeers over St. John's Red Storm | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-25 | Kansas City Roos over Arkansas-Monticello Weevils | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-15 | Troy Trojans over Reinhardt Eagles | 2016 | |
| 2011-12-17 | North Carolina Tar Heels over Appalachian State Mountaineers | 2012 | |
| 2010-01-25 | South Carolina State Bulldogs over Norfolk State Spartans | 2010 | |
| 2008-12-04 | Hartford Hawks over Lafayette Leopards | 2009 | |
| 2004-01-28 | Northwestern State Demons over Huston-Tillotson Rams | 2004 | |
| 2002-01-14 | Tennessee State Tigers over Lipscomb Bisons | 2002 |
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