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Last-second miss leaves No. 15 Oral Roberts inches from March Madness history

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.