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Good to see they posted the roster. We have been waiting for that for quite some time. Here are a few points about it: 1. No one transferred, which we have not been able to say in the last few years. E-Man could have easily gone to a more high profile team. 2. Cannot remember an ORU team that has had this many guards (8) in forever. So the backcourt should be improved after enduring the last few years of young and inexperienced guard play. 3. Frontcourt is very talented but very thin in depth. Lucile is a beast (275) and they will need him to play tough defense inside.

Terry, it pains me to say this since I watched it being built from my bedroom window and have seen every ORU season that's ever been played there, but the Mabee Center does not measure up anymore with modern arenas. While the lower rows of the Gold section do put fans close to the action, the low-angle of the seating bowl puts anyone 20-rows back much further from the action than comparable seating in newer arenas. Not that it's mattered lately, but the Blue seats are ridiculously far from the court. Plus, the lack of any open concourses around the arena is very old-school. Not to mention the dirth of concession stands, the handicap-averse bathroom steps, the limited arena access/egress via just two antiquated escalators, the single vintage elevator for the entire arena, etc. And remember, those opinions in the survey are coming from ORU opponents. Have you ever been inside the opponent's locker room at the Mabee Center? It's pretty dang sparse (though at least it's not pink, and as far as I know the air conditioning works, unlike what LSU recently accused Texas of doing). I'm guessing that South Dakota's brand-new arena is nicer, pretty sure that Omaha plays in a newer arena than the Mabee Center as well. I think ranking the Mabee Center in the middle of the pack is pretty fair, and mainly because a couple of the schools play in some real dumps. But, the home team locker rooms ARE really blingy, so there's that...

ORU just needs a team to match our facilities....hopefully the ORU men will be improved in 2019-20.....the past 6-7 years have been pathetic....Mabee Center may have been falling apart a decade ago but from photos TheEagleman has seen the improvements have been top notch.....hard to believe any team in the Summit League has better facilities.....

Nobody in this league has an arena approaching the Mabee Center... They might be nice gyms and more ‘cozy’ and intimate (smaller), but they are not the Mabee Center. Also doubt our locker rooms (newly renovated) are anything but top tier.