Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 97-86?
It has. 97-86 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 18 times in 136,843 games. The first was Lafayette Leopards beat Colgate Raiders on January 10, 2004; the latest was Butler Bulldogs beat Georgetown Hoyas on February 15, 2025.
That makes 97-86 the 1291st most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 98-86 has happened 11 times and 97-87 has happened 25 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.