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Look how close Rhode Island came to beating Oklahoma on a tip-in at the buzzer

OMG. So close.

Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

Oklahoma and Rhode Island kicked off the NCAA tournament in thrilling style, treating us to a dramatic opening game of March Madness. Rhode Island came so close to winning the game at the buzzer in regulation, but this tip-in fell short. Jeff Dowtin had the initial miss, Stanford Robinson juuuust missed the putback.

The winner likely faces Duke in the second round, assuming the Blue Devils can get past Iona.

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