Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 98-52?
It has. 98-52 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 12 times in 136,843 games. The first was Belmont Bruins beat Kennesaw State Owls on December 1, 2011; the latest was Drake Bulldogs beat Buena Vista Beavers on November 21, 2025.
That makes 98-52 the 1534th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 99-52 has happened 8 times and 98-53 has happened 12 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 98-52 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | Drake Bulldogs over Buena Vista Beavers | 2026 | |
| 2024-11-23 | DePaul Blue Demons over Northern Illinois Huskies | 2025 | |
| 2023-01-03 | North Carolina Central Eagles over Toccoa Falls Eagles | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-20 | Canisius Golden Griffins over Fredonia State Blue Devil | 2023 | |
| 2021-11-20 | Harvard Crimson over MIT Engineers | 2022 | |
| 2021-02-28 | Houston Cougars over South Florida Bulls | 2021 | |
| 2019-11-12 | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs over Wiley Wildcats | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-12 | UC Irvine Anteaters over Life Pacific Warriors | 2020 | |
| 2018-11-08 | Drake Bulldogs over Buena Vista Beavers | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-07 | Florida Atlantic Owls over Florida Tech Panthers | 2019 | |
| 2016-11-18 | Portland Pilots over Lewis & Clark Pioneers | 2017 | |
| 2011-12-01 | Belmont Bruins over Kennesaw State Owls | 2012 |