Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 97-84?
It has. 97-84 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 19 times in 136,843 games. The first was Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles beat Eastern Illinois Panthers on March 1, 2003; the latest was UCF Knights beat BYU Cougars on February 24, 2026.
That makes 97-84 the 1266th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 98-84 has happened 16 times and 97-85 has happened 24 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.