Since the NCAA men's basketball tournament expanded to its current format 36 years ago, 144 teams have entered it as No. 15 seeds. Nine of 144 have won a game. Only two have ever won two games. And still, none has ever won a third.
Oral Roberts came oh-so-close on Saturday night.
It exited inches away from March Madness history.
Davonte Davis' jumper with 3.1 seconds remaining gave No. 3 seed Arkansas a 72-70 victory over the 15th-seeded Golden Eagles.
Max Abmas, the nation's leading scorer, missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would've sent Oral Roberts to the Elite Eight.