The Orange Power Weekend is scheduled for April 14-16 and will not feature the Spring Game this year as construction inside Boone Pickens Stadium is ongoing. Instead there will be a free Football Meet-and Greet Saturday from 1:30 – 2 p.m. where fans will be able to take photos. Other events scheduled for the weekend…
A day after it was announced that Paul Mills was leaving Oral Roberts University to become the head basketball coach at Wichita State, the ORU athletic department announced that assistant coach Russell Springmann would be promoted to head coach of the men’s basketball team. It was a smart move by the ORU brass to move…
It was not a shock that ORU head basketball coach Paul Mills was being courted by other programs, but the fact that he actually accepted the job at Wichita State, did catch some people by surprise. As soon as ORU was knocked out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Orlando, the rumors…
ORLANDO, FLA. – No. 5 seed Duke jumped out to a 15-0 lead, and No. 12 seed Oral Roberts struggled to score in the opening minutes of their first-round matchup at the NCAA Basketball Tournament in Orlando, on Thursday. Duke won the game 74-51. ORU (30-5) entered the tournament on a nation-leading 17-game winning streak…
The Cowboys tipped off in Youngstown Ohio in the first round of NIT play against the Youngstown State Penguins Wednesday and went on to win the game 69-64. The Penguins led for most of the game. At half time the Pokes were behind by three, but with 1:33 left in the second half, OSU led by…
TULSA, Okla. –– The University of Tulsa Athletic Hall of Famer and football star Bob Breitenstein died Monday, March 13, at the age of 79. Breitenstein played three seasons (1962-64) on the Hurricane varsity football team before a career as an NFL offensive lineman. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 8, at…
ORLANDO, FLA. – What a great experience it was traveling with the ORU basketball team to the NCAA Tournament last week, even if the trip was cut short by a first round loss. It was the first time in many years that I attended the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament as a part of team and…
Oral Roberts University men’s basketball team is back in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for the second time in three seasons. Two years after making an amazing run to the Sweet 16 as a No. 15 seed, the Golden Eagles earned a No. 12 seed and will face No. 5 seed Duke in the East…
Head men’s basketball coach Paul Mills has been tapped as a finalist for both the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year award and the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award. The Hugh Durham award is awarded to coaches at a Division 1 Mid-Major school, who have acheived winning programs at 3 different…
Oklahoma State after beating OU and losing to Texas in the Big-12 tournament, missed getting into the NCAA tournament. They were invited to play in the NIT tournament as a No. 1 seed. Their first game was on Wednesday, March 15 against Youngstown State.If they advance to the second round, they will play the winner…