Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 97-89?
Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 97-89 32 times. It first happened on February 11, 2003, when Morehead State Eagles beat Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, and most recently on February 21, 2026, when South Carolina Gamecocks beat Mississippi State Bulldogs.
That makes 97-89 the 1003rd most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 98-89 has happened 22 times and 97-90 has happened 27 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.