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Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 98-87?

It has. 98-87 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 23 times in 136,843 games. The first was Marquette Golden Eagles beat UAB Blazers on March 1, 2003; the latest was Denver Pioneers beat Oral Roberts Golden Eagles on January 14, 2026.

Where 98-87 sits among nearby NCAA Men's Basketball scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 98-87 the 1168th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 99-87 has happened 11 times and 98-88 has happened 23 times.

Every 98-87 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-01-14Denver Pioneers over Oral Roberts Golden Eagles2026
2024-03-16Illinois Fighting Illini over Nebraska Cornhuskers2024
2020-01-15UNLV Rebels over San José State Spartans2020
2019-02-16Arizona State Sun Devils over Utah Utes2019
2018-12-19Mississippi State Bulldogs over Wofford Terriers2019
2018-11-17Florida International Panthers over Columbia Lions2019
2018-01-06NJIT Highlanders over South Carolina Upstate Spartans2018
2017-12-17USC Trojans over UC Santa Barbara Gauchos2018
2017-11-21Texas A&M Aggies over Penn State Nittany Lions2018
2017-11-11Toledo Rockets over Saint Joseph's Hawks2018
2017-11-11Florida Gulf Coast Eagles over Illinois State Redbirds2018
2016-01-21Hartford Hawks over UMBC Retrievers2016
2014-11-22East Tennessee State Buccaneers over UNC Asheville Bulldogs2015
2008-12-30Clemson Tigers over South Carolina Gamecocks2009
2007-11-10Dartmouth Big Green over VMI Keydets2008
2006-02-11Oregon Ducks over Arizona State Sun Devils2006
2006-02-02Montana State Bobcats over Idaho State Bengals2006
2006-01-14East Tennessee State Buccaneers over Jacksonville Dolphins2006
2004-12-20UC Davis Aggies over Dartmouth Big Green2005
2004-12-04Oregon State Beavers over Colorado Buffaloes2005
2004-11-27Appalachian State Mountaineers over Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles2005
2003-12-20Furman Paladins over High Point Panthers2004
2003-03-01Marquette Golden Eagles over UAB Blazers2003

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