Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 98-96?
It has. 98-96 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 12 times in 136,843 games. The first was Texas Longhorns beat Texas A&M Aggies on February 28, 2007; the latest was Fresno State Bulldogs beat UNLV Rebels on February 3, 2026.
That makes 98-96 the 1534th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 99-96 has happened 10 times and 98-97 has happened 6 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 98-96 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | Fresno State Bulldogs over UNLV Rebels | 2026 | |
| 2022-02-26 | UNC Asheville Bulldogs over Presbyterian Blue Hose | 2022 | |
| 2022-01-22 | Little Rock Trojans over UT Arlington Mavericks | 2022 | |
| 2020-02-08 | Duke Blue Devils over North Carolina Tar Heels | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-23 | Texas Southern Tigers over Northern Kentucky Norse | 2020 | |
| 2019-02-08 | Harvard Crimson over Columbia Lions | 2019 | |
| 2018-01-30 | Oklahoma Sooners over Baylor Bears | 2018 | |
| 2016-12-29 | UMass Lowell River Hawks over Cornell Big Red | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-22 | La Salle Explorers over Mercer Bears | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-28 | Buffalo Bulls over Canisius Golden Griffins | 2016 | |
| 2008-02-02 | Central Arkansas Bears over Nicholls Colonels | 2008 | |
| 2007-02-28 | Texas Longhorns over Texas A&M Aggies | 2007 |