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NCAA Tournament Matchup Finder Query Results

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For single games, from 1939 to 2024, school is 2 seed, opponent is 15 seed, point differential of 10 or fewer points, sorted by descending Date

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Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
1	2023	March 16, 2023	South	First Round	2 Arizona	55	15 Princeton	59		-4	Sacramento, CA
2	2022	March 17, 2022	East	First Round	2 Kentucky	79	15 St. Peter's	85	OT	-6	Indianapolis, IN
3	2021	March 19, 2021	South	First Round	2 Ohio State	72	15 Oral Roberts	75	OT	-3	West Lafayette, IN
4	2019	March 22, 2019	South	First Round	2 Tennessee	77	15 Colgate	70		+7	Columbus, OH
5	2017	March 17, 2017	South	First Round	2 Kentucky	79	15 Northern Kentucky	70		+9	Indianapolis, IN
6	2016	March 18, 2016	Midwest	First Round	2 Michigan State	81	15 Middle Tennessee	90		-9	St. Louis, MO
7	2015	March 20, 2015	South	Second Round	2 Gonzaga	86	15 North Dakota State	76		+10	Seattle, WA
8	2013	March 22, 2013	South	Second Round	2 Georgetown	68	15 Florida Gulf Coast	78		-10	Philadelphia, PA
9	2012	March 16, 2012	West	Second Round	2 Missouri	84	15 Norfolk State	86		-2	Omaha, NE
10	2012	March 16, 2012	South	Second Round	2 Duke	70	15 Lehigh	75		-5	Greensboro, NC
11	2010	March 18, 2010	South	First Round	2 Villanova	73	15 Robert Morris	70	OT	+3	Providence, RI
12	2008	March 20, 2008	West	First Round	2 Duke	71	15 Belmont	70		+1	Washington, DC
13	2006	March 17, 2006	Atlanta	First Round	2 Texas	60	15 Penn	52		+8	Dallas, TX
14	2006	March 17, 2006	Minneapolis	First Round	2 Ohio State	70	15 Davidson	62		+8	Dayton, OH
15	2006	March 16, 2006	Washington	First Round	2 Tennessee	63	15 Winthrop	61		+2	Greensboro, NC
16	2005	March 18, 2005	Syracuse	First Round	2 UConn	77	15 UCF	71		+6	Worcester, MA
17	2005	March 17, 2005	Austin	First Round	2 Kentucky	72	15 Eastern Kentucky	64		+8	Indianapolis, IN
18	2003	March 21, 2003	East	First Round	2 Wake Forest	76	15 ETSU	73		+3	Tampa, FL
19	2003	March 20, 2003	West	First Round	2 Kansas	64	15 Utah State	61		+3	Oklahoma City, OK
20	2002	March 15, 2002	West	First Round	2 Oklahoma	71	15 UIC	63		+8	Dallas, TX
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
21	2002	March 14, 2002	South	First Round	2 Alabama	86	15 Florida Atlantic	78		+8	Greenville, SC
22	2001	March 15, 2001	East	First Round	2 Kentucky	72	15 Holy Cross	68		+4	Uniondale, NY
23	2001	March 15, 2001	West	First Round	2 Iowa State	57	15 Hampton	58		-1	Boise, ID
24	2000	March 16, 2000	West	First Round	2 St. John's (NY)	61	15 Northern Arizona	56		+5	Salt Lake City, UT
25	2000	March 16, 2000	Midwest	First Round	2 Iowa State	88	15 Central Connecticut	78		+10	Minneapolis, MN
26	1998	March 12, 1998	East	First Round	2 UConn	93	15 FDU	85		+8	Washington, DC
27	1998	March 12, 1998	West	First Round	2 Cincinnati	65	15 Northern Arizona	62		+3	Boise, ID
28	1997	March 14, 1997	Southeast	First Round	2 Duke	71	15 Murray State	68		+3	Charlotte, NC
29	1996	March 15, 1996	Southeast	First Round	2 Cincinnati	66	15 UNC Greensboro	61		+5	Orlando, FL
30	1995	March 17, 1995	Southeast	First Round	2 UNC	80	15 Murray State	70		+10	Tallahassee, FL
31	1995	March 17, 1995	Midwest	First Round	2 Arkansas	79	15 Texas Southern	78		+1	Austin, TX
32	1993	March 18, 1993	West	First Round	2 Arizona	61	15 Santa Clara	64		-3	Salt Lake City, UT
33	1991	March 14, 1991	East	First Round	2 Syracuse	69	15 Richmond	73		-4	College Park, MD
34	1991	March 14, 1991	Southeast	First Round	2 Indiana	79	15 Coastal Carolina	69		+10	Louisville, KY
35	1990	March 16, 1990	East	First Round	2 Kansas	79	15 Robert Morris	71		+8	Atlanta, GA
36	1987	March 13, 1987	East	First Round	2 Syracuse	79	15 Georgia Southern	73		+6	Syracuse, NY
37	1986	March 14, 1986	Midwest	First Round	2 Michigan	70	15 Akron	64		+6	Minneapolis, MN
38	1985	March 15, 1985	East	First Round	2 Georgia Tech	65	15 Mercer	58		+7	Atlanta, GA

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