Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 98-74?
It has. 98-74 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 13 times in 136,843 games. The first was Syracuse Orange beat Albany Great Danes on November 15, 2011; the latest was Tulsa Golden Hurricane beat Missouri State Bears on December 6, 2025.
That makes 98-74 the 1482nd most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 99-74 has happened 13 times and 98-75 has happened 16 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 98-74 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-06 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane over Missouri State Bears | 2026 | |
| 2025-11-19 | Washington State Cougars over Southern Utah Thunderbirds | 2026 | |
| 2024-11-23 | Queens University Royals over South Carolina Upstate Spartans | 2025 | |
| 2022-11-27 | New Mexico Lobos over Northern Colorado Bears | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-14 | Austin Peay Governors over Milligan Buffaloes | 2023 | |
| 2020-12-11 | Creighton Bluejays over Nebraska Cornhuskers | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-25 | North Alabama Lions over Oakwood Ambassadors | 2021 | |
| 2018-12-05 | Arkansas Razorbacks over Colorado State Rams | 2019 | |
| 2018-02-25 | Canisius Golden Griffins over Marist Red Foxes | 2018 | |
| 2016-02-06 | New Mexico State Aggies over Utah Valley Wolverines | 2016 | |
| 2014-11-19 | Seattle U Redhawks over Omaha Mavericks | 2015 | |
| 2013-11-12 | Northern Colorado Bears over Colorado Christian Cougars | 2014 | |
| 2011-11-15 | Syracuse Orange over Albany Great Danes | 2012 |