Since 1999, only one player, Gerry McNamara (Syracuse, 2004) has scored as many as 43 points in one NCAA Tournament game. That feat that has only been accomplished 26 times, and just eight of those occurred in the last 30 years (via sportslistoftheday.com).
If we go a little higher, we see that the 50-point barrier has only been breached six times in the 74-year history of the men's tournament. And three of those performances were by the same player.
#10 Dave Corzine, DePaul — 46 points
YEAR: 1978
ROUND: Second
OPPONENT: Louisville
#9 Austin Carr, Notre Dame — 47 points
YEAR: 1971
ROUND: Regional third place game
OPPONENT: Houston
#8 Hal Lear, Temple — 48 points
YEAR: 1956
ROUND: Third place game
OPPONENT: Southern Methodist
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