Has a 15 seed beat 2 seed?

15 seeds in March Madness. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 seed when it edged Ohio State, 75-72, in overtime in the first round of the 2021 NCAA tournament.

How many number 15 seeds beat a 2 seed?

15 seed knocked off a No. 2 seed. Richmond beat Syracuse in 1991, 73-69. And every couple of years, a No….The history of every NCAA seed.

Has a 15 seed ever won the NCAA tournament?

No, a 15 seed has never won the NCAA Tournament. That victory made FGCU the first 15 seed in NCAA Tournament history to make the Sweet 16; Coppin State narrowly missed out in 1993, losing its second-round game to Texas 82-81.

Has a number one seed ever lost to a 16?

Since the NCAA Mens’s Basketball Tournament expanded to 64 teams back in 1985, a 16-seed has only beaten a 1-seed once. In the 1989 NCAA Tournament, it almost happened twice when Georgetown played Princeton and when Oklahoma took on ETSU.

Can a 15 seed upset a 2 seed?

We hadn’t seen a 15 seed upset a 2 seed in March Madness since Middle Tennessee shocked Denzel Valentine, Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans in 2016. But it’s happened enough since the NCAA tournament field expanded in 1985 to be on notice every year.

Who was the last 15 seed to defeat a 2 seed?

Sorry, a connection error has occurred. Oral Roberts became the ninth No. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 seed when it edged Ohio State, 75-72, in overtime in the first round of the 2021 NCAA tournament.

Who are the 16 seeds in the NCAA Basketball Tournament?

Starting with the 2016 tournament, it returned to being called the Second Round. No 16 seed has ever won a second-round game. The only 16 seed to ever play in a Second Round game were the UMBC Retrievers in 2018, who lost to Kansas State 50–43. Two 15 seeds have won their second-round games.

Who was the second 15 seed in NCAA history?

Florida Gulf Coast made it to the Sweet 16 in 2013 and Oral Roberts became the second to do so in 2021. Winthrop, a 15-seed, nearly shocked No. 2 Tennessee in 2006. But then, Chris Lofton happened: