Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 98-56?
It has. 98-56 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 10 times in 136,843 games. The first was Wake Forest Demon Deacons beat Elon Phoenix on January 7, 2003; the latest was UTEP Miners beat UT Permian Basin Falcons on November 3, 2025.
That makes 98-56 the 1647th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 99-56 has happened 20 times and 98-57 has happened 15 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 98-56 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | UTEP Miners over UT Permian Basin Falcons | 2026 | |
| 2021-12-14 | Longwood Lancers over Carolina University Bruins | 2022 | |
| 2017-12-06 | Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns over Loyola New Orleans Wolfpack | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-02 | Evansville Purple Aces over Oakland City Mighty Oaks | 2018 | |
| 2016-11-30 | UCLA Bruins over UC Riverside Highlanders | 2017 | |
| 2013-12-27 | Mercer Bears over St. Andrews Knights | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-08 | Michigan State Spartans over McNeese Cowboys | 2014 | |
| 2004-12-29 | Texas Tech Red Raiders over Georgia State Panthers | 2005 | |
| 2003-12-02 | Northeastern Huskies over Suffolk University Rams | 2004 | |
| 2003-01-07 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons over Elon Phoenix | 2003 |