Oral Roberts is Sweet 16 bound

Oral Roberts became just the second No. 15 seed in NCAA tournament history to advance to the round of 16, beating No. 7 seed Florida 8178 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis.

Oral Roberts opened the tournament by stunning No. 2 seed Ohio State.

Kevin Obanor and Max Abams helped erase an 11point deficit. Obanor scored 28 points and Abams, the regular-season national leading scorer, finished with 26 as Oral Roberts (18-10) closed the game on a 25-11 run to overcome the 11-point lead Florida held with less than 10 minutes to go.

Oral Roberts joins Florida Gulf Coast as the only No. 15 seeds to reach the round of 16.

Tre Mann led the Gators (15-10) with 19 points, but went quiet late in the second half, failing to score over the final 17 minutes.

Baylor 76, Wisconsin 63:

Davion Mitchell scored 16 points and spearheaded a dominant defensive first half, helping top-seeded Baylor avoid another NCAA tournament upset. Not long after Illinois became the first No. 1 seed to bow out, the Bears (24-2) looked every bit a Final Four favorite in the first half, smothering Wisconsin

in Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Badgers (18-13) showed a bit of fight after being backed into an 18-point corner, rallying to within seven midway through the second half behind D’Mitrik Trice (12 points). But the Bears answered to reach the Sweet 16 for the fifth time under coach Scott Drew. They’ll get Villanova next.

Arkansas 68, Texas Tech 66:

Justin Smith had 20 points and played a key role in a final-play defensive stop in Hinkle Fieldhouse, helping Arkansas secure the program’s first trip to the Sweet 16 in a quarter-century. The third-seeded Razorbacks are off to the regional semifinals for the first time since 1996 under famed former coach Nolan Richardson. Arkansas (24-6) next faces No. 15 seed Oral Roberts.

Villanova 84, North Texas 61: Jeremiah Robinson-Earl scored 18 points, Jermaine Samuels Jr. had 15 and Villanova knocked down 15 three-pointers, emphatically ending 13th-seeded North Texas’ bid for a second upset in Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Villanova (18-6) will play the second weekend of the tournament for the third time in the last five. Coach Jay Wright’s team won the whole thing the last two times it got this far in 2016 and 2018.