Scorigami Center

Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 98-88?

Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 98-88 23 times. It first happened on December 7, 2002, when Morehead State Eagles beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders, and most recently on March 11, 2026, when NC State Wolfpack beat Pittsburgh Panthers.

Where 98-88 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 98-88 the 1168th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 99-88 has happened 14 times and 98-89 has happened 22 times.

Every 98-88 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

DateResultSeason
2026-03-11NC State Wolfpack over Pittsburgh Panthers2026
2026-03-03Georgia Bulldogs over Alabama Crimson Tide2026
2025-01-09Delaware Blue Hens over North Carolina A&T Aggies2025
2023-02-04Eastern Washington Eagles over Portland State Vikings2023
2022-11-21Bryant Bulldogs over Detroit Mercy Titans2023
2019-11-19Georgia Southern Eagles over Mercer Bears2020
2019-02-12Quinnipiac Bobcats over Rider Broncs2019
2019-01-26Georgia Bulldogs over Texas Longhorns2019
2019-01-03Montana State Bobcats over Portland State Vikings2019
2018-03-02Harvard Crimson over Cornell Big Red2018
2017-03-08Arizona State Sun Devils over Stanford Cardinal2017
2016-11-30Marshall Thundering Herd over Ohio Bobcats2017
2016-01-30USC Trojans over Washington Huskies2016
2015-01-02East Tennessee State Buccaneers over VMI Keydets2015
2012-01-07Arkansas Razorbacks over Mississippi State Bulldogs2012
2010-02-25Georgia Southern Eagles over Elon Phoenix2010
2009-01-31Rhode Island Rams over La Salle Explorers2009
2009-01-10Radford Highlanders over UNC Asheville Bulldogs2009
2007-02-24Marist Red Foxes over Siena Saints2007
2007-02-11Rider Broncs over Canisius Golden Griffins2007
2007-02-03San Francisco Dons over San Diego Toreros2007
2007-01-25Northwestern State Demons over Nicholls Colonels2007
2002-12-07Morehead State Eagles over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders2003

Open the NCAA Men's Basketball grid at 98-88